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.
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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.
A short film about a community of Pakistani Muslim musicians with deep-rooted ties to the Sikhs by way of a centuries-old music tradition that originated with Guru Nanak and his disciple Bhai Mardana.
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Cinema
Members' Screening: La Cocina
Members' event
Alonso Ruizpalacios' latest feature where orders pile up and tensions rise in the busy kitchen of a NYC restaurant.
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Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
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Tours & public spaces
Visit the Conservatory
Free
Visit the second biggest Conservatory in London and explore our hidden tropical oasis.
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Classical musicContemporary musicTake part
Immersive Experiential Mool Mantra Workshop
Join for a landmark event that marks the convergence of ancient wisdom, consciousness and cutting-edge science, focusing on personal and transpersonal health, healing, and well-being.
Film: Guru Nanak's Message of Peace and Forgiveness
A deep dive into Guru Nanak’s timeless teachings on peace and forgiveness – messages that resonate across cultures even today – in an insightful film and Q&A by Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh Ji.
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Cinema
RBO Live 24-25: Turandot
Puccini’s captivating opera of a cold-hearted princess and her mysterious suitor. Featuring the ever-popular ‘Nessun dorma’, this opera of love and revenge is brought to life in a dazzling production.
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Cinema
Four Mothers
An irresistible, feel-good comedy-drama from Ireland about generational relationships and found family.
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Classical musicContemporary music
Guru Nanak and Indian Classical Music
Eeshar Singh takes us on a musical journey that is both meditative and profound, exploring Guru Nanak's connection between spiritual verses and music.
Eeshar Singhsantoor
Gurprit Chandajori
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Cinema
Flow
See the Oscar-winning Best Animated Feature following a lone cat who joins a ragtag group of animals after their home is destroyed by a flood in this lyrical-fantasy adventure.
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Classical music
One Voice: Guru Nanak's Message of Unity in Choir and Raag
Join directors Kavi Pau and Nigel Short on a pioneering collaboration bringing together Indian classical musicians with the rich harmonies of a western choir.
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Classical musicContemporary music
Guru Nanak’s Message of Peace through Music
Immerse yourself in inspired spiritual music as we mark Guru Nanak’s 555th birth celebration, paying homage through kirtan, qawaali and bhajans performed together for the first time under one roof.
Anantvir Singhgurbani kirtan
Amrita Kaurgurbani kirtan
Aruna Sairamabang/bhajan
Zeeshan Alisufi singer
Momin Khansarangi
Gurdain Rayatttabla
Surdarshan Chanajori/tabla
Patri Satish Kumarmridangam
Giridhar Udupaghatam
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Cinema
Last Swim
Look forward to summer in the city with this British coming-of-age drama about friendship and an uncertain future.
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Cinema
The Most Precious of Cargoes
An animated drama about a grieving woman discovers an abandoned baby and hopes to raise it with her reluctant woodcutter husband in a time of war.
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Cinema
The End
Joshua Oppenheimer's post-apocalyptic musical about a family in denial at the end of the world, starring Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, George MacKay and Moses Ingram.
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Cinema
Santosh
Young widow Santosh inherits her husband’s job as a police officer in the rural bad lands of India, in this thrilling tale of moral conflict from British-Indian director Sandhya Suri.
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Cinema
SIX the Musical Live!
The long-awaited filmed performance featuring the six original West End queens of the multi award-winning musical is finally on the big screen for a one-off, showstopping cinematic experience!
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Library
Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music
Free
This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.
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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.
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Art & designCinemaTake partTalks & events
Film Club Animation Workshop
Join artist Nia Fekri for a week-long workshop exploring drawing and scratching techniques on 16mm film, where you'll create your own animation film from start to finish.
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Art & designTake partTalks & events
Home: Family Drawing Workshops
Draw, paint and collage at these fun family workshop sessions that explore what home and family means to you and your loved ones.
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Art & design
Noah Davis: Audio Described Tour
An Audio Described tour of the exhibition, for blind and partially sighted visitors, led by Lisa Squirrel, who will describe key works on display.
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Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
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Cinema
Parent & Baby Screening: La Cocina
Alonso Ruizpalacios' latest feature where orders pile up and tensions rise in the busy kitchen of a NYC restaurant.
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Cinema
Relaxed Screenings: The Stimming Pool
A unique look at daily life in this chaotic world from neurodiverse perspectives.
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Cinema
Last Swim
Look forward to summer in the city with this British coming-of-age drama about friendship and an uncertain future.
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Cinema
Flow
See the Oscar-winning Best Animated Feature following a lone cat who joins a ragtag group of animals after their home is destroyed by a flood in this lyrical-fantasy adventure.
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Cinema
Four Mothers
An irresistible, feel-good comedy-drama from Ireland about generational relationships and found family.
