It's 1989 and finding the party is the only thing that matters.
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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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Cinema
New East Cinema: Toxic + ScreenTalk
Two teenage girls enrol in a modelling school hoping to make a better life for themselves and escape the grip of poverty, whatever it takes, from Lithuanian director Saulė Bliuvaitė.
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CinemaTalks & events
Graeme Arnfield: Zero-Gravity Resistance
Join artist and filmmaker Graeme Arnfield for an evening of experimental screenings and live lecture performances exploring the intersections of cinema, history, and speculative futures.
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Theatre & dance
Fiddler on the Roof
A theatrical triumph, the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s completely sold-out electrifying Fiddler On The Roof transfers to London this summer in what is set to be the theatre event of 2025.
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Classical music
Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 5
Our Shostakovich cycle began with the Quartet No 1, and ends, inevitably, with No 15, staring death resolutely in the face, a work heart-stopping in its searing intensity.
Dmitri ShostakovichQuartet No 10
Quartet No 7
Quartet No 15
Carducci Quartet
Kyan Quartet
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Contemporary music
I’m With Her
Three GRAMMY Award-winning songwriters come together as I'm With Her for an intimate performance, with new music from their forthcoming album Wild and Clear and Blue.
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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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Contemporary musicImmersive
Feel the Sound
Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.
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Contemporary musicImmersiveTheatre & dance
In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats
It's 1989 and finding the party is the only thing that matters.
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.
Event
Cinema
Fashion in Film Festival: Into the Garden of Chimerical...
A programme of archival gems that explore the interesting and sometimes unusual connections between women, flowers, and insects, from 20th Century filmmakers.
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Theatre & dance
Guildhall School: Orlando by Virginia Woolf
Neil Bartlett's sparkling adaptation of Virginia Woolf's ground-breaking fantasy finds powerful contemporary relevance in the novelist’s vision of equal rights to love for bodies of every kind.
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Contemporary music
Actress x Suzanne Ciani present Concrète Waves
A groundbreaking live music collaboration between two titans of avant-garde electronic music, Actress and Suzanne Ciani.
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Theatre & dance
Fiddler on the Roof
A theatrical triumph, the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s completely sold-out electrifying Fiddler On The Roof transfers to London this summer in what is set to be the theatre event of 2025.
Event
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
Contemporary musicImmersive
Feel the Sound
Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.
Event
Contemporary musicImmersiveTheatre & dance
In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats
It's 1989 and finding the party is the only thing that matters.
Event
Cinema
Family Film Club: Dog Man
If you missed this zany blockbuster animation from the writer of Captain Underpants, now’s your chance to catch it on the big screen.
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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.
Event
Theatre & dance
Fiddler on the Roof
A theatrical triumph, the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s completely sold-out electrifying Fiddler On The Roof transfers to London this summer in what is set to be the theatre event of 2025.
Event
Cinema
MET Opera Live: Il Barbiere di Siviglia
A barber helps two young lovers who are held apart, in this tale of love, loss, and deceit.
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Theatre & dance
Guildhall School: Orlando by Virginia Woolf
Neil Bartlett's sparkling adaptation of Virginia Woolf's ground-breaking fantasy finds powerful contemporary relevance in the novelist’s vision of equal rights to love for bodies of every kind.
Event
Contemporary music
Moin
Moin are a London three-piece featuring Tom Halstead and Joe Andrews of the electronic outfit Raime and percussionist visionary Valentina Magaletti.
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Contemporary musicImmersive
Feel the Sound
Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.
Event
Contemporary musicImmersiveTheatre & dance
In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats
It's 1989 and finding the party is the only thing that matters.
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.
