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Theatre & dance

Guildhall School: Orlando by Virginia Woolf

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Neil Bartlett's sparkling adaptation of Virginia Woolf's ground-breaking fantasy finds powerful contemporary relevance in the novelist’s vision of equal rights to love for bodies of every kind.

Moin
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Contemporary music

Moin

Moin are a London three-piece featuring Tom Halstead and Joe Andrews of the electronic outfit Raime and percussionist visionary Valentina Magaletti.

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Contemporary music

Cat Power sings Dylan '66

Young Barbican

Cat Power performs a song-for-song recreation of one of the most fabled and transformative live sets of all time.

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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: Architecture in the Age of AI

Speakers from three of the world's leading architecture practices address the ways in which artificial intelligence is reshaping their discipline. 

APOLLO5
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Classical music

Anam: Music to move the soul

As part of VOCES8’s 20th anniversary celebrations, sister ensemble APOLLO5 celebrates its own 15th anniversary performing the group’s new album Anam. 

Fraser Wilson Anam
Philipe Verdelot Donna, se fiera stella
Cipriano de Rore Hor che l’aria e la terra
Lucy Walker My heart, my God, is steadfast
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry My Soul, There is a Country
Paul Smith A Soul
Scottish trad arr Adrian Peacock Ca’ the Yowes
Paul Mealor Beneath Thy Compassion
Henrik Dahlgren Without Knowing
Scottish trad arr Blake Morgan Black is the Colour
Michael McGlynn Am gaeth i m-muir
Penelope Appleyard Wildflowers - Wailin’ Jennies
APOLLO5:
Penelope Appleyard soprano
Clare Stewart mezzo-soprano
Oscar Golden-Lee tenor
Joseph Taylor tenor
Augustus Perkins-Ray bass
VOCES8
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Classical music

VOCES8 20th Anniversary Concert

Join VOCES8 for its official 20th anniversary concert, celebrating two decades of inspiring music-making with its Barbican debut.

VOCES8
VOCES8 Scholars
BBC Singers
Jack Liebeck violin
Artwork for Dido and Aeneas
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Classical music Theatre & dance

Guildhall School: Purcell's Dido and Aeneas

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Step into the world of Dido and Aeneas, Henry Purcell’s celebrated masterpiece, brought to life in the intimate setting of Guildhall School’s Milton Court Theatre. 

Alison Balsom
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Classical music Talks & events

Trumpet Masterclass with Alison Balsom

Free

An unmissable opportunity to see celebrated Guildhall School alumna Alison Balsom work with outstanding trumpet players from the School in this free evening masterclass.

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Cinema

Bye Bye Love (Baibai rabu バイバイ・ラブ) + introduction

A wild and violent road trip with a genderqueer partnership at its centre, Isao Fujisawa’s breathtaking and radical movie was thought lost until a negative was unearthed in 2018.

Close up shot of Khatia Buniatishvili with her eyes closed and her hair blowing in her face
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Classical music

Khatia Buniatishvili & Friends

For the finale to Khatia Buniatishvili’s Barbican residency, the pianist invites friends from the performing world to join her for an intimate evening of music and words.

Johann Sebastian Bach arr Alexander Siloti Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a Arr. by Alexander Siloti
Jules Massenet Méditation from ‘Thais’
Antonin Dvorak Slavonic Dance in E Minor, Op 72/2: Dumka Allegretto grazioso for 4 hands
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Overture, Op 71a for 8 hands
Johannes Brahms Sixteen Waltzes Op 39: no 3, 5 and 6 for 4 hands
César Franck Violin Sonata in A major: movements 3 and 4
Antonio Vivaldi Sovente il sole
Francis Poulenc Le travail du peintre FP 161: I. Pablo Picasso
Samuel Barber Sure on this shining night
Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Winter – II. Largo for 4 hands
Vedrò Con Mio Diletto
Arvo Pärt Pari intervallo for 4 hands
Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons: Winter – I. Allegro non molto for 4 hands
George Frideric Händel Coronato il crin d'alloro from ‘Agrippina’
Astor Piazzolla arr. Khatia Buniatishvili Libertango for 4 hands
Oblivion
Sofia Gubaidulina Musical Toys: 6. Song of the fisherman
Marcello-Bach Adagio from Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974
Gioachino Rossini Overture from ‘William Tell’ for 8 hands
Khatia Buniatishvili piano
Jakub Józef Orliński countertenor
Axelle Saint-Cirel mezzo-soprano
Nicola Benedetti violin
Sodi Braide piano
Hélène Mercier piano
Gvantsa Buniatishvilli piano
Melanie Laurent actor
Making It Festival 2025
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Contemporary music Talks & events Theatre & dance

Guildhall School's Making It Festival 2025

Free

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Making It Festival returns for 2025: a three-week celebration of new, original work made by Guildhall School’s vibrant and multi-skilled student community.

A woman in a red coat and red hat stands in front of a window with her hand placed up on the glass.
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Cinema

Ticket of No Return + introduction

A glamourous woman arrives in West Berlin, begins a drinking spree and forms a relationship with another woman in UIrike Ottinger’s droll, visually striking odyssey. 

Three people in orange overalls chat together and stare into the camera
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Cinema

Car Wash + intro by Mzz Kimberley

There are a hundred reasons to love this lively comedy, set in a California car wash, not least Antonio Fargas’ scene-stealing turn as the flamboyant Lindy.

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Classical music Contemporary music

No Friend but the Mountains

Inspired by Behrouz Boochani's book of his refugee journey and six-year-long incarceration in Manus Island, the LSO give the UK premiere of this heart-stopping song-cycle.   

Luke Styles No Friend but the Mountains
London Symphony Orchestra
Joseph Young conductor
Gareth Brynmor John baritone
London Symphony Chorus
The Ligeti Quartet sitting in a row, holding their instruments
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Cinema Classical music

Ligeti Quartet: Nuc

The Ligeti Quartet perform tracks from their 2023 album Nuc, fusing acoustic and electronic music for string quartet by Mercury-nominated composer Anna Meredith alongside visual projections.

Ligeti Quartet
Lucy Humphris trumpet