As Shanay Jhaveri, the Barbican’s head of visual arts, explains, the dam in the film, called Copco No. 1, was built in 1918. ...

Founded in 2013, the DIY-minded festival champions leftfield music and marginalised voices through a programme of world and ...

Concert-goers can expect a distinct energy, characteristic of this band which has never played music merely for spectacle, but always with purpose. The Boomtown Rats will perform in York on November ...

Esteemed band The Boomtown Rats have announced a show at York Barbican as part of their 50th-anniversary tour. Formed in the ...

Ukrainian documentary Kuba & Alaska has won the award for Best Documentary Film at the 2025 Festa del Cinema di Roma, marking ...

Rebecca Fons, the director of programming at the Siskel Film Center in Chicago since 2021, is the new head of cinema for London’s multidisciplinary Barbican Centre, effective Sept. 1. The Barbican ...

Critics initially panned it, but public love for the musical with songs like “One Day More” and “On My Own” has kept it going strong for four decades — and counting. By Alex Marshall Reporting from ...