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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 Cinema November 2023
Barbican announces Mew and Danish Chamber Orchestra for 2024 plus other new shows and support acts
Cast announced for Told by an Idiot’s Get Happy family show for festive season at the Barbican
Barbican Family Film Week 2023
Barbican announces its classical music programme for spring and summer 2024
Barbican announces Public Programme for RE/SISTERS: A Lens on Gender and Ecology
Barbican announces tribute to Pharoah Sanders with The Harvest Time Project, FreeStage performances and Cinema programme, as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival 2023. Plus, new show with Anoushka Shankar, and support acts for Makaya McCraven and Hauschka
This Autumn, join the Barbican to celebrate the best of Indian visual arts, theatre and music
We Are Parable announce ‘An Evening of Purpose’ presented by Jessica Huie MBE and the Barbican
Barbican Cinema highlights - October 2023
Barbican announces Chagall: Unlocked and Nina Simone - Legacy with Josette Bushell-Mingo OBE
Visions of Haiti
Barbican and Trafalgar Entertainment announce three year theatrical partnership to stage and develop new productions
Inua Ellams returns to the Barbican with five cross-arts performance events
Barbican Cinema September 2023 highlights
A message about Artistic Director Will Gompertz
Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra bring European tour to a close at the Barbican
World premiere of King Stakh’s Wild Hunt, a brand new gothic noir from one of the world’s bravest theatre companies, Belarus Free Theatre
Hidden Figures – The Films of Binka Zhelyazkova
Barbican Summer Outdoor Cinema Screenings – Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Mira Nair’s Monsoon Wedding added to the programme

General info

Contact us



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]