Stephen Rea gives a 'hauntingly good' (Guardian) performance in this triumphant production of Samuel Beckett's solo masterpiece about memory, loneliness and lost love.
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Classical music
Seong-Jin Cho: A Ravel-athon
A sold-out hall greeted Seong-Jin Cho’s Barbican debut in 2023. His much-anticipated return navigates a scintillating all-Ravel programme, saluting the composer in his 150th anniversary year.
Maurice RavelSérénade grotesque
Menuet antique
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Jeux d'eau
Sonatine
Miroirs
Gaspard de la nuit
Menuet sur le nom de Haydn
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Prélude
À la manière de Borodine
À la manière de Chabrier
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Seong-Jin Cho
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Theatre & dance
Passion Fruit
Brimming with joyful movement, brutal honesty and tender insight, this coming-of-age comedy-drama follows the life of Romeo, a Black, Gay, British-Jamaican boy growing up in North London.
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Cinema
Holy Cow
In rural France, 18-year-old Totone must face reality and take responsibility for his younger sister. His solution, to make the best Comté cheese in the region and bag the prize money.
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Cinema
Julie Keeps Quiet
Leonardo van Dijl’s first feature film is a gripping psychological drama told from the perspective of a young athlete in crisis.
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Library
Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music
Free
This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.
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Art & design
Noah Davis
Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases Noah Davis as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years.
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Cinema
Family Film Club: Flow
See the Oscar-winning Best Animated Feature following a lone cat who joins a ragtag group of animals after their home is destroyed by a flood in this lyrical-fantasy adventure.
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Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
Event
Cinema
Parent & Baby Screening: Sinners
Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler reunite in a heart-pounding thriller where brothers return home for a fresh start - only to confront a chilling secret that refuses to stay buried.
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Cinema
One to One: John & Yoko
A captivating documentary about John Lennon and Yoko Ono's time in 1970s New York, and the Beatles star's final full-length performance.
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Cinema
An Army of Women
A documentary from Julie Lunde Lillesæter following a group of women in Austin, Texas, who join forces to legally challenge the system that allowed their rapists to walk free.
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Theatre & dance
Samuel Beckett: Krapp’s Last Tape
Stephen Rea gives a 'hauntingly good' (Guardian) performance in this triumphant production of Samuel Beckett's solo masterpiece about memory, loneliness and lost love.
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Cinema
Parthenope
A sweeping romantic tale from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, starring Celeste Dalla Porta and Gary Oldman.
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Cinema
Warfare
Alex Garland's latest thriller is a collaboration with veteran Ray Mendoza, telling the story of the Iraq War from a US troop's perspective, following on from his research on Civil War.
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Cinema
Julie Keeps Quiet
Leonardo van Dijl’s first feature film is a gripping psychological drama told from the perspective of a young athlete in crisis.
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Contemporary music
Whiplash (15) in Concert
Immerse yourself in the cut-throat world of a prestigious jazz school & rediscover Damien Chazelle’s masterpiece with a live performance conducted by the soundtrack's composer, Justin Hurwitz.
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Cinema
Sinners
Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler reunite in a heart-pounding thriller where brothers return home for a fresh start - only to confront a chilling secret that refuses to stay buried.
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Cinema
MET Opera Live: Le Nozze di Figaro
Figaro and Susanna are servants who plan to marry, but not before the Count and Marcellina get involved. Mozart's opera twists with conspiracy, romantic entanglements and deceit.
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Cinema
Holy Cow
In rural France, 18-year-old Totone must face reality and take responsibility for his younger sister. His solution, to make the best Comté cheese in the region and bag the prize money.
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Classical music
Mahan Esfahani: Harpsichord recital
Splicing classic Baroque works with a reminder that the harpsichord is no mere museum piece, Mahan Esfahani has opened up inspiring new territories.
Hans Werner HenzeSix Absences
Jean-Philippe RameauSuite en mi-mineur
Luciano BerioRounds
Johann Pachelbel Chaconne f-moll
Haïm AlexanderImprovisation on a Persian Folksong
Elisabeth Jacquet de la GuerrePièces de Clavecin:
Prélude
Allemande
Courante I
Courante II
Sarabande
Gigue
Canaries
Chaconne
Menuet
Mark ApplebaumOctober 1582 for harpsichord and live electronics
Mahan Esfahaniharpsichord
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Theatre & dance
Passion Fruit
Brimming with joyful movement, brutal honesty and tender insight, this coming-of-age comedy-drama follows the life of Romeo, a Black, Gay, British-Jamaican boy growing up in North London.
Event
Art & design
Noah Davis
Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases Noah Davis as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years.
Event
Cinema
Members Screening: Julie Keeps Quiet
Leonardo van Dijl’s first feature film is a gripping psychological drama told from the perspective of a young athlete in crisis.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
Event
Take partTalks & events
Concrete Garden: May Day
Free
Come together and celebrate the vibrant springtime festival in our iconic conservatory at a day of talks and workshops.
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Take partTalks & events
May Day: Somatic Movement Workshop
Join artist Fernanda Muñoz-Newsome for a beginner-friendly somatic movement workshop exploring the awakening energies of Spring through sensory awareness, touch and guided movement.
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Cinema
Parthenope
A sweeping romantic tale from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, starring Celeste Dalla Porta and Gary Oldman.
Event
Cinema
Holy Cow
In rural France, 18-year-old Totone must face reality and take responsibility for his younger sister. His solution, to make the best Comté cheese in the region and bag the prize money.
Event
Cinema
Flow
See the Oscar-winning Best Animated Feature following a lone cat who joins a ragtag group of animals after their home is destroyed by a flood in this lyrical-fantasy adventure.
