"Dirt is a very effective way of bringing back an idea of realness, about distupting a form of order, what we deem acceptable.” ...

In anticipation of the release of his latest film Jay Kelly, we present a selection of the Mumblecore master’s most ...

Part of Dance Umbrella Festival 2025, these short films are programmed by international curators HSIEH I-Hsuan and Emily Shin ...

Widely considered one of the most influential contemporary music groups of the last 40 years, Tortoise will perform new pieces alongside classics from their catalogue of boundary-defying music. Age ...

The BBC Singers and Principal Guest Conductor Owain Park join forces with acclaimed Nigerian-Scottish trumpeter Aaron Azunda Akugbo. This radiant programme invites audiences into a world of wonder, ...

Become Ocean: Dalia Stasevska conducts John Luther Adams’s 21st century cult classic. Described by The New Yorker’s Alex Ross as what ‘may be the loveliest apocalypse in musical history’, John Luther ...

This October, fly away to Neverland as you’ve never experienced it before with this magical adaptation of the beloved tale.

Experience the soulful sounds of Gurbaksh Matharu on the dilruba, accompanied by Harkiret Bahra on the tabla, in this intimate foyer concert. Hear Gurbaksh Matharu and Harkiret Bahra weave delicate ...

Two experimental films by the contemporary Brazilian director Ana Vaz explore land as a site of encounter between different species, peoples, and ways of seeing the world. Visiting wild grasslands, ...

Is life online getting worse and worse? Leading tech critic and science fiction author, Cory Doctorow shares strategies for how we might reclaim the internet. 'Enshittification', Doctorow's term, and ...

The Barbican welcomes Playgrounds’ In Motion Festival today, returning for a second year and expanding across the Centre to celebrate the latest in animation, motion design, and cutting-edge digital ...

An Audio Described tour of the exhibition, for blind and partially sighted visitors, led by Lisa Squirrel, who will describe key works on display. Rebel against conventional beauty and take a look at ...