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How to Fail Live with Elizabeth Day
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How to Fail Live with Elizabeth Day

Join creator and host of the How to Fail podcast, Elizabeth Day, for an uplifting, hilarious, moving and unforgettable evening.

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Concrete Garden: Fertile Ground

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Step inside our tropical oasis for a day of readings, talks and workshops on plants and fertile ground.

A portrait of Jon Burlingame
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Cinema Classical music Talks & events

Music in Prime Time: A History of TV Themes and Scoring

Jon Burlingame, one of the most respected writers on film and TV music, discusses his book ‘Music in Prime Time’ with London Soundtrack Festival Artistic Director, Tommy Pearson.

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Cinema Classical music Talks & events

The Silence of the Lambs – In Concert

The classic, multi-Oscar-winning film screened in synchronisation with Howard Shore's score for the first time, as part of the London Soundtrack Festival.

Claudia Rankine sitting on a sofa, resting her head in her hand.
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Art & design Talks & events

Claudia Rankine: New Approaches to Autobiography

Join American poet and playwright Claudia Rankine as she examines the shifting terms of autobiography in contemporary Black artmaking.

A Barbican Young Poet holds a piece of paper and reads into a microphone.
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Barbican Young Poets: In Response to Noah Davis

Young Barbican

Join Barbican Young Poets alumni at this special performance inspired by the work of Noah Davis, in collaboration with poet Claudia Rankine.

A black and white photo of Boulez pointing with both fingers. There are blue circular swirls around him.
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Classical music Talks & events

Pierre Boulez - The Man and the Music

Musicologist Professor Jonathan Cross talks to former members of the BBC SO as well as former Radio 3 Controller Sir Nicholas Kenyon – about their personal experience of working with Pierre Boulez. 

Black and white photo of Boulez conducting, with green circular swirls around him
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Classical music Talks & events

Pierre Boulez – The Legacy

Musicologist Professor Jonathan Cross talks to Gillian Moore CBE – a lifelong advocate for Boulez’s music – about his creative and cultural legacy. 

Arvind Pal Singh Mandair talking into a microphone
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Classical music Contemporary music Talks & events

Talk: Exploring Guru Nanak's Philosophy of Oneness

Discover the universal aspects of Guru Nanak’s experiential philosophy of oneness, which underpins Nanak’s entire teaching about the nature of consciousness and reality.

The Rababis of Lahore performing on tablas
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Cinema Classical music Contemporary music Talks & events

Film: Mardana's Children: The Rababis of Lahore

A short film about a community of Pakistani Muslim musicians with deep-rooted ties to the Sikhs by way of a centuries-old music tradition that originated with Guru Nanak and his disciple Bhai Mardana.

Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh Ji speaking into a microphone, holding his finger up
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Cinema Classical music Contemporary music Talks & events

Film: Guru Nanak's Message of Peace and Forgiveness

A deep dive into Guru Nanak’s timeless teachings on peace and forgiveness – messages that resonate across cultures even today – in an insightful film and Q&A by Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh Ji.

A person lies on the floor on a large piece of white paper. A group of people draw around them using a range of pens and pencils.
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Home: Family Drawing Workshops

Draw, paint and collage at these fun family workshop sessions that explore what home and family means to you and your loved ones.

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Barbican Young Poets: In Response to Citra Sasmita

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Join Barbican Young Poets for an evening of performances and readings inspired by Citra Sasmita's exhibition, Into Eternal Land

Slavoj Žižek
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Slavoj Žižek at 75 – A Celebration

Join the rockstar philosopher and revolutionary Slavoj Žižek for a celebration of his life and thought. Expect dialectics, psychoanalysis, and jokes.

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Concrete Garden: Experiments in Utopia

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Step inside our iconic conservatory for a day of talks, performances and workshops centred around intentional community building.