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I'm Not Okay (An Emo Retrospective) in black and pink colours
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Library

I'm Not Okay: An Emo Retrospective

Free

A pilot exhibition exploring the rise of Britain’s Y2K lost subculture: Emo. Focusing on the first-generation Emo scene from 2004 to 2009.

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Art & design

The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998

A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum installation photography
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Art & design

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears

Free

In her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings.

 Image of Barbican Backstage Tours
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Theatre & dance Tours & public spaces

Backstage Tours

Step behind the scenes and see the Barbican Theatre from a new perspective on our 60 minute Backstage Tour

Barbican architecture
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
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Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

A girl rides on the back of a dragon-like creature over water.
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Cinema

Spirited Away [DUBBED]

Spirited Away was a worldwide smash upon its original release over 20 years ago, now the animated Ghibli classic is back on the big screen. 

Mufasa and Scar (lions) stand looking at each other in profile
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Cinema

Mufasa: The Lion King

An orphan and a young prince strike up an unlikely brotherhood in the long-awaited prequel to the 1994 Disney classic, directed by Barry Jenkins and scored by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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Cinema

Queer

Daniel Craig ventures through sexuality, psychedelics and the jungle in Luca Guadagnino's adaption of The Beat Generation novella.

A girl rides on the back of a dragon-like creature over water.
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Cinema

Spirited Away [SUBTITLED]

Spirited Away was a worldwide smash upon its original release over 20 years ago, now the animated classic is back on the big screen. 

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Cinema

Conclave

Director Edward Berger's (All Quiet on the Western Front) new thriller follows one of the world's most secretive events - selecting the new Pope, tasked to Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes). 

I'm Not Okay (An Emo Retrospective) in black and pink colours
Event
Library

I'm Not Okay: An Emo Retrospective

Free

A pilot exhibition exploring the rise of Britain’s Y2K lost subculture: Emo. Focusing on the first-generation Emo scene from 2004 to 2009.

Event
Art & design

The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998

A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum installation photography
Event
Art & design

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears

Free

In her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

Nicholas Hoult stands in room
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Cinema

Nosferatu

An ancient, bloodthirsty vampire seeks a young bride in this unsettling horror from American filmmaker Robert Eggers.

Andrew Garfield cups Florence Pugh's face, as they are about to kiss
Event
Cinema

We Live in Time

Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh fall heart-stoppingly deep in love in London, in this romance directed by John Crowley (Brooklyn). 

 Image of Barbican Backstage Tours
Event
Theatre & dance Tours & public spaces

Backstage Tours

Step behind the scenes and see the Barbican Theatre from a new perspective on our 60 minute Backstage Tour

Mufasa and Scar (lions) stand looking at each other in profile
Event
Cinema

Mufasa: The Lion King

An orphan and a young prince strike up an unlikely brotherhood in the long-awaited prequel to the 1994 Disney classic, directed by Barry Jenkins and scored by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

Event
Cinema

Nickel Boys

RaMell Ross directs an adaption of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about two friends attempting to survive the harshness of a segregated reform school in 1960s Jim Crow-era Florida.  

A girl rides on the back of a dragon-like creature over water.
Event
Cinema

Spirited Away [SUBTITLED]

Spirited Away was a worldwide smash upon its original release over 20 years ago, now the animated classic is back on the big screen. 

I'm Not Okay (An Emo Retrospective) in black and pink colours
Event
Library

I'm Not Okay: An Emo Retrospective

Free

A pilot exhibition exploring the rise of Britain’s Y2K lost subculture: Emo. Focusing on the first-generation Emo scene from 2004 to 2009.

Event
Art & design

The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998

A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum installation photography
Event
Art & design

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears

Free

In her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

Event
Cinema

Parent & Baby Screening: Nosferatu

An ancient, bloodthirsty vampire seeks a young bride in this unsettling horror from American filmmaker Robert Eggers.

A girl rides on the back of a dragon-like creature over water.
Event
Cinema

Spirited Away [DUBBED]

Spirited Away was a worldwide smash upon its original release over 20 years ago, now the animated Ghibli classic is back on the big screen. 

A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

Event
Cinema

Nickel Boys

RaMell Ross directs an adaption of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about two friends attempting to survive the harshness of a segregated reform school in 1960s Jim Crow-era Florida.