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London Children's Film Festival
London > Events > Kids Events Dates: 30th October - 7th November 2012
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At 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 ...More
London > Events > Kids Events Dates: 30th October - 7th November 2012
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At 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 ...More
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
London > Events > Concerts Dates: 26th June 2012
Barbican Hall, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Oliver Messiaen's mammoth Turangalila Symphony in their second performance of the season at the Barbican Hall. Messiaen describes his work as ...More
London > Events > Concerts Dates: 26th June 2012
Barbican Hall, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra plays Oliver Messiaen's mammoth Turangalila Symphony in their second performance of the season at the Barbican Hall. Messiaen describes his work as ...More
Rodgers And Hammerstein's Carousel
London > Events > Concerts Dates: 15th August - 15th September 2012
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Bursting onto the Broadway stage back in 1945, Carousel is one of the great American musicals. Performance producers Opera North now breath fresh life into the ...More
London > Events > Concerts Dates: 15th August - 15th September 2012
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Bursting onto the Broadway stage back in 1945, Carousel is one of the great American musicals. Performance producers Opera North now breath fresh life into the ...More
New York Philharmonic/Gilbert - Thomas Ades' Polaris
London > Events > Concerts Dates: 17th February 2012
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
The New York Philharmonic bring their latest accomplishment to London in 2012, with the UK premier of Polaris taking centre stage at the Barbican in February. ...More
London > Events > Concerts Dates: 17th February 2012
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
The New York Philharmonic bring their latest accomplishment to London in 2012, with the UK premier of Polaris taking centre stage at the Barbican in February. ...More
Einstein on the Beach
London > Events > Concerts Dates: 4th May - 13th May 2012
Barbican Theatre, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
This ground breaking opera marathon is gracing the stage once more, and with its rarity will be happily welcomed to the Barbican. Boosting director Robert Wilson ...More
London > Events > Concerts Dates: 4th May - 13th May 2012
Barbican Theatre, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
This ground breaking opera marathon is gracing the stage once more, and with its rarity will be happily welcomed to the Barbican. Boosting director Robert Wilson ...More
The Sinking of the Titanic
London > Events > Concerts Dates: 15th April 2012
Barbican Hall, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
One hundred years since the sinking of the Titanic, the story will be ignited once more with this special concert to mark the anniversary. With reports ...More
London > Events > Concerts Dates: 15th April 2012
Barbican Hall, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
One hundred years since the sinking of the Titanic, the story will be ignited once more with this special concert to mark the anniversary. With reports ...More
Bauhaus: Art as Life
London > Events > Exhibitions Dates: 3rd May - 12th August 2012
Barbican Art Gallery, Silk Street, City, London EC2 | At Barbican Centre
This year the Barbican will be showcasing the biggest Bauhaus exhibition in the UK for over 40 years; Bauhaus: Art as Life. The exhibition's name aptly ...More
London > Events > Exhibitions Dates: 3rd May - 12th August 2012
Barbican Art Gallery, Silk Street, City, London EC2 | At Barbican Centre
This year the Barbican will be showcasing the biggest Bauhaus exhibition in the UK for over 40 years; Bauhaus: Art as Life. The exhibition's name aptly ...More
Silent Film and Live Music Series
London > Events > Film Events Dates: 1st January - 30th December 2012
Barbican Screen, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
With everyone currently falling in love with the film the Artist silent films are more relevant than ever thus creating the perfect timing for the Silent ...More
London > Events > Film Events Dates: 1st January - 30th December 2012
Barbican Screen, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
With everyone currently falling in love with the film the Artist silent films are more relevant than ever thus creating the perfect timing for the Silent ...More
Barbican Weekender - Urban Stories
London > Events > Kids Events Dates: 3rd March - 4th March 2012
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Exploring the use of the voice through music, film, song, art and performance, Barbican Weekender brings the centre alive with a weekend of events from artists, ...More
London > Events > Kids Events Dates: 3rd March - 4th March 2012
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Exploring the use of the voice through music, film, song, art and performance, Barbican Weekender brings the centre alive with a weekend of events from artists, ...More
The Master and Margarita
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 15th March - 7th April 2012
Barbican Theatre, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Simon McBurney brings his award-winning theatre company Complicite to the Barbican with a new adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's classic Soviet satire. In the novel The Master ...More
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 15th March - 7th April 2012
Barbican Theatre, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Simon McBurney brings his award-winning theatre company Complicite to the Barbican with a new adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's classic Soviet satire. In the novel The Master ...More
Mademoiselle Julie
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 20th September - 29th September 2012
Barbican Theatre, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
The 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 ...More
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 20th September - 29th September 2012
Barbican Theatre, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
The 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 ...More
The Genius of Hitchcock
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 28th June - 21st July 2012
Barbican Hall, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
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 present The ...More
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 28th June - 21st July 2012
Barbican Hall, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
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 present The ...More
Desdemona at the Barbican
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 19th July - 20th July 2012
Barbican Hall, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
As part of the World Shakespeare Festival, Nobel-prize winning novelist Toni Morrison and singer/songwriter Rokia Traoré are collaborating to bring Shakespeare's character; Orthello to the Barbican ...More
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 19th July - 20th July 2012
Barbican Hall, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
As part of the World Shakespeare Festival, Nobel-prize winning novelist Toni Morrison and singer/songwriter Rokia Traoré are collaborating to bring Shakespeare's character; Orthello to the Barbican ...More
New York Philharmonic
London > Events > Concerts Dates: Saturday 18th February 2012 - 4pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Alan Gilbert conducts Bernstein's Overture To West Side Story, Symphony No 2 'Age Of Anxiety: Masque' and Three Dance Episodes from On The Town, plus Copland's ...More
London > Events > Concerts Dates: Saturday 18th February 2012 - 4pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Alan Gilbert conducts Bernstein's Overture To West Side Story, Symphony No 2 'Age Of Anxiety: Masque' and Three Dance Episodes from On The Town, plus Copland's ...More
The BBC Symphony Orchestra: Urban Classic
London > Events > Concerts Dates: Saturday 3rd March 2012 - 7.30pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Jules Buckley conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, in this mash-up concert, featuring British performers Ms Dynamite, Fazer, Skepta and Devlin...More
London > Events > Concerts Dates: Saturday 3rd March 2012 - 7.30pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Jules Buckley conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra, in this mash-up concert, featuring British performers Ms Dynamite, Fazer, Skepta and Devlin...More
Guildhall School Of Music And Drama: A Midsummer Night's Dream
London > Events > Concerts Dates: 28th Feb, 1st Mar, 3rd Mar and 6th Mar 2012 - 7pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Martin Lloyd-Evans directs Britten's opera, adapted from the Shakespeare comedy. Conducted by Stephen Barlow....More
London > Events > Concerts Dates: 28th Feb, 1st Mar, 3rd Mar and 6th Mar 2012 - 7pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Martin Lloyd-Evans directs Britten's opera, adapted from the Shakespeare comedy. Conducted by Stephen Barlow....More
Einstein On The Beach, An Opera In Four Acts
London > Events > Concerts Dates: 4th May 2012 to 13th May 2012 - Various Times
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
An unconventional, non-narrative contemporary opera, featuring recurrent images and abstract dance movement, created by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson, with choreography by Lucinda Childs....More
London > Events > Concerts Dates: 4th May 2012 to 13th May 2012 - Various Times
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
An unconventional, non-narrative contemporary opera, featuring recurrent images and abstract dance movement, created by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson, with choreography by Lucinda Childs....More
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: World Cities 2012: Nur Du (Only You)
London > Events > Dance Dates: Saturday 9th June and Sunday 10th June 2012 - 7.30pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
A dance-theatre work featuring pop music from the 1940s, 50s and 60s, which explores a particular Californian obsession with perfection....More
London > Events > Dance Dates: Saturday 9th June and Sunday 10th June 2012 - 7.30pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
A dance-theatre work featuring pop music from the 1940s, 50s and 60s, which explores a particular Californian obsession with perfection....More
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: World Cities 2012: Ten Chi
London > Events > Dance Dates: Friday 15th June and Saturday 16th June 2012 - 7.30pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
A dance-theatre piece featuring visual imagery, hand gestures, kabuki, Polynesian dance movement and more, offering a sympathy with modern Japanese culture....More
London > Events > Dance Dates: Friday 15th June and Saturday 16th June 2012 - 7.30pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, City, London EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
A dance-theatre piece featuring visual imagery, hand gestures, kabuki, Polynesian dance movement and more, offering a sympathy with modern Japanese culture....More
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: World Cities 2012: Bamboo Blues (Koltaka)
London > Events > Dance Dates: Thursday 21st June and Friday 22nd June 2012 - 7.30pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
A dance-theatre work accompanied by a range of Indian music and containing filmic images of the country....More
London > Events > Dance Dates: Thursday 21st June and Friday 22nd June 2012 - 7.30pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
A dance-theatre work accompanied by a range of Indian music and containing filmic images of the country....More
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: World Cities 2012: Agua
London > Events > Dance Dates: Thursday 28th June and Friday 29th June 2012 - 7.30pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Exploring the contrasts of the country of Brazil, this dance-theatre work offers a homage to the country....More
London > Events > Dance Dates: Thursday 28th June and Friday 29th June 2012 - 7.30pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Exploring the contrasts of the country of Brazil, this dance-theatre work offers a homage to the country....More
Song Dong: Waste Not
London > Events > Exhibitions Dates: 15th February 2012 to 12th June 2012 - Various Times
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
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....More
London > Events > Exhibitions Dates: 15th February 2012 to 12th June 2012 - Various Times
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
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....More
OMA/Progress
London > Events > Exhibitions Dates: 14th Feb to 19th Feb 2012 - Various Times
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Curated by the Belgium-based collective Rotor, this survey of the global architectural practice looks at the productivity and recent projects that are currently under development....More
London > Events > Exhibitions Dates: 14th Feb to 19th Feb 2012 - Various Times
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Curated by the Belgium-based collective Rotor, this survey of the global architectural practice looks at the productivity and recent projects that are currently under development....More
Big And Small (Gross Und Klein)
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 13th April 2012 to 29th April 2012 - Various Times
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Cate Blanchett stars as Lotte, a woman on the constant lookout for a connection to others, in Botho Strauss's drama, with English text by Martin Crimp. ...More
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 13th April 2012 to 29th April 2012 - Various Times
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Cate Blanchett stars as Lotte, a woman on the constant lookout for a connection to others, in Botho Strauss's drama, with English text by Martin Crimp. ...More
The Devil And Mister Punch
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 2nd February 2012 to 25th February 2012 - Various Times
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Devised puppet theatre show from Improbable, in which a pair of down-at-heel vaudevillians are forced into presenting a Punch and Judy show, which doesn't go according ...More
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 2nd February 2012 to 25th February 2012 - Various Times
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Devised puppet theatre show from Improbable, in which a pair of down-at-heel vaudevillians are forced into presenting a Punch and Judy show, which doesn't go according ...More
The Master And Magarita
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 15th March 2012 to 7th April 2012 - Various Times
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Complicite presents an adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's masterly novel about Satan's intervention in 1930s Russia. Directed by Simon McBurney....More
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 15th March 2012 to 7th April 2012 - Various Times
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Complicite presents an adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov's masterly novel about Satan's intervention in 1930s Russia. Directed by Simon McBurney....More
'Tis Pity She's A Whore
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 16th February 2012 to 10th March 2012 - Various Times
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Cheek By Jowl Theatre Company presents John Ford's bloody Jacobean tragedy about the incestuous love between a brother and a sister. Directed by Declan Donnellan....More
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 16th February 2012 to 10th March 2012 - Various Times
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
Cheek By Jowl Theatre Company presents John Ford's bloody Jacobean tragedy about the incestuous love between a brother and a sister. Directed by Declan Donnellan....More
Desdemona
London > Events > Theatre Dates: Thursday 19th July and Friday 20th July 2012 - 7.30pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
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 ...More
London > Events > Theatre Dates: Thursday 19th July and Friday 20th July 2012 - 7.30pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
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 ...More
Cymbeline
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 29th May to 2nd Jun 2012 - 7.15pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
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 ...More
London > Events > Theatre Dates: 29th May to 2nd Jun 2012 - 7.15pm
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y | At Barbican Centre
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 ...More
Guildhall Jazz Singers And Ensemble, Eclectic Voices
London > Events > Concerts Dates: Tuesday 21st February 2012 - 7.30pm
Guildhall School Of Music And Drama, Silk Street, EC2Y | 2 minutes walk from Barbican Centre
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London > Events > Concerts Dates: Tuesday 21st February 2012 - 7.30pm
Guildhall School Of Music And Drama, Silk Street, EC2Y | 2 minutes walk from Barbican Centre
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What's On Today Near Barbican Centre Song Dong: Waste Not Exhibitions | Until 12th June 2012 Barbican Centre At Barbican Centre An installation of more than 10,000 items collected by the artist's mother over a period of 50 years, inspired by ...More OMA/Progress Exhibitions | Until 19th February 2012 Barbican Centre At Barbican Centre Curated by the Belgium-based collective Rotor, this survey of the global architectural practice looks at the productivity and recent projects ...More The Devil And Mister Punch Theatre | Until 25th February 2012 Barbican Centre At Barbican Centre Devised puppet theatre show from Improbable, in which a pair of down-at-heel vaudevillians are forced into presenting a Punch and ...More Postgraduate String Concert Concerts | On 15th February 2012 Guildhall School Of Music And Drama 2 minutes walk from Barbican Centre A performance by student musicians....More Dickens And London Exhibitions | Until 10th June 2012 Museum of London 4 minutes walk from Barbican Centre Marking the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth, this exhibition explores the relationship between the author and the city. Featuring ...More Writing London: Course (Over 18s) Exhibitions | Until 29th February 2012 Museum of London 4 minutes walk from Barbican Centre Explore how to write fiction, autobiography or poetry....More The Real Miss Havisham Kids Events | Until 15th February 2012 Museum of London 4 minutes walk from Barbican Centre Find out who Charles Dickens based his characters on....More Victorian Playground: Workshop (Under 5s) Kids Events | On 15th February 2012 Museum of London 4 minutes walk from Barbican Centre Play games and make a toy....More Archaeology Up Close: Jewellery: Workshop Leisure | Until 20th February 2012 Museum of London 4 minutes walk from Barbican Centre An object-handling session with members of the museum's Archaeological Collections department....More Characters From History: Charles Dickens: Talk Theatre | Until 15th February 2012 Museum of London 4 minutes walk from Barbican Centre A costumed character talk about the plots and characters of his novels....More 
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