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A young couple, the man wearing sunglasses and the woman sitting on his lap, smile and look into each others eyes.
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Cinema

Anora

Back on our screens after sweeping at the Oscars see Anora, a high-priced Brooklyn stripper become involved in a troubled romance by Sean Baker.

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.

Into Eternal Land exhibition photograph. Long painted scrolls line concrete walls.
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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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Cinema

Members' Screening: Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

Members' event

Raoul Peck's touching film-documentary of Ernest Cole, the photographer who exposed the horrors of South Africa's apartheid to the world.

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.

Sad woman in the middle of a room.
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Cinema

I'm Still Here

In 1971 Brazil, Eunice Paiva (Fernanda Torres) is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers at the hands of government, from The Motorcycle Diaries director Walter Salles.

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.

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Cinema

Mickey 17

Robert Pattinson is willing to die over and over again to save humankind, from Academy Award-winning director Bong Joon Ho

Guildhall School flute, viola and harp trio
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Classical music

Guildhall Chamber Music Festival: Sunday Afternoon Concert

This Sunday afternoon concert offers the chance to enjoy a delightful programme of Brahms, Dohnányi and Sally Beamish as part of the Guildhall Chamber Music Festival.

An Indian woman stares into the camera, a bandage on her nose, holding her hair up with one hand
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Cinema

Sister Midnight

An arranged marriage traps this oddball couple in domestic hell, solved only through delving into the darkness of dreams, in Karan Kandhari's debut feature comedy.

Adrien Brody stares down into camera, smoking
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Cinema

The Brutalist

An architect escapes Europe to start a new life in America but struggles to move on from his past and build a new future. 

Levon Chilingirian rehearsing with Guildhall string players
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Classical music

Guildhall School Chamber Music Festival: Finale

For the finale of Guildhall School’s 2025 Chamber Music Festival, Guildhall performers and professors present a rich programme of music by Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Stamitz and Fauré.

Photo of musician Wynton Marsalis
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Contemporary music

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

Led by Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra presents the European Premiere of The Democracy! Suite as well as a selection drawn from their vast canon of jazz masterworks.

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.

Into Eternal Land exhibition photograph. Long painted scrolls line concrete walls.
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. 

A person looks at an African artifact.
Event
Cinema

Senior Community Screening: Dahomey

Poetic documentary addressing self-determination and restitution as royal treasures are returned to the Republic of Benin (formerly Kingdom of Dahomey) from a Paris museum.

Architecture Tour
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

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Cinema

Parent & Baby Screening: Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

Raoul Peck's touching film-documentary of Ernest Cole, the photographer to expose the horrors of South Africa's apartheid to the world.

Event
Cinema

Mickey 17

Robert Pattinson is willing to die over and over again to save humankind, from Academy Award-winning director Bong Joon Ho

An Indian woman stares into the camera, a bandage on her nose, holding her hair up with one hand
Event
Cinema

Sister Midnight

An arranged marriage traps this oddball couple in domestic hell, solved only through delving into the darkness of dreams, in Karan Kandhari's debut feature comedy.

Sad woman in the middle of a room.
Event
Cinema

I'm Still Here

In 1971 Brazil, Eunice Paiva (Fernanda Torres) is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers at the hands of government, from The Motorcycle Diaries director Walter Salles.

A young couple, the man wearing sunglasses and the woman sitting on his lap, smile and look into each others eyes.
Event
Cinema

Anora

Back on our screens after sweeping at the Oscars see Anora, a high-priced Brooklyn stripper become involved in a troubled romance by Sean Baker.

A photo of Zadie Smith wearing red lipstick and a red top, looking into the distance.
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Talks & events

Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2025

Join us for an evening of readings and discussion with the shortlisted authors of The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award, chaired by author and former winner, Zadie Smith.

Jordi Savall holding a treble viol, directing with his bow
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Classical music

Ibn Battuta: The Traveller of Time with Jordi Savall

Journey into the unknown with musical pioneer Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI in a concert inspired by the 14th-century Islamic scholar Ibn Battuta, and narrated by Peaky Blinders actor Assaad Bouab.

A person moves through a dark space, they are lit by a red light so that you can't see them as much as just a red figure moving through the space.
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Talks & events Theatre & dance

FuelFest: Joint by Jay Bernard

Weaving together personal experience, social history and real-life cases, Joint is a powerful, multi-media account of Joint Enterprise law by one of Britain's most exciting poets.

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.

Into Eternal Land exhibition photograph. Long painted scrolls line concrete walls.
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. 

Architecture Tour
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.