Read, Watch & Listen

From Blue Note classics to the recent UK jazz explosion, we highlight some of our favourite artists, many of whom have played here in the past.

As we prepare to enter a cabinet of curiosities in Wunderkammer at London International Mime Festival, puppeteer Penny Francis introduces Figurentheater Tübingen’s master puppeteer, Frank Soehnle.

We fly through 'The World of Charles and Ray Eames' exhibition, hearing from curator Catherine Ince, assistant curator Lotte Johnson and Eames Office director, Eames Demetrios as we tour the gallery space.

We talk to The World of Charles and Ray Eames architects, 6a, about how they brought Charles and Ray Eames’ vision to life in the Art Gallery.

Assistant Curator Lotte Johnson selects her favourite work from The World of Charles and Ray Eames

Exhibition Assistant Luke Naessens chooses his favourite work from The World of Charles and Ray Eames. 

Meet our Head of Music, Huw Humphreys to learn more about his Barbican life. 

We meet the Barbican Trust Chairman, Emma Kane to find out more about the importance of collaboration in the arts, her Barbican experiences and discover more about her own artistic pursuits. 

We follow the journey of creating an orchestra that would sound, look and feel like London with Sir Simon Rattle as he builds the Young Orchestra for London

Forbiddingly complex and even more forbiddingly beared, Andrew Dickson explore the life of Ibsen, our contemporary

The welcoming face to all our artists and companies at our Stage Door and one of our Backstage tour guides, Julian Fox takes us backstage of his Barbican.

Justin Jaeckle celebrates the ongoing relationship between the Barbican and The Architecture Foundation after five years of the popular cinema series.