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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
Shanay Jhaveri joins Barbican as new Head of Visual Arts
World premiere of Perfect Show for Rachel by award-winning theatre company Zoo Co
EFG London Jazz Festival returns to the Barbican for 30th Birthday celebrations
The Barbican’s spring 2023 Theatre and Dance programme announced
Carrie Mae Weems: Reflections for Now
Alice Neel: Hot Off The Griddle
Barbican Visual Arts Exhibition Programme 2023
Barbican Family Film Week 2022
Universities flock back to the Barbican for graduation ceremonies
Award-winning company HighRise Entertainment challenge myths about UK Drill music and its links to youth violence in their latest show
Barbican announces details of its music programme for February - July 2023
Barbican announces a concert curated by British-Bahraini trumpeter and composer, Yazz Ahmed, with Tunisian American singer Emel and Lebanese Oud player Rabih Abou-Khalil
Information following the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Barbican announces talk with pioneering musician Brian Eno
Barbican Cinema: October 2022
Barbican announces Mark Kavuma Presents Banger Factory Records
Barbican announces new appointments to its Board and Trust
Hidden Figures: The films of Idrissa Ouédraogo
Barbican announces two Masterclasses with Milton Court Artist-In-Residence Yahael Camara Onono
The Staves and Max Richter concert dates

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]