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Architecture Tour
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

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Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

The Barbican Centre at night
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Tours & public spaces

Ghost Tours: The Barbican After Dark

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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.

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Contemporary music

Smerz + special guests

Norwegian art pop duo Smerz return to London presenting their Big City Life album as part of Italy’s C2C Festival’s 25th anniversary.

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Contemporary music

Ed O'Brien

The renowned Radiohead guitarist unveils his new record, performed alongside a collective of musicians. 

A classical orchestra with singers on stage
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Classical music

BBC Singers: A Whole New World – the songs of Alan Menken

Following two successful musical theatre concerts, the BBC Singers and Chief Conductor Owain Park explore the extraordinary music of Academy Award- and Grammy Award-winning Alan Menken.

two monsters fighting
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Cinema

All Kaiju Attack!: King Kong vs. Godzilla + Intro [DUBBED]

Ishirō Honda’s movie, featuring the thundering showdown of cinema’s two greatest monsters, remains the most successful Godzilla film of all time. 

King Kong fighting a monster
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Cinema

All Kaiju Attack!: King Kong Escapes [DUBBED] + Introduction

Fun is at the top of the agenda in this delightful kaiju spectacle, featuring King Kong, Gorosaurus and a villain named Dr Who. Can Kong emerge triumphant? 

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Contemporary music

SIRENS

An extraordinary gathering of voices – Amanda Bergman, Kate Stables, Charlotte Cornfield, Tammy Adams, The Staves, Angie McMahon, Theodora Byrne Trio, and Eve Owen – for one special night.

Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the LSO on the Barbican stage
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

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A celebratory new work by Dai Fujikura to launch the LSO’s 2026/27 season, and an epic voyage from the depths of despair to glorious rebirth in Mahler's 'Resurrection' Symphony. 

A beautiful blue butterfly, its wings spread
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Theatre & dance

Guildhall School: Chaos

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In a new production directed by Amelia Sears, Laura Lomas’s hypnotic play examines modern life through the eyes of young characters as we move through a series of dislocated and interconnected scenes.

Two female doctors face each other smiling
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Theatre & dance

Guildhall School: Tiger Country

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Nina Raine’s searingly honest NHS drama follows a tangle of doctors and nurses in a busy London hospital, directed by Guildhall alumnus Ashley Zhangazha.

Godzilla chases a small boat through the ocean.
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Cinema

All Kaiju Attack!: Godzilla Minus One + Introduction

Godzilla was rebooted once more to thrilling effect with Takashi Yamazaki’s 2023 mighty blockbuster, becoming the first Godzilla film to win an Oscar. 

Man stadding and posing, all dressed in white and wearing sunglasses
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Contemporary music

Improvisers' Ensemble featuring Cleveland Watkiss MBE

Join internationally renowned vocalist and composer, Cleveland Watkiss MBE, for an electric performance with Guildhall's Improvisers' Ensemble. 

Sir Antonio Pappano introducing a Half Six Fix concert, holding a piece of paper and talking into a microphone
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Half Six Fix – Bruckner

Kick-start your evening with a Half Six Fix concert exploring Bruckner's Ninth Symphony. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

A person in a dark green dress sits down in front of a Ancient Greek inspired backdrop.
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Classical music

Britten Sinfonia: Ancient Greek Meze

Love, loss and revenge… join us for a vivid evening of music based on ancient Greek myths, interspersed with illuminating, witty contributions from stand-up classicist Natalie Haynes.