National Open Youth Orchestra: Ring Out! No more barriers
Experience the emotionally charged performances of one of the most exciting youth orchestras in the world.
Liam Taylor-WestRing Out! (world premiere)
Yfat Soul ZissoFragile (world premiere)
Lucky ChopsBehroozi
Meredith MonkParlour Games
Kate WhitleyFalling
Oliver CrossBarriers
National Open Youth Orchestra
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Theatre & dance
Hamlet: Teatro La Plaza
This joyous and defiant ★★★★★ (The Stage) reimagining breathes new life into Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy.
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Cinema
Chronic Youth Film Festival: Shorts Programme + Q&A
A collection of shorts exploring how absence lingers through rest, censorship, loss, miscommunication, and erasure–followed by a Q&A with some of the filmmakers.
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Cinema
Chronic Youth Film Festival: Seeking Mavis Beacon + Talk...
Hey Siri, have you heard of Mavis Beacon? Jazmin Jones’ debut feature follows two chronically online investigators as they search for the Black woman behind the iconic 80s typing game.
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Classical musicContemporary music
Kaavish Live in Concert
Experience the soulful melodies of acclaimed Pakistani contemporary classical band, Kaavish, as they bring their signature sound to the stage.
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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.
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Cinema
Senior Community Screening: Conclave
Director Edward Berger's (All Quiet on the Western Front) thriller follows one of the world's most secretive events - selecting the new Pope, tasked to Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes).
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Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
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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.
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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.
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Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
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Classical music
Shostakovich Quartets: Intimate Portraits, Part 4
Three quartets unite to perform the Chamber Symphony enlargement of Shostakovich’s 8th quartet, crowning a programme including Firsova’s ardent, deftly-plotted Quartet No 4.
Dmitri ShostakovichQuartet No 4
Quartet No 13
Elena FirsovaQuartet No 4
Dmitri ShostakovichQuartet No 8
Carducci Quartet
Elmore Quartet
Kyan Quartet
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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.
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.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
Event
Theatre & dance
Krapp’s Last Tape
Stephen Rea gives a 'hauntingly good' (Guardian) performance in this triumphant production of Samuel Beckett's solo masterpiece about memory, loneliness and lost love.
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Theatre & dance
Passion Fruit
Brimming with joyful movement, brutal honesty and tender insight, this coming-of-age comedy-drama follows the life of Romeo, a Black, Gay, British-Jamaican boy growing up in North London.
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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.
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.
Event
Theatre & dance
Krapp’s Last Tape
Stephen Rea gives a 'hauntingly good' (Guardian) performance in this triumphant production of Samuel Beckett's solo masterpiece about memory, loneliness and lost love.
Event
Theatre & dance
Passion Fruit
Brimming with joyful movement, brutal honesty and tender insight, this coming-of-age comedy-drama follows the life of Romeo, a Black, Gay, British-Jamaican boy growing up in North London.
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.
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.
Event
Cinema
Relaxed Screening: 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.
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Theatre & dance
Krapp’s Last Tape
Stephen Rea gives a 'hauntingly good' (Guardian) performance in this triumphant production of Samuel Beckett's solo masterpiece about memory, loneliness and lost love.
Event
Classical music
Seong-Jin Cho: A Ravel-athon
A sold-out hall greeted Seong-Jin Cho’s Barbican debut in 2023. His much-anticipated return navigates a scintillating all-Ravel programme, saluting the composer in his 150th anniversary year.
Maurice RavelSerenade grotesque
Menuet antique
Pavane pour une infante defunte
Jeux d'eau
Sonatine
Miroirs
Gaspard de la nuit
Menuet sur le nom de Haydn
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Prélude
A la maniere de Borodine
A la maniere de Chabrier
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Seong-Jin Cho
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Theatre & dance
Passion Fruit
Brimming with joyful movement, brutal honesty and tender insight, this coming-of-age comedy-drama follows the life of Romeo, a Black, Gay, British-Jamaican boy growing up in North London.
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.
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.
Event
Theatre & dance
Krapp’s Last Tape
Stephen Rea gives a 'hauntingly good' (Guardian) performance in this triumphant production of Samuel Beckett's solo masterpiece about memory, loneliness and lost love.