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Barbican set for major £231m makeover to improve accessibility

Among the additions will be a new climate-controlled environment to safeguard its plant collection

The Independent UK

Barbican Centre's £231million renewal given green light

Planning permission has been granted for transformation of Grade II-listed performing arts centre and its public spaces

Evening Standard

Barbican tower row: developers scale back plans after huge backlash to 20-storey office block

Residents fear vast ‘pizza box’ office design will steal their sunlight - and say redesign doesn’t go far enough

Evening Standard

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The Barbican refurbishment should take heed of Leeds

Letter: The University of Leeds complex was a prototype for the Barbican – and the work done to it over time demonstrates how brutalist buildings can be humanised, writes Alan Radford

The Guardian - UK

‘Like lipstick on a fabulous gorilla’: the Barbican’s many gaudy glow-ups and the one to top them all

The brutalist arts-and-towers complex, where even great explorers get lost, is showing its age. Let’s hope the 50th anniveresary upgrade is better than the ‘pointillist stippling’ tried in the 1990s

The Guardian - UK

Barbican’s big update: What the renewal means for London’s iconic arts centre

London’s Barbican Centre is set for a £451m transformation, with plans revealed to modernise the ageing arts complex, improve accessibility and restore its Brutalist spaces for future generations

Evening Standard

Tangerine Dream to release 50 Years Of Phaedra: At The Barbican in January

Tangerine recorded their new live version of their classic 1974 album Phaedra at London's Barbican in October 2024

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Barbican revamp to give ‘bewildering’ arts centre a new lease of life

Project will make the famously confusing London landmark easier to navigate and more accessible

The Guardian - UK

Barbican residents rally against ‘monster’ office development they say overshadows iconic brutalist landmark

Residents warn the development would dominate the area, overshadow existing homes and undermine the character of one of the Barbican

Evening Standard

Ganavya: Daughter of a Temple at the Barbican review — moved people to tears

4/5 The California-based singer’s biggest headline show to date included a reading from Ted Lasso’s Sarah Niles

Evening Standard

Salome at the Barbican review: a gripping performance from a dream cast

5/5 Soprano Asmik Grigorian astounds in the title role, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antonio Pappano

Evening Standard

No Friend but the Mountains at Barbican: 'speaks powerfully to the plight of refugees worldwide'

4/5 Luke Styles’ orchestral piece inspired by Behrouz Boochani’s account of detention on Manus Island was performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus during Refugee Week

Evening Standard

‘Fiddler on the Roof is in my DNA’: how the West End revival dances on the edge of tradition

INTERVIEW: After winning five-star reviews and 13 Olivier nominations, Jordan Fein’s earthy take on the 1964 musical is transferring to the Barbican ahead of a UK tour. Alice Saville speaks with the director and the cast about transplanting their Jewish shtetl

The Independent UK

The Excursions of Mr Brouček at the Barbican: 'laboured comedy in comic opera'

4/5 Simon Rattle’s latest Janáček opera with the LSO is one of his less frequently performed works and manages to triumph over the difficulties

Evening Standard

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A Design-Loving Couple Bought a One-Bedroom Apartment in One of London's Most Iconic Buildings — This Is How They Decorated It

This Barbican apartment taps into the London landmark’s Brutalist good looks, while forging its own warm, contemporary identity

The Guardian - UK

The week in classical: The Flying Dutchman; LSO/Harding, Trifonov; The Marriage of Figaro – review

Grand Theatre Leeds; Barbican; Coliseum, LondonAs funding cuts start to bite, Opera North’s forces pull together in an asylum-themed take on Wagner

Evening Standard

London's best brutalist homes — from the Alexandra Road Estate to the Barbican

With the capital entranced by The Brutalist, it’s time to discover the architecture in real life

Tom’s Guide

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The 2024 UK Championship live stream could write a new chapter in the fledgling Trump-Wilson rivalry at York Barbican — here's how to watch from anywhere.

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The Guardian - UK

Riots, disasters and cries for justice: the art show charting India’s wildest decades of political pandemonium

A shocking period of upheavals, from power grabs to nuclear tests, caused India’s artists and activists to innovate. The Barbican in London is exhibiting the defiant ones

Evening Standard

Ruth Negga to appear in Quiet Songs at the Barbican – her first London stage role in more than a decade

The actor will be starring in this new play by Finn Beames which features a string quartet and ‘an armoury of swords’

Evening Standard

Cate Blanchett returning to London stage in The Seagull at the Barbican

It follows another production of The Seagull in London two years ago, which starred Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke

The National (Scotland)

Adrian Dunbar: 'We are gradually drifting towards a United Ireland'

Adrian Dunbar gives his views on a range of issues while backstage at London’s historic Barbican Theatre.

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Much Ado About Nothing; Kiss Me, Kate – review

Shakespeare’s Globe; Barbican, London The possibility of pleasure is everywhere in Sean Holmes’s summer crowd-pleaser, while Adrian Dunbar tackles his first musical role in Cole Porter’s take on the bard’s least appealing play

Evening Standard

Upscale 128-room hotel to replace office blocks between Museum of London and Barbican

The Square Mile site will also include shops and a pocket park

Wallpaper

Ibrahim Mahama tells us why he has covered the Barbican in pink fabric

Ibrahim Mahama's 'Purple Hibiscus' has transformed the Barbican’s Lakeside Terrace

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