What’s on

21 –24 Jun 2018

From New York’s iconic theatre group comes a ‘timely and time-bending mixed-media piece’ (New York Times), channeling a raucous 1971 debate on women’s liberation that still reverberates today.

28 –30 Jun 2018

Fabulous and fearless, Taylor Mac reframes the social history of America through three decades of song in this no-holds-barred extravaganza of music, art, activism and hugely entertaining mass ritual.

29 Jun 2018

Secondary students of Sydney Russell School work with theatre company Complicité in a performance of theatricalised research exploring the role of women in religion throughout the history of Barking

30 Jun 2018

The beauty and power of spoken word poetry runs head first into the electrifying energy of hip-hop dance as the Barbican Young Poets collaborate with dance company Boy Blue. 

30 Jun 2018, 19:30

Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante, composer and co-founder of Boy Blue, combines hip-hop, dance and video for his piece Outliers, a multimedia meditation on social, public and political consciousness.

4 –11 Jul 2018

The Guildhall School presents Fiddler on the Roof, the first musical to exceed 3,000 performances when it first opened on Broadway in 1964.

5 –7 Jul 2018

Revel in the joy, complexity, and lyricism of an invigorating collaboration between Stockholm-based Andersson Dance and classical musicians Scottish Ensemble as they reawaken a timeless masterpiece.

11 –29 Jul 2018

Barry Humphries is our masterfully seasoned emcee and cabaret diva Meow Meow our chanteuse in this risqué, sophisticated and seductive tribute to the jazz-infused music of the Weimar Republic.

13 –14 Jul 2018

Relish the euphoric intensity of this dance piece, set to a live performance by Post-Rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor, with choreography by Dana Gingras & Noam Gagnon.

14 –15 Jul 2018

A free summer festival that combines some of the best music, dance, film, spoken word and arts & crafts that the Barbican and E17 community has to offer