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Outdoor Cinema: An American in Paris

This 1950s Hollywood musical from Vincente Minnelli (Meet Me in St Louis) stars Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron, and features Gershwin classics like ‘S Wonderful, I Got Rhythm and Love is Here to Stay.

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
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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.

Two girls help their sister put on a head scarf.
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Cinema

Senior Community Screening: Four Daughters

Olfa, a Tunisian mother to four daughters works through the loss of her eldest two in this unique documentary.

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Cinema

Parent and Baby Screening: Kneecap

This hilarious comedy drama follows two young Irish speaking rappers in Belfast, as they link up with an Irish language teacher and form the titular hip-hop trio, beginning their rise to fame.

Barbican architecture
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

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Cinema

Sing Sing

Incarcerated for a crime that he didn't commit, Divine G (Colman Domingo) finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other prisoners.

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Cinema

Blink Twice

Reality starts to waver on a tech billionaire's tropical island, in this thrilling directorial debut from Zoë Kravitz.

A woman shoots down at an alien on a spaceship, throwing up sparks.
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Cinema

Alien: Romulus

A gang of young colonisers raid a derelict space station, only to find something terrifying lurking in the darkness. Fede Alvarez directs this continuation of Ridley Scott's cult film series.

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Cinema

Kneecap

This hilarious comedy drama follows two young Irish speaking rappers in Belfast, as they link up with an Irish language teacher and form the titular hip-hop trio, beginning their rise to fame.

Three sisters sit on a sofa hugging each other.
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Cinema

Preview: His Three Daughters + ScreenTalk with director Azaz

We are delighted to welcome writer/director Azazel Jacobs (The Lovers), actors Carrie Coon (The Nest) and Elizabeth Olsen (Love & Death) in conversation with Barbican Curator Sonia Zadurian.

The Kiss Me, Kate ensemble perform, a group of dancers jump in the air, lit by a red light.
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Theatre & dance

Kiss Me, Kate

‘Sexy & Sassy with great songs, hot dancing and smart gags.’ (Daily Mail) this five star new production is ‘a supremely lovely way to spend a Summer evening’ (The Independent). 

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Cinema

Mandoob

A penniless delivery driver starts illegally bootlegging alcohol to the rich and famous, in this Saudi crime thriller.

An example of work by the group Phoenix Contemporary Textiles showing a cityscape
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London Lives

Phoenix Contemporary Textiles is a group of twelve artists living in and around London, each with their own diverse textile- inspired art practices which encompass a variety of media. 

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.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

The Kiss Me, Kate ensemble perform, a group of dancers jump in the air, lit by a red light.
Event
Theatre & dance

Kiss Me, Kate

‘Sexy & Sassy with great songs, hot dancing and smart gags.’ (Daily Mail) this five star new production is ‘a supremely lovely way to spend a Summer evening’ (The Independent). 

A woman shoots down at an alien on a spaceship, throwing up sparks.
Event
Cinema

Alien: Romulus

A gang of young colonisers raid a derelict space station, only to find something terrifying lurking in the darkness. Fede Alvarez directs this continuation of Ridley Scott's cult film series.

Event
Cinema

Sing Sing

Incarcerated for a crime that he didn't commit, Divine G (Colman Domingo) finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other prisoners.

Two old men sit in a long boat on a river with a bicycle and a black umbrella.
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Cinema

Screening the Sahara: Ballade aux sources + Life... + Intro

Semi-autobiographical films from the Sahara’s foremost filmmakers explore the return of the exiled and the multiplicity of identity and landscape in the region.

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Cinema

Mandoob

A penniless delivery driver starts illegally bootlegging alcohol to the rich and famous, in this Saudi crime thriller.

Event
Cinema

Kneecap

This hilarious comedy drama follows two young Irish speaking rappers in Belfast, as they link up with an Irish language teacher and form the titular hip-hop trio, beginning their rise to fame.

A man and a woman sit in a bar, and cheers each other.
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Cinema

Between the Temples

Jason Schwartzman's world is turned upside down when his grade school music teacher (Carol Kane) re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student.

An example of work by the group Phoenix Contemporary Textiles showing a cityscape
Event

London Lives

Phoenix Contemporary Textiles is a group of twelve artists living in and around London, each with their own diverse textile- inspired art practices which encompass a variety of media. 

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.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

A woman shoots down at an alien on a spaceship, throwing up sparks.
Event
Cinema

Alien: Romulus

A gang of young colonisers raid a derelict space station, only to find something terrifying lurking in the darkness. Fede Alvarez directs this continuation of Ridley Scott's cult film series.

Event
Cinema

Sing Sing

Incarcerated for a crime that he didn't commit, Divine G (Colman Domingo) finds purpose by acting in a theatre group alongside other prisoners.

Event
Cinema

Kneecap

This hilarious comedy drama follows two young Irish speaking rappers in Belfast, as they link up with an Irish language teacher and form the titular hip-hop trio, beginning their rise to fame.

The Kiss Me, Kate ensemble perform, a group of dancers jump in the air, lit by a red light.
Event
Theatre & dance

Kiss Me, Kate

‘Sexy & Sassy with great songs, hot dancing and smart gags.’ (Daily Mail) this five star new production is ‘a supremely lovely way to spend a Summer evening’ (The Independent). 

A police man stands with a flashlight in the dark, surrounded by other officers.
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Cinema

Only The River Flows

The clock ticks for a police detective trying to solve a string of murders, in this contemporary neo-noir by Wei Shujun.