Putting on something which is so sexy, sensuous and deeply erotic in the middle of a heatwave could be asking for trouble, yet this production of Shakespeare’s Venus & Adonis justifies the gamble, turning the Barbican’s The Pit into a crucible of raw, mythological desire.…
Edmond Rostand’s classic comes back to the West End with a new adaptation by Simon Evans and Debris Stevenson. This is a drastically different approach from the last time we saw Cyrano on a commercial stage. If Jamie Llloyd redefined the story in 2019, Evans grounds it back to its roots in an open…
Starry cast fails to lift a play that can be funny, but proves rather too pleased with its own cleverness…
At first Relics seems straight out of a classic, deadpan British sitcom. Our characters – four siblings divvying up the possession of their recently deceased mother – are experiencing one of life’s most harrowing moments, but their conversation revolves around minutiae in council planning docu…
The stories about Francis Albert Sinatra are endless. Two decades before Beatlemania hit the States, thousands of girls queued around the block so they could see the short, skinny kid from Hoboken sing while they cried, screamed and fainted. He had a thick New Jersey accent and a thin skin, punching…
Hot Mess is an exciting piece of new theatre, performed with heart and charm.…
Less Orientalism, and less passion too, but the music sustains…
The protagonist of Sting, a postdoctoral student named Ash, lives in a divided world. Half of the set is taken up by the flat she shares with her boyfriend Dom, and the other half by the archive where she works as an assistant to researcher Lily, whose academic work focuses on historical accusations…
If Molière was preoccupied with censorship and retaliation, Crimp shows an obsession for cancellation. He reveals an anti-internet and anti-woke stance, with many invectives betraying his own fears.…
At the age of 10, my daughter was completely spellbound by The Magic Flute at Opera Holland Park, striking up a lifelong love of opera, dance and theatre. So, what better way to introduce children to opera than down the rabbit hole of one of Opera Holland Park's most cherished productions, Alice's A…
Sir Simon Rattle leads an ensemble of distinguished musicians in a concert celebrating the life and legacy of renowned pianist Alfred Brendel at the Barbican...
Let Shakespeare’s captivating comedy transport you from deepest midwinter to the most magical of midsummer nights....
The RSC and Wise Children’s 'intoxicating, five-star' (Times) production of The Buddha of Suburbia transfers to London’s Barbican from 22 October for a limited 4-week...
The UK premiere of The Lands Heart is Greater Than Its Map, a Shubbak co-presentation with the Barbican, is an alternative guided tour of a...
Native Sessions: Bars | Barbican Centre, London, April 11 Native Instruments take over Barbican with ‘BARS’ Native Session, P Money, Miss Banks, Jaykae, DJ Target,...
