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Photo of Sir Simon Rattle conducting the London Symphony Orchestra in the Barbican Hall
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Brahms

Kick-start your evening with a 60-minute Half Six Fix concert. Introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action.

Johannes Brahms Symphony No 4
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conductor & presenter
A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
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Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

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

A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

Sir Simon Rattle conducting the LSO
Event
Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

A bewitching programme of contrasts: Pierre Boulez’s glittering sound world, late Johannes Brahms, and a lyrical world premiere from George Benjamin – to celebrate Sir Simon Rattle’s 70th birthday. 

Pierre Boulez Éclat
George Benjamin Interludes and Aria from Lessons in Love and Violence (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms Symphony No 4
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Barbara Hannigan soprano
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.

A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

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.

A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

Sir Simon Rattle conducting the LSO
Event
Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle

An all-British programme of Tippett, Turnage and Vaughan Williams inspired by opera and jazz – including an unmissable world premiere, to celebrate Sir Simon Rattle’s 70th birthday. 

Michael Tippett 'Ritual Dances' from Midsummer Marriage
Mark-Anthony Turnage Sco – Guitar Concerto (world premiere)
Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No 5
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle conductor
John Scofield guitar
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.

A man and a woman in tudor dress gaze into each other's eyes at a banquet, as the woman touches the man's nose.
Event
Cinema

Relaxed Screening: Firebrand

Alicia Vikander plays Katherine Parr, the last wife of Henry VIII (Jude Law), in this twisting historical tale of a woman fighting to change history. 

A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

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.

A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

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.

A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

Headshot of Gustavo Dudamel smiling at the camera while holding his baton.
Event
Classical music

Simón Bolívar Orchestra/Dudamel: Mahler 3

Gustavo Dudamel returns to the hall at the head of his ‘other’ orchestra: the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. There’s just one work, but Mahler’s mighty Symphony No 3 is a stand-alone masterpiece. 

Gustav Mahler Symphony No 3
Simón Bolívar Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Marianne Crebassa mezzo-soprano
A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

A side-on shot of Gustavo Dudamel conducting
Event
Classical music

Simón Bolívar Orchestra/Dudamel: Odisea

For the 2nd concert of their Barbican stopover, Gustavo Dudamel and his orchestra are remembering home as the vibrant Latino vibes of Riccardo Lorenz and Gonzalo Grau encounter fate-full Tchaikovsky.

Ricardo Lorenz Todo Toreno
Gonzalo Grau Odisea
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4
Simón Bolívar Orchestra
Gustavo Dudamel conductor
Jorge Glem Venezuelan cuatro
A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

Mica Levi
Event
Contemporary music

Unsound x Barbican: Mica Levi, Raphael Rogiński + more

Ground-breaking music festival Unsound returns for a specially curated evening highlighting some of the most inventive talents in adventurous music.

A person in a suit has a pair of glowing antlers above their head while standing against a red and green background.
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter. 

images of wildlife within a blue circle
Event
Classical music

BBC Symphony Orchestra/George Fenton: Wild Isles

Experience highlights from the hit BBC series on the big screen with live orchestral music from the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted and presented by the series’ composer George Fenton.

A group of ballet dancers in very colourful clothing pose on a turquoise stage.
Event
Cinema

ROH Live 24-25: The Tales of Hoffman

Four women: four curious love stories. Juan Diego Flórez leads a fantastic cast in Offenbach's dream-like opera.

Yotam Ottolenghi: The Comforr Tour
Event
Talks & events

Yotam Ottolenghi: The Comfort Tour

Spend a delicious evening with the inimitable chef and restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi, as he celebrates his anticipated new cookbook, Comfort, Ottolenghi’s most personal work since Simple and Flavour. 

Chris Thile sitting in a room holding a mandolin
Event
Classical music Contemporary music

Chris Thile and Special Guest with Britten Sinfonia

Mandolinist, singer, songwriter and composer Chris Thile is described by The Guardian as 'that rare being: an all-round musician who can settle into any style, from bluegrass to classical.' 

Chris Thile voice/mandolin
Special Guest TBA
Suzie Collier conductor
Thomas Gould leader
Britten Sinfonia
Sakari Oramo conductor
Event
Classical music

Oramo conducts Mahler 10 and The Lark Ascending

An evening-long meditation on life and the hereafter, devised by Sakari Oramo and featuring the UK premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s astonishing final masterpiece Hush. 

Gustav Mahler 'Adagio' from Symphony No 10
Ralph Vaughan Williams Toward the Unknown Region
Kaija Saariaho Hush
Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo conductor
Verneri Pohjola trumpet
Igor Yuzefovich violin
BBC Symphony Chorus
A woman stands besides a statue
Event
Cinema

MET Opera Live: Aida

In war-torn ancient Egypt, captured Ethiopian princess Aida falls in love with Egyptian General Radames, as their romance forces them to pick a side - loyalty to their countries or to love.

Lloyd Cole thermal imaging
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Contemporary music

Lloyd Cole

The singer-songwriter brings a special show joined by founding members of The Commotions, performing songs from 1984 to his 2023 album, On Pain.