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Two women in gym clothes sit on the floor of a boxing ring, holding hands.
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Cinema

Love Lies Bleeding

Rose Glass directs a steamy tale of love and revenge with Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Dave Franco and Ed Harris.

From the Caribbean to Coventry
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Library

From the Caribbean to Coventry: Plotting the Rise of 2Tone

Free

An exhibition for the fans by the fans going some way to explain not just what 2Tone is but why and how we got there.

unravel install image
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Art & design

Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art

Using textiles, fibre and thread, 50 international artists challenge power structures and reimagine the world in this major group exhibition.

14. Soufiane Ababri installation view, 2024, The Curve © Eva Herzog and Barbican Art Gallery
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Art & design

Soufiane Ababri

Free

Moroccan artist Soufiane Ababri’s new commission, Their mouths were full of bumblebees but it was me who was pollinated, explores questions of desire, queerness, and diaspora.

A duck holds some other birds in a bundle, as they all look startled and annoyed against a yellow background.
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Cinema

Family Film Club: Migration

A family of ducks are blown off course in a fantastic new madcap adventure from the director of The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales.

Barbican architecture
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

A man stands leaning against a wall with one arm. He is wearing a vest and sunglasses indoors. There are film posters behind him.
Event
Cinema

Parent & Baby Screening: The Fall Guy

Ryan Gosling is a down-and-out stuntman tracking down a missing actress in David Leitch's action rom-com. 

sculptures hang from the ceiling of the Conservatory
Event
Art & design Tours & public spaces

The Conservatory x Ranjani Shettar

Free

Our Conservatory hosts a spectacular new site-specific commission by Indian sculptor Ranjani Shettar.

A man is surrounded by a group of people, and looks out with a shocked expression.
Event
Cinema

La Chimera

Josh O'Connor digs himself in to a mess in this arthouse 80s drama about a troupe of Italian grave robbers.

Two young men sit on either side of a young woman, on a bed, touching each other's legs and laughing.
Event
Cinema

Challengers

Tension builds on the courts in Luca Guadagnino's tennis menage-a-trois between Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist. 

Actress Isabelle Huppert poses as Mary Stuart in an old-fashioned gown against a purple background.
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Theatre & dance

Théâtre de la Ville–Paris: Mary Said What She Said

Academy Award nominee Isabelle Huppert and director Robert Wilson reunite on this breathtaking show charting the life and torments of Mary Stuart, the sovereign whose passions cost her a crown.

Two men and a woman who is reading a book and laughing sit on a wall together in this polaroid image.
Event
Cinema

Made In England: The Films Of Powell & Pressburger

Martin Scorsese dives into the works of the English and Hungarian filmmaking legends, who thrived in the face of adversity during World War II, and their influence on cinema.

A man stands leaning against a wall with one arm. He is wearing a vest and sunglasses indoors. There are film posters behind him.
Event
Cinema

The Fall Guy

Ryan Gosling is a down-and-out stuntman tracking down a missing actress in David Leitch's action rom-com.

A row of people stand on a blue stage in traditional formal wear.
Event
Cinema

Met Opera Live: Madama Butterfly

In her Met debut, Asmik Grigorian tackles the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the trusting geisha at the heart of Puccini’s tragedy.

Sona Jobarteh holding a kora
Event
Contemporary music

Sona Jobarteh

Multi-instrumentalist and esteemed kora player, Sona Jobarteh performs her expansive and ambitious sophomore album Badinyaa Kumoo as part of her tour.

Images of the composers in the concert arranged in six rows on the right side of the frame, with a black and white paintbrush stroke design on the left side.
Event
Classical music

Britten Sinfonia and the Marian Consort: Renaissance Moderns

The radical spirit of 16th-century composer Carlo Gesualdo is the point of departure for this programme of ancient and modern music.

Two women in gym clothes sit on the floor of a boxing ring, holding hands.
Event
Cinema

Love Lies Bleeding

Rose Glass directs a steamy tale of love and revenge with Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Dave Franco and Ed Harris.

unravel install image
Event
Art & design

Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art

Using textiles, fibre and thread, 50 international artists challenge power structures and reimagine the world in this major group exhibition.

14. Soufiane Ababri installation view, 2024, The Curve © Eva Herzog and Barbican Art Gallery
Event
Art & design

Soufiane Ababri

Free

Moroccan artist Soufiane Ababri’s new commission, Their mouths were full of bumblebees but it was me who was pollinated, explores questions of desire, queerness, and diaspora.

sculptures hang from the ceiling of the Conservatory
Event
Art & design Tours & public spaces

The Conservatory x Ranjani Shettar

Free

Our Conservatory hosts a spectacular new site-specific commission by Indian sculptor Ranjani Shettar.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

A man is surrounded by a group of people, and looks out with a shocked expression.
Event
Cinema

Members' Screening: La Chimera

Members' event

Josh O'Connor digs himself in to a mess in this arthouse 80s drama about a troupe of Italian grave robbers.

A middle-aged woman in a blue dress is sat on grass staring into the eyes of a man in a red shirt.
Event
Cinema

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry

Fiercely independent Etero (Eka Chavleishvili) has her freedom challenged when she begins an affair with a local deliveryman, in a poetically joyful film from Georgia. 

Two young men sit on either side of a young woman, on a bed, touching each other's legs and laughing.
Event
Cinema

Challengers

Tension builds on the courts in Luca Guadagnino's tennis menage-a-trois between Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist. 

Actress Isabelle Huppert poses as Mary Stuart in an old-fashioned gown against a purple background.
Event
Theatre & dance

Théâtre de la Ville–Paris: Mary Said What She Said

Academy Award nominee Isabelle Huppert and director Robert Wilson reunite on this breathtaking show charting the life and torments of Mary Stuart, the sovereign whose passions cost her a crown.

A group of excited young women walk down a street, wearing blue skirts.
Event
Cinema

The Devil Finds Work: Shorts Programme + ScreenTalk

A selection of British short films that interacts and intersects with the ideas in James Baldwin's Essay The Devil Finds Work.

Two women in gym clothes sit on the floor of a boxing ring, holding hands.
Event
Cinema

Love Lies Bleeding

Rose Glass directs a steamy tale of love and revenge with Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Dave Franco and Ed Harris.

Two men and a woman who is reading a book and laughing sit on a wall together in this polaroid image.
Event
Cinema

Made In England: The Films Of Powell & Pressburger

Martin Scorsese dives into the works of the English and Hungarian filmmaking legends, who thrived in the face of adversity during World War II, and their influence on cinema.

A man is surrounded by a group of people, and looks out with a shocked expression.
Event
Cinema

La Chimera

Josh O'Connor digs himself in to a mess in this arthouse 80s drama about a troupe of Italian grave robbers.

Michael Tilson Thomas conducting
Event
Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler’s magnificent vision of a world teeming with joyful life.