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Challenging myths about UK Drill music and its links to youth violence, this radically honest and direct theatre show takes real-life experiences to explore the truths behind the headlines.

Our second series of Sound Unbound continues. Comedian and co-founder of Arts Emergency Josie Long talks to creative minds about the music that moves them, with help from conductor Ben Gernon.

Our second series of Sound Unbound continues. Comedian and co-founder of Arts Emergency Josie Long talks to creative minds about the music that moves them, with help from conductor Ben Gernon.

Welcome to our second series of Sound Unbound, a podcast where comedian and co-founder of Arts Emergency Josie Long talks to creative minds about the music that moves them, with help from conductor Ben Gernon. 

Dive into this Spotify playlist charting some UK Drill essential tracks curated by Dominic Garfield, director of The UK Drill Project. Featuring 22 songs from artists including Abra Cadabra, Headie One, Digga D and many more.

Following the success of the Barbican’s Our Time on Earth exhibition, we sit down with George Monbiot and Marta Lowcewicz, as they share their passion for plants, nature, and soil.

An online adaptation of our exhibition Living Lineages. View the full photo gallery below, including an essay and Q&A with the exhibition co-curators.

As part of our exhibition Our Time On Earth, we commissioned three short films that explore the climate crisis in different ways. Here, we speak to the team behind the third and final mini-series, April's Afterlife Services, and learn more about the purpose, ambition, and creative process behind their film.

Sing your heart out to these Mariah Carey songs, ahead of our screening of Glitter.

In our latest Barbican Session, Tai Murray plays Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's Louisiana Blues Strut: A Cakewalk in our Theatre Stalls Left.

As part of our exhibition Our Time On Earth, we commissioned three short films that explore the climate crisis in different ways. Here, we speak to the team behind the second mini-series, Green Feet on Concrete, and learn more about the purpose, ambition, and creative process behind their film.

Acclaimed Hip Hop dance theatre company Boy Blue marks its 21st anniversary this year. Founders Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy MBE and Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante MBE look back over their journey to the world stage.