An Evening with Margaret Atwood
Tickets for this event go on sale from 10am Fri 4 Apr 2025.
Priority booking for Barbican members opens from 10am Thu 3 Apr 2024. Priority booking links will be shared via the Members' newsletter. Please get in touch if you haven't received it.
Tickets for this event are booked through Fane Productions’ Box Office.
Join us for a very special evening as we welcome back our dear friend, one of literature's most fearless voices, Margaret Atwood, celebrating her long-awaited memoir, Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts.
Heralded as author, poet, activist, and truth-teller, Margaret's piercing insights and unflinching prose have earned her nearly every literary accolade, including twice-winning the Booker Prize, and established her as one of our era's most prescient cultural commentators.
Beginning with her unconventional childhood in the northern Quebec wilderness that fostered both independence and acute observation, through the seminal cultural moments she witnessed and built into her literary canon.
You'll be introduced to the charismatic figures who've influenced her journey: her life partner Graeme Gibson, bohemian poets, Hollywood actors, and larger-than-life characters straight from the pages of an Atwood novel.
In today's climate, where many of her cautionary tales echo with renewed urgency, this rare opportunity feels essential.
Presented by Fane. Tickets for this event are booked through Fane Productions’ Box Office
To book access tickets, please email Fane at [email protected], highlighting any access requirements they need to take into consideration to help you get the best experience.
Tickets for this event go on sale from 10am Fri 4 Apr 2025.
Priority booking for Barbican members opens from 10am Thu 3 Apr 2024. Priority booking links will be shared via the Members' newsletter. Please get in touch if you haven't received it.
Tickets for this event are booked through Fane Productions’ Box Office.
Barbican Hall
Location
The Barbican Hall is located within the main Barbican building. Head to Level G and follow the signs to find your seating level.
Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS
Public transport
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We’ve plenty of places for you to relax and replenish, from coffee and cake to wood-fired pizzas and full pre-theatre menus
Mobility
Spaces for wheelchair users in row U at the rear of the stalls (up to sixteen, depth of row 180cm) and the back row of the circle (four), both with fold-down companion seats. Some seats in row S of the stalls for people with very limited mobility.
Assistance dogs
Assistance dogs may be taken into the concert hall where there are a limited number of suitable seats in row G of the stalls. If you prefer, you may leave your dog with a member of the cloakroom staff during the performance.
Hearing facility
There is an induction loop in the concert hall. You can use this by adjusting your hearing aid to the ‘T’ setting.
Free large-print programmes
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For more access information, please visit our Accessibility section.
