Yes - one of the main drivers for the Conservatory’s location was ... But for the City and the Barbican’s site, the Blitz had already wiped away most of the area once home to London’s cloth trade. So ...

Two of the City of London’s most important cultural venues will promote the area at a New York travel show later this month. The Barbican and the Ned will attend SMU International, an event that ...

whose last performance at the Barbican in 2023 was described as “completely engrossing” by The Guardian, celebrates his 85th birthday in April. It's also 51 years since his first London ...

Visit the second biggest Conservatory in London and explore our hidden tropical oasis ... The Conservatory was designed by the Barbican’s architects Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, and surrounds the ...

What’s the point of theatre? It’s the question that director Thomas Ostermeier - once the enfant terrible of German theatre, who famously said that directors over 40 should stop working ...

(“Poor little crumpet!”) Image Tom Burke, left, as Trigorin and Emma Corrin as Nina in this new adaptation of “The Seagull” at the Barbican in London.Credit...Marc Brenner In stark ...

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Cate Blanchett was the latest star of the big screen to have a go on the London stage last night. Happily, she stops the rot. But, to be fair, that is thanks in large part to a remarkable ensemble ...

Cate Blanchett is back on the London stage for the first time in six years, playing the feted, self-absorbed, glamorous actress Arkadina in Chekhov’s first theatrical masterpiece The Seagull (1896).

You can catch up on everything that happened today in our report here, and we will be back tomorrow for the afternoon session on the final day of the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships.