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Cinema

NAZA

Cloaked in darkness on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham conducts shattering one-on-one interviews with Israeli soldiers and intelligence personnel.

A classical orchestra with singers on stage
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Classical music

BBC Singers: A Whole New World – the songs of Alan Menken

Following two successful musical theatre concerts, the BBC Singers and Chief Conductor Owain Park explore the extraordinary music of Academy Award- and Grammy Award-winning Alan Menken.

A photo of a man in front of a dark background with some flowers
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Contemporary music

Ed O'Brien

The renowned Radiohead guitarist unveils his new record, performed alongside a collective of musicians. 

A man wearing a brown shirt looks tired, exhausted, as orange paint runs down his face.
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Theatre & dance

Tom at the Farm (Tom na Fazenda)

Seductive, volatile and fiercely political, this staggering five-star production by Armando Babaioff is a raw and gripping confrontation with masculinity, homophobia and the patriarchy.

Omar Rajeh is dancing around a black room with a white floor littered with basil
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Theatre & dance

Cie Omar Rajeh & Maqamat: Dance is Not for Us

Both a personal memoir and a political act, this intimate solo performance asks what it means to keep dancing when everything around you says stop.

a man standing on the table
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Cinema

Digger

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro G Iñárritu (Birdman) returns with his original feature starring Tom Cruise as the most powerful man in the world.

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
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Tours & public spaces Art & design

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican

Free

This free installation invites visitors to orient themselves in the buildings and their complex, fascinating histories in an exciting new display at the heart of the Barbican’s Foyers.

People standing in gallery space
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Art & design

Yuko Mohri: In Concert

Free

Japanese artist Yuko Mohri transforms The Curve with a new site-responsive commission exploring states of flux and acts of repair via light, sound and kinetic sculpture featuring Barbican objects.

An installation view of the Robert Ryman: The Real Thing exhibition, showing an empty gallery with a variety of Ryman's paintings hanging on the walls.
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Art & design

Robert Ryman: The Real Thing

‘You have to see the real thing… seeing a real painting is the only way to do it.’

Kiki's Delivery Service
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Cinema

Family Film Club: Kiki’s Delivery Service [DUBBED]

Back in cinemas after a long wait, this beautiful Ghibli animation is magical on the big screen!

Architecture Tour
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

Jeremy Allen White and Mikey Madison sit on a couch, leaning forward seriously to the laptop in front of Mikey as she shows Jeremy something on the screen.
Event
Cinema

Parent & Baby Screening: The Social Reckoning

In this companion piece to The Social Network, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin returns to the Metaverse with a tale of the whistleblower who started the social media reckoning we're seeing play out today.

two monsters fighting
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Cinema

All Kaiju Attack!: King Kong vs. Godzilla + Intro [DUBBED]

Ishirō Honda’s movie, featuring the thundering showdown of cinema’s two greatest monsters, remains the most successful Godzilla film of all time. 

two people on a rooftop
Event
Cinema

NAZA

Cloaked in darkness on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham conducts shattering one-on-one interviews with Israeli soldiers and intelligence personnel.

Daisy Edgar-Jones as Elinor Dashwood stands with her back to a window as George MacKay as Edward Ferrars stands close to her, and the two look at each other with serious expressions.
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Cinema

Sense and Sensibility

An irresistible new take on Jane Austen’s iconic Sense and Sensibility: a charming, witty and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles.

King Kong fighting a monster
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Cinema

All Kaiju Attack!: King Kong Escapes [DUBBED] + Introduction

Fun is at the top of the agenda in this delightful kaiju spectacle, featuring King Kong, Gorosaurus and a villain named Dr Who. Can Kong emerge triumphant? 

Jeremy Allen White and Mikey Madison sit on a couch, leaning forward seriously to the laptop in front of Mikey as she shows Jeremy something on the screen.
Event
Cinema

The Social Reckoning

In this companion piece to The Social Network, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin returns to the Metaverse with a tale of the whistleblower who started the social media reckoning we're seeing play out today.

The Barbican Centre at night
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Tours & public spaces

Ghost Tours: The Barbican After Dark

Discover the Barbican after dark. Explore tales of Roman ruins, plague pits and staff ghost stories on an atmospheric tour through one of London's most unexpected haunted sites.

A man wearing a brown shirt looks tired, exhausted, as orange paint runs down his face.
Event
Theatre & dance

Tom at the Farm (Tom na Fazenda)

Seductive, volatile and fiercely political, this staggering five-star production by Armando Babaioff is a raw and gripping confrontation with masculinity, homophobia and the patriarchy.

Omar Rajeh is dancing around a black room with a white floor littered with basil
Event
Theatre & dance

Cie Omar Rajeh & Maqamat: Dance is Not for Us

Both a personal memoir and a political act, this intimate solo performance asks what it means to keep dancing when everything around you says stop.

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Event
Contemporary music

SIRENS

An extraordinary gathering of voices – Amanda Bergman, Kate Stables, Charlotte Cornfield, Tammy Adams, The Staves, Angie McMahon, Theodora Byrne Trio, and Eve Owen – for one special night.

a man standing on the table
Event
Cinema

Digger

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alejandro G Iñárritu (Birdman) returns with his original feature starring Tom Cruise as the most powerful man in the world.

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Event
Tours & public spaces Art & design

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican

Free

This free installation invites visitors to orient themselves in the buildings and their complex, fascinating histories in an exciting new display at the heart of the Barbican’s Foyers.

Architecture Tour
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

People standing in gallery space
Event
Art & design

Yuko Mohri: In Concert

Free

Japanese artist Yuko Mohri transforms The Curve with a new site-responsive commission exploring states of flux and acts of repair via light, sound and kinetic sculpture featuring Barbican objects.

An installation view of the Robert Ryman: The Real Thing exhibition, showing an empty gallery with a variety of Ryman's paintings hanging on the walls.
Event
Art & design

Robert Ryman: The Real Thing

‘You have to see the real thing… seeing a real painting is the only way to do it.’

Jeremy Allen White and Mikey Madison sit on a couch, leaning forward seriously to the laptop in front of Mikey as she shows Jeremy something on the screen.
Event
Cinema

Members' Screening: The Social Reckoning

Members' event

In this companion piece to The Social Network, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin returns to the Metaverse with a tale of the whistleblower who started the social media reckoning we're seeing play out today.

two people on a rooftop
Event
Cinema

NAZA

Cloaked in darkness on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham conducts shattering one-on-one interviews with Israeli soldiers and intelligence personnel.

cinema
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Cinema

Sunday Shorts: Spaces of Encounter

A programme of shorts selected by Omar Rajeh, bringing together works that explore the relationship between body, memory and place, revealing the social, political and emotional landscapes we inhabit.

Jeremy Allen White and Mikey Madison sit on a couch, leaning forward seriously to the laptop in front of Mikey as she shows Jeremy something on the screen.
Event
Cinema

The Social Reckoning

In this companion piece to The Social Network, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin returns to the Metaverse with a tale of the whistleblower who started the social media reckoning we're seeing play out today.