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Daniel Avery sat at a table
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Contemporary music

Daniel Avery

The revered electronic music producer and composer returns with his new album Tremor and a live show, his most ambitious works to date.

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 is abducted
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Cinema

Members' Screening: Bugonia

Members' event

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

Photo of concrete flytower surrounded by trees and plants in the Barbican Conservatory
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Tours & public spaces

Visit the Conservatory

Free

Visit the second biggest Conservatory in London and explore our hidden tropical oasis.

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.

a women winking with her hands together
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Cinema

Olivia Laing: The Silver Book: Fellini's Casanova

A visually opulent telling of the life and times of the notorious libertine, from the legendary director of La Dolce Vita.

A woman on a train
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Cinema

Noah Baumbach: Frances Ha

Charmingly portrayed by co-writer Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach immortalizes the big spirit and small life of an awkward girl and her drifting passions.

Andre J Thomas facing the audience in the Barbican concert hall
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Gospel – Celebration

André J Thomas celebrates the power of American gospel music, alongside the LSO and over 250 voices from communities across London.

Jeffery Ames No 13 Celebration Omega: ‘Heaven’ from Requiem for Colour
Adolphus Hailstork Three Spirituals for Orchestra
Traditional arr André J Thomas Get on Board, Little Children
Traditional arr Stacey V Gibbs Way Over in Beulah Lan’
Traditional arr Linda Twine Wade in the Water
Mark Butler Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
Richard Smallwood arr Henry Panion Anthem of Praise
Brandon A Boyd Sign Me Up
Jason Michael Webb Hallelujah to the King of Glory
Carol Cymbala and Oliver Wells High & Lifted Up
Joseph Pace II arr Carol Cymbala Hallelujah Anyhow
Donald Lawrence orch John Stoddart The Blessing of Abraham
Oscar E Williams Jr Safety
Richard Smallwood arr Henry Panion Bless the Lord
London Symphony Orchestra
André J Thomas conductor
Brandon A Boyd piano
NaGuanda Nobles soprano
Lurine Cato soprano
Christian Mark Gibbs tenor
LSO Community Voices
Soul Sanctuary Gospel Choir
London Symphony Chorus
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

A nurse looks stressed, standing in a hospital
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Cinema

Senior Community Screening: Late Shift

An over-stretched, under-valued healthcare professional juggling crises big and small in this gripping Swiss drama.

Image of Barbican Backstage Tours
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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 is abducted
Event
Cinema

Parent and Baby Screening: Bugonia

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

Three women standing together
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Cinema

Relaxed Screening: Safe

On its 30th anniversary, Todd Haynes’ drama invites reflection on the portrayal of disabled women in melodrama.

Flesh, Wax & Glass
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Cinema

Flesh, Wax & Glass pt. 1 & 2 By George Finlay Ramsay

Two powerful short films charting a Southern Italian bloodletting ritual and one family’s journey through mourning, faith and devotion in the 21st century.

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.

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
An Evening with Margaret Atwood
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Talks & events

An Evening with Margaret Atwood

Join us for a very special evening as we welcome back our dear friend, one of literature's most fearless voices, Margaret Atwood, celebrating her long-awaited memoir, Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts.

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. 

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.

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.

Gabriela Montero wearing a colourful dress sitting by a piano
Event
Classical music

Gabriela Montero with the Calidore Quartet: Canaima

Celebrated Venezuelan pianist and composer Gabriela Montero is joined by the Calidore Quartet for a programme of chamber music including a new work, Canaima, by Montero herself. 

Joseph Haydn String Quartet Op 76 No 5
Gabriela Montero Canaima
Antonin Dvořák Piano Quintet No 2 Op 81
Gabriela Montero piano
Calidore Quartet
A man and a woman dressed in wedding attire with people standing behind them.
Event
Cinema

Olivia Laing: The Silver Book–Saló, or the 120 Days of Sodom

Fifty years on, Pier Paolo Pasolini’s final masterpiece endures, shock value intact.

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