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a painting of vibrant pink depicts two men stand in front of an indian landscape with a handcart.
Event
Art & design

The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998

A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.

I'm Not Okay (An Emo Retrospective) in black and pink colours
Event
Library

I'm Not Okay: An Emo Retrospective

Free

A pilot exhibition exploring the rise of Britain’s Y2K lost subculture: Emo. Focusing on the first-generation Emo scene from 2004 to 2009.

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum installation photography
Event
Art & design

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears

Free

In her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings.

Women stand infront of a protest banner marching down the street.
Event
Art & design Cinema

Rewriting the Rules: India Cabaret + Maid Servant + Intro

A double bill of documentaries by women and focussing on women’s rights and perspectives.

A person does a headstand in their pants against an orange and brown patterned wall.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC/Wise Children: The Buddha of Suburbia

This ‘glorious and intoxicating five-star’ (Times) production based on Hanif Kureishi’s award-winning novel transfers for a limited 4-week season only.

Billy Childs resting on folded arms, with grand piano in background
Event
Contemporary music

Guildhall Jazz Orchestra with Billy Childs

Guildhall Jazz Orchestra presents a collaboration with one of the most important contemporary American composers marrying jazz with Western neoclassical music, Billy Childs.

Guildhall Jazz Orchestra
Billy Childs composer and pianist
Nikki Iles director
Photo of London African Gospel Choir
Event
Contemporary music

Paul Simon’s Graceland

The London African Gospel Choir return after two sold out shows with us, bringing their reimagined and totally uplifting rendition of Paul Simon's iconic Graceland album back to the Hall.

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Event
Art & design Tours & public spaces

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican

Free

This free installation invites visitors to orient themselves in the buildings and their complex, fascinating histories in an exciting new display at the heart of the Barbican’s Foyers.

a painting of vibrant pink depicts two men stand in front of an indian landscape with a handcart.
Event
Art & design

The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998

A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.

I'm Not Okay (An Emo Retrospective) in black and pink colours
Event
Library

I'm Not Okay: An Emo Retrospective

Free

A pilot exhibition exploring the rise of Britain’s Y2K lost subculture: Emo. Focusing on the first-generation Emo scene from 2004 to 2009.

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum installation photography
Event
Art & design

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears

Free

In her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings.

A person does a headstand in their pants against an orange and brown patterned wall.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC/Wise Children: The Buddha of Suburbia

This ‘glorious and intoxicating five-star’ (Times) production based on Hanif Kureishi’s award-winning novel transfers for a limited 4-week season only.

A statue of a Viennese gentleman
Event
Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: Viennese Virtuosity

Musical metamorphoses: Mozart, Haydn and their colleagues come together as AAM celebrates a friendship that transformed music for ever.

Johann Baptist Wanhal Symphony in D major, BryVa D17
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No 36, Linz
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf Symphony No 4 from Symphonies after Ovid’s Metamorphosis
Joseph Haydn Symphony No 80
Academy of Ancient Music
Laurence Cummings director & harpsichord
Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Event
Art & design Tours & public spaces

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican

Free

This free installation invites visitors to orient themselves in the buildings and their complex, fascinating histories in an exciting new display at the heart of the Barbican’s Foyers.

a painting of vibrant pink depicts two men stand in front of an indian landscape with a handcart.
Event
Art & design

The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998

A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.

I'm Not Okay (An Emo Retrospective) in black and pink colours
Event
Library

I'm Not Okay: An Emo Retrospective

Free

A pilot exhibition exploring the rise of Britain’s Y2K lost subculture: Emo. Focusing on the first-generation Emo scene from 2004 to 2009.

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum installation photography
Event
Art & design

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears

Free

In her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings.

A pair of hands touch a piece of fabric
Event
Cinema

LPFF Opening Night: A Grain of Sand حبة رمل (performance)

One-woman show based on real events in Gaza. Performed by Sarah Agha, written and directed by Elias Matar, commissioned by London Palestine Film Festival. 

A person does a headstand in their pants against an orange and brown patterned wall.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC/Wise Children: The Buddha of Suburbia

This ‘glorious and intoxicating five-star’ (Times) production based on Hanif Kureishi’s award-winning novel transfers for a limited 4-week season only.

Pat Metheny sits, holding his guitar, on the street.
Event
Contemporary music

Pat Metheny: Dream Box

20-time GRAMMY Award-winning guitarist & composer Pat Metheny performs his new album MoonDial, featuring personal and fan favourites from his near 50-year career. 

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Event
Art & design Tours & public spaces

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican

Free

This free installation invites visitors to orient themselves in the buildings and their complex, fascinating histories in an exciting new display at the heart of the Barbican’s Foyers.

a painting of vibrant pink depicts two men stand in front of an indian landscape with a handcart.
Event
Art & design

The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998

A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.

I'm Not Okay (An Emo Retrospective) in black and pink colours
Event
Library

I'm Not Okay: An Emo Retrospective

Free

A pilot exhibition exploring the rise of Britain’s Y2K lost subculture: Emo. Focusing on the first-generation Emo scene from 2004 to 2009.

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum installation photography
Event
Art & design

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears

Free

In her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings.

A person does a headstand in their pants against an orange and brown patterned wall.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC/Wise Children: The Buddha of Suburbia

This ‘glorious and intoxicating five-star’ (Times) production based on Hanif Kureishi’s award-winning novel transfers for a limited 4-week season only.

A jazz band in the 1970s plays in studio, a woman sings, a man plays the trumpet, and another plays the drums.
Event
Cinema

Jazz on Screen: So Watt: Jazz and Improvisation on British..

Diving into the British TV archives of the 70s, a programme of jazz and improv from the television screen. 

Black and white image of a forest on the Isle of Mull
Event
Classical music Contemporary music

Waves Crash on Old Street/Rufus Isabel Elliot

Composer Rufus Isabel Elliot and artists Miek Zwamborn and Rutger Emmelkamp bring the Isle of Mull’s wild Atlantic rainforest of Tireragan to LSO St Luke’s.

Pat Metheny sits, holding his guitar, on the street.
Event
Contemporary music

Pat Metheny: Dream Box

20-time GRAMMY Award-winning guitarist & composer Pat Metheny performs his new album MoonDial, featuring personal and fan favourites from his near 50-year career. 

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Event
Art & design Tours & public spaces

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican

Free

This free installation invites visitors to orient themselves in the buildings and their complex, fascinating histories in an exciting new display at the heart of the Barbican’s Foyers.

a painting of vibrant pink depicts two men stand in front of an indian landscape with a handcart.
Event
Art & design

The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998

A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.