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A person does a headstand in their pants against an orange and brown patterned wall.
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Theatre & dance

RSC/Wise Children: The Buddha of Suburbia

This ‘glorious and intoxicating five-star’ (Times) production based on Hanif Kureishi’s award-winning novel transfers for a limited 4-week season only.

Actor Ruth Negga stares thoughtfully off-camera as a golden glow lights the stage behind her.
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Theatre & dance

Finn Beames & Company: Quiet Songs

★★★★ Academy Award nominee 'Ruth Negga gives a revalatory performance' in this new show that creates a beautifully unsettling world where string instruments are played with swords.

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Theatre & dance Tours & public spaces

Backstage Tours

Step behind the scenes and see the Barbican Theatre from a new perspective on our 60 minute Backstage Tour

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Classical music Theatre & dance

Guildhall School: Die Fledermaus

150 years after its first performance in Vienna, Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus arrives at Silk Street Theatre this Autumn.

Colourful drawings of people swirling against a black background.
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Theatre & dance

CRIPtic Arts

A searingly honest, bold, and gripping piece of theatre, bringing together performances from some of the UK’s most exciting disabled theatre makers and companies.

Ballerina and pianist performing next to animated ballerinas
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Classical music Theatre & dance

Guildhall School: The Nutcracker and I

A pianist, a ballerina, state-of-the-art animations and digital effects. The Nutcracker for the 21st century.

A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
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Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

A baby in the arms of their mother look at hanging tungsten style light bulbs, bathed in a warm glow. Behind them is a red exposed brick wall. The mother is looking intently at the child.
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Theatre & dance

First Light

Bathe in sound and light with your baby as you explore the wonders of how their senses develop. Sit, lie down or stand while sharing this immersive, intimate experience.

A person in a mask dances by a tree trunk while another person plays the saxophone.
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Theatre & dance

MimeLondon: La Manékine

Blending puppetry, storytelling and a live one-man orchestra, La Pendue brings a dark fairy tale to vibrant life in this brand new production.

A person with a clay mask on their face sits on a chair and takes off their boots,
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Theatre & dance

MimeLondon: Not a Word

Mask, music and movement combine in this new piece of physical theatre about the forgotten Irish navvies who worked hard, faltered and slowly faded from memory.

A puppet man sits at a desk with a red jacket on. He is surrounded by figures of death.
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Theatre & dance

MimeLondon: Moby Dick

A spectacular stage adaptation of Herman Melville's great novel about ambition, obsession and the power of nature, featuring large-scale puppetry, live action, video projection and music.

people filming a miniature set
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Theatre & dance

MimeLondon: Five Lines

A remarkable UK premiere of micro cinema-theatre that explores human nature through the lens of one couple's relationship in a dystopian world shaped by today's extreme greed. 

A person wearing sportswear holds a basketball in a concrete environment.
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Theatre & dance

Belarus Free Theatre: KS6 Small Forward

A new production from the Olivier Award-nominated company, based on the extraordinary life story of Belarusian basketball player and activist Katsiaryna Snytsina.

A person in a fur coat stands on stage as people dance in the background in a dark room lit by haze.
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Contemporary music Theatre & dance

HighRise Entertainment: Lil.Miss.Lady

Part rave, part drama, HighRise return with an immersive history of Grime, told through the eyes of a trailblazing female MC.

The Seagull
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Theatre & dance

THE SEAGULL

Cate Blanchett and Tom Burke make their return to the stage in Thomas Ostermeier's new production of Chekhov’s THE SEAGULL.