Cate Blanchett and Tom Burke make their return to the stage in Thomas Ostermeier's new production of Chekhov’s THE SEAGULL.
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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.
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Cinema
NT Live: Dr Strangelove
BAFTA Award winner Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge, The Trip) plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove.
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Art & designTalks & events
Architecture on Stage: Piovenefabi
Architecture studio Piovenefabi talk about their endeavours in Paris's Chapelle International district.
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Art & designTalks & events
Claudia Rankine: New Approaches to Autobiography
Join American poet and playwright Claudia Rankine as she examines the shifting terms of autobiography in contemporary Black artmaking.
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Classical music
Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 3
The multinational young Kyan Quartet joins the Carduccis as Gubaidulina’s compact Quartet No 2 is stitched into a Shostakovich sequence including the penultimate quartet, with its focus on the cello.
Dmitri ShostakovichQuartet No 14
Quartet No 11
Sofia GubaidulinaQuartet No 2
Dmitri ShostakovichQuartet No 2
Carducci Quartet
Kyan Quartet
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Contemporary music
Spiritualized: Pure Phase
The orchestral space rockers play their seminal 1995 album Pure Phase in its entirety for a rare performance.
Fri 28 Mar
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
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Talks & events
Voices of Faith Festival
A festival that delves deep into the philosophies that form the basis of various theological texts and religious beliefs though conversations, music and healing foods.
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Art & designTalks & events
Barbican Young Poets: In Response to Noah Davis
Young Barbican
Join Barbican Young Poets alumni at this special performance inspired by the work of Noah Davis, in collaboration with poet Claudia Rankine.
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Theatre & dance
THE SEAGULL
Cate Blanchett and Tom Burke make their return to the stage in Thomas Ostermeier's new production of Chekhov’s THE SEAGULL.
Event
Talks & events
How to Fail Live with Elizabeth Day
Join creator and host of the How to Fail podcast,Elizabeth Day, for an uplifting, hilarious, moving and unforgettable evening.
Sat 29 Mar
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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.
Event
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.
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.
Event
Cinema
Family Film Club: Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang + Intro
We’re super excited to welcome Susanna White to introduce the screening and tell us a bit about what a film director’s job is!
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Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
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Theatre & dance
THE SEAGULL
Cate Blanchett and Tom Burke make their return to the stage in Thomas Ostermeier's new production of Chekhov’s THE SEAGULL.
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Cinema
The End + ScreenTalk
Director Joshua Oppenheimer and actor George MacKay join us after the film to discuss this unique and poignant post-apocalyptic musical drama.
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Classical music
Junior Guildhall Symphony Orchestra
Julian Clayton conducts the outstanding young musicians of Junior Guildhall in a programme of 20th-century America-inspired works.
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Talks & events
Voices of Faith Festival
A festival that delves deep into the philosophies that form the basis of various theological texts and religious beliefs though conversations, music and healing foods.
Sun 30 Mar
Event
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.
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.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
Event
CinemaClassical music
Pierre Boulez - Boulez at the BBC (film)
Two classic BBC Television Boulez documentaries - a compilation fronted by Tom Service, and one of Barrie Gavin's many celebrated films.
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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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Classical musicTalks & events
Pierre Boulez - The Man and the Music
Musicologist Professor Jonathan Cross talks to former members of the BBC SO as well as former Radio 3 Controller Sir Nicholas Kenyon – about their personal experience of working with Pierre Boulez.
