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An illustration of the Totoro character with green watercolour washes of paint. Inside Totoro's face is the silhouette of two small characters holding a red umbrella.
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Theatre & dance

Royal Shakespeare Company/Joe Hisaishi: My Neighbour Totoro

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Find your spirit with the “awe-inspiring” (Time Out) and “dazzling” (Guardian) My Neighbour Totoro, as this five-star, award-winning production returns for a strictly limited season.

Barbican architecture
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

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Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

Laura Aguilar, Nature Self-Portrait #5, 1996 © Laura Aguilar Trust of 2016
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Art & design Talks & events

Conference – Resist, Persist: Gender, Climate & Colonialism

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A collaboration with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, this multi-day symposium uses the themes of RE/SISTERS to explore the bonds between gender and environmental justice. 

Children and their families gather underneath a large white parachute.
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Theatre & dance

Told by an Idiot: Get Happy

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Physical comedy, live music, acrobatics, silly dancing and audience interaction all feature in this 'madcap little gem' (Time Out) which will have you and your little ones laughing out loud.

Sakari Oramo conductor
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Classical music

BBC Symphony Orchestra: Globe Skimmers and Nordic Winters

From the elemental grandeur of Sibelius to the miracle of a globe-skimming dragonfly, Sakari Oramo joins violinist Johan Dalene to explore new horizons and old.

Carl Nielsen An Imaginary Journey to the Faroe Islands
Tebogo Monnakgotla Globe Skimmer Surfing the Somali Jet (BBC co-commission, UK premiere)
Jean Sibelius Symphony No 6 in D minor
Jean Sibelius Symphony No 7 in C major
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
Johan Dalene violin
A group of families enjoying a performance of Told by an Idiot's Get Happy. Children gather under a big, white parachute.
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Talks & events Theatre & dance

Told by An Idiot: Get Happy Members-only Performance

Members' event

Members are invited to this special performance of Get Happy, a laugh-out-loud physical comedy by critically-acclaimed theatre company Told By An Idiot.

Junior Guildhall violinist
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Classical music

Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra & String Ensemble

Junior Guildhall’s Symphony Orchestra and String Ensemble return to Milton Court Concert Hall under the baton of Julian Clayton. 

Gianandrea Noseda
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda

A symphony thwarted by history, and a concerto from a composer at his peak.

Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No 4
Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No 2
London Symphony Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda conductor
Simon Trpčeski piano
Two members of Britten Sinfonia smile at another member, who has his back to the camera. They are all on the Barbican stage, holding their instruments.
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Classical music

Britten Sinfonia: Messiah

Enjoy a rare chance to hear Handel’s seasonal masterpiece in Mozart’s compelling re-imagining for late 18th century orchestra.

George Frideric Handel (arr Mozart) Messiah
Britten Sinfonia
BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin conductor
Hilary Cronin soprano
Helen Charlston alto
Laurence Kilsby tenor
Morgan Pearse bass
Hands making a triangle shape over stones
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Art & design Tours & public spaces

RE/SISTERS Tour with Charlotte Flint

Join independent curator Charlotte Flint, as she leads a tour of the exhibition exploring the work of Tee A. Corinne, JEB and Barbara Hammer and the important role that nature plays in their practice.