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Trailer: Into the Night
From London to New York, Paris, Mexico City, Berlin, Vienna, and Ibadan, journey into the world’s most iconic cabarets, cafés and clubs in modern art through the lens of pioneering artists.
Listen: Into the Night playlist
Take a listen to the newly added Into the Night playlist, on our Spotify.
Art Gallery
Into the Night: Family Tour
Join us for a free family tour of the Art Gallery exhibition Into the Night: Cabarets & Clubs in Modern Art and discover more about the creative hubs of the late 19th Century including Paris’ Le Chat Noir, Vienna’s Cabaret Fledermaus and Nigeria’s Mbari Club. Make shapes, create shadows and explore the buzzing worlds of creativity and art.
Free, sign up on the day
Timings: 11.30am, 12.30pm, 2pm, 3pm
Level G Studio
Squish Space
India Harvey & Lisa Marie Bengtsson invite you to explore the possibility that play has no beginning or end, instead we are constantly engaged in the flow of interaction and exchange with children at play. Squish Space will be filled with items that help adults and children explore the communication of play together.
Free, drop in. Suitable for ages 5 and under
Timings: 11am - 4pm
Level G Free Stage
Make your own Bauhaus Theatre Set
Join Artist and Designer Sebastian Harding for a workshop inspired by theatrical designs of the Bauhaus movement. Create your own paper set designs and see them placed in our 3D Model Theatre. Sebastian Harding is an Artist and Designer with an interest in architecture, Heritage and the vernacular of London buildings.
This drop-in workshop is suitable for ages 6+
Timings: 11am, 12pm, 1.30pm, 2.30pm
Kaleidoscopic Typography
Join artist Lara Verena Bellenghi to create your own collages inspired by Dada poetry. Lara Verena Bellenghi studied Fine Art at Oxford University and completed her MA in Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London. She is currently based in Vienna, pursuing her artistic practice and working for the education department of the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
This drop-in workshop is suitable for all ages.
Timings: 11am - 4pm
Families at the Barbican
Fountain Room
Music & Movement
Join musician and composer Chiel Busscher and dancer Laura Weston for a music-making and movement workshop. Create beats, sounds, shapes and motion, ending in a live performance in the Art Gallery.
Music: Come and create a piece of music from scratch, inspired by Café L’Aubette. How do we make music out of shapes? How do we make music out of energy? How do we make music for movement? No previous musical experience necessary.
Movement: This workshop will explore the dynamics of the L’Aubette space and it's creative possibilities. We will create a short ensemble piece that draws on inspirations and artistic practices of the time working with movement and gesture as well as responding to sound and rhythm. No previous dance experience necessary.
Suitable for ages 6 and upwards. Every child must be accompanied by a parent. Suitable for all levels of experience. Comfortable footwear advised.
Timings: 12pm, 1.30pm, 3pm
Garden Room
Marvellous Masks
Be inspired by the fabulous Mexican paper masks by German Cueto, on show in the Art Gallery. Have fun folding, scrunching, twisting and sticking all kinds of paper to design and create your very own marvellous mask.
Judith Hope is a mask and puppet maker based in London. She creates innovative work for theatre, commercials, festivals and parades. When not creating in her studio she shares her skills by leading creative making workshops for adults, children and families.
Drop in, suitable for ages 4+.
Timings: 11am - 4pm
The Shadow Makers
Create your very own shadow puppets inspired by Le Chat Noir. Create quirky characters and try them out on our shadow screen, before devising an exciting French cabaret-style show, with lights, music and an audience.
Amie Taylor is a theatre-maker and puppeteer, specialising in shadow-puppetry. She started her own theatre company in 2015 called The Shadow Makers and has made three shows for children using puppetry and shadow puppets which have performed at Arcola Theatre, Omnibus Theatre, the Space and Latitude Festival.
Drop in, suitable for ages 4+
Timings: 11am - 4pm
