Press room Theatre & dance press releases Title Posted on Rehearsal photography has been released for the London premiere of Hamlet Hail to the Thief, running at the Barbican Theatre 14 Oct 2026 Engruna Teatre’s award-winning sensory experience Univers for 0–2-year-olds returns to the Barbican this December 12 Oct 2026 Barbican announces its Spring/Summer 2027 Theatre & Dance programme featuring returning favourites, classic stories reinterpreted, and the best of both international and UK stage talent 29 Sep 2026 Death Note: The Musical announces new 2027 Barbican season 9 Sep 2026 Full cast and band are announced for the London premiere of Hamlet Hail to the Thief, running at the Barbican Theatre from 31 October 2026 to 23 January 2027 3 Sep 2026 Barbican celebrates Haruki Murakami with the European premiere of End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland stage adaptation this autumn 10 Aug 2026 Barbican welcomes the London premiere of the critically acclaimed Brazilian production Tom at the Farm this October 27 Jul 2026 London Premiere of Dance is Not For Us comes to the Pit in October as part of Dance Umbrella 22 Jul 2026 Pam Tanowitz Dance returns to the Barbican for the UK premiere of Pastoral, a collaboration with Caroline Shaw and Sarah Crowner, reimagining Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 12 Jul 2026 Final Casting Announced for the brand new production of global phenomenon Death Note: The Musical 16 Jun 2026 Shakespeare meets Radiohead as Hamlet Hail to the Thief has its London premiere at the Barbican 12 Jun 2026 Barbican announces its autumn/winter 2026 Theatre & Dance programme packed with exceptional international work, plus this year’s Open Lab cohort of the next generation of theatre creatives 9 Jun 2026 Barbican announces its classical season for 2026-2027 16 Apr 2026 Simon Russell Beale returns to the Barbican to narrate Greg Doran's celebrated production of Shakespeare's great poem Venus & Adonis, animated by a team of world-class puppeteers 7 Apr 2026 World Premiere of the Brand-New Production of the Global Phenomenon Death Note: The Musical 26 Feb 2026 Barbican welcomes the UK premiere of Theatre for One, featuring plays by Enda Walsh, Marina Carr and Mark O’Rowe 28 Jan 2026 Jonathan Bailey and Ariana Grande to star in a new production of Sunday in the Park with George at the Barbican 14 Jan 2026 New production of High Society opening at Barbican Theatre summer 2026, presented by Trafalgar Theatre Productions and the Barbican 5 Dec 2025 Barbican announces Theatre & Dance programme, Scene Change, for Spring 2026 18 Nov 2025 Award-winning company KISS WITNESS premieres the darkly comedic Prayers for a Hungry Ghost exploring intergenerational trauma this Halloween 11 Sep 2025 Load more
