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. Assemble your team and come and test ...

From esk film, in association with Netflix and Silverback Films, comes a natural history concert experience: Netflix’s Life on Our Planet, with highlights from the series and an incredible live score.

Wynton Marsalis and Sir Antonio Pappano blend jazz, blues and classical music in the crossover collaboration with the Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra Wynton Marsalis’ Symphony No 4, The Jungle, is a ...

Shostakovich in both revolutionary and festive mood alongside a MacMillan Concerto, written for Nicola Benedetti. The Festive Overture is exactly that: a sprightly, light-touch of a piece composed in ...

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. Golfam Khayam’s Je ne ...

Tippet's moving pacifist oratorio meets Beethoven’s immense Choral Symphony. A Child of our Time was Tippett’s response to Kristallnacht, a Nazi pogrom against German Jews. In a unique, utterly ...

An innovative new ‘AfrOpera’ brings Bizet, Handel, Aretha Franklin and Lady Gaga together with African rhythms to explore an ...

One of music’s most intrepid cross-pollinators the Lodestar Trio breezes through the baroque on an exhilarating genre-bending journey into Nordic folk music and beyond. Serial transcriber that he was, ...

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The Barbican is a catalyst for creativity, sparking possibilities for artists, audiences, and communities. Each year we present thousands of different performances, events and exhibitions that ...

An evening introducing three new interconnected works by Sin Wai Kin premiering in 2024 on themes of time, reality and human nature. This event offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in a ...

The Barbican is an international arts, conference, and education centre in the heart of the City of London. We are London’s Creative Catalyst for arts, curiosity, and enterprise. Across our theatres, ...