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Two young men sit on either side of a young woman, on a bed, touching each other's legs and laughing.
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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. 

A journalist in a bullet  proof vest looks out in the night, standing in front of yellow lights.
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Cinema

Civil War

In a near-distant future, a group of photo-journalists try to navigate American during the outbreak of Civil War, by Alex Garland (Ex-Machina).

Gold Medal winner Alexandra Achillea Pouta receiving prize from Roberta Alexander
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Classical music

The Gold Medal 2024

The final of Guildhall School's most prestigious music prize returns with a concert at Barbican Hall, offering the chance to enjoy three concertos by outstanding Guildhall instrumentalists.

Two hands reach towards each other towards a swirling black circle with the word 'cycles' in the middle
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Theatre & dance

Boy Blue: Cycles

The Olivier award-winning dance theatre company returns with a world premiere that celebrates change and the beauty of perpetual motion.

Amy Winehouse stands about to perform
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Cinema

Back to Black

Marisa Abela brings to life the story of the one and only, London girl, Amy Winehouse, in Sam Taylor-Johnson's biopic.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Two hands reach towards each other towards a swirling black circle with the word 'cycles' in the middle
Event
Theatre & dance

Boy Blue: Cycles

The Olivier award-winning dance theatre company returns with a world premiere that celebrates change and the beauty of perpetual motion.

Two young men sit on either side of a young woman, on a bed, touching each other's legs and laughing.
Event
Cinema

Challengers

Tension builds on the courts in Luca Guadagnino's tennis menage-a-trois between Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist. 

A man and a girl sit on a bench in a park, looking up to the sky and smiling.
Event
Cinema

Perfect Days

Kôji Yakusho teaches the art of appreciating the everyday in this meditative drama from Wim Wenders.

TBC
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Talks & events Theatre & dance

Boy Blue: Cycles Pre-Show Talk

Members' event

Learn more about award-winning hip-hop dance theatre company Boy Blue and their new show Cycles at this free talk.

Amy Winehouse stands about to perform
Event
Cinema

Back to Black

Marisa Abela brings to life the story of the one and only, London girl, Amy Winehouse, in Sam Taylor-Johnson's biopic.

A man and a woman stand in an urban American street, looking forward.
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Cinema

The Devil Finds Work: If Beale Street Could Talk +...

We kick off this cinema season with a screening of Barry Jenkins' adaptation of James Baldwin's novel, with a ScreenTalk, plus an exclusive recorded intro & commentary by Barry Jenkins.

Lucinda Chua & Gayla Bisengalieva stand in landscape and black and white
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Contemporary music

Lucinda Chua & Galya Bisengalieva with LCO

Singer & musician Lucinda Chua performs music from her debut album YIAN and new EP Reclaiming The Rose with Kazakh composer & violinist Galya Bisengalieva performing her latest album Polygon.

Leonidas Kavakos looking to his right and smiling
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Classical music

Kavakos Plays Bach: Part 1

In the first of two concerts, Leonidas Kavakos performs three works from J S Bach’s Six Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas, each one an intimate, intricate masterpiece.

A young, tired man looks ahead in the desert, in the glaring sun.
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Cinema

Io Capitano

Two young boys who leave Senegal for Europe are faced with the horrific reality that immigrants experience in the desert and beyond, in Matteo Garone's deeply moving masterpiece.

A journalist in a bullet  proof vest looks out in the night, standing in front of yellow lights.
Event
Cinema

Civil War

In a near-distant future, a group of photo-journalists try to navigate American during the outbreak of Civil War, by Alex Garland (Ex-Machina).

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.

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.

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.

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.

sculptures hang from the ceiling of the Conservatory
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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.

Leonidas Kavakos with his hands clasped sitting on a bench, his violin standing upright next to him
Event
Classical music

Kavakos Plays Bach: Part 2

Leonidas Kavakos gives the second of his two recitals devoted to the Six Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas by J S Bach, including the extraordinary Chaconne.

Two hands reach towards each other towards a swirling black circle with the word 'cycles' in the middle
Event
Theatre & dance

Boy Blue: Cycles

The Olivier award-winning dance theatre company returns with a world premiere that celebrates change and the beauty of perpetual motion.

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.

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.

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.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

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