Barbican

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Cinema 

Barbican cinema discounts, 2 for 1 tickets and cheap day Tuesday: we round up where to buy and how to get cheap cinema tickets in London

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Classical Music 

The Glory of Christmas is back to spread the classical Christmas cheer at the Barbican Hall – featuring the likes of Handel, Schubert, and David Willcocks

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Dance 

Expect a buzz when Ballet Black returns to the Barbican for the fourth consecutive year

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Dance 

Choreographic duo Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener join forces with video artist Charles Atlas for the ambitious work Tesseract, part of the Barbican Centre’s Life Rewired season

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Theatre 

The Royal Shakespeare Company brings the Bard’s most famous love story to the Barbican Theatre

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Best of 

The Christmas story is at the heart of Handel's Messiah, written in London and always a must-hear event. Here are the best 10 interpretations

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Visual Arts 

The relationship between art and intimacy is lovingly explored in the major autumn Barbican exhibition, Modern Couples

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Classical Music 

A timely warning in music about the impact of climate change and proof that civilisations can vanish

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Classical Music 

The world's top orchestras and solo artists unveil their programmes for London, and there is something for every musical taste

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Theatre 

Christopher Eccleston and Niamh Cusack star in the RSC's production of Macbeth, which transfers to London

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Classical Music 

An hour's music is the perfect antidote to a demanding day, and starts the evening out in style

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Classical Music 

When a traveller from another world arrives on Earth, its classical music helps her find her way – and guides her home

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Cinema 

To celebrate the release of Sara Driver's new Jean-Michel Basquiat documentary, we investigate how Basquiat, a self-taught outsider, became the darling of the art world establishment.

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Dance 

The hit hip hop company Boy Blue showed off its impressively gifted students in A Night With Boy Blue, a short run of high-energy performances at the Barbican

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Dance 

Bach’s sublime Goldberg Variations undergoes a fascinating reinterpretation through the joint work of a string orchestra and a small group of contemporary dancers

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Dance 

The latest instalment in Julie Cunningham’s explorations into choreography and identity is her take on playwright Sarah Kane’s Crave

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Dance 

A commemorative programme at the Barbican provides a rare insight into the early work of the choreographer who was to leave an indelible mark on British ballet: Kenneth MacMillan

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Immersive 

After superlative reviews and a sellout run, Complicite's extraordinary exploration of sounds and storytelling returns to the Barbican for 2018

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Theatre 

Theatre-maker Zoë Svendsen leads a multi-media exploration of people's power to lead change

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Theatre 

Katie Mitchell and Alice Birch collaborate in a theatrical exploration of the sex industry, voyeurism, and the male gaze

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Classical Music 

A world-class conductor, three top soloists and an important French composer. (And they're all women, of course)

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Visual Arts 

From prostitutes to street-peddlers and cross-dressers to circus performers: the Barbican celebrates the outsider in its compelling exhibition of photography spanning the last 50 years

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Best of 

In this phenomenal retrospective, the late New York artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, finally got the recognition he deserves

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Classical Music 

A rare chance to catch a piece with not just one but seven composers, with the chance to see Sir Simon Rattle in action

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Classical Music 

The world's best players, singers and conductors either work in London or head here at every opportunity. Take advantage of the best in classical music with our 2018 guide

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Theatre 

The Outback gets its own back: eerie play Picnic at Hanging Rock transfers to London after taking Edinburgh, Perth and Melbourne by storm

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Dance 

As the world premiere of The Nutcracker and I, by Alexandra Dariescu looms tantalisingly close, we talk to some of the artists bringing us a Nutcracker like no other

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Classical Music 

A much-loved piano concerto is performed with a Tchaikovsky symphony

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Dance 

The enthralling ballerina Zenaida Yanowsky returns to the stage in Elizabeth, choreographer Will Tuckett’s reading of the life of Queen Elizabeth I

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Gigs 

Herbie Hancock, Paolo Conte, The Average White Band plus a tribute to Basquiat: EFG London Jazz festival celebrates its 25th birthday across the city for a November to remember

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Dance 

Michael Clark Company is back at the Barbican to delight and enthuse audiences with a remake of his 2016 tour de force. Don't miss this!

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Dance 

The iconoclastic flamenco dancer Rocío Molina brings her show Fallen from Heaven to the Barbican as part of Dance Umbrella 2017