With the end of Ramadan in sight (ensh’Allah), and eid just around the corner, the Barbican is getting with the mood by putting on a celebratory series of concerts under the loose label of Ramadan Nights. Which is really just a terrific excuse to get …
Lone Twin seem destined to carry things around the Barbican Centre. For Spiral, the duo lifted, dragged and hauled a growing number of objects in a spiral journey to the centre of the Barbican over seven days. For their latest performance Speeches, they took a …
What is it? The Barbican Conservatory, a glass-covered green hideout in the heart of the City. Nature-ist’s mission is to uncover the unconventional bits of wilderness that poke through London’s rugged urban landscape. And a conservatory doesn’t strictly count. But when we’re talking the capital’s …
According to the British Journal of Photography, the Barbican Art Gallery will be the first exhibition space in the world to host a recently-discovered collection of photographs by war photographer Robert Capa. The “Mexico Suitcase”, a collection of 3,500 negatives shot by Capa and Magnum …
L-R: Ed Harcourt, Baby Gramps, Sandy Dillon, Gavin Friday When Hal Willner takes the stage dressed as a pirate to introduce wily mountain man Baby Gramps, the show ahead is guaranteed to be out of the ordinary. After the third or fourth performer, the artists …
Enjoy a night of pirate-themed revelry without the risk of scurvy. On Monday, 28 July, the Barbican will be hosting Rogue’s Gallery — Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys as part of their Only Connect series. The evening will feature songs from the two disc …
There’s plenty to entertain those of us in search of cultural enlightenment this week. London’s arts scene is offering a really varied pick’n’mix bag of sticky sweet treats… Enjoy! Happy Birthday West Side Story! This groundbreaking dance musical opens tonight at Sadlers’ Wells, 50 finger-clicking …
An entire catwalk of models dressed as Tilda Swinton; a dress covered in bells that you can hear before you can see; one model wearing an entire collection… such is life in the fabulous House of Viktor and Rolf installation at the Barbican. Including samples …
Can’t decide on whether to take an umbrella or a sombrero out in this ever-changeable climate? The answer’s both, unfortunately, so we recommend that instead of facing the elements you bed down in a hushed auditorium, where this week’s selection includes a season of films …
Good films are arty, beautiful, moving, life-affirming, harrowing, immersive, thought-provoking, influential, idiom-altering. Bad films are just plain good fun. While there are countless film clubs screening the good stuff, and discussing such weighty things as symbolism, cinematography and ludic interfilmic references afterwards over a G&T, …
Fashion writer, dispenser of sardonic sartorial advice, and (would you believe) ghostwriter to Victoria Beckham, Hadley Freeman, will be joined by writer Bronwyn Cosgrave and fashion journo Roger Tredre tonight at the Barbican for a discussion about celebritism and fashion, and whether in a ‘sleb-powered …
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