Box Office
Events can be booked online 24/7
Ticket and Information desk, Level G
Mon-Sun: 10am–7.30pm
Available for all future and on the day ticket purchases as well as a place for enquiries, suggestions and a point of contact to support your visit with us.
Each venue also offers its own dedicated ticket desk, open specifically to provide support and assistance for individual events.
Theatre and Concert Hall desk, Level -1:
60 minutes before each performance
Cinema ticket desks:
30 minutes before each screening; you can check the schedule at What's On Cinema
Art Gallery, Level 3:
Opens for exhibition opening hours (please see below)
If you have any further questions, Contact Us
Halls and Theatres
We have the Hall and Theatre inside the Barbican Centre itself, and nearby we have Milton Court, St Luke's and Silk Street Theatre,
These venues typically open to ticket holders around at least 30 minutes before the advertised start time; foyers space are often open beforehand.
We always encourage audiences to arrive a little earlier to enjoy everything our foyers have to offer before the show.
Cinemas
Cinema 1 - (Level -2)
The foyer, bar and cinema screen opens 45 minutes before the first screening of the day.
Cinema 2/3 (Beech Street)
The cinema screens open 30 mins before the first screening.
Our Urban Baristas at the Cinema Cafe, in the same building as the cinemas, is open daily:
Mon-Fri: 8am–9pm
Sat & Sun: 10am-9pm
Galleries
Art Gallery & Gallery Shop:
Current Exhibition: Project a Black Planet
Level 3
Mon Closed
Tue–Wed 10am–6pm (last entry 5pm)
Thu–Fri 10am–8pm (last entry 7pm)
Sat–Sun 10am–6pm (last entry 5pm)
Bank Holidays Closed
Please note the Gallery Shop will open 1 hour after exhibition opening times.
The Curve
Current Exhibition: In Other Worlds
Level G
Mon - 12pm-7pm
Tue-Wed 11am-7pm
Thur-Sat 10am-9pm
Sun 10am-7pm
Times might change if particular events are happening in the gallery, so check what's happening in that exhibition on the day you plan to visit.
Restaurants
Mon–Sun: 9am–8pm
(Bank Holidays 11am)
Mon-Sat: 12-9pm (last orders)
Sun: 12-7pm (last orders)
Bars and Cafes
Mon-Sat: 5–10.30pm
Mon-Sun: Open all day from 8:30am (Bank Holidays 11am) and will close at the end of the latest interval of either our Hall or Theatre performances.
Performance Foyer Bars and Cafes:
Depending on which venues are open, we have a variety of cafes and bars available across the building. These will be open 1 hour before the earliest event.
Cinema Bars and Cafes:
Our cinema 1 (level -2) Bar and Cafe will open 45 minutes prior to the earliest screening. Please see above in our Beech Street Opening hours to find opening times for our Cinema 2 and 3 spaces.
Barbican Library
Mon 9.30am–5.30pm
Tue 9.30am–7.30pm
Wed 9.30am–5.30pm
Thu 9.30am–7.30pm
Fri 9.30am–5.30pm
Sat 9.30am–4pm
Sun Closed
Barbican Shop
Mon-Fri: 11am-7pm
Sat: 10am-8pm
Sun: 10am-7pm
Bank Holidays: 12-6pm
Getting here
Find out our nearest transport points to get to our main entrance on Silk Street
