Theatre & Dance

Öper Öpis (London International Mime Festival), Zimmermann & de Perrot 13-16 Jan / 19:45 / Barbican Theatre (Post show talk 14 Jan)

Kefar Nahum (London International Mime Festival), Compagnie Mossoux-Bonté 19-23 Jan / 19:45 / The Pit (Post show talk 21 Jan)

Nic Green (Bite10), Trilogy 22-23 Jan / 19:15 / Barbican Theatre (Post show talk 22 Jan)

Eloge du Poil (London International Mime Festival) Compagnie Bal / Jeanne Mordoj 27-30 Jan / 19:45 / The Pit (Post show talk 28 Jan)

Ursula Martinez (Bite10), My Stories, Your Emails 2-13 Feb / 20:00 / The Pit

Peter Brook - C.I.C.T. / Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord (freeB 09/10), 11 and 12 5-27 Feb / 19:45, 14:30 / Barbican Theatre (Post show talk 9 Feb)

Alice Bell (Bite10), Lone Twin Theatre - The Catastrophe Trilogy 2-9 Mar / 20:00 / The Pit

Daniel Hit by a Train (Bite10),  Lone Twin Theatre - The Catastrophe Trilogy 3-10 Mar / 20:00 / The Pit

The Festival (Bite10), Lone Twin Theatre - The Catastrophe Trilogy 4-11 Mar / 20:00 / The Pit

The Catastrophe Trilogy, Lone Twin Theatre - The Catastrophe Trilogy: All three shows on the same day 6-13 Mar  / 14:00 / The Pit (Lone Twin Theatre Additional Activities 6-13 Mar)

The Manganiyar Seduction (freeB 09/10), Roysten Abel 5-7 Mar / 20:00, 15:00 / Barbican Theatre (Post show talk 6 Mar)

home sweet home (Do Something Different Weekend), Subject to_ Change 6-7 Mar / 11:00 / Garden Room

Akademi's Bells (Bite10), Sat 6 and Sun 7 Mar 6-7 Mar / 14:30, 14:00 / ClubStage

World In Motion Drumming (Bite10), 7 Mar / 12:00 / Barbican Theatre

Man of the Heart (Bite10 - Do Something Different Weekend) 7 Mar / 17:00 / The Pit (Post show talk 7 Mar)

Circa (freeB 09/10), Circa 9 - 14 Mar / 19:45 / Barbican Theatre

Macbeth (Bite10),  Cheek by Jowl 18 Mar-10 Apr / 19:15, 14:00, 16:00 / Silk Street Theatre (Post show talk 29 Mar)

4.48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane (freeB 09/10), TR Warszawa 23-27 Mar / 19:45 / Barbican Theatre (Post show talk 26 Mar)

A Way into Shakespeare (Bite Weekend Workouts), 27-28 Mar / 10:30 / Barbican Centre
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Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch (freeB 09/10), KONTAKTHOF With Ladies and Gentlemen over 65 and KONTAKTHOF With Teenagers over 14 1-4 Apr / 19:15, 14:00 / Barbican Theatre

Laurie Anderson, Delusion 14-17 Apr / 19:45 / Barbican Theatre

Would Like To Meet, non zero one 26 Apr-16 May / 14:00, 15:30, 17:00, 18:30, 20:00, 19:30, 20:45, 15:00, 16:30, 18:00, 21:30 / Barbican Foyers (Post-show talk 9 May)

Heiner Goebbels, I Went To The House But Did Not Enter 28 Apr-1 May / 19:45 / Barbican Theatre

All theatre and dance events information and booking through the Barbican site

Classical Music

Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier 18:00 / With Renée Fleming as the aristocratic Marschallin and Susan Graham in the trouser role of her young lover 9 Jan  / 18:00 / Cinema 1

Crouch End Festival Chorus / Haydn The Creation 10 Jan / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev, Strauss Elektra 12 & 14 Jan / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Rinat Ibragimov (double bass) 15 Jan / 19:30 / Guildhall Music Hall

Memoirs of an Outsider (cert tbc), Total Immersion: Hans Werner Henze Composer Day 16 Jan / 10:30 / Cinema 2

Total Immersion: Hans Werner Henze 16 Jan / 13:00 / Barbican Hall

Requiem - Nine Sacred Concertos (cert tbc) 16 Jan / 16:00 / Cinema 2

Bizet's Carmen, Met Opera Live 16 Jan / 18:00 / Cinema 1

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Knussen 16 Jan / 19:00 / Barbican Hall

Ensemble Modern / Boder 17 Jan / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Bringuier 23 Jan / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Anton and Erin: Steppin' Out 28-29 Jan / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Mälkki 30 Jan / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

New York Philharmonic / Gilbert 3 & 4 Feb / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

BBC Symphony Orchestra 4 Feb / 19:00 / Westminster Cathedral

Our Point of View 5 Feb / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Martinů and the Symphonies Study Day 6 Feb / 10:00 / Mozart Room, Level 4

Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, Met Opera Live 6 Feb / 18:00 / Cinema 1

London Symphony Orchestra / Sir John Eliot Gardiner 7 Feb / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev 11 Feb / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Sarah Chang (violin) 12 Feb / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev 13 Feb / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Valentine's Day Classics 14 Feb / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Murray Perahia (piano) 18 Feb / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Belohlavek 19 Feb / 19:00 / Barbican Hall

LIFE: A Journey Through Time 21 Feb / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

The Moscow Soloists 23 Feb / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Martin Roscoe (piano) 24 Feb / 19:30 / GSMD Music Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis 24 Feb / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Vedernikov 25 Feb / 19:00 / Barbican Hall

Emanuel Ax (piano) & Yo-Yo Ma (cello) 26 Feb / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Beethoven: The Glorious Moment 27 Feb / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis 28 Feb / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Maazel 2 & 3 Mar / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / Kristjan Järvi 4 Mar / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Emanuel Ax (piano)  5 Mar / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Minkowski 6 Mar / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / John Adams 7 & 11 Mar / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

The Sixteen / Christophers 10 Mar / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Emanuel Ax & Dawn Upshaw 12 Mar / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Total Immersion: Wolfgang Rihm, BBC Symphony Orchestra, 12 & 13 Mar / 19:30 / LSO St Luke’s & Barbican Hall


A Portrait of Wolfgang Rihm (cert tbc)  13 Mar / 16:00 / Cinema 2

BBC Symphony Orchestra / de Ridder 13 Mar / 20:00 / Barbican Hall

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Belohlavek 19 Mar / 19:00 / Barbican Hall

Guildhall Symphony Orchestra 20 Mar / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

LSO Discovery Family Concert, Barbican Families 21 Mar / 14:30 / Barbican Hall

Christine Schäfer, Matthias Goerne & Hilary Hahn 23 Mar / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / Robin Ticciati 25 Mar / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

St Lawrence String Quartet 25 Mar / 19:30 / LSO St Luke’s

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Robertson 26 Mar / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet, Met Opera Live 27 Mar / 17:00 / Cinema 1

London Symphony Orchestra / Semyon Bychkov 28 Mar  / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

The 64th Metropolitan Police Annual Concert 29 Mar  / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Britten: War Requiem 31 Mar / 20:00 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Chorus 2 Apr  / 18:00 / Barbican Hall

Alex Prior Conducts the RPO with Four Young Virtuosos 8 Apr  / 19:00 / Barbican Hall

Study Afternoon – the writings of William Morris 10 Apr  / 14:30 / Mozart Room, Level 4

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis 10 Apr  / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Crouch End Festival Chorus / Temple 11 Apr  / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Belohlavek 17 Apr  / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Andreas Scholl (singer) 19 Apr  / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

London Schools Symphony Orchestra 21 Apr  / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Renes 23 Apr  / 19:00 / Barbican Hall

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group Family concert 24 Apr  / 13:00, 15:30 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn 25 Apr  / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Thomas Ades in Recital 27 Apr  / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano 29 Apr  / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Rossini's Armida, Met Opera Live 2009-10 1 May  / 18:00 / Cinema 1

Guildhall Gold Medal 5 May  / 19:00 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis 6 May / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Juan Diego Flórez (singer)  7 May / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Belohlavek 8 May / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis 9 May / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev 12 & 13 May / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

ASKO / Schoenberg Ensemble / Tausk 15 May / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / Valery Gergiev 19 & 20 May / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Il Giardino Armonico / Antonini 21 May / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Mozart Requiem 22 May / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Harding 23 May / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Harding 3 Jun / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Adès 6 Jun / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / Mark Elder 10 Jun / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

LSO Discovery Family Concert Barbican Families 13 Jun / 14:30 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / Xian Zhang 16 Jun / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / Peter Eötvös 20 Jun / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis 27 Jun / 19:00 / Barbican Hall

London Symphony Orchestra / Daniel Harding 1 Jul / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Barbican Young Orchestra 4 Jul / 19:30 / Barbican Centre

Les Talens Lyriques / Rousset 8 Jul / 18:30 / Barbican Hall

All classical music events information and booking through the Barbican site

Contemporary

 

Paul Carrack 13 Jan / 20:00 / Barbican Hall

Rinat Ibragimov (double bass) 15 Jan / 19:30 / Guildhall Music Hall

Way to Blue: The Songs of Nick Drake, 22 Jan / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Latin Music USA: The Big 3 Palladium Orchestra 24 Jan / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Jan Garbarek Group 31 Jan / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Sounds Around the World 8 Feb / 12:00, 14:00 / Barbican Centre

African Soul Rebels 2010: Oumou Sangare / Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou/ Kalahari Surfers 20 Feb  / 20:00 / Barbican Hall

Nitin Sawhney & LSO 2010: Yogoto No Yume 1 Mar  / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Portico Quartet 2010 + Support 8 Mar  / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Songs in the Key of London 9 Mar  / 20:00 / Barbican Hall

The Magical World of Rodgers & Hammerstein 14 Mar / 15:00 / Barbican Hall

Sounds Around the World 19 Mar / 12:00, 14:00 / Barbican Centre

The Magnetic Fields 22 Mar / 20:00 / Barbican Hall

Tomasz Stanko plays the music of Krysztof Komeda 27 Mar / 20:00 / Barbican Hall

Abdullah Ibrahim: Ekaya 30 Mar / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Salif Keita 7 Apr / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

The Triffids 9 Apr / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Dee Dee Bridgewater 2010: To Billie Holiday with Love - A Celebration of Lady Day 16 Apr / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

The Whale Watching Tour 20 Apr / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Kid Creole & The Coconuts (La Linea: The London Latin Music Festival) 22 Apr / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Viva El Mariachi! (La Linea: The London Latin Music Festival) 26 Apr / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Cesaria Evora 4 May  / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Joanna MacGregor 5 May / 20:00 / LSO St Luke’s

Kept Impulses 10 May / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

John McLaughlin 11 May / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Angelique Kidjo 16 May / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Bobby McFerrin 29 May / 20:00 / Barbican Hall

Sounds Around the World 15 Jun / 12:00, 14:00 / Barbican Centre

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis: Swinging Beginnings 17 Jun / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis: Bebop and Beyond 18 Jun / 20:00 / Barbican Hall

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis: Jazz for Young People (United In Swing 2010) 20 Jun / 15:00 / Hackney Empire

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis: Modern Jazz Masters (United In Swing 2010) 20 Jun / 19:30 / Hackney Empire

Caetano Veloso 3 Jul / 19:30 / Barbican Hall

Robert Cray Band 7 Jul / 20:00 / Barbican Hall

All contemporary music events information and booking through the Barbican site

Film

¡Mira! Mexico 21 - 27 January 2010 A season of recent critically acclaimed Mexican films

Silent Film & Live Music Series 3 December 2006-30 December 2012 Barbican Film, the home of Silent Cinema in London

Disney by Hand - The Art of Traditional Hand-Drawn Animation 6-27 February 2010  Celebrating the greatest hand-drawn animations in the history of Disney

Second Chance Sunday 7 July 2007 - 31 December 2012 Catch the best recently released films you may have missed

Japanimation 30 January 2007 - 31 December 2012 A series of events looking in depth at Japanese animation. Hosted by Helen McCarthy – anime expert and co-author of The Anime Encyclopedia

DocSpot 23 January 2008 - 31 December 2012 Barbican Film's monthly documentary event, to inform and to spark debate about issues that define our times. In association with the LIDF

The Directorspective: Wim Wenders 10 - 31 January 2010 The Directorspective, our regular strand showcasing the work of the greatest film directors of all time, presents the films of Wim Wenders, renowned for exploring the themes of Americanisation and European cultural consciousness

The Directorspective: Peter Brook 4 - 27 February 2010 The Directorspective, our regular strand exploring the work of the greatest film directors of all time, presents the challenging work of theatre director and filmmaker, Peter Brook.

Architecture on Film 24 September 2008 - 31 December 2012 A season of regular events where architecture meets cinema, curated by The Architecture Foundation

Bad Film Club 1 January 2008 - 31 December 2010 So bad it's good! Nicko & Joe's infamous Bad Film Club returns monthly with comedians pitting their wits against cinematic catastrophes

Family Film Club 30 November 2009 - 30 December 2012 London’s most exciting range of film events and activities for kids and their families

Reel City: London in Motion 6 March 2010 The moving image heritage of London with a focus on its East End, through two distinctly themed events looking at the city’s built environment and London’s raison d’être the Thames

Pina Bausch on Film 3-4 April 2010 To complement Kontakthof at the Barbican Theatre we present a season of films and documentaries capturing the life and work of one of the worlds most innovative choreographers

BBC Symphony Orchestra Total Immersion Composer Days 5 December 2009 - 16 January 2010 Celebrate the music of Hans Werner Henze (Sat 16 Jan) with BBC Symphony Orchestra and guests in a day of concerts, films and discussions

Met Opera Live 2009-10 10 October 2009 - 1 May 2010 The Met’s award-winning series of live, high-definition performance transmissions to movie theaters continues to captivate audiences around the world

All cinema events information and booking through the Barbican site