This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.
Event
ImmersiveTheatre & danceContemporary music
In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats
It's 1989 and finding the party is the only thing that matters.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
Event
ImmersiveContemporary music
Feel the Sound
Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.
Event
Art & design
Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha
Within a new, intimate gallery in the Barbican, contemporary artist Huma Bhabha's monumental sculptures forge new dialogues with works by 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
Event
Theatre & dance
Fiddler on the Roof
A theatrical triumph, the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s completely sold-out electrifying Fiddler On The Roof transfers to London this summer in what is set to be the theatre event of 2025.
Event
Cinema
The Phoenician Scheme
One of the most anticipated films of the year, Wes Anderson returns with an all-star ensemble in this tale of comedic espionage and intrigue.
Event
Cinema
From Hilde, With Love + Animated Short
A powerful tale of love and resistance, this historic drama is inspired by the real story of the Red Orchestra anti-Nazi group.
Event
Cinema
The Innerview + ScreenTalk & Book Launch Event
A newly restored screening of Richard Beymer’s trippy 1960s lost film, followed by a ScreenTalk and book launch event for Ross Lipman's latest work:The Archival Impermanence Project.
Event
Cinema
Preview Screening: Hot Milk
Tensions simmer in this adaptation of Deborah Levy's book as a mother and daughter's bond is tested by the arrival of a mysterious stranger.
Event
Cinema
Sudan, Remember Us
Filmmaker Hind Meddeb captures four years of a revolution’s rise and fall, revealing how poetry, art, and music became the soul of Sudan’s fight for freedom amid dictatorship, hope, and war.
Event
Cinema
28 Years Later
Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland reunite for the new terrifying auteur horror set in the aftermath 28 Days Later.
Event
Cinema
Red Path (Les Enfants Rouges)
Set in the mountains of Tunisia, Lotfi Achour's latest drama explores innocence lost in the face of terror.
Event
Library
Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music
Free
This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.
Event
ImmersiveTheatre & danceContemporary music
In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats
It's 1989 and finding the party is the only thing that matters.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
Event
ImmersiveContemporary music
Feel the Sound
Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.
Event
Art & design
Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha
Within a new, intimate gallery in the Barbican, contemporary artist Huma Bhabha's monumental sculptures forge new dialogues with works by 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
Event
Cinema
From Hilde, With Love + Animated Short
A powerful tale of love and resistance, this historic drama is inspired by the real story of the Red Orchestra anti-Nazi group.
Event
Cinema
Hot Milk
Tensions simmer in this adaptation of Deborah Levy's book as a mother and daughter's bond is tested by the arrival of a mysterious stranger.
Event
Cinema
28 Years Later
Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland reunite for the new terrifying auteur horror set in the aftermath 28 Days Later.
Event
Classical music
Classical Pride: Voices of Tomorrow
Texts by queer poets and music by LGBTQ+ composers are brought together in this song recital that showcases some of today’s leading young classical music talent.
Ricky Ian Gordon Joy (text by Langston Hughes)
Maud Valérie White The Throstle (text by Alfred Lord Tennyson)
Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Cuckoo, Op. 54, no. 8 (text by Christian Gellert)
Martin Bussey We two (text by Walt Whitman)
Leonard Bernstein To What You Said (text by Walt Whitman)
Edward Picton-Turbervill How can I keep from singing? (text trad.)
Judith WeirLady Isobel and the Elf Knight (text trad.)
Jonathan DoveBetween Your Sheets (text by Mary Wortley Montagu)
Reynaldo HahnA Chloris (text by Théophile de Viau)
Stephen HoughAll Shall be Well (text by Julian of Norwich)
Harriet Burns soprano
Jonathan Eyers baritone
Edward Picton-Turbervill piano
Event
Cinema
Sudan, Remember Us
Filmmaker Hind Meddeb captures four years of a revolution’s rise and fall, revealing how poetry, art, and music became the soul of Sudan’s fight for freedom amid dictatorship, hope, and war.
Event
Theatre & dance
Fiddler on the Roof
A theatrical triumph, the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s completely sold-out electrifying Fiddler On The Roof transfers to London this summer in what is set to be the theatre event of 2025.
Event
Classical music
Classical Pride: Voices of Joy & Sorrow
A triumphant finale to 2025’s Classical Pride, as the London Symphony Orchestra and conductor Oliver Zeffman celebrate LGBTQ+ voices in classical music with a vibrant programme.
Camille Saint-Saëns Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila
Jennifer Higdonblue cathedral
Jake Heggie New Work (world premiere)
Camille Saint-Saëns Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix from Samson et Dalila
Harold Arlen Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz
George Benjamin Dream of the Song
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Suite
London Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Zeffmanconductor
Jamie Bartonmezzo-soprano
Cameron Shahbazicountertenor
Tenebrae
Jonny Woohost
Event
Cinema
The Phoenician Scheme
One of the most anticipated films of the year, Wes Anderson returns with an all-star ensemble in this tale of comedic espionage and intrigue.
Event
Cinema
Funny Games
Michael Haneke offers a chilling look at our obsession with violence in his intense psychological thriller following a families descent into terror.
Event
Library
Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music
Free
This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.
Event
ImmersiveContemporary music
Feel the Sound
Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.
Event
ImmersiveTheatre & danceContemporary music
In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats
It's 1989 and finding the party is the only thing that matters.
