We are delighted to welcome you to the Barbican Theatre for The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady. This exquisite jazz-club staging of Charles Mingus’ legendary album is delivered by award-winning ...

Yann Tiersen returns with the premiere of his new album Rathlin from a Distance | The Liquid Hour – a solo piano + electronics performance. In an era of climate urgency, Yann Tiersen is redefining ...

Discover the best new releases at our Members' Screenings. Escape the hustle and bustle and get an extra chance to catch our new releases with exclusive Sunday screenings in our cinema – at only £6 a ...

Mobility Spaces for wheelchair users in row U at the rear of the stalls (up to sixteen, depth of row 180cm) and the back row of the circle (four), both with fold-down companion seats. Some seats in ...

Written and directed by Iraq War veteran Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland (Civil War, 28 Days Later), Warfare embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs in the home of an Iraqi family, ...

Fashion in Film Festival 2025 presents GROUNDED, a major UK-wide season exploring the relationship between fashion and nature through the lens of cinema. Spanning the late 19th century to present day, ...

An evening of sound and guided meditation under the selenic glow of the New Moon in response to the themes of utopia, resistance and collectivity. Dimitra, the designer will lead a guided meditation ...

Family Film Club is delighted to welcome the Fashion in Film Festival for their first ever family screening at the Barbican! With both archive short films and contemporary animation, this exciting ...

Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works. Luminescent and shimmering, Fool’s Paradise marked the first of Wheeldon’s many collaborations with ...

Three contemporary artist films explore how textiles and dress are directly implicated in histories of land, colonialism, migration and trade. Historically, colonial systems have commodified both ...

Following the life of silkworms, from when they hatch in spring and feast on mulberry leaves to when they build their cocoons in autumn this film takes you to deep into the mountains of northern Japan ...

Mehazabien Chowdhury provides a striking performance in this fierce drama about an expectant mother whose life spins out of control. Followed by a ScreenTalk with director Shankha Das Gupta Despite ...