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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

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Barbican announces line-up for Piano Day 2023 and Kaushiki Chakraborty Masterclass
Barbican Cinema - April 2023 Highlights
Chronic Youth Film Festival 2023
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival Presents 10 Award-Winning Films in the London Edition, 16-26 March 2023
Barbican announces EFG London Jazz Festival Summer Series plus Kronos Quartet and Hamed Sinno
A Strange Loop: The Pulitzer and Latest Tony Award-Winning Best Musical Coming to the Barbican
Barbican announces Erland Cooper: Folded Landscapes and Balmorhea Barbican-debut.
Barbican Cinema: March 2023 ScreenTalks & Live Events highlights
Barbican announces Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily in Love in Exile
RESOLVE Collective: them's the breaks
Oscar® Week 2023
Barbican announces dates with Jeff Mills, This is The Kit, and Roger Eno
Barbican Press reminder: Performance installation by Nonclassical reflecting on the climate crisis
February 2023 ScreenTalks highlights
Barbican announces first-ever drum & bass concert in the Barbican Hall with OrchestRAM, plus Unsound London showcase and UK debut for Bosnian Sevdah musician Damir Imamović
Barbican presents José González for Veneer’s 20th Anniversary plus final Milton Court performance from Balimaya Project’s Yahael Camara Onono and newly announced support acts for Aldous Harding
Barbican Cinema: Jan 2023 ScreenTalks & Live Events highlights
Barbican announces Jorge Drexler for May 2023
Barbican announces Baaba Maal, Matthew Herbert, and Christina Vantzou dates in 2023
Emerging Film Curators Series - Dec 2022 – Mar 2023

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]