THE SEAGULL - Barbican
Cate Blanchett stars as Arkadina, a celebrated actress whose larger-than-life presence dominates both the stage and her personal relationships. Arriving at her family's country estate for the weekend, she finds herself caught in a storm of conflicting desires. Her playwright son, Konstantin (Kodi Smit-McPhee), struggles to step out of her shadow …
Welcome to the Barbican | Barbican
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What's on – Cinema - Barbican
Rewriting the Rules: Pioneering Indian Cinema after 1970. Thu 3 Oct —Thu 12 Dec 2024. Family film week 2024. Family Film Week 2024. Sat 26 Oct —Sun 3 Nov 2024. Docn roll film festival. Doc'n Roll Film Festival. Thu 24 Oct —Sat 2 Nov 2024. Parent and baby screenings.
What’s on - Barbican
The Apprentice. The rise to fame and power of the reality star-turned-President, a young Donald Trump. Browse upcoming events from the Barbican across our art gallery, concert venues, theatre and cinemas.
Your visit - Barbican
Your visit. Finding your way or finding something to eat, booking your car parking or returning a book at the library - here's where you'll find all the information you need to plan your visit to the Barbican.
Visit the Conservatory - Barbican
The Conservatory is closed for public visits on any dates which are not listed. A limited number of day tickets are released for online booking from 9.30am each day when the Conservatory is open. Timed entry. Please select a time slot when booking. You can gain entry any time within the hour allocated per time slot. View 6 images.
About us - Barbican
The Barbican is an arts, learning, and conference centre in the heart of the City of London. We’re passionate about showcasing the most exciting art from around the world, pushing traditional artistic boundaries and helping us understand our lives in new and unexpected ways. Each year we present thousands of different performances, events and ...
London Symphony Orchestra - Barbican
Sep 11, 2024 · Resident Orchestra. The London Symphony Orchestra is built on the belief that extraordinary music should be available to everyone, everywhere. It was established in 1904 and today is among the world’s top orchestras. As Resident Orchestra at the Barbican since the Centre opened, it performs some 50 concerts here every year, under the batons ...
Our building - Barbican
An icon of Brutalist architecture, the Barbican is one of the UK’s architectural treasures. Working with a site almost completely razed by the Blitz, the Barbican’s architects, Chamberlain, Powell and Bon, seized the opportunity to propose a radical transformation of how we live in buildings and cities. The result is one of London’s most ...
An introduction to Ambient Music - Barbican
In À Rebours, the decadent 1884 novel by French writer Joris-Karl Huysmans, protagonist-aesthete Jean Des Esseintes composed a ‘music of flavours’.In a closet in his dining room, Des Esseintes installed a ‘mouth organ’ that was connected to a number of barrels of liquors. The stops of the organ were labelled ‘flute, horn, celestial voice’, and so on; each was parallel to …