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Randall Munroe: What if? A Decade of Imagining the Improbable
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Randall Munroe: A Decade of Imagining the Improbable

The millions of people who read and loved What If? still have questions, and those questions are getting stranger. Thank goodness xkcd creator Randall Munroe is here to help.

Five performers lean on each other in a line. Two play instruments.
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Talks & events Theatre & dance

Wise Children: Theatre Maker Workshop

Learn more about acting, devising, ensemble work and multi-disciplinary theatre techniques in this free theatre maker masterclass led by Wise Children.

A black and white photo by Pablo Bartholomew, showing a group of people dancing at a party in New Delhi in 1975
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Lensing the Global (South Asia +) – Panel Discussion

Join us for a panel discussion organised in collaboration with Autograph, responding to and expanding beyond the themes and contexts of The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998.

A photo of some of Pablo Bartholomew's photographs on the wall in the Barbican Art Gallery
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Pablo Bartholomew: Artist Talk – Photographing the 1970s

Join us for a talk by renowned photographer Pablo Bartholomew, artist featured in The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998

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Architecture on Stage: Lynch Architects

Founded by Patrick and Claudia Lynch in 1997, Lynch Architects has realised a series of significant buildings on and around London's Victoria Street.  

Yotam Ottolenghi: The Comforr Tour
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Yotam Ottolenghi: The Comfort Tour

Spend a delicious evening with the inimitable chef and restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi, as he celebrates his anticipated new cookbook, Comfort, Ottolenghi’s most personal work since Simple and Flavour

A building in construction, with cement blocks forming the frame and a partial timber frame roof. There are large piles of sand on the floor.
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Architecture on Stage: Ken De Cooman

Co-founder of BC Architects & Studies and BC Materials, Ken De Cooman’s work focuses on the decarbonisation of the construction industry. 

A photo of some of Pablo Bartholomew's photographs on the wall in the Barbican Art Gallery
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Pablo Bartholomew: Artist Talk – The Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Join us for a talk by renowned photographer Pablo Bartholomew, artist featured in The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998

Composer Pierre Boulez sitting down. He is wearing a dark jacket and has white hair.
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Classical music Talks & events

The Boulez Effect

Explore the legacy of Pierre Boulez in this afternoon symposium at Milton Court.

In Conversation with Jane Garvey and Fi Glover
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In Conversation with Jane Garvey and Fi Glover

Join Jane Garvey and Fi Glover, the charismatic and dynamic duo behind the knockout Times Radio show, Off Air and BBC Radio 4 podcast, Fortunately as they take to the stage live.

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Classical music Talks & events

Total Immersion: Meet Steven Daverson

BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Steven Daverson, creative sound engineers and others about symphonic electronics.

A headshot of Shiva Feshareki, with circular blue swirls around her. In the background are black, wavy shapes suggestive of soundwaves.
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Total Immersion: Meet Shiva Feshareki

BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Shiva Feshareki and sound systems designer Daniel Hulme about Feshareki’s new work Bab-Khaneh: Gatehouse of Memory.

How to Fail Live with Elizabeth Day
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How to Fail Live with Elizabeth Day

Join creator and host of the How to Fail podcast, Elizabeth Day, for an uplifting, hilarious, moving and unforgettable evening.

A black and white photo of Boulez pointing with both fingers. There are blue circular swirls around him.
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Classical music Talks & events

Total Immersion: Pierre Boulez - The Man and the Music

Musicologist Professor Jonathan Cross talks to former members of the BBC SO as well as former Radio 3 Controller Sir Nicholas Kenyon – about their personal experience of working with Pierre Boulez. 

Black and white photo of Boulez conducting, with green circular swirls around him
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Total Immersion: Pierre Boulez - The Legacy

Musicologist Professor Jonathan Cross talks to Dame Gillian Moore – a lifelong advocate for Boulez’s music – about his creative and cultural legacy.