It was guaranteed: string masterpieces by Vaughan Williams, Britten and Elgar would be played and conducted at the very ...

For Americans, London often represents both familiarity and fantasy, a place where democratic partners share history but ...

Many of the plot’s central beats remain. There’s Captain Hook to contend with – Toby Stephens on deliciously boo-hiss form ...

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A contemporary creation, Gesualdo Passione is inspired by the religious music of the Italian composer Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613), specifically his Tenebrae Responsoria, which follow the passion of ...

Les Arts Florissants singers and dancers from Amala Dianor Company perform Gesualdo’s sorrowful Tenebrae Responsoria Les Arts Florissants & Amala Dianor Company perform Gesualdo Passione presented ...

This week the pioneering Polish director Łukasz Twarkoswki brings his much feted Rohtko (the misspelling is deliberate), to investigate a real-life forgery scandal in which New York gallery, Knoedler ...

Police and paramedics were called to a property in a Barbican street on Saturday after concerns were raised for the welfare of a woman. Witnesses spoke of seeing a number of officers in Looe Street ...

Graham Nash performed at York Barbican on his More Evenings of Songs and Stories tour. Backed by a talented three-piece band it proved an entertaining evening with Nash performing songs from his ...

The Women by Women photography exhibition is free to visit. Image: Nay Jinknss WOMEN BY WOMEN: 'Rooted in Resistance' is the theme of this year's Women by Women photography exhibition, hosted by ...

A CULT classic is returning to the big screen with a new live concert experience. Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert will arrive at York Barbican on April 27, 2026, as part of a 13-date UK tour ...

The latest offering from the Dance Umbrella festival is a game of two halves. Both pieces in this double bill attempt a subversion of traditional dance forms; only one seems to derive any joy from ...