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La Chimera

Josh O'Connor digs himself in to a mess in this arthouse 80s drama about a troupe of Italian grave robbers.

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Theatre & dance Tours & public spaces

Backstage Tours

Step behind the scenes and see the Barbican Theatre from a new perspective on our 60 minute Backstage Tour

Two young teenagers sit in a dark room facing a TV.
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Cinema

I Saw The TV Glow

Fiction and reality blur for two childhood friends and their favourite supernatural TV show, from Jane Schoenbrun.

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Cinema

Crossing

A retired Georgian woman travels to Istanbul in search of her long-lost niece, where she meets a trans activist lawyer, in Levan Akin's identity drama.

A woman and young girl stand in a field in Mexico, looking out.
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Cinema

The Echo

Tatiana Huezo's intimate documentary follows farming families in a remote village in northern Mexico, as they live their lives dominated by the elements.

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Cinema

Janet Planet

Annie Baker's tender coming-of-age debut follows 11-year-old Lacie and her unconventional mother during the summer of 1991.

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Cinema

About Dry Grasses

In a quiet village in the south west of Turkey, a disenchanted art teacher wrestles with his own untapped potential, from Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

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). 

Keri-Lynn Wilson
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Classical music

Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra: Beethoven’s Ninth

The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra and its founder Keri-Lynn Wilson will join the Royal Opera House’s Songs for Ukraine Chorus in a historic one-night performance at St Paul’s Cathedral.  

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Cinema

Kinds of Kindness

Yorgos Lanthimos's latest project is an absurdist triptych set in contemporary America, starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe.

children playing jump rope
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Art & design

Francis Alys: Ricochets

A new immersive exhibition celebrating the universality and ingenuity of play: Ricochets is the largest institutional show in the UK by internationally renowned artist Francis Alÿs in almost 15 years.

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Theatre & dance Tours & public spaces

Backstage Tours

Step behind the scenes and see the Barbican Theatre from a new perspective on our 60 minute Backstage Tour

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.

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

The Conversation 4K Restoration

From Francis Ford Coppola, this 1974 neo-noir mystery thriller follows a surveillance expert who discovers a potential murder from his recordings.

Two young teenagers sit in a dark room facing a TV.
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Cinema

I Saw The TV Glow

Fiction and reality blur for two childhood friends and their favourite supernatural TV show, from Jane Schoenbrun.

Event
Cinema

About Dry Grasses

In a quiet village in the south west of Turkey, a disenchanted art teacher wrestles with his own untapped potential, from Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

A woman and young girl stand in a field in Mexico, looking out.
Event
Cinema

The Echo

Tatiana Huezo's intimate documentary follows farming families in a remote village in northern Mexico, as they live their lives dominated by the elements.

Event
Cinema

Crossing

A retired Georgian woman travels to Istanbul in search of her long-lost niece, where she meets a trans activist lawyer, in Levan Akin's identity drama.

children playing jump rope
Event
Art & design

Francis Alys: Ricochets

A new immersive exhibition celebrating the universality and ingenuity of play: Ricochets is the largest institutional show in the UK by internationally renowned artist Francis Alÿs in almost 15 years.

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.

Two men stand on the stairs of a beach chatting, over a stormy sea.
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Cinema

blur: To the End

Depicting the extraordinary and emotional return of blur, captured during the year in which they made a surprise return with their first record in 8 years, the #1 album ‘The Ballad of Darren’.

A woman and young girl stand in a field in Mexico, looking out.
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Cinema

The Echo

Tatiana Huezo's intimate documentary follows farming families in a remote village in northern Mexico, as they live their lives dominated by the elements.

Francis Alÿs: Ricochets, installation view, Barbican Art Gallery, 27 June – 1 September 2024. © Jemima Yong / Barbican Art Gallery.
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Art & design Tours & public spaces

BSL Tour with John Wilson on Francis Alÿs - Ricochets

A British Sign Language tour of the exhibition, exclusively for D/deaf and hard of hearing visitors, highlighting key artworks. The sound in the exhibition will be adjusted for this tour.

A person wearing a bandana nad large round glasses shouts next to a person wearing heavy makeup and hair curlers, grimacing.
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Cinema

Stewart Home's Occasional Film Club: City of Lost Souls +...

The latest iteration of Stewart Home’s Occasional Barbican Film Club took as its starting point Shakespeare Tower, bringing unlikely pairing of two very different examples of queer underground cinema.

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). 

Event
Cinema

La Chimera

Josh O'Connor digs himself in to a mess in this arthouse 80s drama about a troupe of Italian grave robbers.

Two young teenagers sit in a dark room facing a TV.
Event
Cinema

I Saw The TV Glow

Fiction and reality blur for two childhood friends and their favourite supernatural TV show, from Jane Schoenbrun.

children playing jump rope
Event
Art & design

Francis Alys: Ricochets

A new immersive exhibition celebrating the universality and ingenuity of play: Ricochets is the largest institutional show in the UK by internationally renowned artist Francis Alÿs in almost 15 years.

Three colourful illustrated characters bouncing on space hoppers
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Our Street: The Curve Takeover

Free

Step into this playful and engaging community space where the whole family can unleash their creative side and join in with the fun and games.