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An installation shot of Dirty Looks
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Art & design

Dirty Looks

Rebel against conventional beauty and take a look at the dirty side of fashion. 

In a dark gallery, metal bleacher-style seating is positioned in front of a large, vertical, curved screen showing a river coursing through a lush, forested valley.
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Art & design

Lucy Raven: Rounds

Free

Journey through landscapes reshaped by extreme force in a new exhibition that brings together film and sculpture by North American artist Lucy Raven.

Architecture Tour
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

A woman looks at a sculpture of a globe, the outlines of the countries lit in neon orange strip lights.
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Art & design

Encounters: Giacometti x Mona Hatoum

Works by contemporary artist Mona Hatoum and 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti are seen together for the first time in this ground-breaking exhibition, part of Encounters: Giacometti.

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Cinema

The Mastermind

Kelly Reichardt's stylish and comedic art-heist drama starring Josh O'Connor.

A woman gets abducted
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Cinema

Bugonia [Digital]

Yorgos Lanthimos' black comedy, in which a high-flying capitalist (Emma Stone) and a low-stakes conspiracist (Jesse Plemons) clash morally, mentally and physically.

Olivia Laing
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Talks & events Cinema

Olivia Laing in conversation with Charlie Porter

Join acclaimed author and thinker Olivia Laing for the launch of The Silver Book, a gripping new novel set in the turbulent world of 1970s Italian cinema.

Wendy and Peter holding hands, flying
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Theatre & dance

Royal Shakespeare Company: Wendy & Peter Pan

An exhilarating new take on a beloved classic myth of love, loss, redemption – and pirates.

An Evening with Gareth Southgate
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Talks & events

In Conversation with Gareth Southgate

In this rare evening, Southgate will take to the stage alongside a special guest host, to celebrate his new book Dear England: Lessons in Leadership.

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Cinema

Frankenstein

Guillermo del Toro pieces together Mary Shelley's classic tale, with Oscar Isaac as Frankenstein, Jacob Elordi as his monster, and Mia Goth as Elizabeth.

Men ride on horses
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Cinema

Palestine 36

A gripping historical drama from Palestine's foremost filmmaker Annemarie Jacir, tracing the escalating unrest as a unified country rises against British rule.

A woman is abducted into a black van
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Cinema

Bugonia [35mm]

Yorgos Lanthimos' black comedy, in which a high-flying capitalist (Emma Stone) and a low-stakes conspiracist (Jesse Plemons) clash morally, mentally and physically.

Blondie in Camera 1978
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Library Tours & public spaces Art & design

Blondie in Camera 1978

Free

An exhibition celebrating Martyn Goddard’s most famous images of Blondie taken during their breakthrough year

An installation shot of Dirty Looks
Event
Art & design

Dirty Looks

Rebel against conventional beauty and take a look at the dirty side of fashion. 

In a dark gallery, metal bleacher-style seating is positioned in front of a large, vertical, curved screen showing a river coursing through a lush, forested valley.
Event
Art & design

Lucy Raven: Rounds

Free

Journey through landscapes reshaped by extreme force in a new exhibition that brings together film and sculpture by North American artist Lucy Raven.

Architecture Tour
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

A woman looks at a sculpture of a globe, the outlines of the countries lit in neon orange strip lights.
Event
Art & design

Encounters: Giacometti x Mona Hatoum

Works by contemporary artist Mona Hatoum and 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti are seen together for the first time in this ground-breaking exhibition, part of Encounters: Giacometti.

A woman is abducted into a black van
Event
Cinema

Bugonia [35mm]

Yorgos Lanthimos' black comedy, in which a high-flying capitalist (Emma Stone) and a low-stakes conspiracist (Jesse Plemons) clash morally, mentally and physically.

Flower
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Cinema

Land Cinema: Garden Films + ScreenTalk

Explore the garden as a place of personal healing and political growth in this programme of four experimental films and animations.

Conductor Joshua Weilerstein standing in front of vibrant green background
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Classical music

Guildhall Symphony Orchestra: Ravel & Tchaikovsky

Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G and Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony feature in a vibrant programme of colour and contrast performed by the next generation of professional musicians.

Wendy and Peter holding hands, flying
Event
Theatre & dance

Royal Shakespeare Company: Wendy & Peter Pan

An exhilarating new take on a beloved classic myth of love, loss, redemption – and pirates.

Scales of Justice, one side with an axe and one side with a red rose dropping petals on table
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Classical music Theatre & dance

Opera Double Bill: Smyth's Der Wald & Respighi's Lucrezia

Two powerful stories. Two rarely heard operas. One unforgettable evening.

Stephen Barlow director
Dominic Wheeler conductor
Jon Morrell designer
Ballet dancers on stage with ribbons, set against a countryside painted background
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Cinema

RBO Live: La Fille Mal Gardee

65 years after its premiere, The Royal Ballet presents Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée in a love letter to the English countryside with a cheerful score and colourful designs.

Men ride on horses
Event
Cinema

Palestine 36

A gripping historical drama from Palestine's foremost filmmaker Annemarie Jacir, tracing the escalating unrest as a unified country rises against British rule.

Blondie in Camera 1978
Event
Library Tours & public spaces Art & design

Blondie in Camera 1978

Free

An exhibition celebrating Martyn Goddard’s most famous images of Blondie taken during their breakthrough year

An installation shot of Dirty Looks
Event
Art & design

Dirty Looks

Rebel against conventional beauty and take a look at the dirty side of fashion. 

Image of Barbican Backstage Tours
Event
Tours & public spaces Theatre & dance

Backstage Tours

Step behind the scenes and see the Barbican Theatre from a new perspective on our 60-minute Backstage Tour.

In a dark gallery, metal bleacher-style seating is positioned in front of a large, vertical, curved screen showing a river coursing through a lush, forested valley.
Event
Art & design

Lucy Raven: Rounds

Free

Journey through landscapes reshaped by extreme force in a new exhibition that brings together film and sculpture by North American artist Lucy Raven.

Architecture Tour
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

A woman looks at a sculpture of a globe, the outlines of the countries lit in neon orange strip lights.
Event
Art & design

Encounters: Giacometti x Mona Hatoum

Works by contemporary artist Mona Hatoum and 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti are seen together for the first time in this ground-breaking exhibition, part of Encounters: Giacometti.