Barbican Theatre

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Dance 

The American choreographer Pam Tanowitz returns to the Barbican with Song of Songs, a compelling work that was inspired by, but transcends, the biblical poem of the same name

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Dance 

Eun-Me Ahn Company's Dragons brings a riot of colour, music and avant-garde performance from South Korea to the Barbican

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Dance 

The experimental American performer Trajal Harrell returns to the Barbican for the UK premiere of his trilogy Porca Miseria

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Theatre 

A horrific episode in the history of slavery kicks off Giles Terera’s The Meaning of Zong, an ambitious meditation on cruelty, resistance and survival, now at the Barbican Theatre

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Dance 

Ballet Black’s latest double bill, Pioneers, at the Barbican, reprises an elegant neo-classical work and premieres an earnest homage to Nina Simone

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Musicals 

Kathleen Marshall’s show-stopping revival of Anything Goes glides back onto the Barbican Theatre stage, following a sell-out run in 2021

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Theatre 

One of the hits of the 2019 London International Mime Festival, Gecko’s The Wedding returns to wreak havoc on the Barbican stage

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Dance 

Ballet Black celebrated its 20th anniversary at the Barbican Theatre with a double bill of contrasting works, highlighting its remarkable history and promising future

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Dance 

A Night with Boy Blue at the Barbican was a rousing show of all the best hip-hop has to offer, marking the 21st anniversary of this remarkable company

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Dance 

Ballet Black returns to the Barbican with an exciting new double bill of works that ponder questions of being and belonging

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Dance 

Isadora Duncan, known as 'the mother of modern dance', is celebrated in a new triple bill at the Barbican: Viviana Durante Company’s Isadora Now

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Dance 

Gregory Maqoma’s Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero is a stirring, deeply inventive work that surely marks the high point of DU19, this year’s Dance Umbrella Festival

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Dance 

Boy Blue REDD, their brand-new work, is an uncharacteristically dark and disquieting dance piece performed with verve and commitment but with a sometimes blurred narrative

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Dance 

One of the highlights of the annual London International Mime Festival, LIMF 2019, Gecko’s The Wedding is dazzling audiences at the Barbican Theatre

Tried and Tested

Dance 

Hip hop doesn’t get better than Blak Whyte Gray, Boy Blue’s bold, thoughtful and electrifying show now back on the Barbican stage

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Theatre 

A spectacular genre-defying show that pays homage to the Japanese art of manga, Pluto is now showing at the Barbican Theatre