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Welcome to the Barbican’s press room, where you can contact our Communications team, read press releases and find out the latest news.

Latest press releases

Title Posted on
Barbican announces Theatre & Dance productions for spring 2025
Press Reminder: EFG London Jazz Festival events at the Barbican, 15-24 November 2024
Barbican announces a performance by Moin, plus additional date for Spiritualized
Barbican announces spring-summer 2025 classical music season
Jazz On Screen 2024
Poetry in Practice: A Celebration of Poetry and Barbican Young Poets
Barbican announces Spiritualized playing 1995’s Pure Phase, and support for Roo Panes
Barbican Family Film Week 2024
Barbican announces Darbar as official Artistic Associate ahead of 2024 festival and groundbreaking performances in 2025
Barbican announces Unsound showcase featuring Mica Levi and Raphael Rogiński, plus new support for Billie Marten & Her Ensemble
Barbican announces final wave of EFG London Jazz Festival artists, free-to-attend concerts, and Jazz On Screen cinema programme for 2024 festival
Ruth Negga to star in World Premiere of Quiet Songs by Finn Beames at the Barbican
Barbican Cinema programme: October 2024
Press reminder: Barbican classical music autumn and winter season own-promotion highlights calendar (September 2024 – January 2025)
Cate Blanchett and Tom Burke to star in Chekhov’s The Seagull in a new version by Duncan Macmillan and Thomas Ostermeier, Directed By Ostermeier at the Barbican Theatre
Barbican announces weekend of free entry to landmark exhibition The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998 as part of a Centre-wide celebration of Indian arts, music and culture
Rewriting the Rules: Pioneering Indian Cinema after 1970
Barbican announces The Joy as part of EFG London Jazz Festival, plus support acts for Cornelius and Lynda Dawn
Barbican Cinema programme: September 2024
Lear by National Changgeuk Company of Korea international premiere at the Barbican Theatre in October

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Our working hours are Monday–Friday 10am–6pm

Please do get in touch with any questions – we look forward to hearing from you.

For general enquiries, please email [email protected] or call 0207 382 2389. Contact details for specific artform press teams at the Barbican can also be found below.

James Tringham
Head of Communications
07513 702 734
[email protected]

Ariane Oiticica
Senior Communications Manager - Arts & Participation
020 3834 1181 
[email protected]

Matthew Little
Corporate Communications Manager
020 3834 1192
[email protected]

John Kelly
Communications Team Coordinator
020 3834 1125
[email protected]

Hannah Carr
Communications Manager – Visual Arts
020 3834 1191
[email protected]  

Lily Booth
Communications Officer – Visual Arts
[email protected]  

Georgia Holmes
Communications Assistant – Visual Arts
[email protected]  

HBL
Communications Manager – Theatre & Dance
[email protected]

Sumayyah Sheikh
Communications Officer – Arts & Participation 
[email protected]

Ed Maitland Smith
Communications Manager  Music
020 3834 1115
[email protected]

Simone Gibbs
Communications Assistant – Music
[email protected]

For enquiries about the London Symphony Orchestra, please contact their press team directly.

Ian Cuthbert
Communications Manager – Cinema
07980 925 352
[email protected]

Sarah Harvey
PR Consultant – Cinema
[email protected]