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Audience members talking to each other at a Half Six Fix concert.
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Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra: Half Six Fix – Vaughan Williams

Kick-start your evening with a Half Six Fix concert. One piece in a 60-minute concert, introduced by the performers, with screens in the hall to bring you closer to the action. 

A man in overalls working with heavy machinery
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Cinema

Far From Home + Introduction

A meditation on social isolation and stillness, no other film depicts the painful repetitiveness of an immigrant's life with such candid detail.

A group of people sit beside each other on the floor, drawing, colouring and collaging.
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Art & design Talks & events

Home: Figure and Portrait Drawing Workshops

Express yourself freely and creatively at this figure and portrait drawing course that will encourage you to reflect on the themes of family and the home. 

Adrien Brody stares down into camera, smoking
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Cinema

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. 

Annette Walker looking at camera holding tap shoe
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Contemporary music Theatre & dance

Guildhall Improvisers' Workshop feat. Annette Walker

One of the leading exponents of a generation of tap dancers, Annette Walker, features as special guest with Guildhall Jazz musicians.

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.

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Cinema

A Complete Unknown

Timothée Chalamet stars as a young Bob Dylan, navigating his early career in this biographical musical drama from James Mangold. 

Two women in a park - one resting her head on the shoulder of the other.
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Cinema

Hard Truths

A heartfelt portrait of family life, from prolific British filmmaker Mike Leigh.

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. 

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.

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.

Adrien Brody stares down into camera, smoking
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Cinema

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. 

Three women look concerned inside an apartment.
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Cinema

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

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

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Cinema

A Complete Unknown

Timothée Chalamet stars as a young Bob Dylan, navigating his early career in this biographical musical drama from James Mangold. 

Two middle-aged men stare skywards.
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Cinema

A Real Pain

Two cousins embark on a tour of Poland in honour of their beloved Jewish grandmother. 

Two headshots: One person in a purple scarf sits in front of a tree and poses for the camera and another person in a suit stands in front of a red background.
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Talks & events

Barbican Community Choir

Do you enjoy singing? Would you like to share the joy and enrichment of singing with others? Join our new community choir that comes together every week on a Thursday evening. 

Domingo Hindoyan conducting, with green circular swirls around him
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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. 

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 epic new work in four sections, Ordo Virtutum.

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.

Two women in a park - one resting her head on the shoulder of the other.
Event
Cinema

Hard Truths

A heartfelt portrait of family life, from prolific British filmmaker Mike Leigh.

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. 

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.

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. 

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

Steve Banks holding guitar in distorted image
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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 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.

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Cinema

My Twisted Valentine: Trouble Every Day

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