For immediate release: Wednesday 6th March 2019

Barbican April highlights

 Fertility Fest, the only arts festival devoted entirely to the subjects of modern families and the science of making babies, arrives at the Barbican for the first time.  London-based artist and 2018 Jarman award-winner Daria Martin’s first solo commission for a major London public gallery, Tonight the World, continues in The Curve.  Smart Robots, Mortal Engines: Stanislaw Lem on Film is a season of lesser- known adaptations of the work of Polish author Stanislaw Lem, screening in the Barbican Cinema.  Masterful composer and percussionist Midori Takada and singer and producer Lafawndah present the world premiere performance of their Barbican- commissioned collaborative work Ceremonial Blue.

CINEMA

Poetry in Motion: Contemporary Iranian Cinema Wed 3–Wed 24 Apr 2019, Cinema 1 & 2

Barbican Cinema is pleased to present Poetry In Motion: Contemporary Iranian Cinema, which takes place between 3-24 April and showcases some of the country’s most inventive filmmakers.

Reflecting Iranian culture’s rich, diverse traditions and love of storytelling, Poetry In Motion presents the work of bold contemporary directors whose stories will charm, surprise and enchant, a mix of everyday, universal themes, and the retelling of traditional narratives in new ways.

The season showcases emerging voices in Iranian cinema through the prism of Persian poetry, rather than through its modern politics and often stereotyped representation. It features seven films – several of which are UK premieres – and ScreenTalks with an array of the country’s leading directors and artists.

Smart Robots, Mortal Engines: Stanisław Lem on Film Thu 11–Tue 16 Apr 2019, Cinema 3 Part of Life Rewired

Smart Robots, Mortal Engines: Stanislaw Lem on Film is a cinema season of lesser-known adaptations of the work of Polish author Stanislaw Lem (1921-2006). Artificial intelligence, virtual reality, nanotechnology and trans-humanism: Lem was thinking and writing about today’s hot topics many decades ago.

The season opens on 11 April with a discussion with the Quay Brothers, the artists Andrzej Klimowski and Danusia Schejbal – who adapted two Lem short stories into a graphic novel – and Dr Mark Bould, academic at the University of the West of England and author of the BFI Classics monograph on . The panel, chaired by novelist and science writer Simon Ings, will discuss the legacy of Stanislaw Lem and the challenges of adapting his work to screen. The discussion will follow a shorts double-bill of Maska by Stephen & Timothy Quay and Roly Poly by Andrzej Wajda.

Other season highlights include The Interrogation of Pilot Pirx in which the commander of a flight to must decipher which of his crew are androids and which are human; schlocky East German-Polish space opera Silent ; and the rare 1968 TV version of Solyaris in which an astronaut is confronted with a replica of his dead wife, an emanation of the he is orbiting.

This season is curated by Barbican Cinema in partnership with Kinoteka The 17th Polish Film Festival.

White Paradise # + live musical accompaniment Silent Film & Live Music Austria 1924, Dir Max Neufeld Sun 28 Apr 2019, Cinema 1, 3pm

This Czech melodrama, a box office hit from 1924, follows orphan Nina and her guardian Ivan, an escaped convict. Tomáš Vtípil provides a live score mixing contemporary electronics, with improvisation on piano and violin.

In Partnership with the Czech Centre, London.

MUSIC

Khatia Buniatishvili in recital Mon 1 Apr 2019, Barbican Hall, 7.30pm

The Georgian-born France-based piano virtuoso Khatia Buniatishvili is renowned for her refined and elegant technique; she herself has described the piano as ‘the blackest instrument …a symbol of musical solitude’. As a performer she excels in repertoire that exploits this sensitivity, and it is a side of her that will be demonstrated in her Barbican recital. The programme will include works by Schubert, such as Sonata in B-flat major, D960, Ständchen (arr. Liszt), Gretchen am Spinnrade (arr. Liszt) and Erlkönig (arr. Liszt), and by Liszt, such as Transcendental Étude No 4 in D minor, Mazeppa, and Hungarian Rhapsody No 6.

Handel: Semele The English Concert Fri 5 Apr 2019, Barbican Hall, 6.30pm

The English Concert and its Artistic Director Harry Bicket return to the Barbican with Semele in what promises to be another spirited Handel performance. The performance also features The Clarion Choir and its artistic director Steven Fox, and Brenda Rae in the title role leading a cast of soloists featuring Elizabeth DeShong (Juno/Ino), Soloman Howard (Somnus/Cadmus), Benjamin Hulett (), Christopher Lowrey (Athamas) and Ailish Tynan (Iris).

Gabriel Kahane Sun 7 Apr 2019, Milton Court Concert Hall, 7.30pm

American composer and singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane (voice, piano, guitar) will make his Barbican contemporary music programme debut in an intimate solo show at Milton Court Concert Hall on 7 April 2019. Here he presents material from his most recent album Book of Travelers as well as from his earlier releases The Ambassador and Where are the Arms. The day after the 2016 presidential election, Kahane boarded a train at Penn Station and travelled 8,980 miles around the continental U.S. with no phone or internet access, talking to dozens of strangers in an attempt to better understand his country and fellow citizens. The resulting album, Book of Travelers, marks Gabriel’s debut for Nonesuch Records. This collection of songs is at once a prayer for empathy and reconciliation, as well as an unflinching examination of the complex and often troubled history of the United States.

Midori Takada and Lafawndah present Ceremonial Blue Sun 7 Apr 2019, Barbican Hall, 7.30pm

This world premiere performance of the Barbican-commissioned work Ceremonial Blue is a collaboration between the masterful Japanese composer and percussionist Midori Takada, and London-based devotional pop polymath Yasmine Dubois aka Lafawndah.

They first worked together in 2018 on Le Renard Bleu, an art and music film, and this Barbican commission develops their partnership into an evening length show, with the music from Le Renard Bleu at its heart. Midori Takada and Lafawndah will be joined on stage by contemporary Indonesian dancer Dian Bokir and SAMGHA, a group of Japanese chanting monks.

Midori Takada returns to the Barbican following her solo performance at Milton Court Concert Hall in September 2017 and Lafawndah’s debut album ANCESTOR BOY will be out in March 2019.

Minimalist Dream House Featuring Katia & Marielle Labèque, Bryce Dessner and David Chalmin + special guest Thom Yorke Works by Caroline Shaw, David Lang, Timo Andres, Bryce Dessner, David Chalmin, Max Richter and new works by Thom Yorke Tue 9 April 2019, Barbican Hall, 7.30pm

Acclaimed pianists, sisters Katia and Marielle Labèque, are renowned for their passion for minimalist music, and in 2013 they released their Minimalist Dream House album.

Now they continue their journey with a series of live concerts, also featuring Bryce Dessner, David Chalmin and special guest Radiohead front man Thom Yorke. The programme will include works by Caroline Shaw, David Lang, Timo Andres, Bryce Dessner, David Chalmin, Max Richter and the UK premiere of Thom Yorke’s new composition for Katia & Marielle Labèque Don’t Fear The Light.

Kian Soltani (cello) ECHO Rising Fri 12 Apr 2019, LSO St Luke's, 1pm

The ECHO (European Concert Hall Organisation) Rising Stars series returns to LSO St Luke’s, presenting emerging young talent tipped for stardom by the directors of Europe’s premier concert halls. Each artist’s performance features a short new work, commissioned by ECHO from a range of international composers. This performance will feature Austrian-Persian cellist Kian Soltani performing works by Debussy, Reza Vali, Shostakovich and a new work by jazz pianist David Helbock specially-commissioned by the Wiener Konzerthaus and European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO). Soltani will be accompanied by pianist Mario Häring.

Supported by Classical Futures Europe and the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.

Hauschka Fri 12 April 2019, Milton Court Concert Hall, 7.30pm

German pianist and Oscar-nominated film composer Hauschka (Volker Bertelmann) performs a solo show, presenting new material from his recent Sony Classical debut album A Different Forest. The new album’s themes present the artist’s experience of nature as a metaphor for the pursuit of the meaning of life.

Hauschka is noted for his compelling live shows that reimagine the expressive possibilities of the piano through an array of imaginative ‘preparations’ on its internal mechanisms. He has worked in the fields of theatre, dance and classical ensemble works, and has also written scores for films.

Hauschka returns to the Barbican’s programme following appearances at the Centre in 2012 and 2015.

Glen Hansard + Joe Quartz Mon 15 & Tue 16 Apr 2019, Barbican Hall, 7.30pm

Singer-songwriter Glen Hansard returns to the Barbican alongside his band, presenting new material as well as material from his back catalogue. Glen Hansard is a founding member of The Frames, and he is one half of The Swell Season, which also features pianist Marketa Irglova. Together they wrote the music for and starred in the movie Once. The song Falling Slowly from the film was awarded the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Glen Hansard’s new album This Wild Willing will be out on 12 April. Support comes from French duo Joe Quartz featuring multi-instrumentalists Jeanne Susin and Olivier Schlegelmilch.

Apparat + K Á R Y Y N Sat 27 April 2019, Barbican Hall, 8pm

Berlin-based electronic musician (Sascha Ring), returns to the Barbican in support of his new album LP5 (out on Mute on 22 March). As a member of Moderat, or as a solo performer, Apparat seeks to transcend the dance floor and the concert hall alike. He has also worked on cinema, TV and theatre production. His work for Capri – Revolution (dir. Mario Martone) won Best Soundtrack at the Venice Film Festival. Apparat has also collaborated with artist group Transforma, and two of their collaborations were recently staged at the Barbican.

Support comes from multi-disciplinary artist, composer and vocalist K Á R Y Y N.

I Fagiolini Leonardo da Vinci: Shaping the Invisible Sun 28 April 2019, Milton Court, 7.30pm

On 28 April 2019, the celebrated vocal ensemble I Fagiolini comes to Milton Court to perform in a special interdisciplinary event to mark the 500th anniversary of the death of the ‘Renaissance Man’ and polymath Leonardo da Vinci. Alongside his artistic and scientific accomplishments, da Vinci was a talented musician who famously described music as ‘shaping the invisible’. I Fagiolini’s new programme of a selection of choral works included on their forthcoming album Leonardo – Shaping the Invisible, will be interwoven with projections of da Vinci’s best-loved masterworks. Da Vinci expert Professor Martin Kemp and I Fagiolini’s director Robert Hollingworth will introduce the evening and put the two art forms into context.

Josephine Foster + Saloli Sun 28 Apr 2019, LSO St Luke’s, 7.30pm

American folk singer-songwriter and musician Josephine Foster returns to the Barbican’s programme after almost a decade. In this concert date at LSO St Luke’s she will present material from her recent, critically-acclaimed album Faithful Fairy Harmony. The new material explores themes of mortality and morality and features ritual prayers, blues laments, vestal hymns and jubilant benedictions. Foster will be joined on stage by her band featuring Victor Herrero (guitar), Rosa Gerhards (vocals, bass), Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh (viola) and special guest Alex Neilson (Trembling Bells) on drums.

Support comes from Portland-based Mary Sutton's solo project Saloli.

LSO highlights

Ensemble Nevermind bring their imaginative take on early music to LSO St Luke's, Fri 5 Apr 2019, 1pm–2pm, closing the four-part series Les sonores des France with the sounds of the French Baroque. Sir Mark Elder takes us from German Romanticism to the eclecticism of one of the 20th-century’s most individual composers – Charles Ives on Sunday 14 April. Opening the programme graceful lyricism and dramatic power, irrepressible energy and intricate brilliance from the soloist – the hallmarks of Beethoven’s writing for his own instrument all combine in his Piano Concerto No 3. Kirill Gerstein is the guest pianist. The second half brings something else entirely, Charles Ives’ Second Symphony, a dizzying patchwork of quotations and allusions, peppered with snatches of popular tunes and hymns from the composer's American homeland. Thursday 25 April at 7.30pm Principal Guest Conductor François-Xavier Roth conducts three works – a ballet, opera and symphonic rhapsody – showing the many sides of Ravel, but each inspired by his love of Spanish culture. An authority on Ravel, François-Xavier Roth transports you to the Basque country of the composer’s childhood, with three works that fuse luscious French orchestration and lilting Spanish rhythms. Mysterious melodies weave delicately throughout Ravel’s early work Rhapsodie espagnole, punctuated by bursts of Spanish-inspired fanfares and Habanera dance rhythms. The fascination with his Spanish heritage is a recurring theme in many of Ravel’s creations, from the one-act opera L’heure espagnole, a romantic intrigue set in 18th- century Spain, to his most popular work, Boléro, also performed as part of this programme. An all-star cast for L’heure espagnole includes Isabelle Druet Conception, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt Torquemade, Thomas Dolié Ramiro, Edgaras Montvidas Gonzalves and Nicolas Cavallier Gomez.

BBC SO highlights

The BBC Symphony Orchestra rounds off this season’s series of Total Immersion days with a focus on the musical world of Nadia and Lili Boulanger, who between them helped shape the sound of the 20th century. A day of concerts, talks and events culminates in a performance of some of the Boulanger sisters’ greatest works, including Lili’s prize-winning cantata Faust et Helene. Conducted by James Gaffigan, the concert will feature an array of soloists including Alexandra Dariescu, Katarina Dalayman, James Way, and Kostas Smoriginas.

THEATRE AND DANCE

Ferran Carvajal/Trevor Carlson – Not a moment too soon Thu 4–Sat 6 April 2019, Barbican Theatre Press night: Thu 4 Apr 2019, 7.45pm

Trevor Carlson, Executive Director to Merce Cunningham, reflects on the 12 years he spent as companion and close friend to the choreographer, offering a rare insight into the final days of a master.

Carlson’s performance is a tapestry of video, text, music and movement layered with previously unseen footage of Cunningham. As Carlson weaves in and around projection panels hung onstage, he presents a visual and oral history of their adventures through recollections of precious moments spent together. A pilgrimage into memory, the dream- like solo shifts between monologues, readings and intimate clips of the iconic artist at work and at play. Tapping into key periods of Cunningham’s later life this is a touching farewell to a loved one.

Not a moment too soon is part of the official celebration of the Merce Cunningham Centennial.

Galway International Arts Festival – Rooms Thu 11–Fri 19 April 2019, Barbican Theatre Press performances: Thu 11 Apr 2019. Times vary; please contact the Communications Office to book your place

Five meticulously detailed rooms house clues to the characters once confined within their walls in this immersive theatre installation. Together, six audience members enter one of the five rooms, exploring the scene for a few moments. Then the recorded audio begins – an absorbing and haunting aural account of solitude, before audiences are ushered into the next room for another story. Contemplative and atmospheric, this event brings Enda Walsh’s five poetic short narratives together for the first time. In each room the highly intimate lives of an individual are heard, narrated by some of Ireland’s finest actors: Niall Buggy, Charlie Murphy, Donal O’Kelly, Paul Reid and Eileen Walsh.

Lynette Wallworth – Collisions Wed 10–Sat 20 Apr 2019, The Pit Journalists are invited to attend on Thu 11 Apr 2019. Times vary; please contact the Communications Office to book your place Part of Life Rewired

This immersive Emmy Award-winning documentary is a startling collision between cultures, encompassing 360-degree vision, CGI animation and enveloping sound.

Provided with VR headsets, audiences embark on a journey together to the ancient homeland of indigenous elder Nyarri Nyarri Morgan, as he recounts the moment his world was turned upside down. Amid the endless horizon of the remote Western Australian desert, this is a rare insight into the hidden history of Britain’s nuclear testing.

Pioneer of interactive digital technologies, Lynette Wallworth combines masterful storytelling and virtual reality to share the profound truth of one man’s first and fateful encounter with Western science.

Merce Cunningham Trust – Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event Tue 16 Apr 2019, Barbican Theatre, 7.45pm

As part of the Merce Cunningham Centennial, a global celebration of the vastly influential American choreographer, the Barbican presents Night of 100 Solos on 16 April 2019, which would have been Cunningham’s 100th birthday.

In Night of 100 Solos, the largest Cunningham Event ever conceived, 75 dancers will be distributed across three venues: the Barbican; BAM in New York City and UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance in Los Angeles. On each of these stages, dancers perform a unique collection of 100 solos Cunningham choreographed over the course of his career, with live music and a bespoke set design, by Richard Hamilton in London. Nearly half of Cunningham’s former company members participate in the creation of this Event, led at the Barbican by Londoner Daniel Squire.

The Barbican honours Cunningham’s history at the Centre, with the performance featuring a solo from every world or European premiere Cunningham presented here. The 25 dancers at the Barbican are: Luke Ahmet, Harry Alexander, Elly Braund, Siobhan Davies, Inés Depauw, Daphne Fernberger, Jonathan Goddard, Asha Gracia, Thomasin Gülgeç, Francesca Hayward, Hannah Kidd, Catherine LeGrand, Sophie Martin, Estela Merlos, Mbulelo Ndabedi, Michael Nunn, Rowan Parker, Else Raymond, Joseph Sissens, Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Toke Strandby, Asha Thomas, Billy Trevitt, Luc Verbitzky, and Ben Warbis.

Fertility Fest 2019 Tue 23 Apr–Sat 18 May 2019, times and Barbican venues vary Part of Life Rewired

Fertility Fest, the only arts festival devoted entirely to the subjects of modern families and the science of making babies, arrives at the Barbican for the first time.

Fertility and infertility take centre stage in this four-week programme of performances and panel discussions that brings together medical experts, artists and audiences. Offering a multitude of views and voices, the festival draws on female and male experiences, looks at new models of family making, and seeks to break taboos around IVF.

Fertility Fest is founded by Jessica Hepburn, influential activist and author of The Pursuit of Motherhood, in partnership with theatre producer Gabby Vautier. A rare, open and collaborative platform, it aims to drive social change.

Avalanche: A Love Story Sat 27 Apr—Sun 12 May 2019, Barbican Theatre Part of Life Rewired

Maxine Peake stars in Julia Leigh’s adaptation of her powerful memoir, Avalanche: A Love Story, at the Barbican from Saturday 27 April–Sunday 12 May.

When a woman rekindles an early love in her late 30’s her whole life changes. Deeply in love, she and her new husband decide they want to have a child together and, like countless other couples, they make a visit to the IVF clinic, full of optimism. So begins a long and costly journey of medical procedures, nightly injections, rituals and the oscillation between high hope and the depths of despair. Avalanche lays bare the stark truth of one woman’s experience of the seductive promises made by the multi-billion- dollar IVF industry to those in the grip of a ‘snow blind’ yearning and desire to make a baby. The devastating toll on her body, her relationships and her career as an author/filmmaker, are portrayed with compelling honesty and moments of black humour.

Directed by Anne-Louise Sarks, Avalanche: A Love Story is co-produced by the Barbican, Fertility Fest and Sydney Theatre Company.

VISUAL ARTS

Daria Martin: Tonight the World Until Sun 7 Apr 2019, The Curve Media View: Wed 30 Jan 2019, 10am–1pm Part of Life Rewired

Barbican Art Gallery presents London-based artist, filmmaker and 2018 Jarman award- winner Daria Martin’s first solo commission for a major London public gallery. Using both film and computer gaming technology, Martin explores the vivid writings of her grandmother, artist Susi Stiassni who, aged 16, fled with her family from the former Czechoslovakia under the imminent threat of the Nazi occupation in 1938. Martin draws on an extensive archive of her grandmother’s dream diaries amounting to over 20,000 pages. These forensically recorded accounts were created over a 35 year period, initially for the purposes of psychoanalysis. Martin envisages that the installation will become simultaneously a portrait of her ancestor, a self-portrait and an exploration of intergenerational trauma, loss and resilience.

For information and images please visit: http://www.barbican.org.uk/DariaMartinNews.

Architecture on Stage Sauter von Moos, Thu 11 Apr 2019, Frobisher Auditorium 1, 7pm Mary Duggan Architects, Thu 18 Apr 2019, Frobisher Auditorium 1, 7pm OFFICE Kersten Geers David van Severen, Tue 30 Apr 2019, Barbican Hall, 8pm

The Architecture Foundation and the Barbican in partnership present Architecture on Stage – a programme of talks by the world's leading architects. In April, Swiss architecture practice Sauter von Moos, London-based Mary Duggan Architects and Brussels-based OFFICE Kersten Geers David van Severen present their work.

LEVEL G

Unclaimed Until May 2019 Part of Life Rewired

Unclaimed is a Barbican-commissioned project blending academic research and public engagement, investigating what it means to grow old in today’s society.

Led by creative public engagement specialists The Liminal Space, the project began in spring 2018 with a series of interviews with 2,000 people aged over 75 from Camden, conducted by University College London’s gerontology research team. The interviews uncovered a range of narratives.

The interviews have been used to feed into an installation which opened on the Barbican’s Level G in February 2019.

Life Rewired Hub Until Dec 2019 Part of Life Rewired

Motivated by the need to develop and test new models of public engagement, the Barbican presents a temporary new venue for public programming on Level G. The Life Rewired Hub explores the key ideas in our 2019 programme, inviting audiences to encounter the voices who are witnessing and revealing some of the elusive forces shaping our lives today.

Architects Dyvik Kahlen have designed the flexible new space, which is a platform for a year-long programme of talks, workshops, research, and residencies. These events stem from the themes in the Life Rewired season, and a significant strand of activity has been co-programmed in partnership with the Royal Society and the British Council.

The Life Rewired Hub also houses an exhibition which presents curated content from the complex, vast, and all-too-often confusing discourse taking place around the impact of technology on our lives. This features specially-commissioned contributions from writers and thinkers including Jaron Lanier and James Bridle.

Troika – Borrowed Light Until May 2019 Part of Life Rewired

Borrowed Light is a suspended mechanised structure that moves a 20m-long scroll of photographic film, thereby resembling an artificial infinite loop of sunset and sunrise. The installation was formally inspired by moving panoramas and the potential these offered to blur the boundaries between experience and physical spheres, natural and man-made spaces.

Borrowed Light is a site-specific installation commissioned by Barbican Art Gallery to activate the unique architectural features of the Lightwell at the centre of the Barbican’s public spaces.

BARBICAN SHOP

Brutal Shapes: Vase Casting Workshops with Phil Cuttance Sat 27 Apr 2019, 10.30am–12.30pm Sun 28 Apr 2019, 10.30am–12.30pm Barbican Shop

Participants will learn how to cast a Brutalist inspired bud vase from Jesmonite Stone with designer/maker Phil Cuttance. They will choose from six different vase shapes, assemble their mould and then mix and cast their own vase in a unique colour scheme with marbled effects.

Once cast, vases will be taken back to Phil's studio where they take 24 hours to set, and can then be sent back to participants or collected from the Barbican Shop.

Brutal Impressions: Lino Printing Workshop with Jamie Temple Sat 13 Apr 2019, 10.30am–2.30pm Sun 14 Apr 2019, 10.30am–2.30pm Barbican Shop

Jamie Temple is an artist and printmaker living and working between London and Glasgow, drawing inspiration from a lifelong fascination with the built and natural environments we inhabit. In these workshops he will demonstrate the art of lino printing, and how to create designs inspired by the forms and textures of Brutalist architecture.

Participants will gain an insight into the linocut printmaking process; from sketching out an idea and transferring designs onto the block of lino, to working with a variety of carving tools, inks and methods of printing on paper, and will create their own unique edition of handmade prints to take home. Jamie will also showcase a selection of his own Brutalist inspired prints and will be on hand throughout to offer individual help and guidance.

Brutal Structures: Architecture Walking Tour with Chris Rogers Sat 27 Apr 2019, 10.30am–12pm Sat 27 Apr 2019, 2–3.30pm Tours begin at the Barbican Shop

Beginning and ending at the Barbican Shop on Level G of the Barbican Centre, a 90- minute walking tour discovering the City of London’s Brutalist architectural treasures with historian, writer and lecturer Chris Rogers (author of How to Read London – a crash course in London architecture).

Between the City of London’s facetted glass skyscrapers and carved stone palazzos stand buildings from another era executed in a very different material: concrete. They include a robust tower for a Livery Company, a state-of-the-art institutional space in Victorian disguise, a civic plaza that straddles past and future and an insurance market whose new home became an icon.

Barbican Photography Tour with Peter Chadwick Sat 13 Apr 2019, 10:30am–12pm Sat 13 Apr 2019, 2–3.30pm Tours begin at the Barbican Shop

Peter Chadwick is a London-based art director, graphic designer and educator with over 27 years of experience in the music, fashion and arts sectors, and the founder of This Brutal House – a platform to share photography and design work about Brutalism. As part of the season, he will be leading a series of photography tours of the Barbican Centre and Barbican estate, investigating some of the lesser known corners and angles of the complex. Participants will also have the chance to share their images live on the This Brutal House Twitter and Instagram feeds, as well as having them printed and displayed in the Barbican Shop.

ENDS

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