Harris Dickinson’s directorial debut explores the turbulent life of a young addict, as relentless obstacles block his path to redemption.
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Cinema
Members' Screening: Plainclothes
Members' event
Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey serve up arresting chemistry as a cop and his target in this 90s New York psychodrama.
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Cinema
Parent and Baby Screening: Plainclothes
Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey serve up arresting chemistry as a cop and his target in this 90s New York psychodrama.
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Classical music
Alfred Brendel: a Musical Celebration
In this celebratory concert on what would have been Alfred Brendel’s 95th birthday, musician friends from several generations gather to honour his legacy.
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Contemporary musicClassical music
Paraorchestra and The Breath present Symbiosis
Ríoghnach Connolly and Stuart McCallum of folk duo The Breath, join forces with Paraorchestra for Symbiosis, a soulful fusion of folk and orchestral soundscapes.
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Cinema
The Mastermind + ScreenTalk x The Observer
Celebrated filmmaker Kelly Reichardt (First Cow) directs an unforgettable Josh O’Connor in The Mastermind, her latest Cannes triumph.
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Tours & public spacesTheatre & dance
Backstage Tours
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Step behind the scenes and see the Barbican Theatre from a new perspective on our 60-minute Backstage Tour.
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Talks & events
Maria Alyokhina (Pussy Riot) in Conversation with James Ball
Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhina joins award-winning investigative journalist James Ball to discuss her memoir Political Girl and her fight against authoritarianism.
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Talks & events
Cory Doctorow with Sarah Wynn-Williams
Is life online getting worse and worse? Leading tech critic and science fiction author, Cory Doctorow shares strategies for how we might reclaim the internet.
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Contemporary music
Guy Manoukian: Live in London
Experience a spellbinding evening of crossover Arabesque melodies fused with contemporary arrangements, performed by one of today's most acclaimed international composers and pianists.