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Theatre & dance

Guildhall School: The Welkin

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Rural Suffolk, 1759. A woman’s life hangs in the balance – and twelve others must decide her fate.

Lucy Kirkwood playwright
Mumba Dodwell director
Stella-Jane Odoemelam designer
Rohan Green lighting designer*
Finn Irving  sound designer* 
Poppy Inglis video designer*
Rebecca Piersanti associate video designer* 
Man in smart clothing in glasses and with gold ring looks worried, covering his mouth with his arm
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Theatre & dance

Guildhall School: Enron

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Mixing classical tragedy with savage comedy, Enron explores one of the most infamous scandals in financial history.

Lucy Prebble playwright
Paul Foster director
Cory Shipp designer
Debbie Wiseman composer
Toby Ison lighting designer*
Alissa Crew sound designer*
Lessons on Revolution
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Talks & events Theatre & dance Take part

Lessons on Revolution

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One of The Scotsman's 'Best Shows of the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe', this 'unique and intellectually potent' (★★★★★, Morning Star)  show explores how voices of the past can give us hope today.

Two dancers
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Classical music Theatre & dance

Julius Eastman: A Power Greater Than

Grammy-nominated Barbican artist-in-residence Davóne Tines performs a multidisciplinary all-Julius Eastman program curated by Seth Parker Woods, alongside AMOC* & Kyle Marshall Choreography.

Julius Eastman Touch Him When
Prelude & Holy Presence of Joan D'Arc
Piano 2
Gay Guerilla
Davóne Tines baritone
JIJI guitar
Seth Parker Woods cello
Adam Tendler piano
Richard Valitutto piano
Conor Hanick piano
Kyle Marshall Choreography
AMOC* American Modern Opera Company
Kyle Marshall choreographer
Khalid Dunton dancer
José Lapaz-Rodriguez dancer
Edo Tastic creative director, Gay Guerilla
Woman on orange-lit stage with camera; large projected face creates surreal, haunting atmosphere.
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Theatre & dance

KISS WITNESS/Elisabeth Gunawan: Prayers For A Hungry Ghost

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Shattering, sardonic, funny and tender, this ensemble production combines horror, physical performance, live cinema and Chinese mythology to bring audiences into 'the realm of hungry ghosts'.

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Tours & public spaces Theatre & dance

Backstage Tours

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Step behind the scenes and see the Barbican Theatre from a new perspective on our 60-minute Backstage Tour.

Scales of Justice, one side with an axe and one side with a red rose dropping petals on table
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Classical music Theatre & dance

Opera Double Bill: Smyth's Der Wald & Respighi's Lucrezia

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Two powerful stories. Two rarely heard operas. One unforgettable evening.

Stephen Barlow director
Dominic Wheeler conductor
Jon Morrell designer
The creative team of Transpose pose alongside each other against an iconic Barbican backdrop with a red swirling light around them.
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Theatre & dance

Transpose Pit Party: Subverse

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The latest edition of Transpose, a powerful evening of music and performance from some of the UK's most exciting trans artists, is directed by Jamie Hale and curated by ILĀ. 

Opera singer dressed in white ruffled outfit and roman crown holding bow and arrow
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Classical music Theatre & dance

Guildhall School: Autumn Opera Scenes

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Outstanding first-year singers from Guildhall School’s Opera department perform a captivating selection of classical and contemporary operatic excerpts.

Martin Lloyd-Evans director
Ceci Calf designer
Ashok Gupta music director
Toddlers running around with orbs of light hanging from the ceiling while two people overlook them
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Theatre & dance

Engruna Teatre: Univers

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Live music, movement and poetic storytelling combine in this fun, sensory show that gives 0–2-year-olds the space to explore in magical and unexpected ways.