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    Best of 

    Best Opera and Classical Music 2021

    Best Opera and Classical Music 2021

    Symphony concerts that open up new horizons, operas that take audiences to another realm .... trust music to transport us out of daily life and make a world of difference

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  • Suspended

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    Immersive 

    Bridge Theatre, Flight, Vox Motus

    Review Vox Motus, Flight ★★★★★

    10 Dec 20 – 16 Jan 21

    Vox Motus’ Flight at the Bridge Theatre is an immersive and deeply affecting account of two young Afghan brothers’ hazardous journey in search of a better life in London

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    Opera 

    Barbican live concerts this autumn

    Barbican live concerts this autumn

    04 Oct 20 – 13 Dec 20

    Two months of live music performed by leading artists. Listen in person, or be part of the online audience.

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  • We love

    Tried and Tested

    Immersive 

    Watch Complicite's ★★★★★ The Encounter online

    Complicite: The Encounter - watch online

    After superlative reviews and a sellout run, Complicite's extraordinary exploration of sounds and storytelling will be available to experience online

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  • Essential

    Best of 

    Best Barbican concerts: top performances 2020/21

    Best Barbican concerts: the top musical performances of 2020/21

    Booking opens at 10AM on Mon 16 March for a full year of first-class music. Here is our pick of the great orchestras, soloists, programmes and premieres

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  • CANCELLED

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    Dance 

    Pam Tanowitz's New Work for Goldberg Variations

    Pam Tanowitz Dance, New Work for Goldberg Variations, Barbican

    06 May 20 – 09 May 20

    American choreographer Pam Tanowitz’s critically acclaimed New Work for Goldberg Variations has its European premiere at the Barbican this spring

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  • Book Now

    Opera 

    Book for Jonas Kaufmann & Sir Antonio Pappano

    Jonas Kaufmann & Sir Antonio Pappano and friends, Barbican

    On 16 May 21

    Friends, colleagues and inveterate music-makers, the great German tenor and Covent Garden conductor give a recital of favourite pieces

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  • Tried and Tested

    Cinema 

    Every trick to find cheap cinema tickets in London

    How to get cheap cinema in London: offers to know

    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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    Best of 

    Best Classical and Opera 2020

    Best Classical and Opera 2020

    A bumper year for opera in both city and country houses, concerts marking 250 years of Beethoven's legacy and a chance to catch the biggest names in music today

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    Opera 

    Messiah: London Christmas performances

    Messiah: London Christmas performances of Handel's oratorio

    The 10 best performances that herald Christmas with compelling story-telling, grand choruses and spectacular solos sung by the finest artists

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  • Essential

    Gigs 

    Highlights to catch at EFG London Jazz Festival

    EFG London Jazz Festival 2019

    15 Nov 19 – 24 Nov 19

    EFG London Jazz Festival features everything from jazz icons playing the biggest stages to fledgling greats serenading intimate bars

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    Best Russian music: London concerts and operas now

    Best Russian music: London concerts and operas that dazzle

    The UK-Russia Year of Music comes to a brilliant end with concerts featuring Russian artists and masterworks, but much more Russian music lies ahead

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  • Essential

    Visual Arts 

    Revel in cabarets in Barbican's immersive exhibition

    Into the Night: Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art, Barbican Centre review ★★★★★

    04 Oct 19 – 19 Jan 20

    The Barbican Centre's immersive look into the world of cabarets and clubs invites you to become a child of the night

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    Classical Music 

    2 Oct: Stephen Fry and the AAM, Barbican

    Stephen Fry and the Academy of Ancient Music, Barbican

    On 02 Oct 19

    Words and music combine when the writer and actor Stephen Fry joins the Baroque specialists AAM to launch its 2019/20 season, with Beethoven and Dussek

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    Theatre 

    Ivo van Hove directs the Comédie-Française at Barbican

    The Damned (Les Damnés), Barbican Theatre

    19 Jun 19 – 25 Jun 19

    International theatre's most in-demand auteur is directing the legendary Comédie-Française company in his adaptation of Luchino Visconti's 1969 film

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  • Tried and Tested

    Dance 

    Kalakuta Republik at the Barbican

    Kalakuta Republik Review ★★★★★

    30 May 19 – 01 Jun 19

    Kalakuta Republik, by Serge Aimé Coulibaly and Faso Dance Théâtre brings vigorous dancing to the Barbican, but a muddled narrative seriously mars its impact

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  • In the Know

    Theatre 

    Russian Renaissance comedy at the Barbican

    The Knight of the Burning Pestle, Barbican Theatre

    05 Jun 19 – 08 Jun 19

    Cheek By Jowl's Declan Donnellan directs the renowned Russian ensemble in a comedy by one of Shakespeare's greatest contemporaries

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  • We love

    Immersive 

    18 & 19 May: Sound Unbound, Culture Mile

    Sound Unbound, Barbican and Culture Mile

    18 May 19 – 19 May 19

    Two days of free concerts, with performers representing every branch of music, from traditional symphony orchestras to alternative musicians who cross boundaries

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  • Tried and Tested

    Dance 

    Merce Cunningham honoured in Night of 100 Solos

    Night of 100 Solos, Merce Cunningham review ★★★★★

    On 16 Apr 19

    Night of 100 Solos, Merce Cunningham’s transatlantic centenary celebration, provided a dazzling sampler of the late American choreographer’s work

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    Barbican Classical Music 2019/20

    Barbican Classical Music 2019/20

    14 Sep 19 – 31 May 20

    New music, Beethoven commemorations, and world-class soloists at the forefront of classical music converge at the Barbican

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  • Tried and Tested

    Dance 

    The Barbican celebrates Merce Cunningham

    Not a moment too soon, Barbican Review ★★★★★

    04 Apr 19 – 06 Apr 19

    Not a moment too soon at the Barbican, part of the centenary commemoration of the dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham, is an event that promises much but falls short

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  • Tried and Tested

    Dance 

    Charles Atlas European premiere

    Charles Atlas/Rashaun Mitchell/Silas Riener: Tesseract Review ★★★★★

    28 Feb 19 – 02 Mar 19

    Tesseract, a multidisciplinary performance work that plays with our perceptions of time and space, has its European premiere at the Barbican, following its New York debut

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  • In the Know

    Cinema 

    Choosing the best cinemas in Central London

    Best cinemas in central London

    With the world-famous Leicester Square, central London is renowned for its cinemas. For couples, cheap tickets or impressive legacies, here are the best cinemas in Central London

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  • We love

    Visual Arts 

    Last Chance: Modern Couples

    Review: Modern Couples: Art, Intimacy and the Avant-garde, Barbican ★★★★★

    10 Oct 18 – 27 Jan 19

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

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  • Preview

    Dance 

    London International Mime Festival, LIMF 2109 Highlights

    LIMF 2019, Best of the London International Mime Festival

    09 Jan 19 – 03 Feb 19

    That exhilarating collection of all that's weird and wonderful, the London International Mime Festival, LIMF2019 kicks off in early January. Here are some of the highlights

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  • Book Now

    Classical Music 

    Experience the Glory of Christmas

    The Glory of Christmas returns to the Barbican

    On 21 Dec 18

    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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  • Preview

    Dance 

    New work from Ballet Ballet at the Barbican

    Ballet Black Double Bill, Barbican

    14 Mar 19 – 17 Mar 19

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

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  • In the Know

    Theatre 

    Romeo and Juliet, Barbican Theatre review

    Romeo and Juliet, Barbican Theatre review ★★★★★

    02 Nov 18 – 19 Jan 19

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

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  • In the Know

    Classical Music 

    31 Oct: Other Worlds, Barbican Hall

    Other Worlds, London Contemporary Orchestra, Barbican Hall

    On 31 Oct 18

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

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  • Book Now

    Classical Music 

    Barbican Classical Music 2018/19

    Barbican Classical Music 2018/19: sparkling symphonies and soloists

    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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  • In the Know

    Theatre 

    A new Macbeth takes to the London stage

    Macbeth, The Barbican

    15 Oct 18 – 18 Jan 19

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

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  • We love

    Classical Music 

    Half Six Fix, LSO, Barbican

    Half Six Fix, London Symphony Orchestra and guest soloists, Barbican

    13 Nov 18 – 27 Mar 19

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

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