Barbican Centre
Barbican Centre
Silk Street
London,
EC2Y 8DS
Phone: 020 7638 8891
Email:
Website: www.barbican.org.uk
- Bar open: Mon-Sat 9.30am-7.30pm, Sun 11am-8pm
- Box office times: Mon–Sat 9am–8pm, Sun 11am–8pm
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Events at Barbican Centre (Silk Street, London EC2Y)
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| The most extensive Bauhaus display in the UK in more than 40 years, featuring paintings, sculpture, design, architecture, films, photography, textiles, ceramics, performances and installations by members including Josef and Anni Albers, Marianne Brandt, Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius and Johannes Itten. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Art Gallery 11 May–12 Aug From May 3, Mon & Tue, Fri–Sun 11am–8pm, Wed 11am–6pm, Thu 11am–10pm, ends Aug 12 |
020 7638 8891 £12; £10 adv (£8; £7 adv; Children £7 ages 13-17; Children £6 adv, ages 13-17) |
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| Contemporary jazz by the well-established pianist and group. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | 14 Nov Nov 14, 7.30pm | 020 7324 1880 £10–£30 |
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| Jazz fusion by the American pianist and accompanying musicians View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | 17 Nov Nov 17, 7.30pm | 020 7324 1880 £10–£50 |
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| The band plays acid jazz and electronica from the album In Motion. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Hall 30 Jun Jun 30, 7.30pm |
020 7638 8891 £24.50–£35 |
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| Japanese director Yukio Ninagawa re-imagines Shakespeare's rarely performed romance tragedy about a princess who secretly marries for love. A Ninagawa Company production for the World Shakespeare Festival starring Hiroshi Abe and Shinobu Otake, performed in Japanese with English surtitles. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Theatre 29 May–2 Jun May 29–31, Jun 1 & 2, 7.15pm |
020 7638 8891 £16–£50 |
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| Othello's tragic lover and her African nurse Barbary reconnect from beyond the grave in an intimate performance created by Malian singer-songwriter Rokia Traore, Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison and director Peter Sellars for the World Shakespeare Festival. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Hall 19 Jul–20 Jul Jul 19 & 20, 7.30pm |
020 7638 8891 £15–£55 |
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| Soul influenced pop and rock from singer-songwriter Kevin Rowland and the band formerly known as Dexys Midnight Runners. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | 16 Sep Sep 16, 7.30pm | 020 7638 8891 £30–£32.50 |
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| The Danish indie-rock band performs classical influenced songs from the album Piramida with the orchestra. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | 30 Oct Oct 30, 7.30pm | 020 7638 8891 £15–£22.50 |
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| The guitarist and band perform his own piece Margot, Diary Of An Unhappy Queen. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Hall 6 Jul Jul 6, 8pm |
020 7638 8891 £20–£35 |
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| Improv and experimental jazz by the Norwegian collective. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Hall 16 Jun Jun 16, 7.30pm |
020 7638 8891 £15–£22.50 |
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| Contemporary and fusion jazz by the well-established guitarist from Doncaster. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | 11 Nov Nov 11, 7.30pm | 020 7324 1880 £10–£35 |
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| The fiddler and lutenist perform Classical Persian and Turkish pieces. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Hall 15 Jun Jun 15, 7.30pm |
020 7638 8891 £22–£35 |
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| Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Berg's Chamber Concerto and Mahler's Symphony No 1 'Titan'. With pianist Yefim Bronfman and violinist Gil Shaham. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Hall 31 May May 31, 7.30pm |
020 7638 8891 £10–£35 |
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| Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mozart's Violin Concerto No 5 'Turkish' featuring violinist Gil Shaham and Mahler's Symphony No 5. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Hall 3 Jun Jun 3, 7.30pm |
020 7638 8891 £10–£35 |
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| Bernard Haitink conducts Purcell's Chacony In G Minor, Mozart's Piano Concerto No 20 featuring pianist Maria Joao Pires, and Schubert's Symphony No 9 'The Great'. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Hall 10 Jun Jun 10, 7.30pm |
020 7638 8891 £10–£35 |
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| Bernard Haitink conducts Purcell's Funeral Music For Queen Mary, Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 featuring pianist Maria Joao Pires, and Bruckner's Symphony No 7. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Hall 14 Jun Jun 14, 7.30pm |
020 7638 8891 £10–£35 |
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| Gianandrea Noseda conducts Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod, Berg's Three Fragments and Beethoven's Symphony No 5, with Angela Denoke, soprano. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Hall 21 Jun Jun 21, 7.30pm |
020 7638 8891 £10–£35 |
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| Kristjan Jarvi conducts Jeff Moore's River Journey, Falla's The Three Cornered Hat Suite and Howard Moody's Terrors Of Red Flame. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Hall 28 Jun Jun 28, 7.30pm |
020 7638 8891 £4 |
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| Joseph Wolfe conducts Khachaturian's Adagio from Spartacus And Phrygia, and Sabre Dance, Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight Of The Bumblebee, Rossini's William Tell Overture, Sik's Toward A New Life and John Williams's Main Title from Star Wars. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Hall 24 Jun Jun 24, 2.30pm |
020 7638 8891 £10 (Children £4 under 16s) |
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| Francois-Xavier Roth conducts Villa-Lobos's Zoe Act 1: Danca Frenetica, Amazonas and Choros No 10 'Rasga O Coracao' and Milhaud's Saudades Do Brasil. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Hall 4 Jul Jul 4, 7.30pm |
020 7638 8891 £20–£35 |
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| Grammy-nominated jazz, blues, folk and country singer-songwriter from Philadelphia. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | 10 Nov Nov 10, 7.30pm | 020 7324 1880 £10–£27.50 |
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| The pianist performs Beethoven's Sonata No 14 'Moonlight', Schumann's Faschingschwank Aus Wien, Schubert's Sonata In A Major and Chopin's Polonaise In C Sharp Minor, Prelude In F Sharp Minor, Mazurka In C Sharp Minor and Scherzo In B Minor. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Hall 7 Jun Jun 7, 7.30pm |
020 7638 8891 £11–£45 |
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| The pianist plays contemporary jazz with his group. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | 17 Nov Nov 17, 2pm | 020 7324 1880 £7.50–£12.50 |
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| The American musical featuring the classic song You'll Never Walk Alone, conducted by James Holmes and Jonathan Gill, with choreography by Kim Brandstrup. Director is Jo Davies. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Theatre 15 Aug–15 Sep Aug 15–18, 20, 22–25, 29–31, Sep 1, 3, 5–8, 10–15, 7.30pm, Aug 26, Sep 9, 5pm, mats Aug 18, 23, 25, 30, Sep 1 & 2, 6, 8, 13, 15, 2.30pm |
020 7638 8891 £12.50–£75 |
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| An installation of more than 10,000 items collected by the artist's mother over a period of 50 years, inspired by childhood memories of China's cultural revolution. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | The Curve 11 May–12 Jun From Feb 15, Mon–Wed, Fri–Sun 11am–8pm, Thu 11am–10pm, ends Jun 12 |
Free |
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| Modern and mainstream jazz by the veteran American saxophonist. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | 16 Nov Nov 16, 7.30pm | 020 7324 1880 £10–£75 |
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| Veteran American pop-rock band featuring brothers Ron and Russell Mael best known for the hit song This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | 26 Oct Oct 26, 7.30pm | 020 7638 8891 £20–£27.50 |
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| Exploring the contrasts of the country of Brazil, this dance-theatre work offers a homage to the country. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Theatre 28 Jun–29 Jun Jun 28 & 29, 7.30pm |
0845 120 7550 £15–£55 |
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| A dance-theatre work accompanied by a range of Indian music and containing filmic images of the country. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Theatre 21 Jun–22 Jun Jun 21 & 22, 7.30pm |
0845 120 7550 £15–£55 |
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| A dance-theatre work featuring pop music from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, which explores a particular Californian obsession with perfection. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Theatre 9 Jun–10 Jun Jun 9 & 10, 7.30pm |
0845 120 7559 £15–£55 |
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| A dance-theatre piece featuring visual imagery, hand gestures, kabuki, Polynesian dance movement and more, offering a sympathy with modern Japanese culture. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Theatre 15 Jun–16 Jun Jun 15 & 16, 7.30pm |
0845 120 7550 £15–£55 |
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| The singer-songwriter and the orchestra performs pop, psychedelic and rock. With Robin Pecknold from Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rossen as guest vocalists. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Hall 23 Jun Jun 23, 7.30pm |
020 7638 8891 £15–£25 |
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| Sir Simon Rattle conducts Brahms's Symphony No 3, Webern's Six Pieces For Orchestra and Schumann's Symphony No 3, 'Rhenish'. View full details |
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| Barbican Centre | Barbican Hall 17 Jun Jun 17, 7.30pm |
020 7638 8891 £25–£85 |
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