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Barbican architecture
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

sculptures hang from the ceiling of the Conservatory
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Art & design Tours & public spaces

The Conservatory x Ranjani Shettar

Free

Our Conservatory hosts a spectacular new site-specific commission by Indian sculptor Ranjani Shettar.

Actress Isabelle Huppert poses as Mary Stuart in an old-fashioned gown against a purple background.
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Theatre & dance

Théâtre de la Ville–Paris: Mary Said What She Said

Academy Award nominee Isabelle Huppert and director Robert Wilson reunite on this breathtaking show charting the life and torments of Mary Stuart, the sovereign whose passions cost her a crown.

A group of excited young women walk down a street, wearing blue skirts.
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Cinema

The Devil Finds Work: Shorts Programme + ScreenTalk

A selection of British short films that interacts and intersects with the ideas in James Baldwin's Essay The Devil Finds Work.

Michael Tilson Thomas conducting
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler’s magnificent vision of a world teeming with joyful life.

From the Caribbean to Coventry
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Library

From the Caribbean to Coventry: Plotting the Rise of 2Tone

Free

An exhibition for the fans by the fans going some way to explain not just what 2Tone is but why and how we got there.

unravel install image
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Art & design

Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art

Using textiles, fibre and thread, 50 international artists challenge power structures and reimagine the world in this major group exhibition.

14. Soufiane Ababri installation view, 2024, The Curve © Eva Herzog and Barbican Art Gallery
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Art & design

Soufiane Ababri

Free

Moroccan artist Soufiane Ababri’s new commission, Their mouths were full of bumblebees but it was me who was pollinated, explores questions of desire, queerness, and diaspora.

A man looks down to the side with a smile, holding his necklace.
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Cinema

Senior Community Screening: NT Live: Vanya

Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

A sax player gives it his all!
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Cinema

Relaxed Screening: Blue Giant

Highschool basketballer Dai Miyamoto’s life is turned upside down the day he discovers jazz, in this charming anime feature from director Yuzuru Tachikawa 

An Evening with Nigella Lawson
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Talks & events

An evening with Nigella Lawson

Enjoy an evening in the company of award-winning food writer, TV cook and all-round legend, Nigella Lawson, brought to you by Ocado. 

From the Caribbean to Coventry
Event
Library

From the Caribbean to Coventry: Plotting the Rise of 2Tone

Free

An exhibition for the fans by the fans going some way to explain not just what 2Tone is but why and how we got there.

unravel install image
Event
Art & design

Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art

Using textiles, fibre and thread, 50 international artists challenge power structures and reimagine the world in this major group exhibition.

14. Soufiane Ababri installation view, 2024, The Curve © Eva Herzog and Barbican Art Gallery
Event
Art & design

Soufiane Ababri

Free

Moroccan artist Soufiane Ababri’s new commission, Their mouths were full of bumblebees but it was me who was pollinated, explores questions of desire, queerness, and diaspora.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

A man looks down to the side with a smile, holding his necklace.
Event
Cinema

NT Live: Vanya

Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.

From the Caribbean to Coventry
Event
Library

From the Caribbean to Coventry: Plotting the Rise of 2Tone

Free

An exhibition for the fans by the fans going some way to explain not just what 2Tone is but why and how we got there.

unravel install image
Event
Art & design

Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art

Using textiles, fibre and thread, 50 international artists challenge power structures and reimagine the world in this major group exhibition.

14. Soufiane Ababri installation view, 2024, The Curve © Eva Herzog and Barbican Art Gallery
Event
Art & design

Soufiane Ababri

Free

Moroccan artist Soufiane Ababri’s new commission, Their mouths were full of bumblebees but it was me who was pollinated, explores questions of desire, queerness, and diaspora.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

The Sixteen Choir, standing in a room
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Classical music

The Sixteen: Monteverdi Vespers

World renowned ensemble The Sixteen brings one of the cornerstones of the classical repertoire, Monteverdi’s monumental Vespers of 1610, back to London after a sell-out UK tour in 2019.

The Ballet Black ensemble perform: one dancer places a crown on the other dancers' head as the rest of the ensemble gathers and crouches around them.
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Classical music Theatre & dance

Ballet Black: Heroes

Now in their 22nd year, Cassa Pancho's Ballet Black return to our stage with a double bill featuring new and innovative work.

From the Caribbean to Coventry
Event
Library

From the Caribbean to Coventry: Plotting the Rise of 2Tone

Free

An exhibition for the fans by the fans going some way to explain not just what 2Tone is but why and how we got there.

unravel install image
Event
Art & design

Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art

Using textiles, fibre and thread, 50 international artists challenge power structures and reimagine the world in this major group exhibition.

14. Soufiane Ababri installation view, 2024, The Curve © Eva Herzog and Barbican Art Gallery
Event
Art & design

Soufiane Ababri

Free

Moroccan artist Soufiane Ababri’s new commission, Their mouths were full of bumblebees but it was me who was pollinated, explores questions of desire, queerness, and diaspora.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

Michael Tilson Thomas conducting
Event
Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler’s magnificent vision of a world teeming with joyful life.

Rev Richard Coles standing in a walled garden, smiling at the camera
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Classical music

BBC Singers with Rev Richard Coles: Murder at the Monastery

Ahead of the June publication of his new novel, Rev Richard Coles reads extracts of his new book, joining the BBC Singers who perform iconic choral classics to set the scene.

Jean Toussaint playing the saxophone
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Contemporary music

Guildhall Big Band presents Wayne Shorter's 60s

Guildhall Big Band and tenor saxophone legend Jean Toussaint celebrate Wayne Shorter's 60s, including a newly arranged suite for Big Band from Shorter's 1966 album All Seeing Eye.