Sarah Emily Porter Solo Show: The Barbican Reimagined
Free
Explore the inner workings of Sarah Emily Porter’s Art Studio at the Barbican Library.
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Art & designTours & public spaces
Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Free
This free installation invites visitors to orient themselves in the buildings and their complex, fascinating histories in an exciting new display at the heart of the Barbican’s Foyers.
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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.
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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.
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Cinema
Family Film Club: Puffin Rock and the New Friends
Adorable pufflings Oona and Baba are flying into our cinema for a big screen adventure!
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Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.
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Cinema
Parent and Baby Screening: Blitz
Academy Award Winning writer/director Steve McQueen is back with this historical drama following a young boy as he tries to make his way back to his mother through London during World War II.
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Tours & public spaces
Visit the Conservatory
Free
Visit the second biggest Conservatory in London and explore our hidden tropical oasis.
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Theatre & dance
RSC/Wise Children: The Buddha of Suburbia
This ‘glorious and intoxicating five-star’ (Times) production based on Hanif Kureishi’s award-winning novel transfers for a limited 4-week season only.
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Cinema
No Other Land
A Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance between Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.
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Cinema
Jazz on Screen: So Watt: Jazz and Improvisation on British..
Diving into the British TV archives of the 70s, a programme of jazz and improv from the television screen.
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Cinema
Anora
Anora, a high-priced Brooklyn stripper, becomes involved in a troubled romance with the son of a Russian oligarch, from Cannes favourite Sean Baker.
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Cinema
The Room Next Door
Old friends reunite when one is faced with her own mortality, starring Tilda Swinton & Julianne Moore, from Pedro Almodóvar.
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Theatre & danceTours & public spaces
Backstage Tours
Step behind the scenes and see the Barbican Theatre from a new perspective on our 60 minute Backstage Tour
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Cinema
Blitz
Academy Award Winning writer/director Steve McQueen is back with this historical drama following a young boy as he tries to make his way back to his mother through London during World War II.
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Classical musicContemporary music
Waves Crash on Old Street/Rufus Isabel Elliot
Composer Rufus Isabel Elliot and artists Miek Zwamborn and Rutger Emmelkamp bring the Isle of Mull’s wild Atlantic rainforest of Tireragan to LSO St Luke’s.
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Contemporary music
Pat Metheny: Dream Box
20-time GRAMMY Award-winning guitarist & composer Pat Metheny performs his new album MoonDial, featuring personal and fan favourites from his near 50-year career.
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Art & designTours & public spaces
Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Free
This free installation invites visitors to orient themselves in the buildings and their complex, fascinating histories in an exciting new display at the heart of the Barbican’s Foyers.
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.
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.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.
Event
Cinema
Members' Screening: Blitz
Members' event
Academy Award Winning writer/director Steve McQueen is back with this historical drama following a young boy as he tries to make his way back to his mother through London during World War II.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Visit the Conservatory
Free
Visit the second biggest Conservatory in London and explore our hidden tropical oasis.
Event
Cinema
Anora
Anora, a high-priced Brooklyn stripper, becomes involved in a troubled romance with the son of a Russian oligarch, from Cannes favourite Sean Baker.
Event
Cinema
No Other Land
A Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance between Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.
Event
Cinema
Jazz on Screen: Black Sun & Noi insistiamo. Suite per la..
A photographic montage and an unconventional, free-form Japanese drama brings together two films scored by Max Roach in 1964.
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Cinema
The Room Next Door
Old friends reunite when one is faced with her own mortality, starring Tilda Swinton & Julianne Moore, from Pedro Almodóvar.
Event
Cinema
Blitz
Academy Award Winning writer/director Steve McQueen is back with this historical drama following a young boy as he tries to make his way back to his mother through London during World War II.
Event
Contemporary music
Anouar Brahem Quartet
As the leader of this lively and creative quartet, Anouar Brahem takes a fresh look at his musical universe, taking the traditions of Arab music in contrast to modern jazz.
