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Barbican Theatre

  • Tried and Tested

    Dance 

    Tanowitz choreographs Song of Songs

    Review: Song of Songs, Pam Tanowitz & David Lang ★★★★★

    11 Oct 23 – 14 Oct 23

    The American choreographer Pam Tanowitz returns to the Barbican with Song of Songs, a compelling work that was inspired by, but transcends, the biblical poem of the same name

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    Dance 

    South Korean Eun-Me Ahn's Dragons at the Barbican

    Eun-Me Ahn Company, Dragons review ★★★★★

    20 Sep 23 – 23 Sep 23

    Eun-Me Ahn Company's Dragons brings a riot of colour, music and avant-garde performance from South Korea to the Barbican

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  • Preview

    Dance 

    Trajal Harrell returns to the Barbican with Porca Miseria

    Trajal Harrell, Porca Miseria, Barbican Theatre

    12 May 23 – 14 May 23

    The experimental American performer Trajal Harrell returns to the Barbican for the UK premiere of his trilogy Porca Miseria

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  • Tried and Tested

    Theatre 

    The Barbican presents The Meaning of Zong

    The Meaning of Zong review ★★★★★

    20 Apr 23 – 23 Apr 23

    A horrific episode in the history of slavery kicks off Giles Terera’s The Meaning of Zong, an ambitious meditation on cruelty, resistance and survival, now at the Barbican Theatre

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  • Tried and Tested

    Dance 

    Ballet Black returns to The Barbican

    Ballet Black: Pioneers review ★★★★★

    08 Mar 23 – 12 Mar 23

    Ballet Black’s latest double bill, Pioneers, at the Barbican, reprises an elegant neo-classical work and premieres an earnest homage to Nina Simone

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    Musicals 

    Anything Goes returns to the Barbican

    Anything Goes, Barbican Theatre

    25 Jun 22 – 03 Sep 22

    Kathleen Marshall’s show-stopping revival of Anything Goes glides back onto the Barbican Theatre stage, following a sell-out run in 2021

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  • Tried and Tested

    Theatre 

    Gecko returns to the Barbican with The Wedding

    The Wedding, Gecko (2022) review ★★★★★

    07 Jun 22 – 11 Jun 22

    One of the hits of the 2019 London International Mime Festival, Gecko’s The Wedding returns to wreak havoc on the Barbican stage

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  • Tried and Tested

    Dance 

    Barbican Theatre hosts Ballet Black anniversary programme

    Ballet Black at 20 review ★★★★★

    24 Mar 22 – 27 Mar 22

    Ballet Black celebrated its 20th anniversary at the Barbican Theatre with a double bill of contrasting works, highlighting its remarkable history and promising future

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  • Tried and Tested

    Dance 

    Boy Blue return to the Barbican

    A Night with Boy Blue review ★★★★★

    05 Mar 22 – 06 Mar 22

    A Night with Boy Blue at the Barbican was a rousing show of all the best hip-hop has to offer, marking the 21st anniversary of this remarkable company

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  • Cancelled

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    Dance 

    Ballet Black bring new work to The Barbican

    Ballet Black, Double Bill, Barbican Theatre

    26 Mar 20 – 29 Mar 20

    Ballet Black returns to the Barbican with an exciting new double bill of works that ponder questions of being and belonging

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  • Tried and Tested

    Dance 

    Viviana Durante Company remembers Isadora Duncan

    Viviana Durante Company, Isadora Now review ★★★★★

    21 Feb 20 – 29 Feb 20

    Isadora Duncan, known as 'the mother of modern dance', is celebrated in a new triple bill at the Barbican: Viviana Durante Company’s Isadora Now

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    Dance 

    Review: Gregory Maqoma's Cion, Barbican Theatre

    Gregory Maqoma, Cion, DU19 review ★★★★★

    17 Oct 19 – 19 Oct 19

    Gregory Maqoma’s Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero is a stirring, deeply inventive work that surely marks the high point of DU19, this year’s Dance Umbrella Festival

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  • Tried and Tested

    Dance 

    Boy Blue REDD premieres at the Barbican

    Boy Blue, REDD Review ★★★★★

    27 Sep 19 – 05 Oct 19

    Boy Blue REDD, their brand-new work, is an uncharacteristically dark and disquieting dance piece performed with verve and commitment but with a sometimes blurred narrative

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  • Tried and Tested

    Dance 

    An original take on The Wedding from Gecko

    LIMF2019, Gecko, The Wedding Review ★★★★★

    24 Jan 19 – 26 Jan 19

    One of the highlights of the annual London International Mime Festival, LIMF 2019, Gecko’s The Wedding is dazzling audiences at the Barbican Theatre

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  • Tried and Tested

    Dance 

    Review: Boy Blue, Blak Whyte Gray

    Review: Boy Blue, Blak Whyte Gray ★★★★★

    12 Sep 18 – 15 Sep 18

    Hip hop doesn’t get better than Blak Whyte Gray, Boy Blue’s bold, thoughtful and electrifying show now back on the Barbican stage

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    Theatre 

    Bankamura/Cherkaoui Pluto Review

    Bankamura/Cherkaoui Pluto Review ★★★★★

    08 Feb 18 – 11 Feb 18

    A spectacular genre-defying show that pays homage to the Japanese art of manga, Pluto is now showing at the Barbican Theatre

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