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BUILT: 1982
SEATING CAPACITY: 1172
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Shows at the Barbican Centre
DATES PRODUCTION 5/19/2026 - 7/11/2026 High Society (2026)
Click Here to Buy Tickets12/3/2024 - 1/18/2025 A Midsummer Night's Dream - Barbican () 10/22/2024 - 11/16/2024 The Buddha of Suburbia () 6/4/2024 - 9/14/2024 Kiss Me, Kate (2024) 11/21/2023 - 3/23/2024 My Neighbour Totoro (2023) 6/17/2023 - 9/9/2023 A Strange Loop (2023) 7/15/2022 - 9/3/2022 Anything Goes (2022) 12/7/2018 - 1/5/2019 The Merry Wives of Windsor (2018) 11/2/2018 - 1/19/2019 Romeo and Juliet (2018) 5/9/1993 - 5/30/1993 Du Barry Was A Lady (1993) 8/1/1992 - 9/6/1992 One Touch of Venus (1992) 7/1/1992 - 7/31/1992 New Girl in Town (1994) 5/1/1992 - 5/24/1992 By Jupiter (1992) 12/12/1989 - 12/13/1989 Candide (1989) 12/12/1987 - 12/12/1987 The Wizard of Oz (1987) 10/8/1985 - 12/4/1985 Les Miserables (1985) 10/5/1982 - 3/19/1983 Poppy (1982) - Carnival! (1993)
News
UK Premiere of THEATRE FOR ONE Comes to the Barbican
by Stephi Wild - Jan 28, 2026
The Barbican will present the UK premiere of THEATRE FOR ONE, showcasing intimate plays by Enda Walsh, Marina Carr, and Mark O'Rowe. Learn more about the event here!
by Stephi Wild - Jan 28, 2026
The Barbican will present the UK premiere of THEATRE FOR ONE, showcasing intimate plays by Enda Walsh, Marina Carr, and Mark O'Rowe. Learn more about the event here!
Review: I DO, Malmaison Hotel
by Franco Milazzo - Jan 21, 2026
Theatre has to work extra hard in January to get people away from cosy duvets and into venues. Thankfully, Dante or Die’s I Do (created by Daphna Attias and Terry O’Donovan) has a doozie of a premise.
by Franco Milazzo - Jan 21, 2026
Theatre has to work extra hard in January to get people away from cosy duvets and into venues. Thankfully, Dante or Die’s I Do (created by Daphna Attias and Terry O’Donovan) has a doozie of a premise.
Photos: ORPHANS By Lyle Kessler At Jermyn Street Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 8, 2026
Jermyn Street Theatre will present Orphans by Lyle Kessler in January 2026, starring Forbes Masson, Chris Walley, and Fred Woodley Evans. See photos of the production.
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 8, 2026
Jermyn Street Theatre will present Orphans by Lyle Kessler in January 2026, starring Forbes Masson, Chris Walley, and Fred Woodley Evans. See photos of the production.
Critics’ Choice: Franco Milazzo's Best Theatre Of 2025
by Franco Milazzo - Dec 30, 2025
Looking back over 2025, it appears I sat in a dark room and wrote barely legible thoughts into a notebook on about 150-odd occasions. By the grace of God and the BroadwayWorld UK editor, I saw a real smörgåsbord of delights, everything from highly anticipated West End theatre to opera, dance, circus, cabaret, comedy and immersive theatre.
by Franco Milazzo - Dec 30, 2025
Looking back over 2025, it appears I sat in a dark room and wrote barely legible thoughts into a notebook on about 150-odd occasions. By the grace of God and the BroadwayWorld UK editor, I saw a real smörgåsbord of delights, everything from highly anticipated West End theatre to opera, dance, circus, cabaret, comedy and immersive theatre.
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Performs SWEET MAMBO at Sadler's Wells
by Stephi Wild - Dec 16, 2025
Pina Bausch's ‘Sweet Mambo' will come to Sadler's Wells Theatre from Wednesday 11 February – Saturday 21 February 2026. First staged in 2008, the choreographer's penultimate work makes its London premiere at Sadler's Wells.
by Stephi Wild - Dec 16, 2025
Pina Bausch's ‘Sweet Mambo' will come to Sadler's Wells Theatre from Wednesday 11 February – Saturday 21 February 2026. First staged in 2008, the choreographer's penultimate work makes its London premiere at Sadler's Wells.
Review: MUSEUM OF AUSTERITY, Young Vic
by Franco Milazzo - Dec 12, 2025
There are many museums dedicated to disaster, but only Britain could create one in which the exhibits are victims of its own fiscal policies. Museum of Austerity, revived at the Young Vic, is a cool, technologically-slick indictment, a moral subpoena served directly to your eyeballs through augmented-reality headsets. Grimmer than a midwinter funeral, the show is misnamed and flawed but serves as a salient reminder of how man’s inhumanity to man never ceases to beggar the imagination.
by Franco Milazzo - Dec 12, 2025
There are many museums dedicated to disaster, but only Britain could create one in which the exhibits are victims of its own fiscal policies. Museum of Austerity, revived at the Young Vic, is a cool, technologically-slick indictment, a moral subpoena served directly to your eyeballs through augmented-reality headsets. Grimmer than a midwinter funeral, the show is misnamed and flawed but serves as a salient reminder of how man’s inhumanity to man never ceases to beggar the imagination.
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre Appoints New Trustees
by Stephi Wild - Dec 11, 2025
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre has announced that Heather Clark Charrington, Robert Glick OBE and Dame Sue Street will join the organisation's Board of Trustees, with Tyrone Huntley returning to the Board in January 2026.
by Stephi Wild - Dec 11, 2025
Regent's Park Open Air Theatre has announced that Heather Clark Charrington, Robert Glick OBE and Dame Sue Street will join the organisation's Board of Trustees, with Tyrone Huntley returning to the Board in January 2026.
Industry Pro Newsletter: Woolly Mammoth Announces New AD, RSC Faces ‘financial peril’
by Alex Freeman - Dec 8, 2025
This week’s stories highlight a theater landscape in motion, with notable leadership shifts, community celebrations, and major institutional changes shaping the field. Helen Shaw’s appointment as Chief Theater Critic at The New York Times marks a significant moment in arts journalism, while audiences worldwide engage with the newly opened voting for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards. Onstage, Broadway prepares for star-studded fundraising at Red Bucket Follies, and regional companies navigate both exciting transitions and unexpected setbacks. Internationally, major UK institutions confront financial challenges and ambitious renovations, reflecting a moment of both reckoning and renewal across the global arts community.
by Alex Freeman - Dec 8, 2025
This week’s stories highlight a theater landscape in motion, with notable leadership shifts, community celebrations, and major institutional changes shaping the field. Helen Shaw’s appointment as Chief Theater Critic at The New York Times marks a significant moment in arts journalism, while audiences worldwide engage with the newly opened voting for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards. Onstage, Broadway prepares for star-studded fundraising at Red Bucket Follies, and regional companies navigate both exciting transitions and unexpected setbacks. Internationally, major UK institutions confront financial challenges and ambitious renovations, reflecting a moment of both reckoning and renewal across the global arts community.
An Englishman Abroad - Gary Naylor Goes To Copenhagen
by Gary Naylor - Nov 27, 2025
Tosca in Italian with English surtitles, from £20 in January, is next on this stage
by Gary Naylor - Nov 27, 2025
Tosca in Italian with English surtitles, from £20 in January, is next on this stage
Jay Campbell, Cello and Conor Hanick, Piano Come to The 92nd Street Y
by Stephi Wild - Nov 25, 2025
The 92nd Street Y, New York will present cellist Jay Campbell and pianist Conor Hanick at Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center. Learn more about the event here!
by Stephi Wild - Nov 25, 2025
The 92nd Street Y, New York will present cellist Jay Campbell and pianist Conor Hanick at Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center. Learn more about the event here!
Review Roundup: WENDY & PETER PAN at Barbican Centre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 4, 2025
Director Jonathan Munby's production of Wendy & Peter Pan is now playing at Barbican Theatre. This magical retelling of JM Barrie's beloved classic is adapted by Ella Hickson. See what the critics are saying.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 4, 2025
Director Jonathan Munby's production of Wendy & Peter Pan is now playing at Barbican Theatre. This magical retelling of JM Barrie's beloved classic is adapted by Ella Hickson. See what the critics are saying.
Review: WENDY & PETER PAN, Barbican Centre
by Cheryl Markosky - Oct 29, 2025
Girls rule ok in Ella Hickson's enchanting revival of the Darling children's 'second star to the right and then straight on until morning' journey to Neverland – first performed in 2013 and now showing at the Barbican for a five-week run.
by Cheryl Markosky - Oct 29, 2025
Girls rule ok in Ella Hickson's enchanting revival of the Darling children's 'second star to the right and then straight on until morning' journey to Neverland – first performed in 2013 and now showing at the Barbican for a five-week run.
Review: COLOSSEUM: THE LEGENDARY ARENA, Eclipso
by Franco Milazzo - Oct 24, 2025
Ever wondered what it would be like to walk off a high street and into Ancient Rome? Eclipso’s latest VR adventure plunges its audience into the roaring atmosphere of Rome’s Colosseum and explores a world of gladiators and gods.
by Franco Milazzo - Oct 24, 2025
Ever wondered what it would be like to walk off a high street and into Ancient Rome? Eclipso’s latest VR adventure plunges its audience into the roaring atmosphere of Rome’s Colosseum and explores a world of gladiators and gods.
HAMLET Comes To Aberdeen in November
by Stephi Wild - Oct 20, 2025
Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2024, Teatro La Plaza's bold and vibrant take on the classic tragedy Hamlet comes to Aberdeen as part of a global tour that has visited Melbourne, New York and Seoul.
by Stephi Wild - Oct 20, 2025
Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2024, Teatro La Plaza's bold and vibrant take on the classic tragedy Hamlet comes to Aberdeen as part of a global tour that has visited Melbourne, New York and Seoul.
SSSO To Kick Off 'In Other Words' Season with Opening Concert in October
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 17, 2025
The Schenectady-Saratoga Symphony Orchestra will kick off its 92nd season, titled “In Other Words,” with an appearance at both Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College and the MainStage at Proctors.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 17, 2025
The Schenectady-Saratoga Symphony Orchestra will kick off its 92nd season, titled “In Other Words,” with an appearance at both Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College and the MainStage at Proctors.
Barbican Centre Frequently Asked Questions
What show is currently in Barbican Centre?
Barbican Centre's current show is Kiss Me, Kate which began performances on 6/4/2024.
What when was Barbican Centre built?
Barbican Centre was built in 1982.
How many seats does Barbican Centre have?
Barbican Centre has 1172 seats.
What were the longest running shows at Barbican Centre?
Les Miserables which ran from 10/8/1985 to 7/13/2019, My Neighbour Totoro which ran from 11/21/2023 to 3/23/2024, Kiss Me, Kate which ran from 6/18/2024 to 9/14/2024, Romeo and Juliet which ran from 11/2/2018 to 1/19/2019 and
What show is next for Barbican Centre?
Barbican Centre's next show is High Society which begins performances on 5/19/2026.
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