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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

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

Two people hold hands in a dark, moody landscape.
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Cinema

The Devil Finds Work: 35 Shots of Rum [35mm] + ScreenTalk

This 35mm screening of Claire Denis' drama exploring a father/daughter relationship against the backdrop of the multiracial city, followed by a ScreenTalk relating the work to Baldwin's ideas.

Photo of Fatma Said from the side, her head partially obscured by the red sleeve of her raised arm
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Classical music

Fatma Said and Joseph Middleton

Soprano Fatma Said and pianist Joseph Middleton give a recital that contrasts songs on nocturnal theme by Mozart, Schubert and Robert Schumann with sunnier Spanish repertoire.

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.

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.

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.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

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

Fatma Said leaning against a while pillar looking at the camera
Event
Classical music

Masterclass with Fatma Said

A soprano with a 'startlingly beautiful voice' (Limelight), Fatma Said shares the stage with talented young musicians from Guildhall School in an intimate evening masterclass.

Photo of jazz musician Chris Botti
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Contemporary music

Chris Botti

American trumpeter and composer Chris Botti brings his versatile blend of jazz and pop music to the Hall.

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.

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.

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.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

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

A man with slicked hair and glasses looks confused, standing on the street.
Event
Cinema

Hit Man

Richard Linklater of Dazed and Confused fame tells the almost-true story of a nerdy professor's transformation into a slick undercover agent, played hilariously by co-writer Glen Powell. 

sculptures hang from the ceiling of the Conservatory
Event
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.

Flo leans over Rachel's tech desk with a microphone as Wendy turns to the crowd in encouragement.
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Theatre & dance

Zoo Co/Improbable: Perfect Show for Rachel

Step into Rachel's world as this ★★★★★ (Guardian) show returns following a sold-out run. Discover how a learning disabled artist has the power to lead the creation of her ‘Perfect Show’.

Sakari Oramo conducting, with blue circular swirls framing him
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Classical music

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Oramo: A Sea Symphony

Full sail for new shores: Sakari Oramo conducts Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony, Britten’s Double Concerto and an enchanting, newly uncovered late work by Oliver Knussen.

Ghostly figure in black and white
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Theatre & dance

Jane Eyre

Orphaned as a young girl and raised by her cruel aunt, follow the thrilling tale of Jane Eyre on her journey to find love and belonging.

A woman in an apocalyptic landscape sits in a dark vehicle reversing.
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Cinema

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth charge through the desert to tell the origin story of the renegade warrior Furiosa, in the swirling dust of the oppressive apocalyptic Mad Max world.

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.

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.

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.

A woman in an apocalyptic landscape sits in a dark vehicle reversing.
Event
Cinema

Parent and Baby Screening: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth charge through the desert to tell the origin story of the renegade warrior Furiosa, in the swirling dust of the oppressive apocalyptic Mad Max world.