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Belarus Free Theatre's co artistic directors stand in a kitchen and look at the camera.

Welcome to Scene Change...

We’re delighted to welcome you to Scene Change, our spring programme of transformative performances and intimate gatherings, unfolding in unusual settings in and around the Barbican.

It’s so exciting to share our boundary-pushing programme beyond the walls of our iconic theatre spaces, inviting audiences to experience dance and theatre in new ways.

From dining in our Conservatory for a lively evening of debate, to checking in to a hotel just before a wedding; browsing a pop-up shop centring on conversations about grief, to discovering an unexpected one-on-one theatrical encounter, and a joyful celebration of hip hop, these events showcase an array of dance and theatre that can offer something for everyone.

Whether you join us for one event or more, we hope these encounters spark memorable moments of connection, reflection and curiosity.

Toni Racklin, Barbican Head of Theatre & Dance

 

I Do by Dante or Die: 20 January to 8 February, Malmaison London

This Grief Thing – Pop Up Shop by Fevered Sleep: 12 – 22 February, Level G Studio

This Grief Thing – Grief Gatherings by Fevered Sleep: 15 – 21 February, Level G Studio

Theatre for One by Landmark Productions and Octopus Theatricals: 12 – 22 March, Level G Hub Space

Kitchen Revolution by Belarus Free Theatre: 31 March – 1 April, Conservatory at the Barbican

Cycles by Boy Blue: 11 – 12 April, the Roundhouse

Theatre for One

Theatre for One

Thu 12 – Sun 22 March

Landmark Productions and Octopus Theatricals

 

Cast 

Cygnum Canticum by Marina Carr  
Performed by Seán McGinley  

Ambition by Katie Holly 
Performed by Tommy Harris  

Dear Rosa by Joy Nesbitt 
Performed by Tishé Fatunbi  

The Wedding by Louise O’Neill 
Performed by George Hanover 

The Spur by Mark O'Rowe 
Performed by Derbhle Crotty  

Cave by Enda Walsh 
Performed by Art Campion

 

Creative team 

Directors Eoghan Carrick (The Spur, Cave, Dear Rosa) and Julie Kelleher (Cygnum Canticum, Ambition, The Wedding)  
Costume Designer Mae Leahy 
Lighting Designer Sophie Cassidy 
Sound Designer Fiona Sheil 
Production Manager Eamonn Fox 
Wardrobe Maintenance [TBC] 
Stage Manager Brendan Galvin  
Production Assistant [TBC] 

Artistic Director Christine Jones 
Producer Anne Clarke | Landmark Productions  
Producer Mara Isaacs | Octopus Theatricals 
Assistant Producer / Company Manager Jack Shanley | Landmark Productions 
Marketing Hannah Morris | Landmark Productions 
Publicity Sinead O’Doherty | O’Doherty Communications 

 

Opening times 
Performances take place in the booth from 12pm–3pm and 5pm–8pm every day between Thu 12 and Sun 22 Mar 2026, excluding Mon 16 Mar. 

The Queue
This event is free. Audiences are encouraged to join the queue and wait in line for their surprise, one-on-one performance.  

Running time
Each performance is approximately 5 minutes long 

Content warning 
Some of the plays have references to death.  

Accessibility 
All slots on Sun 22 Mar will be wheelchair accessible. Wheelchair users will be given priority on this date. 

 

Presented by the Barbican. 

Supported by Culture Ireland.  

Background 

Part confessional, part peep-show booth, and completely visceral. Theatre for One is a unique theatrical event that features six short plays written by emerging and established writers and performed by one actor for one audience member at a time inside the purpose-built 5ft by 10ft booth.  

Conceived and created by the Olivier and Tony Award-winning designer Christine Jones and constructed by LOT-EK architects, each original five-minute play is written specifically for this specially-designed, state-of-the-art theatre. 

The intimate mobile performance space is designed to enhance the human connection between actor and audience. Nestled amongst the plush red interior, this private encounter offers an opportunity to engage in a heightened exchange, magnifying a ritual usually shared alongside other audience members. 

One booth, six voices and a uniquely intimate free experience for every single audience member.  

About Landmark Productions 

Landmark Productions is one of Ireland’s leading theatre producers, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2024. It produces wide-ranging work in Ireland and shares that work with international audiences. Led by Anne Clarke since the company’s foundation, its productions have received multiple awards and have been seen in leading theatres in London, New York and beyond. 

It co-produces regularly with a number of partners, including, most significantly, Galway International Arts Festival, Irish National Opera and the Abbey Theatre. Its 34 world premieres – and counting – include new plays by major Irish writers such as Enda Walsh, Mark O’Rowe and Marina Carr, featuring a roll-call of Ireland’s finest actors, directors and designers. 

Numerous awards include the Judges’ Special Award at the Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards, in recognition of ‘sustained excellence in programming and for developing imaginative partnerships to bring quality theatre to the Irish and international stage’; and a Special Tribute Award for Anne Clarke, for her work as ‘a producer of world-class theatre in the independent sector in Ireland’.   

Most recently Landmark produced The Weir by Conor McPherson, starring Brendan Gleeson (with Kate Horton Productions) and The Dead (with ANU Productions), which will return to the Museum of Literature Ireland for a third record-breaking year in November.  

A film of The Weir is currently in production, produced with Kate Horton Productions, Potboiler Productions and Copper Alley Productions, with the support of Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland in association with Curzon Film.  

Landmark’s art-led work is funded by The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon. Its international touring is supported by Culture Ireland.  

landmarkproductions.ie 

About Octopus Theatricals  

Founded by Tony®- and Grammy®-winning producer Mara Isaacs, Octopus Theatricals collaborates with artists and organizations to foster an expansive range of compelling theatrical and multi-media works for local and global audiences. Octopus Theatricals eschews boundaries – aesthetic, geopolitical, institutional – and thrives on a nimble and rigorous practice.

Current projects include: Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell on Broadway, London’s West End, North American tour (8 Tony Awards including Best Musical); Patrick Page’s All the Devils Are Here Off-Broadway; 300 Paintings, created by Sam Kissujakian; In the Same Tongue, created by choreographer Dianne McIntyre with music by Diedre Murray at the Apollo Theatre and Walker Arts Center, and on tour; On Beckett, created and performed by Bill Irwin; Kunene and the King by John Kani; Goddess, created by Saheem Ali, James Ijames, and Michael Thurber at The Public Theater; Bhangra Nation by Rehana Lew Mirza, Mike Lew and Sam Willmott at Birmingham Rep and  La Jolla Playhouse; Dreaming Zenzile by Somi Kakoma; (…Iphigenia), a new opera by Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding; The Social! Dance Club conceived by Steven Hoggett, Christine Jones and David Byrne; Theatre for One (in person and virtual), and many more. 

octopustheatricals.com  

I Do

Bridesmaids throwing confetti and drinking champagne

Tue 20 Jan – Sun 8 Feb 2026, Malmaison Hotel, London

Dante or Die

I Do is an immersive wedding you’re invited to wander through. Set across six real hotel rooms, we place our audiences inside the private moments of a family on the cusp of a marriage – and everything that comes with it. As you move from room to room, stories overlap, secrets surface and relationships quietly unravel. Intimate, funny and painfully human, the show captures the emotional pressure cooker of a wedding day: love, fear, hope and history colliding in real time. This is how we like to create theatre – to be experienced up close, not observed from a distance, but felt from the inside.

Running time: approximately 1 hour 30 minutes (no interval)

Age guidance: 14+

This performance contains some partial nudity and scenes of intimacy.

This event is part of Scene Change, a series of transformative performances and gatherings in unexpected places.

I Do is presented in partnership with the Barbican, South Street Reading and Lowry with lead sponsorship from Malmaison Hotels. The production is generously supported by Arts Council England and International Music & Art Foundation.

I Do was originally co-commissioned by the Almeida Festival and South Street Reading.

Images by Ludovic des Cognets.
 

Accessible Performances

Performances can be captioned.


Acknowledgements

Terry O’Donovan and and Daphna Attias would like to say an enormous thank you to the incredible performers and creative teams that originated the production with us, and went on to tour it from 2012 to 2014: Kirsten Burrows, Duncan MacMillan, Faith Rowley, Felix Dunning, Nicola Hill, Danielle Morris, Phil Clarke, Richard Pattison, Andrew Bridgemont, Anna Carteret, Rachel Drazek, Christopher Dunham, Sarah Hunt, Zoe Hunter, Penelope McGhie, Nieve Morrisson, Christopher Reynolds, Anna Richmond, Ella Havas, Jessica, Katie, Denver Isaacs, Nieve Morrisson, William Oxborrow, Roisin Rae, Ella Havas, Simon Rice, Lisa Tremontin, Robert Cook, Chris Dunham, Clare Dunn, Tas Emiabata, Elan James, Jean Trend, Danny Easton, Emma MacLennon, Pia Nordin, Diane Parker, Clara Solana, Ayse Tashkiran, Lib Taylor, Angie Wallis.

Thank you also to the Barbican team for all their support in re-mounting this production for 2026. 

A big thank you to all the staff at Malmaison Hotel Group – a special shout out to Audrey Lepine Taylor, who went above and beyond. 

Cast

Gordon Geof Atwell
Lizzy Alice Brittain 
Nick Fred Fergus 
Joe Manish Gandhi
Tunde Dauda Ladejobi 
Georgina Carla Langley 
David Jonathan McGuinness 
Helen Johanne Murdock 
Abigail Tessie Orange-Turner
The Cleaner Terry O’Donovan / Rowena Le Poer Trench 
Eileen Fiona Watson
Kitty Ines Butler-Cope / Tessa Campbell / Eliza Hudson Kuper 

 

Creative Team

Creators Daphna Attias and Terry O’Donovan
Writer Chloë Moss
Director Daphna Attias
Costume and Props Jenny Hayton
Movement Director Ayse Tashkiran
Dramaturg Lucy Morrison
Casting Hammond Cox
Producer Katherine Woodward
Stage Manager Ellen Swailes
Assistant Stage Manager Louisa Glading
Participation Producer Lucy Dear

 

InSites Trainee Programme Cohort

Trainee Producer Denzel Ucheaguwa
Trainee Director Louis Wharton
Trainee Stage Manager Alenya Sharpe
Trainee Performer Rowena Le Poer Trench

 

Marketing Manager Vic Shead
PR Consultant Clióna Roberts
Graphic Designer Jennifer Gaughan of Studio 27eleven
Promotional Photography Ludovic des Cognets
Movement Attachment MFA Movement Directing and Teaching Ali Bianchi

This Grief Thing

Two people hug each other, one smiles.

This Grief Thing – Pop Up Shop
Thu 12 – Sun 22 February

This Grief Thing – Grief Gatherings
Sun 15 – Sat 21 February

Fevered Sleep

About the Pop Up Shop

At the heart of This Grief Thing is a collection of clothing and accessories that bear words and phrases about grief, such as Grief Is Like The Weather or Grief = Love and Don’t Panic If I Cry. These words have been gathered from conversations we’ve had with hundreds of people since we started to talk about grief in 2016. So that these items go out into the world in a way that we hope is useful, we open temporary shops where people can come and browse the collection, chat with our artistic directors Sam Butler and David Harradine (who are there as shopkeepers) and purchase items on a pay-what-you-want basis. Visitors to the shop can also speak with other ‘customers’ about grief, or take part in scheduled conversations called Grief Gatherings.

Since 2018 we’ve opened shops in Preston (in partnership with Derelict and St George’s Shopping Centre); Middlesbrough (with Middlesbrough Town Council, Ageing Better and Captain Cook Shopping Centre); Manchester (with The Whitworth, Sick! festival and Manchester Royal Infirmary); Nottingham (with Dance4) with our latest now at Barbican Centre, London. 

About Grief Gatherings

Grief Gatherings are small group conversations about grief hosted by David Harradine and Sam Butler, and by guest hosts. Anyone can come along, whether or not they’ve experienced grief, and people who join a gathering can choose to talk or they can just listen. They’re a chance for people to come together to talk, learn and think about grief. They’ve taken place in shops after closing time, and we’ve also offered them in partnership with many other organisations, including arts centres, galleries, the canteens of local authority offices, hospitals, care homes and whilst walking around in parks. Since 2020 we've also been doing them online. Grief Gatherings at the Barbican take place in our Pop Up Shop. 

About Fevered Sleep

Established in London, UK in 1996 by artistic directors Samantha Butler and David Harradine, Fevered Sleep makes experimental work in theatre and dance, film, installation, print and digital art. All our projects are made through processes of collaboration, participation and co-creation. We’ve worked with performers, designers, artists, scientists, doctors, teachers, vets, philosophers, researchers and many, many children. We see our creative process as a kind of research: a way to investigate and reimagine the complex and extremely challenging world in which we live. We’re committed to social and environmental justice, to radical politics, to the rights of the non-human, to advocacy and to change. Our work draws attention to the marginalised, the unseen and the overlooked, by inventing new kinds of spaces that bring people together to share their experiences of things that matter. We’re trying to make the world a more caring, curious, compassionate place, one unlikely art project at a time.

Find out more about the Fevered Sleep team here

Fevered Sleep continues to exist due the generous support of our partners and funders:
Arts Council England
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Wellcome
John Ellerman Foundation
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

We acknowledge the assistance of the 2018 Banff Playwrights Lab – a partnership between the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and the Canada Council for the Arts - in the development of This Grief Thing.

Company

Shopkeepers / Designers Sam Butler and David Harradine
Interior Designer Ali Beale
Graphic Designer Fraser Muggeridge Studio
Production Manager Sam Evans               
Project Assistant Emma Lewis-Jones
Researcher Beth McEvoy 
Producer Georgia Jacob
Research Advisors Professor Louise Crewe, Professor Amy de la Haye, Dr Linda Machin, Dr John Troyer and Dr Christine Valentine

Additional thanks to: Stuart Allen and Ben Anderson of Dance4; Susanne Burns, East Street Arts; Ellie Harrison; John Luther of South Street Arts; Alison Proctor; Brian Quirt and Jenna Rogers; Hannah Robertshaw of Yorkshire Dance

 

Pop Up Shop opening times

Thu 12 Feb: 1pm–7pm
Fri 13 Feb: 1pm–7pm
Sat 14 Feb: 12pm–6pm
Thu 19 Feb: 1pm–7pm
Fri 20 Feb: 1pm–7pm
Sat 21 Feb: 12pm–6pm
Sun 22 Feb: 12pm–6pm

Grief Gatherings

Running time: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Free, but ticketed. Tickets must be reserved in advance. 
Grief Gatherings take part in small groups, so space is limited.

Kitchen Revolution

Tue 31 Mar—Wed 1 Apr 2026

Belarus Free Theatre

Kitchen Revolution was inspired by our childhood experiences in the Soviet Union, when our parents would get together around the kitchen table and talk about how to resist the regime. Whatever was discussed there was prohibited under the Communist dictatorship.

We hosted our first Kitchen Revolution in the UK a decade ago. As artists who have lived under dictatorship, we saw that many people in democratic societies had grown numb and started to lose hope. It was a time to have an open conversation on difficult and divisive issues and find positive solutions together.

These evenings have always been the most empowering, thought-provoking, surprising and joyful experiences - something we truly create together. I’m thrilled that for the upcoming events at the Barbican we will be joined by two major international journalists, Carole Cadwalladr and Stephen Sackur - both, like BFT, world-renowned for speaking truth to power and for dismantling propaganda and disinformation. Together with our audiences, over delicious Belarusian fusion cuisine, I hope we can unlock the radical potential of conversations across the dinner table and confront - collectively - some of the most urgent threats to democracy worldwide.

Natalia Kaliada, Co-founder and Artistic Director of Belarus Free Theatre

 

Belarus Free Theatre (BFT) is an Olivier Award nominated UK charity with a 20-year track-record of artistic excellence, pioneering a globe-spanning model of activism that uses theatre and art to build a movement for democracy, human rights, environmental concerns and artistic freedoms. Critically and publicly acclaimed for their provocative and breathtakingly physical theatre – tota​lling more than 50 stage productions performed in more than 40 countries around the world – BFT is also far more than a theatre. Working boldly across art-forms, BFT harnesses the power of the original and unexpected to direct the attention of audiences towards some of the most urgent issues of our time. BFT’s astonishing ability to innovate and transform ​​is one of their defining characteristics and wherever they are found – on theatre stages, in art galleries and in football stadiums, ​in schools and on screens big and small ​– they have a signature that is uniquely theirs, born from a visceral, personal understanding of the price of freedom and​ our responsibility to protect it. Natalia Kaliada and Nicolai Khalezin, ​the co-founding Artistic Directors of BFT, were awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for Services to Theatre in the 2023 King’s Birthday Honours. BFT Life Patrons include Sir Tom Stoppard, Harold Pinter and President Václav Havel.

Creative Team

Original Concept / Moderators Natalia Kaliada and Nicolai Khalezin   
Menu Curation Daniella Kaliada with Natalia Kaliada   
Provocateurs Carole Cadwalladr and Stephen Sackur   
Co-moderator Daniella Kaliada

Running time: approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes 

Age restriction: 14+

No filming or photography

To ensure that Kitchen Revolution is a safe space for debate, no filming or photography is allowed during the event.

Presented by the Barbican

Image by Jack Latimer for Time Out

Accessible Performances
Performances can be captioned.

Cycles

The Boy Blue ensemble perform on stage.
Image credit: Camilla Greenwell

Sat 11 – Sun 12 April

Boy Blue

We're delighted to bring Cycles back to London, working with Roundhouse and Barbican to share this work with audiences. We are also really thrilled to be working with a seven-piece band playing Michael 'Mikey J' Asante's compositions alongside these superhuman dancers – all elevating Boy Blue's unique blend of music and dance for the Roundhouse stage. We hope you enjoy your time with us.

Jo Stendall, Executive Director of Boy Blue

 

About Boy Blue

‘Dazzling choreographic invention and a sensational dancing spirit, Boy Blue was a total knockout’ ‍The Times

‘There can be few people to whom British hip hop dancing owes a greater debt than choreographer Kenrick Sandy and composer Michael Asante’ ‍Evening Standard

Early Years

Founded in east London, 2001 by composer Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante MBE and choreographer Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy MBE, Boy Blue is the radical force that has defined the potential and power of hip-hop dance theatre across the UK. Shaped by a multi-generational, multicultural community with seven regular companies ranging in age from five to 40+, Boy Blue’s achievements and accolades are as far-reaching as the community it has fostered and the hip-hop culture it has elevated. Some call Boy Blue a family, others, a nation, with most hip-hop dancers having called it home at some point of their careers.

Boy Blue recognised its superpower early on, young people hungry to make space for themselves and tell their own stories. Its access, opportunities and commitment provided a trajectory that spanned far beyond a passing fad, for hundreds of young people it has been transformative, nurturing their ambition and raw talent into craft that has propelled their careers. A lot of their work explores social tensions and cultural identity, whilst creating space to celebrate the joy, hopes and dreams of the community it represents, building a legacy and telling rich stories rooted in history and experience.

Growing the Company

In 2006, Pied Piper: A Hip-Hop Dance Revolution propelled Boy Blue to uncharted heights in the world of UK theatre. First performed at Theatre Royal Stratford East, Pied Piper found a further home at the Barbican, London, and won a Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre, setting the bar for hip-hop dance in theatre. By 2009, Boy Blue had joined the Barbican as an Associate Artist, where the company is still based. The full company biennial showcase A Night With Boy Blue has been presented on its stage six times since 2013. Dancers from Boy Blue’s weekly East London Dance Academy form the cast, and the show has become a firm favourite of audiences and critics. Their first global spotlight came with the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics, where in collaboration with Danny Boyle, Sandy choreographed hundreds of young dancers for the award-winning segment ‘Frankie and June say thanks Tim,’ before staging the handover of the Olympic torch and the lighting of the Cauldron. 

The Five and the Prophecy of Prana was the next big hit. Co-commissioned by Barbican, London and Derry~Londonderry City of Culture 2013, The Five saw the team collaborate with Shaolin Monks to create the movement material.

Going Global

A few years later, they went global with the Olivier-nominated Blak Whyte Gray (2017) and ever hungry to push their creative boundaries, in 2018, Asante and Sandy co-directed their first film, R.E.B.E.L, a Sky Arts / Art 50 commission. REDD in 2019 invited audiences to investigate those irreversible moments in life, led by nine dancers on an introspective journey exploring how, after trauma, we may find inner peace. Amidst the pandemic in 2021, they worked with Good Chance Theatre Company to create a mass dance piece as part of The Walk With Amal project, performed in Trafalgar Square, London with over fifty volunteer performers.

2023 saw Boy Blue collaborate with Danny Boyle, designer Es Devlin and writer Sabrina Mahfouz to create Free Your Mind, a reimagining of the classic sci-fi film The Matrix, that opened the new cultural space in Manchester, Aviva Studios, home of Factory International. 

In 2024 / 2025 Boy Blue were the Guest Artistic Directors of the National Youth Dance Company working with over 30 young people from throughout the country to create Gravity. Gravity toured in the summer of 2025 and is the first NYDC piece to travel internationally.

Today

With a company ethos befitting of the founders’ roots, education has been key to its journey and remains a long-term commitment. Emancipation of Expressionism is a set work of the AQA GCSE Dance syllabus – the first hip-hop dance theatre piece to be included – and was filmed in 2017 by Director Danny Boyle. Boy Blue’s East London Dance School is a highly respected programme and the organisation’s talent pipeline. It runs for 40 Sundays of the year, with 100+ dancers a week from the age of five+ travelling from the likes of Manchester, Nottingham, Portsmouth and more to hone their craft. Boy Blue won the inaugural Sky Arts Award for Dance for body of work in 2024.

 

Board of Directors 
Nadine Deschamps, Jon Foster, Anthony Gray, Kieran Jay, Gurd Lidder (Chair), Andrea Sasu, Sarah Wall, Anja Zoll-Khan 

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General Manager Richard Asante

Assistant to the Composer Simon Chue

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Cast
To be announced

Creative team

Concept and Composition Michael 'Mikey J' Asante
Choreographer Kenrick 'H2O' Sandy   
Associate Choreographer Jade Hackett   
Lighting Designer Lee Curran   
Costume Designer Matthew Josephs in collaboration with Seeing Red
Costume Support (tour) Rosie Whiting and Nikki Weston
Musical Director Peter Riley
Rehearsal Director Nathaniel Impraim-Jones   
Lighting Manager 1 Clancy Flynn  
Lighting Manager 2 Matthew Carnazza   
Sound Manager Jon Beattie   
Production Manager Andy Downie
Company Stage Manager Phoebe Francis
Additional choreographic contributions from the cast 
Additional composition by Simon Chue
Rehearsal Photographer and footage Ella Ross
Production Photographer Camilla Greenwell
Image Designer Phil Robertson

For Boy Blue

Executive Director Jo Stendall
Head of Creative Programmes Kathleen Murphy
Creative Programmes Manager Bruno Perrier
Project Coordinator Ella Ross
Tour Booker Angie Smith

 

Running time: Approximately 90 minutes, including interval
Age guidance: 12+

Boy Blue’s Cycles is presented by Roundhouse Three Sixty in association with Barbican.
The original 2024 production of Cycles was commissioned by Barbican, London and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Produced by Boy Blue.
Supported using public funding by Arts Council England.

Acknowledgements
With thanks to our families, friends and fans; the bedrock of Boy Blue.

For the Barbican

Barbican Centre Board  
Chair  
Sir William Russell  
Deputy Chair  
Tijs Broeke  
Deputy Chair  
Tobi Ruth Adebekun  

Board Members  
Munsur Ali, Michael Asante MBE, Stephen Bediako OBE, Aaron D’Souza, Zulum Elumogo, Robert Glick OBE, Jaspreet Hodgson, Sir Nicholas Lyons, Mark Page, Anett Rideg, Dr Jens Riegelsberger, Jane Roscoe, Irem Yerdelen  

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Directors  
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Abigail Pogson
Deputy CEO (Interim) & Director for of People, Culture & Inclusion  
Ali Mirza  
Director of Development  
Natasha Harris  
Head of Finance & Business Administration  
Sarah Wall  
Director for Buildings & Renewal  
Dr Philippa Simpson  
Director of Commercial  
Jackie Boughton  
Director for Audiences  
Beau Vigushin  
Director for Arts and Participation  
Devyani Saltzman 
Executive Assistant to CEO  
Hannah Hoban  
Executive Business Manager to the CEO  
Abigail Carlin    

Theatre Department  
Head of Theatre and Dance  
Toni Racklin  
Senior Production Manager  
Lee Tasker 
Producers 
Liz Eddy, Jill Shelley, Fiona Stewart  
Assistant Producers  
Andrea Laing, Mrinmoyee Roy, Tom Titherington
Production Manager
Jamie Maisey
Technical Managers  
Steve Daly, Jane Dickerson, Nik Kennedy, Martin Morgan, Stevie Porter  
Stage Managers  
Lucinda Hamlin, Charlotte Oliver   
Technical Supervisors  
Malhar Kawre, Charlie Mann, Josh Massey, Matt Nelson, Adam Parrott, Lawrence Sills, Chris Wilby  
Technicians  
Martin Black, Kendell Foster, David Kennard, Burcham Johnson, Bart Kuta, Christian Lyons, Blaine Mitchell, Fred Riding, Fede Spada, Matt Turnbull  
PA to Head of Theatre  
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Production Administrator  
Caroline Hall  
Production Assistant  
Ashley Panton  
Stage Door  
Julian Fox, aLbi Gravener

 

Marketing Department  
Head of Marketing 
Jackie Ellis  
Deputy Head of Marketing  
Ben Jefferies  
Marketing Manager  
Rebecca Moore
Marketing Assistant
Maria Andaya

Communications Department   
Senior Programming Communications Manager  
Hannah Carr   
Communications Manager
Sophia Ikirmawi
Communications Officer  
Sumayyah Sheikh  
Communications Assistant  
Ava Tehrani

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Head of Visual Arts
Shanay Jhaveri
Head of Creative Collaboration
Karena Johnson
Head of Creative Programming, Immersive
Luke Kemp
Head of Commercial Partnerships and Strategy, Immersive
Patrick Moran
Head of Cross Arts Planning and Strategic Operations
Fiona Pride
Head of Music
Helen Wallace

Audience Experience 
Senior Audience Experience Managers 
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Ticket Sales Managers 
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Ticket Sales Team Leaders 
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Audience Event & Planning Manager 
Freda Pouflis 
Venue Managers 
Catherine Campion, Scott Davies, Maria Pateli, Lotty Reeve, Shabana Zaman 
Assistant Venue Managers 
Sam Hind, Bronagh Leneghan, Melissa Olcese, Daniel Young 
Crew Management 
Dave Magwood, Rob Magwood 
Access and Licensing Manager     
Rebecca Oliver   
Security Operations Manager 
Naqash Sheikh 
Audience Experience Coordinator 
Ayelen Fananas 

 

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Sajid Hussein

David Kapur
Ann Kenrick
Phillip Keir
Colin Kirkpatrick
Neil and Tracy Lawson-May
Peter Lim
Susan Lim
Mrs Flora Lyon
Jack Mactaggart
Camilla Mash
Frederic Marguerre
Mayerson Family
Robert McHenry and Sally Lloyd-Bostock
Andrew McIver
Sir Paul Morgan and Sheila Harvey
Siobhan and Simon Morgan
Sharon Newton
Professor Dame Linda Partridge and Mr Michael Morgan Mark Page
Oliver Pauley
Ben and Christina Perry
Keith Salway
Nicola Sawford and Michael Hadi
Carlos and Devy Schonfeld
Richard and Elizabeth Setchim
Stephan Solomonidis
Mary Tapissier and family
Philip and Irene Toll Gage Foundation
Steven Tredget
Richard Williams
Robert Willicombe
Sarah Wood Irem Yerdelen
Sonya Zuckermanand to all those who wish to remain anonymous

Corporate Partners
Apple Original Films
Audible
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Culture Mile BID
Google Arts & Culture
Mastercard
Sotheby’s
Taittinger
TOAST

Corporate Members
American International Group, Inc.
Bank of America
Bloomberg
BMO
Bolt Burdon Kemp
Deutsche Bank
DLA Piper UK LLP
Linklaters LLP
Macfarlanes LLP
Norton Rose Fulbright
Osborne Clarke
Pinsent Masons
Slaughter and May
Standard Chartered
UBS

Trusts & Grantmakers 
Adam Mickiewicz Institute
The Ampersand Foundation
Art Fund
Aspect Charitable Trust
CHK Foundation
Cockayne – Grants for the Arts
John S Cohen Foundation
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
Embassy of Ireland
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
The Garrick Charitable Trust
Goethe-Institut London
The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation
Henry Moore Foundation
Institut français du Royaume-Uni
Korean Cultural Centre UK
Lucille Graham Trust
Mactaggart Third Fund
Performing Arts Fund NL
Polish Cultural Institute London
Royal Norwegian Embassy in London
Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation


We also want to thank Barbican Members and the many thousands who made
a donation when purchasing tickets.


The Barbican Centre Trust Ltd, registered charity no. 294282