Curated by Alexander Horwath, this programme is a somewhat surreal – or childlike – attempt at telling a story of the 20th century.
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Contemporary music
Tony Ann
The genre-bending pianist pushes the limits of neoclassical and pop music with his latest project, themed around horoscopes.
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Theatre & dance
Generation Blue: A Night With Boy Blue
Mixing exuberant hip hop dance displays, a joyful sense of community and the heart-thumping rhythms of an eclectic score, Boy Blue’s company showcase always culminates in uproarious applause.
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Cinema
Tall Tales
A collaborative visual and audio cinema experience from luminary songwriter Thom Yorke, record producer Mark Pritchard, and ground-breaking visual artist Jonathan Zawada.
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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
Members Screening: Parthenope
Members' event
A sweeping romantic tale from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, starring Celeste Dalla Porta and Gary Oldman.
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Theatre & dance
Boy Blue: BB – Frontline Battle
Join Boy Blue at this explosive dance battle event, with an electric atmosphere provided by a line-up of guest judges and DJ's.
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Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
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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.
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Art & designTalks & events
Conservatory Takeover: Listening to Images
Free
Join us for a day of pop up readings, discussions, performances and workshops centred around Tina Campt's idea of 'listening to images'.
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Talks & events
In Conversation: Black Worlding
Grammy Award-winning artist and director Jenn Nkiru joins Alberta Whittle and Phoebe Boswell to talk about intersectional creativity and "Black Worlding", moderated by Tina Campt.
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Cinema
Ocean with David Attenborough
Join David Attenborough in this breath-taking documentary, showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean.
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Classical music
BBC Singers: Songs from the Shows
Following the success of the BBC Singers previous visit to the West End and Broadway, Owain Park conducts BBC Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra in more music from some of our best-loved musicals.
Rodgers & Hammerstein
State Fair: It’s a Grand Night for Singing
Carousel: Mister Snow (Reprise)
Carousel: If I Loved You?
Carousel: June is busting out all over
Carousel: You'll Never Walk Alone
Stephen Sondheim
Company (opening ensemble number)
Company: You Could Drive a Person Crazy
Company: Being Alive
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Les Misérables: Master of the House
Les Misérables: Stars
Les Misérables: One Day More
Andrew Lloyd-Webber
Phantom of the Opera: Masquerade
Phantom of the Opera: Music of the Night
Stephen Sondheim
Sweeney Todd: Attend the Tale
Sweeney Todd: Worst Pies in London
Sweeney Todd: Not While I’m Around
Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
My Fair Lady: Why Can't the English
BBC Concert Orchestra
BBC Singers
Owain Parkconductor
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Cinema
Oyoyo
Filmed entirely within a student hall of residence in East Berlin, Chetna Vora captures the conviviality of a community of international students through conversation, studying, and dancing.
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Cinema
Queer East: Floating Between Frontiers + ScreenTalk
A programme of short experimental films from directors Futoshi Miyagi, Chikako Yamashiro, Dan Taulapapa McMullin, Daphne Xu and Pom Bunsermvicha.
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Theatre & dance
Generation Blue: A Night With Boy Blue
Mixing exuberant hip hop dance displays, a joyful sense of community and the heart-thumping rhythms of an eclectic score, Boy Blue’s company showcase always culminates in uproarious applause.
Event
Classical music
The English Concert/Bicket: Giulio Cesare
A runaway hit at its 1724 premiere, Louise Alder stars in Giulio Cesare - arguably Handel’s most popular operatic creation – a drama teeming with passion and political skulduggery.
George Frideric HandelGiulio Cesare
The English Concert
Harry Bicketconductor
Louise AlderCleopatra
Christophe DumauxCesare
Paula MurrihySesto
Beth TaylorCornelia
John HolidayTolomeo
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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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Cinema
Senior Community Screening: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
A riveting historical rollercoaster from Johan Grimonprez detailing the key events that led up to the 1961 assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba.
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Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
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Cinema
Parent & Baby Screening: Parthenope
A sweeping romantic tale from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, starring Celeste Dalla Porta and Gary Oldman.
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Cinema
Batch '81
Mike de Leon’s groundbreaking psychological drama is an unflinching study of sadomasochistic college fraternity traditions.
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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.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
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.
This selection of five films by young Iranian women filmmakers delves into the fragile and shifting nature of contemporary existence, as seen through their unique perspectives.
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Talks & events
An Evening with Niall Harbison
Niall Harbison takes to the stage to discuss how rescuing street dogs saved him and inspired the creation of his charity Happy Doggo and Tina’s Hospital – a sanctuary for Thailand’s vulnerable dogs.
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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.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
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.
