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Noah Davis Pueblo del Rio
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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.

Installation view of Citra Sasmita, Ode to the Sun, Yeo Workshop, Singapore, 2020
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Art & design

Citra Sasmita

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. 

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.

Henry VIII artwork - flowing red fabric showing the outline of a woman
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Theatre & dance

Guildhall School: Henry VIII, adapted by Hannah Khalil

Discover Henry VIII as you’ve never seen it before - a bold reimagining that centres the untold female perspective in this well-known tale of a king’s relentless quest for a male heir. 

BBC Singers with James MacMillan
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Classical music

James Macmillan: Ordo Virtutum (UK Premiere)

As part of their centenary season, the BBC Singers present the UK premiere of Sir James Macmillan’s work for choir, Ordo Virtutum, a setting of a sacred music drama by Hildegard of Bingen.

Sir James Macmillan Ordo Virtutum
BBC Singers
Sofi Jeannin conductor
Domingo Hindoyan conducting, with green circular swirls around him
Event
Classical music

Hindoyan conducts Barber's Violin Concerto

Big skies and new worlds: Domingo Hindoyan conducts three musical salutes to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, including Barber’s glorious Violin Concerto. 

Gabriela Ortiz Kauyumari (London premiere)
Samuel Barber Violin Concerto
Aaron Copland Symphony No 3
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Domingo Hindoyan conductor
Tessa Lark violin
A person in a fur coat stands on stage as people dance in the background in a dark room lit by haze.
Event
Contemporary music Theatre & dance

HighRise Entertainment: Lil.Miss.Lady

Part rave, part drama, HighRise return with an immersive history of Grime, told through the eyes of a trailblazing female MC.

Noah Davis Pueblo del Rio
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.

Installation view of Citra Sasmita, Ode to the Sun, Yeo Workshop, Singapore, 2020
Event
Art & design

Citra Sasmita

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. 

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

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

Henry VIII artwork - flowing red fabric showing the outline of a woman
Event
Theatre & dance

Guildhall School: Henry VIII, adapted by Hannah Khalil

Discover Henry VIII as you’ve never seen it before - a bold reimagining that centres the untold female perspective in this well-known tale of a king’s relentless quest for a male heir. 

Steve Banks holding guitar in distorted image
Event
Contemporary music

Guildhall Jazz Orchestra & Choir: Emboldened

Guildhall Jazz Orchestra and Choir welcome guitarist and composer Steve Banks to perform his debut album, Emboldened.

A couple standing in front of each other in a close embrace. Behind them is the Barbican within a red love heart graphic.
Event
Classical music Contemporary music

Music of the Movies: From the Heart

On Valentine's Day, experience music from some of the greatest love stories in film, performed by violinist Esther Abrami, soprano Carly Paoli and a live orchestra.

London Concert Orchestra
Toby Purser conductor
Esther Abrami violin
Carly Paoli soprano
A person in a fur coat stands on stage as people dance in the background in a dark room lit by haze.
Event
Contemporary music Theatre & dance

HighRise Entertainment: Lil.Miss.Lady

Part rave, part drama, HighRise return with an immersive history of Grime, told through the eyes of a trailblazing female MC.

Event
Cinema

Trouble Every Day

Claire Denis’ hypnotic, unsettling film asks: how close is the kiss to the bite?

Noah Davis Pueblo del Rio
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.

Installation view of Citra Sasmita, Ode to the Sun, Yeo Workshop, Singapore, 2020
Event
Art & design

Citra Sasmita

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. 

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

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

Pixar's Up
Event
Cinema

Family Film Club: Up

For those romantics out there, we're celebrating Valentine’s weekend with this delightful Pixar animation about found families, intergenerational friendship, the spirit of adventure and love.

Henry VIII artwork - flowing red fabric showing the outline of a woman
Event
Theatre & dance

Guildhall School: Henry VIII, adapted by Hannah Khalil

Discover Henry VIII as you’ve never seen it before - a bold reimagining that centres the untold female perspective in this well-known tale of a king’s relentless quest for a male heir. 

Davóne Tines, Khari Lucas and John Bitoy sitting on a yellow sofa
Event
Classical music Contemporary music

ROBESON with Davóne Tines and The Truth

Davóne Tines and The Truth’s new work ROBESON explodes the musical repertoire of Paul Robeson alongside pianist John Bitoy and sound artist Khari Lucas.

ROBESON conceived by Davóne Tines and Zack Winokur
directed by Zack Winokur
Davóne Tines baritone
Khari Lucas bass and sound
John Bitoy piano
A person in a fur coat stands on stage as people dance in the background in a dark room lit by haze.
Event
Contemporary music Theatre & dance

HighRise Entertainment: Lil.Miss.Lady

Part rave, part drama, HighRise return with an immersive history of Grime, told through the eyes of a trailblazing female MC.

Photo of trumpeter Theo Croker
Event
Contemporary music

Theo Croker's DREAM MANIFEST

Trumpeter Theo Croker and an array of special guests take us on a sonic journey that explores imagination and the power to manifest in our universe. 

Noah Davis Pueblo del Rio
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.

Installation view of Citra Sasmita, Ode to the Sun, Yeo Workshop, Singapore, 2020
Event
Art & design

Citra Sasmita

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 worker holds a piece of metal against a machine.
Event
Cinema

Experiments in Film: Park Lanes

A profound and immersive look into the inner workings of a factory producing bowling lane equipment, followed by a conversation with director Kevin Jerome Everson and Morgan Quaintance.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

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

Ennio Morricone conducting, with an image of a reel of film in glowing red colours overlaid
Event
Classical music

Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra: 100 Years of Cinema

In tribute to Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone, the Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra takes us on a journey through 100 years of cinema with music from some of the greatest films of all time.

Includes music from:
The Untouchables
Ben-Hur
Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in America
Lawrence of Arabia
Gone with the Wind
Out of Africa
For a Few Dollars More
Jurassic Park
1900
Cinema Paradiso
Gladiator
Titanic
Casablanca
The Godfather
Conan the Barbarian
Schindler's List
The Mission
The Lord of the Rings
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Star Wars
Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra
Fernando Furones conductor
A Spanish flamenco dancer dancing in a red dress. An image of a guitar is Photoshopped on top of her dress.
Event
Classical music

Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra: Sketches of Spain

The Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra takes us to sunny Spain in a celebration of some of the best classical music from and about their homeland.

Emmanuel Chabrier España
Salvador Bacarisse 'Romanza' from Concertino para guitarra y orquesta
Isaac Albéniz 'Sevilla' from Suite Española
Joaquín Rodrigo El Concierto de Aranjuez
Francisco Tarrega Gran Jota
Gerónimo Giménez La Boda de Luis Alonso
Gioacchino Rossini Overture to The Barber of Seville
Antonio Álvarez Alonso Suspiros de España
Georges Bizet 'Les Toreadors' from Carmen
Manuel de Falla El Amor Brujo
'Danza final' from El Sombrero de Tres Picos
Madrid Philharmonic Orchestra
Kynan Johns conductor
Alejandro Hurtado guitar
Inmaculada Salomón bailaora (dancer)
Duncan Bellamy and Belinda Zhawi
Event
Contemporary music

Belinda Zhawi & Duncan Bellamy

Cancelled

The premiere performance of a new project of sonic poetry, Jump Ship, Sit Lean, Be Still, Stand Tall sets Belinda Zhawi's illuminating words in dialogue with Duncan Bellamy's explorative sounds.