An exhilarating new take on a beloved classic myth of love, loss, redemption – and pirates.
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Tours & public spacesTheatre & dance
Backstage Tours
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Step behind the scenes and see the Barbican Theatre from a new perspective on our 60-minute Backstage Tour.
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Take partTheatre & dance
Act Up! Acting Skills Workshop: How to Smash a Monologue
Theatre makers, Dior Clarke and Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE, lead a dynamic two-part workshop on how to smash a monologue performance.
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Take partTheatre & dance
Write Now! How to Write a Brilliant Monologue
Theatre makers, Dior Clarke and Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE, lead a dynamic two-part workshop on how to write a brilliant monologue.
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Classical musicTheatre & dance
Guildhall School: Autumn Opera Scenes
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Outstanding first-year singers from Guildhall School’s Opera department perform a captivating selection of classical and contemporary operatic excerpts.
Martin Lloyd-Evansdirector
Ceci Calfdesigner
Ashok Guptamusic director
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Theatre & dance
Engruna Teatre: Univers
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Live music, movement and poetic storytelling combine in this fun, sensory show that gives 0–2-year-olds the space to explore in magical and unexpected ways.
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Theatre & dance
Royal Shakespeare Company: Twelfth Night
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Welcome in the festive season with this spellbinding adaptation of Shakespeare's masterpiece, following a five star, sold-out run in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Art & designTheatre & dance
Wedding Dresses Always End Up Single
Blurring the lines between fashion and literature, this intimate performance reinvents wedding dresses in poetic cycles, reflecting on memory, love and loss.
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Theatre & dance
RSC: Twelfth Night Unwrapped
Join members of the company and creative team to unwrap the play and hear more about some of the skills that go into making a Royal Shakespeare Company production.
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Theatre & dance
Dante or Die: I Do
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Step into a hotel and witness the havoc unfold in the final ten minutes before a wedding in this unforgettable theatrical event about family, love and chaos.
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Take partTheatre & dance
Emerging Theatre Makers: Dante or Die
Discover new ways of making site-based theatre in this practical masterclass with acclaimed company Dante or Die.
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Theatre & dance
Fevered Sleep: This Grief Thing – Pop Up Shop
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Come together to think, talk and learn about grief in this uplifting pop-up shop with community at its heart.
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Theatre & dance
Landmark Productions / Octopus Theatricals: Theatre for One
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Part confessional, part peep-show booth, step inside and enjoy a free, five-minute performance that showcases the best of Irish writing, performed by one actor for one audience member.
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Theatre & danceTalks & events
Belarus Free Theatre: Kitchen Revolution
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Take a seat at a table in the Conservatory for a lively evening of dinner and debate, led by provocateurs Stephen Sackur and Carole Cadwalladr.
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Theatre & dance
Boy Blue: Cycles
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Following it's UK premiere here in 2024, the Olivier award-winning company's ★★★★★ 'triumphant celebration of the shared pleasures of dance.' (The Independent) returns to an exciting London venue.