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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
Carolee Schneemann Film Series
Barbican announces Caterina Barbieri, Lucinda Williams and Kayhan Kalhor + Erdal Erzincan dates
Karena Johnson joins Barbican as new Head of Creative Collaboration & Learning
Yahael Camara Onono Milton Court Residency and Portico Quartet Ensemble concert
Barbican Cinema: August 2022 highlights
Barbican announces further EFG London Jazz Festival dates, focusing on the Chicago avant-garde
Barbican announces Voices from the Lake and Musics from Summerisle concerts
Barbican announces AV live show with Lotic
The Barbican’s autumn 2022 Theatre and Dance line-up announced
Barbican Cinema: July highlights
Barbican announces Dillon concert
Barbican announces Ichiko Aoba & 12 Ensemble
Barbican announces 2nd John Waters event for 10 June 2022
Barbican announces Erland Cooper date for 2024
Post-Horror Summer Nights at Barbican Cinema
World premiere of My Neighbour Totoro stage adaptation breaks Barbican box office record
Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel
We Are Parable announces 'An Evening of Purpose' in association with Jessica Huie MBE and the Barbican
Joe Hisaishi and the Royal Shakespeare Company present the world premiere of Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro
Barbican launches The Edge of the Centre, a new events programme inspired by the Centre’s surrounding creative communities

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 Programming Communications Manager
020 3834 1181 / 07917 190 584
[email protected]

Benno Rembeck
Senior Corporate Communications Manager
020 3834 1106
[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
020 3834 1187

[email protected]

Sumayyah Sheikh
Communications Assistant – Theatre & Dance and Cinema
[email protected]

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

Koyel Basu
Communications Officer – Music
[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
07958 597 426
[email protected]

Sumayyah Sheikh
Communications Assistant - Theatre & Dance and Cinema
[email protected]