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Falls The Shadow: The Life And Times Of Athol Fugard
event Running until Thursday 31st May 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy Shorts + Screentalk
event Running until Thursday 31st May 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists
event Running until Thursday 31st May 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
The Pirate Captain is the leader of a ragtag group of sea dogs, whose enthusiasm far exceeds their ability to plunder booty. As a result, The Pi
Max Bill: The Master's Vision + Screentalk
event Running until Thursday 31st May 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
London Symphony Orchestra
event Thursday 31st May 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Berg's Chamber Concerto and Mahler's Symphony No 1 'Titan'. With pianist Yefim Bronfman and violinist Gil Shaham.
Prometheus
event Running from Friday 1st June 2012 until Thursday 7th June 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
In the late 21st century, the Weyland-Yutani Corporation finances an archaeological dig led by Meredith Vickers to uncover the secrets of an ali
Tales Of The Night (Les Contes De La Nuit)
event Running from Friday 1st June 2012 until Thursday 7th June 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
Six animated fables in which a hero must overcome his fears to win the heart of a princess. Loosely linked by a framing device, the stories incl
On The Sly (A Pas De Loup)
event Running from Friday 1st June 2012 until Thursday 7th June 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
Six-year-old Cathy is convinced that her parents cannot see her. They certainly don't pay her any attention during their weekly trip from the ci
Throne Of Blood + Screen Talk
event Running from Friday 1st June 2012 until Thursday 7th June 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
Samurai warriors Taketori Washizu and Yoshiaki Miki quash a rebellion aimed at their daimyo, Tsuzuki. En route to an audience with the warlord,
London Symphony Orchestra
event Sunday 3rd June 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mozart's Violin Concerto No 5 'Turkish' featuring violinist Gil Shaham and Mahler's Symphony No 5.
Murray Perahia
event Thursday 7th June 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
The pianist performs Beethoven's Sonata No 14 'Moonlight', Schumann's Faschingschwank Aus Wien, Schubert's Sonata In A Major and Chopin's Polona
Highgate Choral Society: A Celebratory Concert for the Queen's Diamond JubileeHighgate Choral Society: A Celebratory Concert for the Queen's Diamond JubileeRonald Corp conducts the Highgate Choral Society in this special Diamond Jubilee concert at the Barbican performing a programme which includes the premiere of Corp's This Sceptred Isle. In keeping with its long tradition of singing English music to celebrate national events, Highgate Choral Society presents an evening of coronation choral pieces to9th June 2012Saturday 9th June 2012
Where:
VENUE Barbican Centre
Ronald Corp conducts the Highgate Choral Society in this special Diamond Jubilee concert at the Barbican performing a programme which includes t... More about this event
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: World Cities 2012: Nur Du (Only You)
event Running from Saturday 9th June 2012 until Sunday 10th June 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
A dance-theatre work featuring pop music from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, which explores a particular Californian obsession with perfection.
London Symphony Orchestra
event Sunday 10th June 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
Bernard Haitink conducts Purcell's Chacony In G Minor, Mozart's Piano Concerto No 20 featuring pianist Maria Joao Pires, and Schubert's Symphony
Oxford Philomusica/London Symphony Chorus/New London Children's Choir
event Tuesday 12th June 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
Marios Papadopoulos conducts Martyn Harry's Galgenhumoreske, Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor and Orff's Carmina Burana, with pianist Benjamin
London Symphony Orchestra
event Thursday 14th June 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
Bernard Haitink conducts Purcell's Funeral Music For Queen Mary, Mozart's Piano Concerto No 23 featuring pianist Maria Joao Pires, and Bruckner'
Kayhan Kalhor And Erdal Erzincan
event Friday 15th June 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
The fiddler and lutenist perform Classical Persian and Turkish pieces.
VENUE Barbican Centre
A dance-theatre piece featuring visual imagery, hand gestures, kabuki, Polynesian dance movement and more, offering a sympathy with modern Japan... More about this event
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
event Sunday 17th June 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
Sir Simon Rattle conducts Brahms's Symphony No 3, Webern's Six Pieces For Orchestra and Schumann's Symphony No 3, 'Rhenish'.
London Symphony Orchestra
event Thursday 21st June 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
Gianandrea Noseda conducts Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod, Berg's Three Fragments and Beethoven's Symphony No 5, with Angela Denoke, soprano.
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: World Cities 2012: Bamboo Blues (Koltaka)
event Running from Thursday 21st June 2012 until Friday 22nd June 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
A dance-theatre work accompanied by a range of Indian music and containing filmic images of the country.
Rokia Traore
event Friday 22nd June 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
The Malian guitarist and singer plays blues-flavoured world music.
Van Dyke Parks & Britten Sinfonia, Gaby Moreno
event Saturday 23rd June 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
The singer-songwriter and the orchestra performs pop, psychedelic and rock. With Robin Pecknold from Fleet Foxes and Grizzly Bear's Daniel Rosse
London Symphony Orchestra
event Sunday 24th June 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
Joseph Wolfe conducts Khachaturian's Adagio from Spartacus And Phrygia, and Sabre Dance, Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight Of The Bumblebee, Rossini's Wi
London Symphony Orchestra
event Thursday 28th June 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
Kristjan Jarvi conducts Jeff Moore's River Journey, Falla's The Three Cornered Hat Suite and Howard Moody's Terrors Of Red Flame.
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: World Cities 2012: Agua
event Running from Thursday 28th June 2012 until Friday 29th June 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
Exploring the contrasts of the country of Brazil, this dance-theatre work offers a homage to the country.
The Genius of HitchcockThe Genius of HitchcockThe British Film Institute has been working long and hard to try and restore some of Alfred Hitchcock's early masterpieces; their aim is to present The Genius of Hitchcock as part of the London 2012 Festival with nine surviving silent films by Hitchcock, together with brand new live musical scores. One of the films on the list is The Lodger; releas28th June 2012Saturday 21st July 2012
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VENUE Barbican Hall
The British Film Institute has been working long and hard to try and restore some of Alfred Hitchcock's early masterpieces; their aim is to pres... More about this event
London Symphony Orchestra/London Symphony Chorus
event Wednesday 4th July 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
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 Br
Paul Heaton
event Thursday 5th July 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
Country and indie from the North West-based singer-songwriter.
Goran Bregovic
event Friday 6th July 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
The guitarist and band perform his own piece Margot, Diary Of An Unhappy Queen.
DesdemonaDesdemonaNobel-prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison, director Peter Sellars and singer/songwriter Rokia Traoré are collaborating to bring Desdemona to the stage. The intimate performance offers an alternative and deeper view into the character from Shakespeare's Othello. With close reading of Shakespeare, Morrison's imagination began to roam and she initia19th July 2012Friday 20th July 2012
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VENUE Barbican Hall
Nobel-prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison, director Peter Sellars and singer/songwriter Rokia Traoré are collaborating to bring Desdemona to t... More about this event
VENUE Barbican Centre
Bursting onto the Broadway stage back in 1945, Carousel is one of the great American musicals. Performance producers Opera North now breath fres... More about this event
Dexys
event Sunday 16th September 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
Soul influenced pop and rock from singer-songwriter Kevin Rowland and the band formerly known as Dexys Midnight Runners.
Mademoiselle JulieMademoiselle JulieThe naturalistic play Mademoiselle Julie is one of Swedish playwright August Strindberg's most famous; this spring, the Barbican is presenting a modern version of the 1888 play. Starring Juliette Binoche and based on a battle between the sexes as a young woman encounters her father's footman and has an agonising evening consisting of lust, sex, and20th September 2012Saturday 29th September 2012
Where:
VENUE Barbican Theatre
The naturalistic play Mademoiselle Julie is one of Swedish playwright August Strindberg's most famous; this spring, the Barbican is presenting a... More about this event
VENUE Barbican Hall
The London Symphony Orchestra teams up with celebrated Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca for a selection of French and Italian Arias. Alongsid... More about this event
Sparks
event Friday 26th October 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
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.
Efterklang & Northern Sinfonia
event Tuesday 30th October 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
The Danish indie-rock band performs classical influenced songs from the album Piramida with the orchestra.
London Children's Film FestivalLondon Children's Film FestivalThis is one of those events that makes you wish you were young again. The London Children's Film Festival is the cinema equivalent of going to the Science Museum with opportunities galore for kids to explore, touch and see for themselves. Now in its seventh year, the festival is hosted by the Barbican and runs for just over a week. The screenings, 1st November 2012Friday 30th November 2012
Where:
VENUE Barbican Centre
This is one of those events that makes you wish you were young again. The London Children's Film Festival is the cinema equivalent of going to t... More about this event
Melody Gardot
event Saturday 10th November 2012VENUE Barbican Centre
Grammy-nominated jazz, blues, folk and country singer-songwriter from Philadelphia.
VENUE Barbican Hall
Cecilia Bartoli graces the Barbican stage for a special evening of music this November. A mezzo-soprano of the highest order, Bartoli will be ac... More about this event
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What's On Today Near Barbican Centre London Symphony Orchestra Concerts | On 31st May 2012 Barbican Centre At Barbican Centre Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Berg's Chamber Concerto and Mahler's Symphony No 1 'Titan'. With pianist Yefim Bronfman and violinist Gil ...More The Funny Side...Of The City Comedy | On 31st May 2012 The Spectator 6 minutes walk from Barbican Centre ...More Cedric Tiberghien Concerts | On 31st May 2012 LSO St Luke's 9 minutes walk from Barbican Centre The pianist performs Bach's Selected Preludes And Fugues from 'The Well-Tempered Clavier' Book II....More The Colonial Soundsystem Clubbing and Nightlife | On 31st May 2012 The City Arts & Music Project 10 minutes walk from Barbican Centre Thai Matic, Twin Cities, Chify The Yume Experiment, Glamma Godz and Hold Box Flat spin house and soul....More The Secret Rendezvous Theatre | Until 31st May 2012 McQueen 11 minutes walk from Barbican Centre Burlesque and circus cabaret featuring Arabella Drummond, Benjamin Louche, other top live performers and DJs....More Picture House, Leisureware, John Malcolm Moore Dance | On 31st May 2012 XOYO 13 minutes walk from Barbican Centre ...More Thursday Night Dip Clubbing and Nightlife | Until 31st May 2012 Club Aquarium 13 minutes walk from Barbican Centre DJs Tarkan and Lee spin house, techno, disco, soul and electro....More Drumm Clubbing and Nightlife | On 31st May 2012 The Queen Of Hoxton 13 minutes walk from Barbican Centre Mickey Spider, Hearts & Bones, Dead Air Music, Capita! Plus Ishihara and The A3 Gallery spin house, drum'n'bass and electro, ...More Prick Up Your Ears Clubbing and Nightlife | On 31st May 2012 East Bloc 14 minutes walk from Barbican Centre Resident DJs and guests spin electro and robot rock....More Joe Black, Ella Rae, Big Narstie, Jade Dragon, Taymah, Jack & Max, Anthony Cadien Concerts | On 31st May 2012 East Village 14 minutes walk from Barbican Centre Hip hop from the artist....More
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