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Rebel Radio Listening Hub
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Contemporary music

Rebel Radio Listening Hub

Free

Come and share your memories of pirate radio and catch up with some of the highlights from the Rebel Radio season in our pop-up listening hub in the Level G foyer. 

Architecture Tour
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

Two people sit and stand, bathed in patterned blue lights being projected onto screens
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Immersive Contemporary music

Feel the Sound

Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time. Our new immersive exhibition will rearrange what you think sound is.

Assemble Play's Colour Forest
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Take part

Assemble Play Works: Colour Forest

Step into a world of imaginative play as Assemble Play transforms our Foyer space into a magical forest of creativity for families to explore together for free.

A group of soldiers sit in a field
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Cinema

2000 Meters to Andriivka

This documentary is a visceral window into the human cost of war, following a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to liberate the village of Andriivka from Russian occupation.

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Cinema

The Legend of Ochi

This visually dazzling fantasy adventure follows Yuri and her encounter with the elusive species known as ochi.

A young boy behind a curtain.
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Cinema

Young Hearts

Thirteen year-old Elias falls in love for the first time and attempts to confront his inner turmoil in this heartfelt tale of young gay love, in Anthony Schatteman's feature.

A woman stands in front of a large wall projection, mimicking the dance move shown by the character on the screen
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Immersive

BSL Tour of Feel the Sound

A British Sign Language tour of the exhibition led by Martin Glover, exclusively for D/deaf and hard of hearing visitors, highlighting key artworks.

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Theatre & dance

Good Night, Oscar

Emmy and Tony Award-winner Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) brings his acclaimed, Tony Award-winning performance to our stage this summer direct from a critically acclaimed Broadway season.

A nurse looks stressed, standing in a hospital
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Cinema

Late Shift

An over-stretched, under-valued healthcare professional juggling crises big and small in this gripping Swiss drama.

Two men in big winter coats share snacks on a walk
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Cinema

Friendship

A suburban dad falls hard for his charismatic new neighbour in this dark comedy with a psychological thriller twist, starring Paul Rudd.

A man and a woman facing each other on the street.
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Cinema

Materialists

In the anticipated return of Celine Song (Past Lives), ambitious Lucy (Dakota Johnson) who trades fate for finance must choose between the perfect match and a past that still pulls at her heart.

Rebel Radio Listening Hub
Event
Contemporary music

Rebel Radio Listening Hub

Free

Come and share your memories of pirate radio and catch up with some of the highlights from the Rebel Radio season in our pop-up listening hub in the Level G foyer. 

A photo of the Children's Library at the Barbican Centre.
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Take part

Story Garden Reading Adventure

Bring the family together for a magical storytelling session hosted by our Children's Library. 

Blondie in Camera 1978
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Blondie in Camera 1978

An exhibition celebrating Martyn Goddard’s most famous images of Blondie taken during their breakthrough year

A person performing an aerial act hanging upside down from a rope
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Take part

Circus Flavours: Aerial Performances

Be wowed by Upswing’s thrilling aerial circus performances in the lush surrounding of our Conservatory with four breathtaking shows each day.

Architecture Tour
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

Two people sit and stand, bathed in patterned blue lights being projected onto screens
Event
Immersive Contemporary music

Feel the Sound

Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time. Our new immersive exhibition will rearrange what you think sound is.

Assemble Play's Colour Forest
Event
Take part

Assemble Play Works: Colour Forest

Step into a world of imaginative play as Assemble Play transforms our Foyer space into a magical forest of creativity for families to explore together for free.

A child smiling and crawling on the ground underneath people who are planking
Event
Take part

Circus Flavours: Ground Skills Workshops

Try your groundwork skills in these exciting drop-in workshops with Upswing.

A child hanging from an aerial hoop with support from two workshop facilitators
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Take part

Circus Flavours: Aerial Workshops

Ever dreamed of joining the circus? Upswing’s Circus Flavours invites you to watch stunning aerial acts and then try the skills yourself in one of their hands-on aerial hoop workshops.

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Cinema

Play Make Do: Young Hearts

Thirteen year-old Elias falls in love for the first time and attempts to confront his inner turmoil in this heartfelt tale of young, gay, love, in Anthony Schatteman's feature.

Event
Theatre & dance

Good Night, Oscar

Emmy and Tony Award-winner Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) brings his acclaimed, Tony Award-winning performance to our stage this summer direct from a critically acclaimed Broadway season.

Event
Cinema

The Legend of Ochi

This visually dazzling fantasy adventure follows Yuri and her encounter with the elusive species known as ochi.

A nude woman stands in front of a sparkling wall of streamers.
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Cinema

Stephanie Rothman: The Working Girls + ScreenTalk

Female friendship, solidarity, work and utopian socialism are at the heart of Stephanie Rothman’s final film as a director, in which three determined young women look for their place in the world. 

Two men in big winter coats share snacks on a walk
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Cinema

Friendship

A suburban dad falls hard for his charismatic new neighbour in this dark comedy with a psychological thriller twist, starring Paul Rudd.

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Cinema

Bring Her Back

From the team behind Talk To Me, this disturbing horror sees siblings placed in the care of a foster mother, only to uncover a terrifying ritual in their secluded new home.

A young boy behind a curtain.
Event
Cinema

Young Hearts

Thirteen year-old Elias falls in love for the first time and attempts to confront his inner turmoil in this heartfelt tale of young gay love, in Anthony Schatteman's feature.

A man and a woman facing each other on the street.
Event
Cinema

Materialists

In the anticipated return of Celine Song (Past Lives), ambitious Lucy (Dakota Johnson) who trades fate for finance must choose between the perfect match and a past that still pulls at her heart.

A nurse looks stressed, standing in a hospital
Event
Cinema

Late Shift

An over-stretched, under-valued healthcare professional juggling crises big and small in this gripping Swiss drama.