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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
How We Live Now: Reimagining Spaces with Matrix Feminist Design Co-operative 13 Apr 2021
Barbican appoints Will Gompertz as new Director of Arts and Learning 19 Mar 2021
Barbican announces line-up details for Live from the Barbican in spring/summer 2021 11 Mar 2021
Barbican announces reopening and new programme for the spring and summer 2021 10 Mar 2021
Claudia Andujar: The Yanomami Struggle 9 Mar 2021
Jean Dubuffet: Brutal Beauty 4 Mar 2021
Barbican announces continuation of its Live from the Barbican concert series through summer 2021 19 Feb 2021
Barbican brings back Concerts On Demand and announces new films on Cinema On Demand alongside more digital content 11 Feb 2021
New Suns: A Feminist Literary Festival 2021 2 Feb 2021
Barbican postpones Live from the Barbican concert dates scheduled between 10 January and 24 March 2021 8 Jan 2021
Paul Weller with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jules Buckley concert date added to ‘Live from the Barbican’ line-up in spring 2021 18 Dec 2020
Barbican announces 2021 Level G programme 16 Dec 2020
Barbican announces line-up details for Live from the Barbican in spring 2021, with artists including Sheku & Isata Kanneh-Mason, Shirley Collins, The Sixteen, Moses Boyd, This is The Kit, Anna Meredith and Jonny Greenwood 8 Dec 2020
Barbican announces Hildur Guðnadóttir: Chernobyl Live, available On Demand 4 - 11 December 2 Dec 2020
Barbican reopens with vibrant programme for the festive period 1 Dec 2020
Barbican announces a three-day digital residency with the Australian Chamber Orchestra alongside further new digital content across all artforms 26 Nov 2020
Barbican launches digital group exhibition It All Comes Down 26 Nov 2020
Barbican announces digital residency with the Australian Chamber Orchestra 24 Nov 2020
Live from the Barbican series now available On Demand during lockdown 23 Nov 2020
Barbican announces a series of festive live and livestreamed concerts 17 Nov 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]

Matt Tedford
PA to Head of Communications
020 7382 7039
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Jess Hookway
Senior Policy and Communications Manager
020 7638 7237
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Benno Rembeck
Communications Manager
020 7638 4141 ext: 5055
[email protected]

John Kelly
Communications Assistant
020 7382 2389
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Ann Berni
Senior Communications Manager – Visual Arts
07966 393 580
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Jemima Yong
Communications Assistant – Visual Arts
020 7638 4141 ext 8280
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Daisy Robinson-Smyth
Communications Assistant – Visual Arts
020 7638 7254
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Angela Dias 
Senior Communications Manager - Theatre and Dance 
020 7382 7168 
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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
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Annikaisa Vainio-Miles
Senior Communications Manager - Music 
020 7382 7090
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Sabine Kindel
Communications Manager - Music
020 7382 6199 
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Edward Maitland Smith
Communications Officer - Music
020 7382 6196 
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For enquiries about the London Symphony Orchestra, please contact their press team directly.

Ian Cuthbert
Communications Manager - Cinema
07980 925 352
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Sarah Harvey
PR Consultant - Cinema
07958 597 426
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