As one of our Artists in Residence, violinist Isabelle Faust features a Bach marathon and traces four centuries of the violin ...
Back for its fifth year, the Black British Book Festival is a landmark celebration of Black books, ideas and culture with ...
Few writers have paid a higher price for telling the truth. With Gomorrah, Roberto Saviano tore the mask off the Camorra and became one of Italy's most acclaimed, and most threatened, public ...
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy. Did you know the Barbican’s theatre and concert hall go deeper underground than the nearest Tube line; early plans for the Centre included a Pyramid; ...
For the tenth anniversary of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s death, Robert Worby looks back at the composer's defining masterpieces - music that demands to be heard - and felt - live. Karlheinz Stockhausen is ...
Seductive, volatile and fiercely political, this staggering five-star production by Armando Babaioff is a raw and gripping confrontation with masculinity, homophobia and the patriarchy. Tom travels to ...
A dramatic and terrifying requiem juxtaposed by a beautiful gloria dedicated to all the heroes of Ukraine, performed in the iconic St Paul's Cathedral, a symbol of shining resilience. The Ukrainian ...
Browse concerts from the Barbican Contemporary Music programme, including artists from all forms of music, experimental collaborations and new talent.
In this poetic, critically acclaimed drama, director Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese explores what home and tradition mean when a village’s existence is threatened by the forces of progress. Selected by ...
Spike Lee documents the wildly popular Broadway show from legend David Byrne, blending music, dance and spoken word alongside classics from Talking Heads. Byrne is joined by an ensemble of musicians ...
Warmth, wit and passion from Shostakovich in two of his greatest chamber works. A selection of music performed by LSO Chief Conductor Sir Antonio Pappano on the piano and a string quartet of LSO ...
We sat down with award-winning costume designer Jacqueline Durran to talk about her work on Steve McQueen’s Blitz, and fashion as defiance. How did you go about researching the costumes? It is ...