We are delighted to welcome you to the Barbican Theatre for The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady. This exquisite jazz-club staging of Charles Mingus’ legendary album is delivered by award-winning ...

Join Poet Laureate Simon Armitage for an intimate reading of selected works to celebrate his receipt of the Freedom of the City Award, the first ever to be conducted in our iconic conservatory. The ...

Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works. Luminescent and shimmering, Fool’s Paradise marked the first of Wheeldon’s many collaborations with ...

Echoing the soundscape of Happyend, be transported to a world of hypnotic techno futurism in the Barbican's concrete garden. Sarra Wild is a Glasgow raised cultural curator/ producer, sound designer ...

Family Film Club is delighted to welcome the Fashion in Film Festival for their first ever family screening at the Barbican! With both archive short films and contemporary animation, this exciting ...

Three contemporary artist films explore how textiles and dress are directly implicated in histories of land, colonialism, migration and trade. Historically, colonial systems have commodified both ...

A programme of archival gems that explore the interesting and sometimes unusual connections between women, flowers, and insects, from 20th Century filmmakers. The experimental choir group Musarc will ...

Fashion in Film Festival 2025 presents GROUNDED, a major UK-wide season exploring the relationship between fashion and nature through the lens of cinema. Spanning the late 19th century to present day, ...

Following the life of silkworms, from when they hatch in spring and feast on mulberry leaves to when they build their cocoons in autumn this film takes you to deep into the mountains of northern Japan ...

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Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler reunite in a heart-pounding thriller where brothers return home for a fresh start - only to confront a chilling secret that refuses to stay buried. Set in the Deep ...

Performed by one of its outstanding interpreters, Boulez’s uncompromising Livre pour quatuor is at the heart of a centenary tribute to the composer referencing Webern, Bach, and impassioned Debussy.