Read, Watch & Listen

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

What happens when students from one of the UK’s largest schools met musicians, historians and theatrical professionals, to tell a story of feminist inspiration?

The 30th commission in The Curve programme, New Zealand-born artist Francis Upritchard presents a new series of sculptural interventions. Curator Leila Hasham joins the artist in her studio

What might a cinema for audio look like? We explore ideas around collective listening and the physicality behind listening to audio in our new programme, Soundhouse.

Explore key moments in Russian history and the films in the 'Generations' season in our interactive timeline.

Widely regarded as the greatest English opera of its time, here's your illustrated synopsis of Purcell’s poignant tale of love and loss, ahead of the Academy of Ancient Music's performance.

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).

What might a play for a generation living in the digital age look like? JAMS discuss the creative process behind Marathon, and winning The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award 2018.

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

From Shostakovich to Frank Zappa, Elvis Presley and The Beatles, writer Ariane Todes investigates what has caused aural offence and how artists have boldly defied the censors through music.

When Piers Gough came to study at the AA in the sixties, the Barbican represented the three-dimensional future of the city. Here he looks at how its baroque confidence has influenced his buildings.