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Cinema

Silent Film & Live Music: A Colour Box

Burst into summer with this vibrant programme of early and pre-Technicolor short films featuring butterflies, fairies, fireworks, crystals and more.

Rakhi Singh sitting on a rattan chair, looking to her right
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Classical music

ECHO Rising Stars at 30: Rakhi Singh & Friends

Rakhi Singh, violinist and co-founder of Manchester Collective, is joined by a stellar string quartet for an afternoon of contemporary chamber music.

Dobrinka Tabakova Insight
Edmund Finnis Brother
Caroline Shaw Limestone & Felt for cello and viola
Maurice Ravel Sonata for Violin and Cello
Edmund FInnis Quartet No 2
Rakhi Singh and friends
Rakhi Singh violin
Simmy Singh violin
Ruth Gibson viola
Nicholas Trygstad cello
VOCES8
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Classical music

VOCES8 20th Anniversary Concert

Join VOCES8 for its official 20th anniversary concert, celebrating two decades of inspiring music-making with its Barbican debut.

VOCES8
VOCES8 Scholars
BBC Singers
Jack Liebeck violin
Black Sound moving image display
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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.

acid house smiley in sky
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Contemporary music Immersive Theatre & dance

In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats

It's 1989 and finding the party is the only thing that matters. 

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Cinema

Senior Community Screening: All We Imagine as Light

A powerful tale of friendship and sisterhood, following three nurses navigating modern day Mumbai accompanied by beautiful cinematography and a romantic jazz piano score.

text card reads 'are you listening'
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Contemporary music Immersive

Feel the Sound

Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.

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Cinema

End of the Century + ScreenTalk with writer Ryan Gilbey

To mark the release of Ryan Gilbey’s book It Used to be Witches: Under the Spell of Queer Cinema, a screening of gay romance End of the Century will be followed by a discussion with the book’s author.

Artwork for Dido and Aeneas
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Classical music Theatre & dance

Guildhall School: Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

Step into the world of Dido and Aeneas, Henry Purcell’s celebrated masterpiece, brought to life in the intimate setting of Guildhall School’s Milton Court Theatre. 

An ensemble stand underneath a large sloping roof
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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.

Black Sound moving image display
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.

acid house smiley in sky
Event
Contemporary music Immersive Theatre & dance

In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats

It's 1989 and finding the party is the only thing that matters. 

text card reads 'are you listening'
Event
Contemporary music Immersive

Feel the Sound

Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.

Huma Bhabha standing in a studio with two tall sculptures, one carved out and one with markings ready to be carved.
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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.

An ensemble stand underneath a large sloping roof
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.

Black Sound moving image display
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.

text card reads 'are you listening'
Event
Contemporary music Immersive

Feel the Sound

Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.

acid house smiley in sky
Event
Contemporary music Immersive Theatre & dance

In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats

It's 1989 and finding the party is the only thing that matters. 

Huma Bhabha standing in a studio with two tall sculptures, one carved out and one with markings ready to be carved.
Event

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.

A still from Superdyke, showing the front of a bus with a group of women inside. On the front of the bus is a large banner saying Lesbian Express.
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Cinema

Barbara Hammer: She’s Beautiful, Sexy, Angry and Liberated!

We celebrate the legacy of Barbara Hammer, a true pioneer of LGBTQ+ cinema, with a special event featuring her groundbreaking shorts Dyketactics, Superdyke, Women I Love and Double Strength. 

Artwork for Dido and Aeneas
Event
Classical music Theatre & dance

Guildhall School: Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

Step into the world of Dido and Aeneas, Henry Purcell’s celebrated masterpiece, brought to life in the intimate setting of Guildhall School’s Milton Court Theatre. 

Rebel Radio
Event
Contemporary music Talks & events

Rebel Radio Talks: Rebel Archivists

A panel talk exploring how photography, music, and storytelling help preserve London’s cultural history and keep community voices alive for future generations.

An ensemble stand underneath a large sloping roof
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.

Black Sound moving image display
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.

text card reads 'are you listening'
Event
Contemporary music Immersive

Feel the Sound

Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.

acid house smiley in sky
Event
Contemporary music Immersive Theatre & dance

In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats

It's 1989 and finding the party is the only thing that matters. 

Huma Bhabha standing in a studio with two tall sculptures, one carved out and one with markings ready to be carved.
Event

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.

An ensemble stand underneath a large sloping roof
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.

A person's head wrapped in tape measures, bathed in green light
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Cinema

Bye Bye Love (Baibai rabu バイバイ・ラブ) + introduction

A wild and violent road trip with a genderqueer partnership at its centre, Isao Fujisawa’s breathtaking and radical movie was thought lost until a negative was unearthed in 2018.

Close up shot of Khatia Buniatishvili with her eyes closed and her hair blowing in her face
Event
Classical music

Khatia Buniatishvili & Friends

For the finale to Khatia Buniatishvili’s Barbican residency, the pianist invites friends from the performing world to join her for an intimate evening of music and words.

Johann Sebastian Bach arr Alexander Siloti Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a Arr. by Alexander Siloti
Jules Massenet Méditation from ‘Thais’
Antonin Dvorak Slavonic Dance in E Minor, Op 72/2: Dumka Allegretto grazioso for 4 hands
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Overture, Op 71a for 8 hands
Johannes Brahms Sixteen Waltzes Op 39: no 3, 5 and 6 for 4 hands
César Franck Violin Sonata in A major: movements 3 and 4
Antonio Vivaldi Sovente il sole
Francis Poulenc Le travail du peintre FP 161: I. Pablo Picasso
Samuel Barber Sure on this shining night
Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Winter – II. Largo for 4 hands
Vedrò Con Mio Diletto
Arvo Pärt Pari intervallo for 4 hands
Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Winter – I. Allegro non molto for 4 hands
George Frideric Händel Coronato il crin d'alloro from ‘Agrippina’
Astor Piazzolla arr. Khatia Buniatishvili Libertango for 4 hands
Oblivion
Sofia Gubaidulina Musical Toys: 6. Song of the fisherman
Marcello-Bach Adagio from Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974
Gioachino Rossini Overture from ‘William Tell’ for 8 hands
Khatia Buniatishvili piano
Jakub Józef Orliński countertenor
Axelle Saint-Cirel mezzo-soprano
Nicola Benedetti violin
Sodi Braide piano
Hélène Mercier piano
Gvantsa Buniatishvilli piano
Melanie Laurent actor