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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 - Eat The Screen: Films to Feed Conversations About Food
Barbican Cinema - July 2023 programme highlights
Barbican announces The Milk Carton Kids for January 2024, plus supporting act for Dillon
Barbican celebrates PRIDE SUMMER 2023 with Cinema, Music and Theatre events including the Broadway Pulitzer-winning musical A Strange Loop
Barbican announces dates for Balimaya Project, Touching Bass and Matthew and the Atlas for 2023
Emerging Film Curators Lab 2023, open call for proposals
Tom Sleigh re-elected as Chair of Barbican Centre Board
Barbican announces Qawwali Flamenco and An Intimate Piano Performance from Lambchop.
Barbican Summer Outdoor Cinema Screenings
Headway East London takeover: differently various
Barbican announces new shows: John Grant singing songs of Patsy Cline with Richard Hawley and Band plus legendary German musician Michael Rother
Barbican Cinema - June highlights 2023
ScreenTalks & Live Events highlights - May 2023
Barbican Cinema - Queer 90s: Cinema from a Decade of Radical Change
Barbican Cinema - May highlights 2023
Barbican Theatre & Dance announce Autumn/Winter 2023 season
Barbican announces first wave of international artists for EFG London Jazz Festival 2023
Barbican announces Bonny Light Horseman, Hamza Namira, Herbie Hancock, Rampage and The Unthanks
Barbican launches digital platform showcasing rare and never-before-seen archive material of the Centre’s early history
Most awarded venue, Barbican Theatre, celebrates the most awarded show at 2023 Olivier Awards

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]