Outstanding performers from the first year of Guildhall School’s Opera Course present classical and contemporary operatic excerpts with piano accompaniment.
Martin Lloyd-Evansdirector
Peiyao Wangdesigner
Elizabeth Rowemusic director
Eli Huntlighting designer
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Talks & events
Yotam Ottolenghi: The Comfort Tour
Spend a delicious evening with the inimitable chef and restaurateur Yotam Ottolenghi, as he celebrates his anticipated new cookbook, Comfort, Ottolenghi’s most personal work since Simple and Flavour.
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Art & designTours & public spaces
Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Free
This free installation invites visitors to orient themselves in the buildings and their complex, fascinating histories in an exciting new display at the heart of the Barbican’s Foyers.
Event
Library
I'm Not Okay: An Emo Retrospective
Free
A pilot exhibition exploring the rise of Britain’s Y2K lost subculture: Emo. Focusing on the first-generation Emo scene from 2004 to 2009.
Event
Art & design
The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998
A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.
Event
Art & design
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears
Free
In her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings.
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Cinema
Sine Screen: Precarious Landscapes 01
Experimental films from Thailand, Vietnam, China and Korea, that look at how we relate to the land around us, through mythical, decolonial and sensory lenses.
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Art & designTalks & events
Architecture on Stage: Ken De Cooman
Co-founder of BC Architects & Studies and BC Materials, Ken De Cooman’s work focuses on the decarbonisation of the construction industry.
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Art & designTalks & events
Pablo Bartholomew: Artist Talk – The Bhopal Gas Tragedy
Join us for a talk by renowned photographer Pablo Bartholomew, artist featured in The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998.
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Classical music
Guildhall School: Autumn Opera Scenes
Outstanding performers from the first year of Guildhall School’s Opera Course present classical and contemporary operatic excerpts with piano accompaniment.
Martin Lloyd-Evansdirector
Peiyao Wangdesigner
Elizabeth Rowemusic director
Eli Huntlighting designer
Event
Theatre & dance
RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter.
Event
Art & designTours & public spaces
Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Free
This free installation invites visitors to orient themselves in the buildings and their complex, fascinating histories in an exciting new display at the heart of the Barbican’s Foyers.
Event
Library
I'm Not Okay: An Emo Retrospective
Free
A pilot exhibition exploring the rise of Britain’s Y2K lost subculture: Emo. Focusing on the first-generation Emo scene from 2004 to 2009.
Event
Art & design
The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998
A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.
Event
Art & design
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears
Free
In her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings.
Event
Art & designCinema
Rewriting the Rules: In the Name of God
This provocative documentary by Anand Patwardhan explores the intense and turbulent socio-political landscape of India in the early 1990s.
Event
Theatre & dance
RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter.
Event
Classical music
Stephen Hough in Recital
Appearing as both pianist and composer, Stephen Hough wraps fiery Schumann and Chopin around the London premiere of his own sonatina.
Cécile ChaminadeAutomne
Autre Fois
Les Sylvains
Robert SchumannFantasie in C major
Stephen HoughSonatina Nostalgica
Frédéric ChopinSonata No 3 in B minor
Stephen Houghpiano
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Art & designTours & public spaces
Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Free
This free installation invites visitors to orient themselves in the buildings and their complex, fascinating histories in an exciting new display at the heart of the Barbican’s Foyers.
Event
Library
I'm Not Okay: An Emo Retrospective
Free
A pilot exhibition exploring the rise of Britain’s Y2K lost subculture: Emo. Focusing on the first-generation Emo scene from 2004 to 2009.
Event
Theatre & dance
First Light
Bathe in sound and light with your baby as you explore the wonders of how their senses develop. Sit, lie down or stand while sharing this immersive, intimate experience.
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Art & design
The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998
A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.
Event
Art & design
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears
Free
In her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings.
Event
Art & designTours & public spaces
The Imaginary Institution of India: Tour with Amber Li
Join Amber Li, Assistant Curator, as she leads a tour of The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998.
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Barbican Film Quiz
Do you know your Scorsese epics from your superhero blockbusters, or your Kaiju from your Cate Blanchett? The Barbican Film Quiz returns to test your knowledge.
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Theatre & dance
RSC: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) as this smash-hit sell-out production transfers to London to brighten up your winter.
Event
Classical music
Abel Selaocoe: Christmas From Around the World
The BBC Singers join forces once more with their Artist in Association Abel Selaocoe, for a concert of music for the Christmas season from around the world.
Abel SelaocoeAncestral Affirmations
Arr Karl JenkinsGaudete
Abel SelaocoeEmmanuele
Ariel Ramírez (arr Peter Knight)La Peregrinación
Mateo FlechaRíu Ríu Chíu
Vasyl BarvinskySzczo to za prediwo
Abel SelaocoeTsohle Tsohle
AnonThere is no rose
William WaltonMake we joy now in this fest
Abel SelaocoeTshepo
Johannes EccardVom Himmel hoch
Anon, ed Stephen CleoburyNowell sing we
Francis GrierAlleluia! I bring you news of great joy
Abel SelaocoeLerato/Love
Hieronymus PraetoriusJoseph, lieber Joseph mein
Michael PraetoriusEin Kind geborn in Bethlehem
Michael PraetoriusEs ist ein Ros entsprungen
Abel SelaocoeiBuyile
Jacobus GallusCanite tuba
Hans Leo HasslerHodie Christus natus est
Christian OnyejiAmuworo ayi otu nwa
Abel Selaocoe cello/vocals
Sidiki Dembélé african percussion
Alan Kearydouble bass
Fred Thomaspiano
BBC Singers choir
Grace Rossiterconductor
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Contemporary music
Dur Dur Band
Somali funk legends Dur Dur Band are joined by some very special guests and perform alongside the next generation of Somali singer/songwriters making waves internationally.
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Art & designTours & public spaces
Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Free
This free installation invites visitors to orient themselves in the buildings and their complex, fascinating histories in an exciting new display at the heart of the Barbican’s Foyers.
Event
Library
I'm Not Okay: An Emo Retrospective
Free
A pilot exhibition exploring the rise of Britain’s Y2K lost subculture: Emo. Focusing on the first-generation Emo scene from 2004 to 2009.
