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UNCOVERED: Barbican - The Untold Story

Sunday In The Park With George cancelled after Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey withdrawals

Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey had been due to reunite on stage at the Barbican next year

The Independent UK · Sep 14

Jonathan Bailey withdraws from Sunday In The Park With George after Ariana Grande exit

The 38-year-old said his support for Grande is ‘unwavering’ after she stepped down from the show last month

The Independent UK · Sep 1

MADE just dropped the ultimate mid-century furniture collection inspired by London's iconic Barbican estate, and this unique coffee table is the star

And this coffee table is the star piece to buy now or regret later

Ideal Home · Aug 17

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Latin American film festival set to launch in London

The festival will launch at the Barbican on October 2

Evening Standard · Aug 3

Hamlet Hail to the Thief coming to the Barbican! How to get tickets for Radiohead's bold adaptation of Shakespeare tragedy

The production premiered at Aviva Studios in Manchester last year before running at the Royal Shakespeare theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Evening Standard · Jun 11

Radiohead revenge tragedy Hamlet Hail to the Thief sets London dates

Production fusing the band’s sixth album and Shakespeare’s masterpiece will open at the Barbican later this year

The Guardian - UK · Jun 10

City of London towers next to Barbican approved despite 1,000 objections

The approved One Silk Street scheme will see the current site replaced with a 20-storey block

Evening Standard · May 31

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How to make a rental feel like your forever home

A new book by Paul Firmin, the founder of Earl of East, proves personality trumps permanence — as this Barbican flat attests

Evening Standard · Apr 9

Barbican set for major £231m makeover to improve accessibility

Among the additions will be a new climate-controlled environment to safeguard its plant collection

The Independent UK · Mar 3

Barbican Centre's £231million renewal given green light

Planning permission has been granted for transformation of Grade II-listed performing arts centre and its public spaces

Evening Standard · Mar 3

Barbican tower row: developers scale back plans after huge backlash to 20-storey office block

Residents fear vast ‘pizza box’ office design will steal their sunlight - and say redesign doesn’t go far enough

Evening Standard · Feb 23

The Barbican refurbishment should take heed of Leeds

Letter: The University of Leeds complex was a prototype for the Barbican – and the work done to it over time demonstrates how brutalist buildings can be humanised, writes Alan Radford

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025

‘Like lipstick on a fabulous gorilla’: the Barbican’s many gaudy glow-ups and the one to top them all

The brutalist arts-and-towers complex, where even great explorers get lost, is showing its age. Let’s hope the 50th anniveresary upgrade is better than the ‘pointillist stippling’ tried in the 1990s

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2025

Barbican’s big update: What the renewal means for London’s iconic arts centre

London’s Barbican Centre is set for a £451m transformation, with plans revealed to modernise the ageing arts complex, improve accessibility and restore its Brutalist spaces for future generations

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2025

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Louder · Dec 5, 2025

Tangerine Dream to release 50 Years Of Phaedra: At The Barbican in January

Tangerine recorded their new live version of their classic 1974 album Phaedra at London's Barbican in October 2024

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2025

Barbican revamp to give ‘bewildering’ arts centre a new lease of life

Project will make the famously confusing London landmark easier to navigate and more accessible

Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2025

Barbican residents rally against ‘monster’ office development they say overshadows iconic brutalist landmark

Residents warn the development would dominate the area, overshadow existing homes and undermine the character of one of the Barbican

Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2025

Ganavya: Daughter of a Temple at the Barbican review — moved people to tears

4/5 The California-based singer’s biggest headline show to date included a reading from Ted Lasso’s Sarah Niles

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Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2025

Salome at the Barbican review: a gripping performance from a dream cast

5/5 Soprano Asmik Grigorian astounds in the title role, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antonio Pappano

Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2025

No Friend but the Mountains at Barbican: 'speaks powerfully to the plight of refugees worldwide'

4/5 Luke Styles’ orchestral piece inspired by Behrouz Boochani’s account of detention on Manus Island was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus during Refugee Week

The Independent UK · May 24, 2025

‘Fiddler on the Roof is in my DNA’: how the West End revival dances on the edge of tradition

INTERVIEW: After winning five-star reviews and 13 Olivier nominations, Jordan Fein’s earthy take on the 1964 musical is transferring to the Barbican ahead of a UK tour. Alice Saville speaks with the director and the cast about transplanting their Jewish shtetl

Evening Standard · May 12, 2025

The Excursions of Mr Brouček at the Barbican: 'laboured comedy in comic opera'

4/5 Simon Rattle’s latest Janáček opera with the LSO is one of his less frequently performed works and manages to triumph over the difficulties

Livingetc · Apr 30, 2025

A Design-Loving Couple Bought a One-Bedroom Apartment in One of London's Most Iconic Buildings — This Is How They Decorated It

This Barbican apartment taps into the London landmark’s Brutalist good looks, while forging its own warm, contemporary identity

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2025

The week in classical: The Flying Dutchman; LSO/Harding, Trifonov; The Marriage of Figaro – review

Grand Theatre Leeds; Barbican; Coliseum, LondonAs funding cuts start to bite, Opera North’s forces pull together in an asylum-themed take on Wagner

Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2025

London's best brutalist homes — from the Alexandra Road Estate to the Barbican

With the capital entranced by The Brutalist, it’s time to discover the architecture in real life

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