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Everything Seemed Possible
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Cinema

Everything Seemed Possible + ScreenTalk

Ramón Rivera Moret's compelling archival documentary revisiting a utopian chapter in Puerto Rico’s history through dozens of short films made in rural communities from the late 1940s to the 1960s.

Hand to earth performing on stage with Daniel Wilfred and Sunny Kim in the foreground bathed in a red light
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Contemporary music

Hand to Earth & Shabaka

A harmony of culture and sound through the blend of Wägilak song and British Jazz. Celebrating the launch of Hand to Earth’s new album Ŋurru Wäŋa (ROOM40).

Sir Antonio Pappano conducting the LSO on the Barbican stage, holding a baton, with LSO string players in the foreground of the image and audience members in the background.
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts two dramatic, emotionally intense American symphonies, both born of 20th-century tumult. 

Image of an orchestra performing with multiple people stood in line playing the flute
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Classical music

London Schools Symphony Orchestra

The LSSO returns to the Barbican following its summer tour of Yorkshire and Birmingham, with a programme including Sibelius' Finlandia and Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony.

Sir Antonio Pappano standing on the podium facing the audience, talking to the audience, with the London Symphony Orchestra sat on-stage behind him
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Copland

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Seong-Jin Cho sat at a piano, facing towards the keys, with his arm resting on the lid of the instrument
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Beethoven’s defiant Symphony No 5 meets the sneering mockery of Shostakovich and Prokofiev in exhilarating mood.

Janine Jansen on the Barbican stage, in front of the orchestra, playing the violin
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Antonio Pappano

Violinist Janine Jansen showcases Britten’s soulful concerto before the LSO launches into Shostakovich’s scathing criticism of Stalin.

Robert Wun's yellow rose, with exaggerated proportions and singed details
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Art & design

Dirty Looks

Rebel against conventional beauty and take a look at the dirty side of fashion in a bold new exhibition that questions what is beautiful, and what the future of fashion can be. 

Image of a set with tables and mirrors where people are working together to create a dress
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Theatre & dance

Caroline Guiela Nguyen: LACRIMA

Exploring the dramatic and dazzling world of couture fashion, this ambitious, large-scale production spans continents and reveals the hidden world behind beauty and luxury.  

A silhouette of a violinist in front of a multi colour background
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Classical music

ANNO: Four Seasons by Anna Meredith & Antonio Vivaldi

Experience the passage of time through a surprising and utterly fresh interpretation of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.

Green writing spells out 2073 over a pile of rubble
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Cinema

Dystopia is Not the Future: 2073 + ScreenTalk

Blending visionary science fiction and nonfiction, this cinematic warning from a dystopian future urges us to tackle the biggest challenges endangering our present day. 

Image of Discos Pacificos stood under the shed of a shop
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Contemporary music

Balimaya Project X Discos Pacifico All Stars Present: Calima

Balimaya Project meets the Discos Pacífico Allstars in a musical exchange blending West African and African-descendant cultures with Afro-Colombian marimba music and jazz.

Britten Sinfonia and Jeneba Kanneh-Mason
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Classical music

Britten Sinfonia and Jeneba Kanneh-Mason

Rising star Jeneba Kanneh-Mason is the soloist in Mozart’s exquisite and lyrical concerto, while Britten Sinfonia performs Schubert’s most Mozart-like symphony, filled with grace and invention.

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Theatre & dance

Łukasz Twarkowski / Dailes Theatre / Anka Herbut: ROHTKO

Trailblazing director Łukasz Twarkowski fuses theatre, tech and live cinema to create a monumentally spectacular production that explores art and authenticity in a fast-changing world.

A photo of a singer on stage, with an orchestral ensemble in the background. Semi staged production of Bushra El-Turk's Oum - A Son's Quest for his Mother
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Classical music

Oum – A Son’s Quest for His Mother

We are proud to present the UK premiere of Bushra El-Turk’s latest music theatre work, featuring star singers Ghalia Benali, Dima Orsho and Bernadeta Astari.