
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.
The event
The evening will begin with a specially edited never before seen version of The Lock-in, followed by a discussion with the film's director. Afterward, guests will be invited to enjoy a specially produced lager inspired by the project in the cinema foyer. As the film continues to play, audiences will have the opportunity to move between the foyer and the auditorium.
Biographies
Nitin Ganatra, OBE, is a British actor best known for his long-running role as Masood Ahmed in the iconic BBC soap opera EastEnders. He joined the show in 2007 and became a household name during his 12-year tenure, portraying the charismatic and complex patriarch of the Ahmed family. Ganatra's performance earned widespread acclaim, including the British Soap Award for Best Onscreen Partnership alongside Nina Wadia, who played his on-screen wife, Zainab Masood.
Sophie Sleigh-Johnson, born 1988, is a Southend-on-Sea-based writer and artist. She holds a PhD from Goldsmiths College, London, where she occasionally teaches as an Associate Lecturer in Fine Art Critical Studies. Her new book Code: Damp - An Esoteric Guide to British Sitcoms was published this winter by Repeater Books, on the 40th anniversary of Leonard Rossiter’s death. Her essay ‘Alcoholics Hieronymus: The Tavern’s Numinous Conviviality in Machen and Spare’, is out soon in Faunus: The Journal of The Friends of Arthur Machen (join up!). Her ongoing research is distributed across printmaking, spoken word, performance, and cassette releases, and she writes for publications including Darkside, The Leigh Times and The London Drinker.
Stanley Schtinter has been described by Sight & Sound magazine as 'the witchfinder general of cultural complacency.' His recent projects include Schneewittchen (IFFR; BFI, 2025), Last Movies (Tenement Press; ICA, 2023-24) and Important Books [or, Manifestos Read by Children, 2021-22] (Whitechapel Gallery, 2021-22).
Cinema 1
Location
Barbican Cinema 1 is located within the main Barbican building on Level -2. Head to Level G and walk towards the Lakeside Terrace where you’ll find stairs and lifts to take you down to the venue floor.
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.