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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.

ND on sunday
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Art & design Cinema

Delusions of Grandeur: A response to Noah Davis

A series of films that explore the monumental within the everyday, confronting memory, community, and identity with intimacy and innovation taking inspiration from Noah Davis's Delusions of Grandeur.

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. 

Babylon, Coachella by Nebbia Works (photo Lance Gerber)
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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: Artefact, Brisco Loran, Izat Arundell and Nebbia Works.

Nicola Benedetti holding a violin
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda

Shostakovich in both revolutionary and festive mood alongside a MacMillan Concerto, written for Nicola Benedetti.

Elaine Mitchener standing in front of washing machines in a laundrette, holding the open washing machine doors.
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Classical music Theatre & dance

Moving Eastman

Experience a new dance and sonic performance that takes inspiration from the intersectional life of the Black American composer Julius Eastman.

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
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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.

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.

Ryan Wigglesworth facing the camera, with blue circular swirls surrounding him
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Classical music

Wigglesworth conducts Debussy and Berg

Poetry unlocks the imagination, as Ryan Wigglesworth and soprano Sophie Bevan plunge into the wild, wondrous sonic universe of Claude Debussy and Alban Berg. 

Elaine Mitchener standing in front of washing machines in a laundrette, holding the open washing machine doors.
Event
Classical music Theatre & dance

Moving Eastman

Experience a new dance and sonic performance that takes inspiration from the intersectional life of the Black American composer Julius Eastman.

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.

Architecture Tour
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

A young girl makes arts and crafts in the Barbican Cinema Cafe.
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Cinema

Family Film Club: Notebook Presents: Children’s Cinema

In partnership with MUBI’s Notebook magazine, a programme of experimental films for children!

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.

Hania Rani
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Contemporary music

Hania Rani & Ensemble present: Ghosts

The Polish pianist and composer, Hania Rani brings her ethereal album Ghosts, specially rearranged for a large ensemble. 

Arvind Pal Singh Mandair talking into a microphone
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Classical music Contemporary music Talks & events

Talk: Exploring Guru Nanak's Philosophy of Oneness

Discover the universal aspects of Guru Nanak’s experiential philosophy of oneness, which underpins Nanak’s entire teaching about the nature of consciousness and reality.

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.

The Rababis of Lahore performing on tablas
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Cinema Classical music Contemporary music Talks & events

Film: Mardana's Children: The Rababis of Lahore

A short film about a community of Pakistani Muslim musicians with deep-rooted ties to the Sikhs by way of a centuries-old music tradition that originated with Guru Nanak and his disciple Bhai Mardana.

Architecture Tour
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

Davinder Panesar turning to look at the camera
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Classical music Contemporary music

Immersive Experiential Mool Mantra Workshop

Join for a landmark event that marks the convergence of ancient wisdom, consciousness and cutting-edge science, focusing on personal and transpersonal health, healing, and well-being.

Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh Ji speaking into a microphone, holding his finger up
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Cinema Classical music Contemporary music Talks & events

Film: Guru Nanak's Message of Peace and Forgiveness

A deep dive into Guru Nanak’s timeless teachings on peace and forgiveness – messages that resonate across cultures even today – in an insightful film and Q&A by Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh Ji.

A person with a mask holds a lantern in a dark space.
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Cinema

RBO Live 24-25: Turandot

Puccini’s captivating opera of a cold-hearted princess and her mysterious suitor. Featuring the ever-popular ‘Nessun dorma’, this opera of love and revenge is brought to life in a dazzling production.

Eeshar Singh sits on a chair in the woods
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Classical music Contemporary music

Guru Nanak and Indian Classical Music

Eeshar Singh takes us on a musical journey that is both meditative and profound, exploring Guru Nanak's connection between spiritual verses and music.

Painting of Guru Nanak
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Classical music Contemporary music

Guru Nanak’s Message of Peace through Music 

Immerse yourself in inspired spiritual music as we mark Guru Nanak’s 555th birth celebration, paying homage through kirtan, qawaali and bhajans performed together for the first time under one roof.