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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.
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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.
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Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.
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Cinema
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
Fiercely independent Etero (Eka Chavleishvili) has her freedom challenged when she begins an affair with a local deliveryman, in a poetically joyful film from Georgia.
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Cinema
The Fall Guy
Ryan Gosling is a down-and-out stuntman tracking down a missing actress in David Leitch's action rom-com.
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Cinema
Challengers
Tension builds on the courts in Luca Guadagnino's tennis menage-a-trois between Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist.
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Cinema
Love Lies Bleeding
Rose Glass directs a steamy tale of love and revenge with Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Dave Franco and Ed Harris.
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Contemporary music
SHABAKA
Shabaka Hutchings, a pioneering voice in the renaissance of British Jazz, reintroduces himself with his brand new album Perceive its Beauty, Acknowledge its Grace.
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Cinema
Portishead live at Roseland NYC
Welcome to an unforgettable cinematic experience: Portishead Live at Roseland.
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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.
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.
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.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.
Event
Art & designTours & public spaces
The Conservatory x Ranjani Shettar
Free
Our Conservatory hosts a spectacular new site-specific commission by Indian sculptor Ranjani Shettar.
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Art & designTalks & events
Architecture on Stage: Hermann Czech
The hugely influential Austrian architect looks back on a career that is now in its seventh decade.
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Classical music
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Brabbins: Old Pictures, New Worlds
Martyn Brabbins takes the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus on an adventure that spans oceans – from a majestic choral masterwork from 19th century Brazil to Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
José Maurício Nunes GarciaMissa de Santa Cecília
Modest MussorgskyPictures at an Exhibition
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martyn Brabbinsconductor
Erika Baikoff*soprano
Marta Fontanals-Simmonsmezzo-soprano
Joshua Stewarttenor
Ross Ramgobinbaritone
BBC Symphony Chorus
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.
Event
Cinema
Family Film Club: Migration
A family of ducks are blown off course in a fantastic new madcap adventure from the director of The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales.
Event
Cinema
Parent & Baby Screening: The Fall Guy
Ryan Gosling is a down-and-out stuntman tracking down a missing actress in David Leitch's action rom-com.
Event
Art & designTours & public spaces
The Conservatory x Ranjani Shettar
Free
Our Conservatory hosts a spectacular new site-specific commission by Indian sculptor Ranjani Shettar.
Event
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.
Event
Cinema
Met Opera Live: Madama Butterfly
In her Met debut, Asmik Grigorian tackles the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the trusting geisha at the heart of Puccini’s tragedy.
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Contemporary music
Sona Jobarteh
Multi-instrumentalist and esteemed kora player, Sona Jobarteh performs her expansive and ambitious sophomore album Badinyaa Kumoo as part of her tour.
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Classical music
Britten Sinfonia and the Marian Consort: Renaissance Moderns
The radical spirit of 16th-century composer Carlo Gesualdo is the point of departure for this programme of ancient and modern music.
Gilles BinchoisTwo Chansons (arr for strings by Lisa Illean)
John DunstableRegina Caeli
Thomas AdèsDarknesse visible
Lisa Illeanarcing, stilling, bending, gathering (European premiere, Britten Sinfonia co-commission)
Vicente LusitanoHeu me Domine
Allor che ignuda
Carlo GesualdoMoro lasso
Hei mihi Domine
Sparge la morte
Brett DeanCarlo
Britten Sinfonia
The Marian Consort
Sound Intermediaelectronics
William Coleconductor
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.
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.