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Art & design Talks & events

Home: Figure and Portrait Drawing Workshops

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Express yourself freely and creatively at this figure and portrait drawing course that will encourage you to reflect on the themes of family and the home. 

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Barbican Community Choir

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Share the joy of singing with others and make new friends at this new community choir that comes together weekly on Thursdays led by Rachel Huggins and Abdul Shyllon. 

Learning from Colombia
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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: Learning from Colombia

Watch leading Colombian architects and educators in conversation with one another, discussing contemporary issues in their field.

Writer William Adamsdale poses with his arms crossed against a blue background. There is a pink effect around him that blurs.
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Talks & events Theatre & dance

FuelFest: AI, AI, Oh… by Will Adamsdale

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Perrier Comedy and Fringe First winner Will Adamsdale presents a new autobiographical show about escape, creativity and technology.

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Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2025

Join us for an evening of readings and discussion with the shortlisted authors of The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award, chaired by author and former winner, Zadie Smith.

A person moves through a dark space, they are lit by a red light so that you can't see them as much as just a red figure moving through the space.
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Talks & events Theatre & dance

FuelFest: Joint by Jay Bernard

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Weaving together personal experience, social history and real-life cases, Joint is a powerful, multi-media account of Joint Enterprise law by one of Britain's most exciting poets.

A black and grey image of a bird flying close to a person's head. It looks AI generated.
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Contemporary music Talks & events Theatre & dance

FuelFest: Oracle Song by Melanie Wilson

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A poetic and intricate listening experience that sees the award-winning artist collaborate with an AI machine to explore the complexity of human and animal relationships.

Hirzenbach
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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: Lütjens Padmanabhan

Join renowned Swiss architects Oliver Lütjens and Thomas Padmanabhan as they discuss their exciting recent projects.

How to Fail Live with Elizabeth Day
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Talks & events

How to Fail Live with Elizabeth Day

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

A group of people gather outside at tables. We see them through a patch of yellow flowers.
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Talks & events

Hackney Herbal Workshop

Join Nat from Hackney Herbal as she shares her top tips for gardening in a way that is earth friendly. 

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Fertile Ground

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Bed into our Conservatory for a day of talks, workshops and performances on ecology and fertile ground.   

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Talks & events

Wild Alchemy: Shared Horizons Workshop

Join us for a guided visualisation through a biotherapeutic soundscape followed by a discussion and response session that investigates our relationship to ecological consciousness.

Barbican Conservatory
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Talks & events

10 years of Hackney Herbal

Join Hackney Herbal at this panel talk to discuss community herbalism and how it can help to nurture our communities.

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Slime Workshop

Explore the art of making eco-friendly slime from natural ingredients at this workshop in our Garden Room. 

A portrait of Jon Burlingame
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Cinema Classical music Talks & events

Music in Prime Time: A History of TV Themes and Scoring

Jon Burlingame, one of the most respected writers on film and TV music, discusses his book ‘Music in Prime Time’ with London Soundtrack Festival Artistic Director, Tommy Pearson.