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Welcome to the Barbican’s press room, where you can contact our Communications team, read press releases and find out the latest news.

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Latest press releases

Title Posted on
Barbican announces rescheduled concerts for 2021 28 May 2020
Barbican announces new digital content and launches new music album made by young Londoners 22 May 2020
Barbican announces new content to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week and Human Rights Watch Film Festival 19 May 2020
Barbican announces new digital content during temporary closure 4 May 2020
Barbican extends temporary closure to 30 June 2020 1 Apr 2020
Barbican to temporarily close 17 Mar 2020
City Corporation provides new funding for Centre for Music project 16 Mar 2020
Barbican announces five Divine Comedy dates for September 2020 and Shirley Collins as special guest for Lankum 10 Mar 2020
Barbican announces A Winged Victory for the Sullen concert for 19 Nov 2020 10 Mar 2020
Barbican April highlights 28 Feb 2020
Barbican announces Gilberto Gil & BaianaSystem (28 June) and full line up for Richard Dawson (28 March) 27 Feb 2020
Barbican announces its 2020-21 classical music season 24 Feb 2020
Ivo van Hove directs Internationaal Theater Amsterdam in the UK premiere of a new theatrical adaptation of Death in Venice 20 Feb 2020
Barbican announces Visible Cloaks, MoodSwing, Taj Mahal & Jon Cleary and Gustavo Santaolalla dates 20 Feb 2020
Barbican announces further details for Max Richter's world premiere performances of 'Voices' 14 Feb 2020
Applications to get involved in Walthamstow Garden Party now open 12 Feb 2020
Barbican announces 'Jazz Ambassadors' date with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis 3 Feb 2020
Barbican announces a weekend of music, art and spoken word curated by Shabaka Hutchings 3 Feb 2020
Barbican March highlights 31 Jan 2020
Barbican Shop announces new fashion collections by Apparel & Lovers and Reflect Studio 30 Jan 2020

General info

Contact us

 

Our working hours are Monday-Friday 10am-6pm

Please do get in touch with any questions – we look forward to hearing from you.

Lorna Gemmell
Head of Communications
020 7382 7147 / 07789 933 010
[email protected]

Jess Hookway
Senior Policy and Communications Manager
020 7638 4141 ext: 7467
[email protected]

Bennno Rembeck
Communications Manager
020 7638 4141 ext: 5055
[email protected]

John Kelly
Communications Assistant
020 7382 2389
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Lily Booth
Acting Senior Communications Manager – Visual Arts
020 7382 6162
[email protected]  

Jemima Yong
Communications Assistant – Visual Arts
020 7638 4141 ext 8280
[email protected]  

 

Angela Dias 
Senior Communications Manager - Theatre and Dance 
020 7382 7168 
[email protected]

Freddie Todd Fordham
Communications Officer - Theatre and Dance
020 7382 7399
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Bridget Thornborrow
PR Consultant - Theatre and Dance
020 7638 4141 ext. 7467
[email protected]

Annikaisa Vainio-Miles
Senior Communications Manager - Music 
020 7382 7090
[email protected]

Sabine Kindel
Communications Manager - Music
020 7382 6199 
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Edward Maitland Smith
Communications Officer - Music
020 7382 6196 
[email protected]

For enquiries about the London Symphony Orchestra, please contact their press team directly.

Ian Cuthbert
Communications Manager - Cinema
[email protected]

Sarah Harvey
PR Consultant - Cinema
020 7732 7790
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