Contemporary dance has come a hell of a long way in the 30 years that Dance Umbrella has been running and that’s reflected in this year’s programme with the once pioneering and avant garde, now established, respectable big hitters opening the season: Merce Cunningham dance …
The Barbican’s Ramadan Nights festival went Caucasian last night with laurelled Azeri singer Alim Qasimov, joined by his daughter Fargana, their ensemble, and the tireless Kronos Quartet. The Kronos started off the evening alone with a compact showcase of the restless eclecticism on which they’ve …
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 …
A glass-covered green hideout in the heart of the City.
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 …
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