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Yann Tiersen
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Contemporary music

Yann Tiersen

Yann Tiersen returns with the premiere of his new album Rathlin from a Distance | The Liquid Hour a solo piano + electronics performance.

A group of dancers dressed in colourful clothing move on stage with their arms in the air.
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Contemporary music Theatre & dance

The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady

The stage transforms into a vibrant gig venue with live music and dancing as the ★★★★★ 'joyful celebration of movement' (Guardian) returns following a sold-out, critically acclaimed run here in 2024.

Citra Sasmita's Curve exhibition with hanging tapestries
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Art & design

Citra Sasmita: Into Eternal Land

Free

The Indonesian artist transforms The Curve in her first solo UK exhibition. Via painting, installation, embroidery and scent, take a sensory journey exploring ancestral memory, ritual and migration. 

Noah Davis's painting titled Pueblo del Rio: Arabesque, depicting six ballerinas dancing on the lawn outside a housing project.
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Art & design

Noah Davis

Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases Noah Davis as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years.

Architecture Tour
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

Photo of concrete flytower surrounded by trees and plants in the Barbican Conservatory
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Tours & public spaces

Visit the Conservatory

Free

Visit the second biggest Conservatory in London and explore our hidden tropical oasis.

Three of Noah Davis's paintings hanging on white walls. Two people are looking at the paintings.
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Art & design

Noah Davis: Relaxed View

Our Relaxed Viewings are dedicated to visitors who'd benefit from a more informal approach to noise and movement in the space, or who feel more comfortable knowing that they can enter and exit freely.

Architecture Tour
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

Black Sound moving image display
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Library

Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music

Free

This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.

Noah Davis's painting titled Pueblo del Rio: Arabesque, depicting six ballerinas dancing on the lawn outside a housing project.
Event
Art & design

Noah Davis

Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases Noah Davis as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years.

Architecture Tour
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

Maloti stares into a mirror, bathed in soft light
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Cinema

London Bengali Film Festival 2025: Priyo Maloti

A fierce drama performance about an expectant mother whose life spins out of control with a striking performance from Mehazabien Chowdhury opens this year's London Bengali Film Festival.

Wilton Square house, London by Studio KA
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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: New Architects

A talk from some of the most exciting, emerging architects working in Britain today: EBBA, NVBL, OF Architecture and Studio KA.

Eliades Ochoa - man with guitar
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Contemporary music

Eliades Ochoa

Eliades Ochoa, the star of Buena Vista Social Club, performs in our Hall as part of La Linea Festival.

Black Sound moving image display
Event
Library

Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music

Free

This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.

Noah Davis's painting titled Pueblo del Rio: Arabesque, depicting six ballerinas dancing on the lawn outside a housing project.
Event
Art & design

Noah Davis

Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases Noah Davis as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years.

Architecture Tour
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

A school orchestra on stage with a conductor standing in front of them
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Classical music

The MiSST 12th Annual Concert

The Music in Secondary Schools Trust returns for its 12th Annual Concert celebrating the achievements of their students in a spectacular showcase.

Photo of literary & sound artist Belinda Zhawi aka MA.MOYO
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Contemporary music

Liminal Chords: A Dreamscape in Verse & Sound

Poet and sound artist MA.MOYO (Belinda Zhawi) and friends, Roxanne Tataei & Marysia Osu, respond to the radical work of artist Noah Davis through poetry, vocal textures, and music.

Black Sound moving image display
Event
Library

Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music

Free

This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.

Noah Davis's painting titled Pueblo del Rio: Arabesque, depicting six ballerinas dancing on the lawn outside a housing project.
Event
Art & design

Noah Davis

Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases Noah Davis as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years.

Architecture Tour
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

A painting of Davis's wife Karon, holding two golden wings at her sides, reminiscent of a winged goddess. She is in front of the grey wooden wall of the house, and the branches of tree looming over her. By her side there's a box and an old appliance.
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Art & design

Noah Davis: Curator Tour with Wells Fray-Smith

Join curator Wells Fray-Smith on this exhibition tour, highlighting Davis’s use of found photography and images of friends and family as source material for his exuberant paintings of everyday life.

Two headshots: One person in a purple scarf sits in front of a tree and poses for the camera and another person in a suit stands in front of a red background.
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Talks & events

Barbican Community Choir

Share the joy of singing with others and make new friends at this new community choir that comes together weekly on Thursdays led by Rachel Huggins and Abdul Shyllon. 

A young woman looks skyward.
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Cinema

Cinema Restored: Turang

Rediscover a landmark of Indonesian cinema with Turang (1958), screening as part of our Cinema Restored series.

Daniel Brandt
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Contemporary music

Daniel Brandt: Without Us

Composer, drummer and filmmaker Daniel Brandt performs music from his new album, Without Us. French contemporary music ensemble, Ensemble 0, performs the latest work by Tristan Perich.

Two people perform on stage among large pieces of draping white fabric with bright lights projected onto it.
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Theatre & dance

Queer East: When the Cloud Catches Colours

Thought-provoking theatre exploring the experience of two queer Singaporeans as they grow older. Based on true accounts, the show delves into relationships, family, insecurity, kindness and safety.

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Theatre & dance

Hamlet: Teatro La Plaza

This joyous and defiant ★★★★★ (The Stage) reimagining breathes new life into Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy.

Pink Floyd perform on stage in Pompeii
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Cinema

Pink Floyd at Pompeii - MCMLXXII

Capturing Pink Floyd's unforgettable 1971 performance in the ruins of Pompeii, Adrian Maben's film returns, beautifully re-mastered in 4k. 

Black Sound moving image display
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Library

Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music

Free

This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.