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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Barbican Community Choir
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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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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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Symphonic Electronics: Meet Steven Daverson
BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Steven Daverson, creative sound engineers and others about symphonic electronics.
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Classical musicContemporary musicTalks & 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.
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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.
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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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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.
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Architecture on Stage: Niall McLaughlin
Join Stirling Prize-winning architect Niall McLaughlin in lecture Taking Time.
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FuelFest: Beauty is the Beast by Racheal Ofori
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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.
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Architecture on Stage: Learning from Colombia
Watch leading Colombian architects and educators in conversation with one another, discussing contemporary issues in their field.
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FuelFest: AI, AI, Oh… by Will Adamsdale
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Perrier Comedy and Fringe First winner Will Adamsdale presents a new autobiographical show about escape, creativity and technology.
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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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FuelFest: Joint by Jay Bernard
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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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FuelFest: Oracle Song by Melanie Wilson
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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.