Booking fees
£1.50 booking fee per online/phone transaction.
No fee when tickets are booked in person.
Booking fees are per transaction and not per ticket. If your booking contains several events the highest booking fee will apply. The booking fee may be reduced on certain events. Members do not pay booking fees.
Planning your visit
Friday
The Creative Activities (9.30am-3pm)
Express yourself and create experimental wearables, lose yourself in front of a magic mirror, sing your heart out and take on Loki's multi-sensory challenges, including mazes, music and mayhem.
There are bookable daytime sessions for SEND schools. These will be an hour and a half long and can be tailored to suit students aged between 8-24. For more information please contact Group Bookings 020 7382 7211 (during office hours) or [email protected]
Saturday
The Creative Activities (12pm–4pm)
Express yourself and create experimental wearables, lose yourself in front of a magic mirror, sing your heart out and take on Loki's multi-sensory challenges, including mazes, music and mayhem.
The Bubble-up Parade (4pm–5pm)
Join Touretteshero and the rest of the Brewing in the Basement crew as we bring our bright, colourful, cheeky and noisy parade to the rest of the Barbican. This is your chance to show off and share your message with the world – expect the unexpected along the way.
The Basement Bash (6pm–10pm)
Join us for our inclusive evening cabaret, four hours of joyful performances celebrating the richness and diversity of disability arts and culture, hosted by Touretteshero, the world’s first fully-fledged Tourettes superhero. This is your chance to laugh, learn, and dance all at once!
Bradford’s bipolar superstar Captain Hotknives will be performing his finest selection of Anarchist rock anthems and ludicrous lullabies. Expect classics such as The Pigeons Told Me To Shoplift and I Hate Babies.
Legendry five-piece band The Fish Police will be débuting some eagerly anticipated new material. Their mix their love of computer games, cartoons, and fast food to create a sound that set them apart.
Feminists PERKY will get us thinking about womanhood with a playful conversation about learning disability, identity and mermaids.
Radical youth-led company Sounds Like Chaos will host their Click-Bait Karaoke – an interactive and immersive game-show.
Finally, Sufficiently Compact Mass, half of UK DJ and party starting collective PLU will be dishing out delicious discs and spinning rebellious records. Expect early era dance music in this unforgettable DJ set.
Our creative daytime activities will extend a warm welcome to children, young people and families. The Saturday night Basement Bash cabaret will have a more grown-up focus, but children and young people will be welcome to attend with their parents/carers.
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The Pit
Location
The Pit is located on Level -2 within the main Barbican building and can be accessed via the stairs or lifts on Level G, next to the doors to the Lakeside Terrace.
Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS
Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.
