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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ImmersiveTheatre & danceContemporary music
In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats
It's 1989 and finding the party is the only thing that matters.
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ImmersiveContemporary music
Feel the Sound
Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.
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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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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
Theatre & dance
The Making of Us: Guildhall Actors' Self-Led Performances
Guildhall's dynamic final-year actors present a vibrant programme of brand-new performance works, created and performed entirely on their own terms.
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Cinema
The Salt Path
Inspiring and life-affirming, The Salt Path is a story of perseverance in the face of all the tribulations that life throws at us.
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Cinema
The Last Journey
This humorous and heart-breaking documentary captures a son's love for his 80-year-old father, as they road trip through France.
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Cinema
28 Years Later
Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland reunite for the new terrifying auteur horror set in the aftermath 28 Days Later.
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Cinema
Hidden (Caché)
This Cannes-award winning masterpiece is an enthralling thriller underpinned by a piercing analysis of colonial guilt.
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CinemaContemporary music
Young Soul Rebels + ScreenTalk
Youth culture meets identity politics in this part-thriller, part-gay love story set in London in 1977. The hedonistic world of pirate DJs Chris and Caz is shattered when a close friend is killed.
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Art & designTalks & events
Architecture on Stage: Shahed Saleem & Neal Shasore
Shahed Saleem leads a conversation, unpacking the themes and ideas of his latest published collection of essays and photographs, Building Futures: The Counter Architecture of the British Mosque.
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Classical music
LSO Discovery Showcase
This showcase brings together the Orchestra with participants from all across LSO Discovery’s work.
Hector BerliozMovement 4 from Symphonie fantastique
LSO Next Generation & Rachel LeachInspiration: Tension: Connection: Legacy
George Harrison arr Podd BrothersHere Comes The Sun (for Choir & Orchestra)
Mark Withers orch Rachel Leach with LSO CreateReMBRANDT
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Theatre & dance
SMORGASBORD: The Making It Cabaret
Back by popular demand after a sell-out debut at last year’s Making It Festival, SMORGASBORD invites students and staff from across Guildhall School to serve their tastiest multi-disciplinary morsels.
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Cinema
The Phoenician Scheme
One of the most anticipated films of the year, Wes Anderson returns with an all-star ensemble in this tale of comedic espionage and intrigue.
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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.
Event
ImmersiveTheatre & danceContemporary music
In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats
It's 1989 and finding the party is the only thing that matters.
Event
ImmersiveContemporary music
Feel the Sound
Imagine experiencing sound for the very first time.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
Event
Cinema
Relaxed Screening: Ocean with David Attenborough
Join David Attenborough in this breath-taking documentary, showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean.
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
The Making of Us: Guildhall Actors' Self-Led Performances
Guildhall's dynamic final-year actors present a vibrant programme of brand-new performance works, created and performed entirely on their own terms.
Event
Cinema
From Hilde, With Love
A powerful tale of love and resistance, this historic drama is inspired by the real story of the Red Orchestra anti-Nazi group.
Event
Cinema
28 Years Later
Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland reunite for the new terrifying auteur horror set in the aftermath 28 Days Later.
Event
Cinema
SAFAR: Shifting Tides Shorts Programme + Q&A
This luminous and stirring collection of short films traces the delicate contours of youth on the cusp of change.
Event
Cinema
Red Path (Les Enfants Rouges)
Set in the mountains of Tunisia, Lotfi Achour's latest drama explores innocence lost in the face of terror.
Event
Cinema
The Phoenician Scheme
One of the most anticipated films of the year, Wes Anderson returns with an all-star ensemble in this tale of comedic espionage and intrigue.
Event
Classical music
Guildhall School: Opera Makers
Join Guildhall School for three exciting new works written by composers and librettists on Guildhall’s MA in Opera Making & Writing in association with the Royal Opera House.
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.
