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Tai Chi on Lakeside

Discover the calming power of Tai Chi in a gentle, beginner-friendly session designed to improve balance, wellbeing and focus.

Two people sit and stand, bathed in patterned blue lights being projected onto screens
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Immersive Contemporary music

Feel the Sound

Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.

Young children drawing with chalk
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Family Illustration Workshop with Suhayla Ibrahim

Unleash your creativity in this family illustration workshop and create a communal art piece.

Usif Jalloh
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Play Songs with Usifu Jalloh

Join master storyteller Usifu Jalloh for an interactive adventure filled with music, imagination, fun and storytelling for all ages.

A small child plays jenga, they reach to put a block on the top.
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Play Space

Game on! Challenge the whole family to your favourite playground classics in this free, drop-in play zone - from giant dominoes and Connect 4 to towering Jenga and timeless hopscotch.

A shot of the gallery, showing sculptures by Giacometti and Huma Bhabha.
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Art & design

Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha

Within a new, intimate gallery in the Barbican, contemporary artist Huma Bhabha's monumental sculptures forge new dialogues with works by 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti.

Sean Hayes stands with his back to camera in a suit. The words 'Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar' are written in orange and white text over the top'.
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Theatre & dance

Good Night, Oscar

Emmy and Tony Award-winner Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) brings his acclaimed, Tony Award-winning performance to our stage this summer – direct from a critically acclaimed Broadway season.

Two people sit and stand, bathed in patterned blue lights being projected onto screens
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Immersive Contemporary music

Feel the Sound

Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.

A shot of the gallery, showing sculptures by Giacometti and Huma Bhabha.
Event
Art & design

Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha

Within a new, intimate gallery in the Barbican, contemporary artist Huma Bhabha's monumental sculptures forge new dialogues with works by 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti.

Sean Hayes stands with his back to camera in a suit. The words 'Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar' are written in orange and white text over the top'.
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Theatre & dance

Good Night, Oscar

Emmy and Tony Award-winner Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) brings his acclaimed, Tony Award-winning performance to our stage this summer – direct from a critically acclaimed Broadway season.

Two people sit and stand, bathed in patterned blue lights being projected onto screens
Event
Immersive Contemporary music

Feel the Sound

Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.

Two people sit and stand, bathed in patterned blue lights being projected onto screens
Event
Immersive Contemporary music

Feel the Sound

Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.

A naked woman lies on a man in a suit in a coffin.
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Cinema

Stephanie Rothman: The Velvet Vampire

Stephanie Rothman subverts conventions of exploitation cinema, creating the first truly feminist vampire movie with her signature style, wit and surreal use of sun-drenched California locations.

Two people sit and stand, bathed in patterned blue lights being projected onto screens
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Immersive Contemporary music

Feel the Sound

Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.

Assemble Play's Colour Forest
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Assemble Play Works: Colour Forest

Step into a world of imaginative play as Assemble Play transforms our Foyer space into a magical forest of creativity for families to explore together for free.

Sean Hayes stands with his back to camera in a suit. The words 'Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar' are written in orange and white text over the top'.
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Theatre & dance

Good Night, Oscar

Emmy and Tony Award-winner Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) brings his acclaimed, Tony Award-winning performance to our stage this summer – direct from a critically acclaimed Broadway season.

A photo of the Children's Library at the Barbican Centre.
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Story Garden Reading Adventure

Bring the family together for a magical storytelling session hosted by our Children's Library. 

Two people sit and stand, bathed in patterned blue lights being projected onto screens
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Immersive Contemporary music

Feel the Sound

Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.

A person performing an aerial act hanging upside down from a rope
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Circus Flavours with Upswing

Be wowed by Upswing’s thrilling aerial circus performances in the lush surrounding of our Conservatory with four breathtaking shows each day.

Assemble Play's Colour Forest
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Assemble Play Works: Colour Forest

Step into a world of imaginative play as Assemble Play transforms our Foyer space into a magical forest of creativity for families to explore together for free.

A child smiling and crawling on the ground underneath people who are planking
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Circus Flavours: Ground Skills Workshops

Try your groundwork skills in these exciting drop-in workshops with Upswing.

A child hanging from an aerial hoop with support from two workshop facilitators
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Circus Flavours: Aerial Workshops

Ever dreamed of joining the circus? Upswing’s Circus Flavours invites you to watch stunning aerial acts and then try the skills yourself in one of their hands-on aerial hoop workshops.

Sean Hayes stands with his back to camera in a suit. The words 'Sean Hayes, Good Night, Oscar' are written in orange and white text over the top'.
Event
Theatre & dance

Good Night, Oscar

Emmy and Tony Award-winner Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) brings his acclaimed, Tony Award-winning performance to our stage this summer – direct from a critically acclaimed Broadway season.

A nude woman stands in front of a sparkling wall of streamers.
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Cinema

Stephanie Rothman: The Working Girls + ScreenTalk

Female friendship, solidarity, work and utopian socialism are at the heart of Stephanie Rothman’s final film as a director, in which three determined young women look for their place in the world. 

Two people sit and stand, bathed in patterned blue lights being projected onto screens
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Immersive Contemporary music

Feel the Sound

Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.

A person performing an aerial act hanging upside down from a rope
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Take part

Circus Flavours with Upswing

Be wowed by Upswing’s thrilling aerial circus performances in the lush surrounding of our Conservatory with four breathtaking shows each day.

Assemble Play's Colour Forest
Event
Take part

Assemble Play Works: Colour Forest

Step into a world of imaginative play as Assemble Play transforms our Foyer space into a magical forest of creativity for families to explore together for free.

A child smiling and crawling on the ground underneath people who are planking
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Take part

Circus Flavours: Ground Skills Workshops

Try your groundwork skills in these exciting drop-in workshops with Upswing.

A child hanging from an aerial hoop with support from two workshop facilitators
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Take part

Circus Flavours: Aerial Workshops

Ever dreamed of joining the circus? Upswing’s Circus Flavours invites you to watch stunning aerial acts and then try the skills yourself in one of their hands-on aerial hoop workshops.

A group of people dancing
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Queer Folk: Family Ceilidh Dance Party

Queer Folk bring you their legendary Queer Celidh Dance Party – a chance to dance and be together!