Read, Watch & Listen

Wood-turner Elise McLauchlan invites us in her studio for a wood-turning demonstration.

Samona Olanipekun explores the concept of home, identity and belonging, taking his starting point from the theme of 'Globalisation'.

Deep within the Barbican, British Indian composer Soumik Datta performs ‘From Raag to Reel’ on his custom built, fretless sarod (a 19-stringed instrument).

For August’s poem, Bella Cox considers what it means to be both a global and a British citizen at this point in history.

In an empty Theatre, Satu Vänskä, Principal Violinist of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, performs JS Bach's ‘Allemande’ from Partita II in D minor.

Anita Barton-Williams shares a personal reflection on her heritage in light of the Windrush scandal.

Shot in one take, we invited Christoph Sietzen to perform in an empty Cinema 1, with just his snare drum.

The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain perform a raucous rendition of AC/DC’s ‘Highway to Hell’ on our concert hall stairs.

With a riot of colour - and a stunning portrait of the Barbican - filmmaker Lexi Kiddo responds to this month's theme, LGBT, through dance and poetry.

London Symphony Orchestra’s co-principal trombonist, Peter Moore, performs 'Doolallynastics – a brief torture for solo trombone’ by Brian Lynn in our latest Barbican Session, filmed in one of our Frobisher Auditoriums. 
 

For July’s poem, Annie Hayter reflects on the relationship between sexual abuse and denial, in the wake of recent revelations.

This month, Richard Dixon Wheatley’s film, DYSTOPIA, uses spoken word to reflect on what ‘community’ means in today’s society.