Read, Watch & Listen

Sing your heart out to these Mariah Carey songs, ahead of our screening of Glitter.

In our latest Barbican Session, Tai Murray plays Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's Louisiana Blues Strut: A Cakewalk in our Theatre Stalls Left.

Acclaimed Hip Hop dance theatre company Boy Blue marks its 21st anniversary this year. Founders Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy MBE and Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante MBE look back over their journey to the world stage.

I Remember is an experimental film capturing delicate and authentic insight into the emotive refugee journey of one family. It tells a universal story of struggle and hope through their unique journey.

Listen to a special conversation from our lakeside hosted by artists Abbas Zahedi and Joshua Leon. 

Artist and scientist Joaquín Fargas embarks on a quest to reveal the environmental impact of extracting lithium, a key component of electric cars – which aren’t as sustainable as Tesla or Toyota want you to believe.

Get a different perspective on some of the standout pieces of our five star exhibition – with selections from us!

We spoke to Gecko Theatre’s Artistic Director, Amit Lahav, and performers, Ryen Perkins-Gangnes, Madeleine Fairminer, Mario Patrón, Miguel Hernando Torres Umba and Saju Hari, about their sell-out production The Wedding.

Here we hear from Cem A. about their exhibition, their work and how meme culture intersects with the art world.

Members of our Young Poets and Young Visual Arts Group chat about what it means to be a young artist today and their experience of being part of our young creative programmes.

We asked three female contemporary female artists (Clare Twomey, Kate Malone and Pheobe Cummings) to speak about the life and work of three of the female artists in the our Postwar Modern exhibition (Elisabeth Frink, Kim Lim and Lucie Rie).

In another archive edition we return to the cinema and experience a family falling apart in front of their son’s eyes in 1960s suburbia – here we speak to actor turned writer and director Paul Dano about Wildlife.