Posts Tagged ‘Barbican’
Ragnar Kjartansson, Barbican, review: ‘ethereal and endearingly dorky’
The work of Icelandic performance artist Ragnar Kjartansson is hypnotic and strange but enormously engaging
Read MoreGreen Film Festival screens a global selection of eco-cinema at the Barbican
The event is back until 8 May with an array of new independent documentary films that highlight worldwide environmental struggles
Read MoreStrange and Familiar exposes Britain through outsiders’ lenses
A fascinating exhibition at the Barbican captures a changing nation as well as charting the evolution of photography
Read MoreStrange and Familiar exposes Britain through outsiders' lenses
A fascinating exhibition at the Barbican captures a changing nation as well as charting the evolution of photography
Read MoreKinoteka Film Festival set to showcase best of Polish film history
This month East London venues will be showing films by some of the defining figures of Polish cinema
Read MoreLondon International Mime Festival comes to the East End
Visual and physical theatre festival is a unique event in the cultural calendar
Read MoreFringe! festival returns with special emphasis on Brazil
East London’s queer film and arts festival returns with a bumper programme of work from across the globe
Read MoreJem Cohen: 'By some standards I'm kind of invisible'
Veteran New York filmmaker Jem Cohen talks about the meaningless of the word ‘indie’, the resilience of cities and having a poor sense of direction
Read MoreMagnificent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector at the Barbican – review
This collection of artists’ collections including those of Andy Warhol and Peter Blake, is fascinating though by its very definition a mixed bag
Read MoreWorld’s first ‘mindfulness opera’ to go ahead
Lost in Thought is based on an extended meditation and sees performers and audience members do yoga, eat and wash up
Read MoreLondon International Mime Festival comes to East London this month
An eclectic range of productions at this year’s festival includes puppeteer Basil Twist and light, inspired by the Edward Snowden leaks
Read MoreStage review: Henry IV Part 1 and 2 at the Barbican
The Royal Shakespeare Company delivers Henry IV Parts I and II in all its traditional glory
Read MoreConstructing Worlds – review: architecture that compels to silence
Barbican’s winter photography exhibition captures 80 years of modern architecture in all its diversity
Read MoreWalead Beshty brings rubbish installation to Barbican Centre
A year’s worth of detritus and one of the earliest photographic techniques form the basis of Walead Beshty’s installation at the Barbican centre
Read MoreFestival of Latin American theatre to go ahead this month in East London
Theatre makers from across South America will be descending on East London for the CASA Latin American Theatre Festival
Read MoreSam Lee and the Unthanks to play lost and found folk music of First World War
Collaboration between Sam Lee and The Unthanks is inspired by lives and stories of generation that witnessed World War I
Read MoreLiving the highlife: Ibibio Sound Machine gear up for Walthamstow Garden Party
Eight-piece Ibibio Sound Machine fuse Ghanaian highlife with disco, funk and analogue synths. Ahead of performing at Walthamstow Garden Party, singer Eno Williams talks about their debut album, Nigerian folk tales and why she chooses to sing in the Nigerian Ibibio language
Read MoreChick Corea jazz review: 'panoptic interpretations yielding plenty of complexity'
American jazz fusion pianist and composer Chick Corea took to the stage at the Barbican last month
Read MoreBrazilian songwriter Maria Gadu to perform at the Barbican
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Maria Gadú is to perform this month at the Barbican, in a reminder that there’s more to Brazil than its football
Read MoreWin cinema tickets to see Thief at the Barbican
Five pairs of tickets are up for grabs to see Michael Mann’s 1981 thriller
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