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Art & design Talks & events

Home: Figure and Portrait Drawing Workshops

Express yourself freely and creatively at this figure and portrait drawing course that will encourage you to reflect on the themes of family and the home. 

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Talks & events

Barbican Community Choir

Share the joy of singing with others and make new friends at this new community choir that comes together weekly on Thursdays led by Rachel Huggins and Abdul Shyllon. 

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Cinema Talks & events

Experiments in Film: Kevin Jerome Everson In Conversation

Join acclaimed filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson and artist, writer, and curator Morgan Quaintance for an engaging conversation exploring the intersections of film, art and storytelling.

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Classical music Contemporary music Talks & events

Symphonic Electronics: Meet Steven Daverson

BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Steven Daverson, creative sound engineers and others about symphonic electronics.

A headshot of Shiva Feshareki, with circular blue swirls around her. In the background are black, wavy shapes suggestive of soundwaves.
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Classical music Contemporary music Talks & events

Symphonic Electronics: Meet Shiva Feshareki

BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Shiva Feshareki and sound systems designer Daniel Hulme about Feshareki’s new work Bab-Khaneh: Gatehouse of Memory.

A view looking into Imitation of Wealth. In the centre is Noah Davis's imitation of Marcel Duchamp's Bottle Rack sculpture. On the right, three purple LED strip lights form his imitation of Dan Flavin.
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Art & design Talks & events

When Artists Curate: Noah Davis and the Artist-Curator

Join artists Alvaro Barrington and Allison Katz with writer and podcaster Helen Molesworth for a panel discussion moderated by art historian Dorothy Price, inspired by the work of Noah Davis. 

A photo of the Farmworker's House in Cornwall. It is a single storey, with a lime render and a pitched roof with three roof windows on the right side. On the left is a large chimney. It is surrounded by a large meadow of grass.
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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: Hugh Strange

Explore the work of Hugh Strange, whose buildings are rooted in the precise and economic use of low-carbon materials and a sensitivity to the particularities of their sites.

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Talks & events

Young Barbican Takeover Festival

Young Barbican

This action-packed day festival returns with a stunning line-up of live music, workshops, film screenings and more curated for and by London's emerging creatives.

Bishop Edward King Chapel
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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: Niall McLaughlin

Join Stirling Prize-winning architect Niall McLaughlin in lecture Taking Time.

Writer Racheal Ofori poses, leaning against a concrete pillar while holding onto her heeled black shoe.
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Talks & events Theatre & dance

FuelFest: Beauty is the Beast by Racheal Ofori

Get a first look at this brand new satire, written and performed by Racheal Ofori, that explores the harsh costs of beauty – from scalp-burning perms to injectables, from detox teas to fat injections.

Learning from Colombia
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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: Learning from Colombia

Watch leading Colombian architects and educators in conversation with one another, discussing contemporary issues in their field.

Writer William Adamsdale poses with his arms crossed against a blue background. There is a pink effect around him that blurs.
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Talks & events Theatre & dance

FuelFest: AI, AI, Oh… by Will Adamsdale

Perrier Comedy and Fringe First winner Will Adamsdale presents a new autobiographical show about escape, creativity and technology.

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Talks & events

Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2025

Join us for an evening of readings from the shortlisted authors of The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award, chaired by author and former winner, Zadie Smith. 

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Talks & events Theatre & dance

FuelFest: Joint by Jay Bernard

Weaving together social history and real life cases, Joint is a powerful, multi-media account of the notorious Joint Enterprise law by one of Britain's most exciting poets.

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Contemporary music Talks & events Theatre & dance

FuelFest: Oracle Song by Melanie Wilson

A poetic and intricate listening experience that sees the award-winning artist collaborate with an AI machine to explore the complexity of human and animal relationships.