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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.

Into Eternal Land exhibition photograph. Long painted scrolls line concrete walls.
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Art & design

Citra Sasmita: Into Eternal Land

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. 

Pixar's Up
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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.

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 people play in the street with a cart
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Cinema

Parent & Baby: To a Land Unknwon

A Palestinian refugee living on the fringes of society in Athens gets ripped off by a smuggler and sets out to seek revenge. 

A black and white still from Brick and Mirror, showing a man and woman embracing in bed
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Cinema

Masterpieces of the Iranian New Wave: Brick and Mirror

A repeat screening of Iranian cinema’s first true modern masterpiece, Brick and Mirror explores fear and responsibility in the wake of the 1953 coup orchestrated by the CIA and MI6.

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. 

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

ROBESON with Davóne Tines and The Truth

Davóne Tines and The Truth’s new work ROBESON explores 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.
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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
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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.

Into Eternal Land exhibition photograph. Long painted scrolls line concrete walls.
Event
Art & design

Citra Sasmita: Into Eternal Land

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
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

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

The Seed of the Sacred Fig
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Cinema

Members’ Screening: The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Members' event

An Investigating Judge's appointment has serious consequences for his wife and daughters in this powerful drama from Iran.

Photo of concrete flytower surrounded by trees and plants in the Barbican Conservatory
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Tours & public spaces

Visit the Conservatory

Free

Visit the second biggest Conservatory in London and explore our hidden tropical oasis.

A misty scene with a bright green tint, showing a woman standing next to a moored boat.
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Cinema

Masterpieces of the Iranian New Wave: The Stranger and the..

A repeat screening of Bahram Beyzaie's dazzling film. Impossible to see for decades, it is a symbolic tale that pays tribute to the cinema of Akira Kurosawa in the most unexpected ways.

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

A man stands leaning against a desk. The wall behind is filled with images.
Event
Cinema Talks & events

Experiments in Film: Kevin Jerome Everson In Conversation

Join acclaimed filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson and artist, writer, and curator Morgan Quaintance for an engaging conversation exploring the intersections of film, art and storytelling.

Into Eternal Land exhibition photograph. Long painted scrolls line concrete walls.
Event
Art & design

Citra Sasmita: Into Eternal Land

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. 

Event
Cinema

Senior Community Screening: No Other Land

A Palestinian-Israeli collective shows the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers and the alliance between Palestinian activist Basel and Israeli journalist Yuval.

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.

Paddington Bear is wearing his red hat and blue parka at Machu Picchu.
Event
Cinema

Relaxed Screening: Paddington in Peru

Paddington Bear (voiced with gentle charm by Ben Whishaw) is back for this third instalment that sees him leave rainy England for a heart-warming family adventure in his homeland. 

Black and white photo of Evgeny Kissin sitting at a piano
Event
Classical music

Commemorating Shostakovich: Evgeny Kissin and friends

A glittering constellation of performers join Evgeny Kissin for an immersive dive into three works that together span Shostakovich’s creative evolution – the last a soul-searing farewell.  

Dmitri Shostakovich Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin, Op 146
Piano Trio No 2, Op 67
Viola Sonata, Op 147
Evgeny Kissin piano
Gidon Kremer violin
Maxim Rysanov viola
Geidrė Dirvanauskaitė cello*
Alexander Roslavets bass*
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.

Into Eternal Land exhibition photograph. Long painted scrolls line concrete walls.
Event
Art & design

Citra Sasmita: Into Eternal Land

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.

A man stands with his back to a woman on a dark stage.
Event
Cinema

Macbeth: David Tennant and Cush Jumbo

David Tennant and Cush Jumbo star in this new adaptation of Shakespeare's tale of ambition, dedication, and unearthly riddles.