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Thu 27 Mar

Cate Blanchett poses wearing silver sunglasses while standing in amongst flowers and lights.
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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.

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. 

Steve Coogan
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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

Chapelle International Lot 1, Paris (2025)
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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: Piovenefabi

Architecture studio Piovenefabi talk about their endeavours in Paris's Chapelle International district.

Claudia Rankine sitting on a sofa, resting her head in her hand.
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Art & design Talks & 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.

The Carducci Quartet sitting amongst the ruins of a brick building
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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.

Spiritualized
Event
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

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.

Citra Sasmita's Curve exhibition with hanging tapestries
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. 

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
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

Voices of Faith Festival
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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.

A Barbican Young Poet holds a piece of paper and reads into a microphone.
Event
Art & design Talks & 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.

Cate Blanchett poses wearing silver sunglasses while standing in amongst flowers and lights.
Event
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.

How to Fail Live with Elizabeth Day
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

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.

Citra Sasmita's Curve exhibition with hanging tapestries
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. 

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.

A woman and her children play in a field.
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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!

Architecture Tour
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

Cate Blanchett poses wearing silver sunglasses while standing in amongst flowers and lights.
Event
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
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.

Junior Guildhall violin player
Event
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.

Voices of Faith Festival
Event
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

Citra Sasmita's Curve exhibition with hanging tapestries
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. 

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.

Black and white photo of Boulez with his hands raised in front of him. There are pink circular swirls around him.
Event
Cinema Classical 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.

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

Visit the Conservatory

Free

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

A black and white photo of Boulez pointing with both fingers. There are blue circular swirls around him.
Event
Classical music Talks & 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.