Barbican Centre
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Mike Carter2 days agoReview: High Society, The Barbican
No hat-trick for The Barbican. High-quality fun as it is, their third Cole Porter revival in recent years doesn’t quite…
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Interviews
Mary Pollard1 week agoInterview: Steamy Shakespeare brought to life through puppetry
Puppeteer Edie Edmundson talks about this exquisite revival of Venus & Adonis, directed by Greg Doran and featuring Simon Russell…
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Mike Carter4 weeks agoFeature: Have you heard? It’s in the stars!
The official press launch of Cole Porter’s High Society
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Annie Sutton22 January 2026Review: I Do, Malmaison Hotel, London
Intimate and lovingly messy. Six rooms, one Wedding.
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Rosie Wood19 December 2025Review: Twelfth Night, Barbican Theatre
An entertaining and visually impactful spectacle.
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Mary Pollard8 December 2025Review: Univers, The Barbican
A simply beautiful multisensory experience of joyful wonder that allows the very young playfully explore their universe playfully.
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Mary Pollard31 October 2025Review: Prayers for a Hungry Ghost, The Barbican
An utterly bewitching, superbly executed production that invites us into the liminal space where the living and the dead crossover.
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Mary Pollard26 October 2025Interview: Taking trans talent to the top
Jamie Hale and CN Lester talk Transpose: Subverse at Barbican Pit
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Mary Pollard10 October 2025Review: Change Tempo, The Barbican
A mismatched double-bill of dance demonstrating great talent but with mixed results.
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Mary Pollard2 May 2025Review: Krapp’s Last Tape, Barbican Centre
A meticulously articulate evocation of meaninglessness, with a superb performance that hypnotises and wearies in equal measure.
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