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Classical_2027_BBC SO_Total Immersion: The World of Tove Jansson
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Talks & events Classical music

Total Immersion: The World of Tove Jansson - Talk

A talk examining Tove Jansson’s lifelong relationship with music and its influence on her creative world.

Classical_2026_BBC SO_Night Tracks
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Talks & events Classical music

Total Immersion: Music for Wellbeing - Talk

Music for Wellbeing - a discussion

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
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Tours & public spaces Art & design

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican

Free

This free installation invites visitors to orient themselves in the buildings and their complex, fascinating histories in an exciting new display at the heart of the Barbican’s Foyers.

People standing in gallery space
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Art & design

Yuko Mohri: In Concert

Free

Japanese artist Yuko Mohri transforms The Curve with a new site-responsive commission exploring states of flux and acts of repair via light, sound and kinetic sculpture featuring Barbican objects.

Architecture Tour
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

Daisy Edgar-Jones as Elinor Dashwood stands with her back to a window as George MacKay as Edward Ferrars stands close to her, and the two look at each other with serious expressions.
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Cinema

Sense and Sensibility

An irresistible new take on Jane Austen’s iconic Sense and Sensibility: a charming, witty and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles.

a man standing on the table
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Cinema

Digger

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro G Iñárritu (Birdman) returns with his original feature starring Tom Cruise as the most powerful man in the world.

A man in a kitchen
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Cinema

Tony

A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, carving out a slice of a summer that will shape the course of his life.

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Cinema

Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie

Whilst recovering in hospital from a devastating assassination attempt, renowned author Salman Rushdie looks back at his life and career, in this deeply personal documentary.

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Event
Tours & public spaces Art & design

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican

Free

This free installation invites visitors to orient themselves in the buildings and their complex, fascinating histories in an exciting new display at the heart of the Barbican’s Foyers.

People standing in gallery space
Event
Art & design

Yuko Mohri: In Concert

Free

Japanese artist Yuko Mohri transforms The Curve with a new site-responsive commission exploring states of flux and acts of repair via light, sound and kinetic sculpture featuring Barbican objects.

Architecture Tour
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

Daisy Edgar-Jones as Elinor Dashwood stands with her back to a window as George MacKay as Edward Ferrars stands close to her, and the two look at each other with serious expressions.
Event
Cinema

Sense and Sensibility

An irresistible new take on Jane Austen’s iconic Sense and Sensibility: a charming, witty and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles.

The Barbican Centre at night
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Tours & public spaces

Ghost Tours: The Barbican After Dark

Discover the Barbican after dark. Explore tales of Roman ruins, plague pits and staff ghost stories on an atmospheric tour through one of London's most unexpected haunted sites.

a man standing on the table
Event
Cinema

Digger

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro G Iñárritu (Birdman) returns with his original feature starring Tom Cruise as the most powerful man in the world.

a women in the light
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Cinema

Experiments in Film: Critical Affection Trilogy + Discussion

Join us for a special screening of the completed Critical Affection Trilogy by Michelle Williams Gamaker, which reimagines overlooked film histories and the inequalities of the early film industry.

Event
Cinema

Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie

Whilst recovering in hospital from a devastating assassination attempt, renowned author Salman Rushdie looks back at his life and career, in this deeply personal documentary.

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Event
Tours & public spaces Art & design

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican

Free

This free installation invites visitors to orient themselves in the buildings and their complex, fascinating histories in an exciting new display at the heart of the Barbican’s Foyers.

A square painting using washes of white paint and blue chalk on canvas
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Art & design

Robert Ryman: The Real Thing

‘You have to see the real thing… seeing a real painting is the only way to do it.’

People standing in gallery space
Event
Art & design

Yuko Mohri: In Concert

Free

Japanese artist Yuko Mohri transforms The Curve with a new site-responsive commission exploring states of flux and acts of repair via light, sound and kinetic sculpture featuring Barbican objects.

Architecture Tour
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

Daisy Edgar-Jones as Elinor Dashwood stands with her back to a window as George MacKay as Edward Ferrars stands close to her, and the two look at each other with serious expressions.
Event
Cinema

Sense and Sensibility

An irresistible new take on Jane Austen’s iconic Sense and Sensibility: a charming, witty and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles.

a man standing on the table
Event
Cinema

Digger

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro G Iñárritu (Birdman) returns with his original feature starring Tom Cruise as the most powerful man in the world.

Event
Cinema

Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie

Whilst recovering in hospital from a devastating assassination attempt, renowned author Salman Rushdie looks back at his life and career, in this deeply personal documentary.

Tatsuya Fujiwara as Watashi
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Theatre & dance

End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland

The boundaries between dreams, memories and realities blur in this dazzling stage adaptation of Haruki Murakami's popular novel about consciousness and identity.

artist performing
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Art & design

Yuko Mohri and Christian Marclay Performance

Yuko Mohri and Christian Marclay will join forces for a one-night performance in the Barbican carpark in response to In Concert, Mohri's solo exhibition in The Curve.

Attacca Quartet in a photo studio looking down towards the camera. They are in front of a greyish background.
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Classical music

Attacca Quartet with Caroline Shaw: Sing On

The Pulitzer prize-winning composer reveals all facets of her dynamic musicianship in this collaboration with the Grammy winning New York Quartet.

The Barbican Centre at night
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Tours & public spaces

Ghost Tours: The Barbican After Dark

Discover the Barbican after dark. Explore tales of Roman ruins, plague pits and staff ghost stories on an atmospheric tour through one of London's most unexpected haunted sites.

A man in a kitchen
Event
Cinema

Tony

A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, carving out a slice of a summer that will shape the course of his life.

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Event
Tours & public spaces Art & design

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican

Free

This free installation invites visitors to orient themselves in the buildings and their complex, fascinating histories in an exciting new display at the heart of the Barbican’s Foyers.