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Collage of Rakesh Chaurasia and Shahid Parvez on stage
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Classical music Contemporary music

Darbar: Rakesh Chaurasia + Shahid Parvez & Shakir Khan

A once-in-a-lifetime double bill featuring musical royalty from India's most illustrious gharanas

Rakesh Chaurasia bansuri
Pandit Yogesh Samsi tabla
Duet by Ustad Shahid Parvez & Shakir Khan sitar
Satyajit Talwalkar tabla
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 school girl and a young boy falling from the sky
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Cinema

Senior Community Screening: Mirai

Animator Mamoru Hosoda (Summer Wars, Wolf Children) returns with a fantastical comedy of love passed down through generations. 

Architecture Tour
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

A young girl wearing a yellow puffer coat has a fantastical creature on her shoulder
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Cinema

Family Film Week: The Legend of Ochi

A dazzling fantasy adventure set in a remote village that charts a young girl's encounter with the mysterious animal, the Ochi. 

An older woman sits on the grass with a younger woman at her feet.
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Cinema

Imitation of Life (12) with Introduction + Reception

Douglas Sirk’s 1959 masterpiece centers on the relationship between two single mothers, Lora (Lana Turner) and Annie (Juanita Moore), whose lives become deeply intertwined after a chance encounter. 

A person starts to fly in the air, levitating above their bed
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Theatre & dance

RSC: Wendy & Peter Pan

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

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

A model stands in front of a blue door and red wall, wearing earth toned distressed clothing
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Art & design

Dirty Looks

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

Two animated bees fly in the air
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Cinema

Family Film Week: Animated Adventure Shorts + Music

Get your groove on in our cinema with a fun music play session and a specially curated toddler-friendly selection of short films.

A mountainous landscape, with a reservoir and dam in the foreground and a river winding through the hills beyond.
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Art & design

Lucy Raven: Rounds

North American artist Lucy Raven brings together moving image and sculpture to examine themes of cyclical violence and unrelenting force in the formation of the Western United States. 

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.

A person starts to fly in the air, levitating above their bed
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Theatre & dance

RSC: Wendy & Peter Pan

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

Two dancers
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Classical music Theatre & dance

Julius Eastman: A Power Greater Than

Barbican artist-in-residence Davóne Tines performs a multidisciplinary all-Julius Eastman program curated by Seth Parker Woods, alongside AMOC* & Kyle Marshall Choreography.

Julius Eastman Touch Him When
Holy Presence of Joan D'Arc
Piano 2
Gay Guerilla
Davóne Tines baritone
JIJI guitar
Seth Parker Woods cello
Adam Tendler piano
Richard Valitutto piano
Conor Hanick piano
Kyle Marshall Choreography
AMOC* American Modern Opera Company
Coleman Itzkoff cello
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

A model stands in front of a blue door and red wall, wearing earth toned distressed clothing
Event
Art & design

Dirty Looks

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

An orange, green and pink dragon look at each other, smiling
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Cinema

Family Film Week: Zog + Barbican Library Rhyme Time

Join us for a screening of the wonderful adaptation of Julia Donaldson's Zog adaptation and an in-cinema Rhyme Time led by the Barbican Library. 

A mountainous landscape, with a reservoir and dam in the foreground and a river winding through the hills beyond.
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Art & design

Lucy Raven: Rounds

North American artist Lucy Raven brings together moving image and sculpture to examine themes of cyclical violence and unrelenting force in the formation of the Western United States. 

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.

two animated characters in a garden
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Cinema

Family Film Week: The Secret of Kells + Éiru

A double bill of beautiful animations, full of magic and ancient Irish mythology. 

Conductor Ryan Bancroft in front of a wall looking into the camera
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Stravinsky

Conductor Ryan Bancroft makes his debut with the LSO, introducing and conducting Stravinsky's The Firebird, music that paints a fantastical world of mythical lands and creatures.

Igor Stravinsky The Firebird – Ballet
London Symphony Orchestra
Ryan Bancroft conductor & presenter
A model stands in front of a blue door and red wall, wearing earth toned distressed clothing
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Art & design

BSL Tour: Dirty Looks

A British Sign Language tour of the exhibition, exclusively for D/deaf and hard of hearing visitors, highlighting key artworks.

A person starts to fly in the air, levitating above their bed
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Theatre & dance

RSC: Wendy & Peter Pan

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

Woman on orange-lit stage with camera; large projected face creates surreal, haunting atmosphere.
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Theatre & dance

KISS WITNESS/Elisabeth Gunawan: Prayers For A Hungry Ghost

Shattering, sardonic, funny and tender, this ensemble production combines horror, physical performance, live cinema and Chinese mythology to bring audiences into 'the realm of hungry ghosts'.

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

A model stands in front of a blue door and red wall, wearing earth toned distressed clothing
Event
Art & design

Dirty Looks

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

A mountainous landscape, with a reservoir and dam in the foreground and a river winding through the hills beyond.
Event
Art & design

Lucy Raven: Rounds

North American artist Lucy Raven brings together moving image and sculpture to examine themes of cyclical violence and unrelenting force in the formation of the Western United States. 

A group of animated animals gathered together
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Cinema

Family Film Week: Relaxed Screening: The Bad Guys 2 + Quiz

If you missed it this summer, catch up with the latest adventure from the not-so-criminal criminals, The Bad Guys!