oct 19 now now soon always Hello! The story of modern art is often told through the Poetry born from Hidden lens of the works created by artists, but the envi- ronments which contributed to their inspiration is often missed out. We’re taking another look at traditional narratives with our major new exhibition Into the Night: Cabarets and Clubs cheating death Figures: in Modern Art, which opens this month. Explore the social spaces from around the world that were the cauldrons of their creativity, from cab- Jamie Hale’s Pit Party will be a celebration of arets to bars and clubs, as we not only share D/deaf and disabled artists – an opportunity to Euzhan some paintings by some of the 19th and 20th century’s most exciting artists, but recreate the see talent that is often excluded from the stage. venues they hung out in (see page 5-6). Elsewhere, there’s opportunity to see acts not Facing a worsening of their underlying The second half of Hale’s Pit Party will be physical impairment and increasingly severe performed by D/deaf and disabled artists. Palcy often seen on stage as Jamie Hale brings their Pit Party to our studio theatre, with an exciting infections that they knew had a high chance It will feature Signkid, Jackie Hagan, Amelia line-up of superb British D/deaf and disabled of killing them, Jamie Hale started writing a Cavallo, Elle Chante and Katie Walters, Donna talent (see page 1). What happens when you try poetry performance about facing death. But Williams and Jessi Parrott. to write music with an artificial intelligence is ex- an experimental treatment saw the prognosis ‘I was looking for artists that could explode plored by electronic music artist Holly Herndon improve drastically – and the show transform. out from the touch points in NOT DYING,’ says in PROTO (page 3), and there’s an arresting ‘NOT DYING became about the shift from Hale. ‘We have a blind aerial artist, a deaf multimedia work combining the powerful pho- focusing on my relationship with my own hip-hop producer performing in British Sign tography of Bill Henson and our International mortality to my relationship with myself as a Language, an award-winning poet angry Associate Ensemble, the Australian Chamber disabled person,’ says Hale. First performed about the treatment of people on disability New Suns features book stalls and talks © Catarina Rodrigues Orchestra (page 4). as part of Transpose – an evening of work by benefits, and much more. I wanted pieces that Rethink your perceptions of technology at trans artists at the Barbican – and developed would challenge my work and reframe it, that feminist literary festival, New Suns (page 2), and through our Open Lab programme, the solo would not just reflect what I was doing but show find out why electronic music composer Gazelle poetry show ‘plumbs the depths of misery that completely different experiences.’ Twin loves the Centre so much (page 17). can accompany life-threatening illness, before Where feminism changing focus to ask 'how can I, as a disabled CRIPtic Pit Party And finally, we’re very excited to reveal the new- person, exist in the world?'. 11-12 Oct look Guide cover. We had a few design con- See page 11 for details cepts to pick from, and wanted to involve you in ‘It refuses to accept my life is a tragedy, while our final decision. So we put the options out on also acknowledging the grief of progressive meets tech social media and got an incredible response. impairment, and it ends on a note of joy, defiance, and resilience.’ artists who live, love and work at the cutting There’s a rare chance to see Euzhan Palcy’s work as we celebrate her Thanks to everyone who took part – from now New Suns and an ground-breaking career. on, each month we’ll be featuring a stunning edge of gender and digital technologies. And image from around the Centre on the cover. We accompanying film we celebrate computer visionary Ada Lovelace Although she won the Silver Lion at the Venice hope you think they’re as inspiring as we do! season reframe how we in Conceiving Ada, starring Tilda Swinton. Film Festival, directed Marlon Brando to an Oscar nomination, and created a rich and understand technology New Suns: A Feminist Literary Festival diverse range of brilliant dramas that explore and progress through a 5 Oct race and liberation across the world, Euzhan Contents See page 18 for details Palcy’s work remains neglected in the UK, and feminist lens. Read a full interview with Sarah Shin her films are rarely shown. Now at barbican.org.uk/newsuns New Suns features a book fair with stalls from Her feature debut, Sugar Cane Alley (1983), Highlights over 30 publishers, alongside a programme of Cyberfeminism on Film: Gender, was filmed in Palcy’s native Martinique, and What’s coming up this month 1–4 talks, workshops and events. Sexuality, Technology remains one of cinema’s great coming-of-age Cauldrons of Creativity 5–6 The festival explores the notion of technology 5-8 Oct films, about a mischievous orphan and his Cinema 7–8 and its place in a male-dominated history; looks See page 7 for details indomitable grandmother (the amazing at ideas of storytelling as a form of cultural Part of Life Rewired Darling Légitimus). Palcy subtly criticises French Contemporary Music 9–10 technology; and delves into current feminist colonial rule throughout. Theatre & Dance 11 debates on knowledge sharing, online activism The director’s 1989 drama A Dry White Art & Design 12 and bodily autonomy. Season, about the fall-out from a massacre Classical Music 13–14 ‘It’s vital that feminists continue to explore in Aparthied-era South Africa, stars Donald the relationship of technology and the body Sutherland and Brando, in his best late Soon because some bodies remain far more performance. Her documentary series Book now for these vulnerable than others despite "techno-utopian" Aimé Césaire: A Voice For History offers forthcoming events 15–16 hopes,’ says New Suns founder Sarah Shin. Listen privileged access to the Martinique poet, author and politician, who co-founded Always These themes are further explored through the négritude literature movement. associated season Cyberfeminism on Film: New Suns podcast Enjoy the Barbican These rare screenings of her films will be at any time of day 17–18 Gender, Sexuality, Technology, a cinema season curated by So Mayer that explores radical and accompanied by introductions and discussions feminist ways of thinking. Hear the Feminist Myth-Making panel talk by special guests. from last year’s New Suns festival featuring Among the films we’re showing is a programme Hidden Figures is a strand celebrating authors Maria Dahvana Headley (The Mere dedicated to lesbian filmmaker Barbara filmmakers who, despite directing ground- Wife), Sophie Mackintosh (The Water Cure) Hammer. Gendernauts: A Journey Through breaking films, are rarely seen in the UK. and Preti Taneja (We That Are Young). Shifting Identities sees New German Cinema Hidden Figures: Euzhan Palcy alumnus Monika Treut journey through late Subscribe to our Nothing Concrete 6–20 Oct 1990s San Francisco, meeting trans and intersex podcast on your podcast app. Jamie Hale's CRIPtic Pit Party covers poetry, hip hop and aerial performance © Becky Bailey See page 7 for details

1 barbican.org.uk October 2019 2 now now soon always Computer music Conversations about music and AI often focus on ideas of machines replacing composers. But what happens if musicians try to work with an AI – to see it as a collaborator rather than a threat?

This is what electronic avant-garde has been criticised by some people who are ethical questions. As a music community we musician Holly Herndon set out to explore concerned about the dehumanisation of the haven’t even figured out how to deal with with her most recent album, PROTO. female voice, and issues around telling women sampling yet, and this will raise even more issues She and partner and collaborator Mat Dryhurst what to do because AI assistants such as Siri around what we value and who we value.’ worked with developer Jules LaPlace to create and Alexa are women. But I don’t feel the need So what’s it like creating music with an AI? ‘It’s an Artificial Intelligence called Spawn. They’ve to be tethered to the mistakes of corporate very different. Something unexpected with been training it, in collaboration with a vocal America. I just saw myself reflected in Spawn.’ Spawn is that she can be more frustrating to ensemble and collaborators including Jenna This response is typical of the well-considered work with than human performers, because with Sutela, Jlin, Lily Anna Haynes and Martine Syms. manner in which Herndon speaks. Fast- people there’s an immediacy – you can say “use As Herndon talks about Spawn there are paced but packed with references to writers more staccato” or “add dynamics here”. But some things that make you stop in your tracks, and academics, conversation with her is with Spawn it’s more time intensive and I have including describing it as a ‘baby’ (she is quick a fascinating lesson in current technology less control, even though I don’t like that word.’ to explain that they don’t see it as a human and the moral questions we’re struggling to For the Barbican performance, Herndon baby, but as an ‘inhuman intelligence’ that is tackle as a result of the pace of change. is hoping Spawn will be ready to perform still only two years old). ‘This technology is very ‘I didn’t really understand a lot of the wider live in real time, although there’s more nascent and it is formed by the community cultural implications before I started working training that needs to take place for that she comes into contact with,’ she says. with Spawn,’ she admits. ‘However, working with to happen. After all, it is still a ‘baby’. Wait – ‘she’? it made me realise how potentially powerful it Holly Herndon: PROTO is. I don’t like this word, but the disruption it can 16 Oct ‘Yes,’ responds the composer. ‘When I first introduce to the music industry is extraordinary started training Spawn it was by using my See page 10 for details – you could have automated composing in Part of Life Rewired voice, so I saw her as a reflection of me. the near future, or incredibly accurate voice ‘The decision to give her a female gender models of deceased performers. All this raises

Bill Henson’s striking images will be accompanied by the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Untitled, 2000/2003, LMO SH177 N2A, courtesy of the artist, Tolamo Galleries and Roslyn Oxley Gallery The power of space Acclaimed Australian photographer Bill Henson tells us about his fascination with liminal spaces, and how silence is key to his partnership with the Australian Chamber Orchestra.

The stillness and power that radiates from lighting and bokeh blurred backgrounds day and night, male and female, youth Bill Henson’s photographs is arresting. creating a sense of painterly drama. and adulthood, urban and rural settings is Whether it’s a medieval building, seascape It therefore feels a little counterintuitive that where his photographs draw their power. or a nude, there’s a sense of slowness that he should collaborate with the Australian ‘In a photo it’s often what goes missing in stops you right there in front of them, as Chamber Orchestra for Luminous. The the shadows that animates things rather frozen as the light in which they were shot. project sees Henson’s images accompanied than the formally described,’ he explains. ‘Slowness is very important to me,’ says the by specially devised lighting and live music ‘That’s what I mean about space. You might photographer from his home in Melbourne. written by composers ranging from Janácˇek have heard a dozen recordings of a Mahler ‘Everyone today moves so quickly, multi- and Pe¯ teris Vasks to George Crumb and work and suddenly someone comes along tasking – we’re in a white noise of our own REM. If the images rely on silence for their and opens up previously unknown spaces making with the technology we have. power, doesn’t the music destroy the effect? in the music. It’s this unknown territory ‘If I’m working with models the first thing I ‘At the outset I realised people often make that you fill with emotion. Meaning comes try to do is slow them down. When you look mistakes in these collaborative efforts, where from silence not the other way around. at it what happens is the slower something each art form is not given the space it needs,’ ‘For me, it’s about creating an emotionally- is moving, the more significant small says Henson. ‘I was very particular about when charged space that’s ultimately ambiguous. And gestures become. In the end just the sheer there was to be no imagery visible, about when that’s where each person goes on their own act of breathing becomes momentous. it falls silent, and when the images come in. journey and puts their own meaning on things.’ ‘Objects have a very difficult time of it in an ‘I’m not afraid of gaps. I think gaps are Australian Chamber Orchestra: environment where everything is on the move all important both for the music and the images.’ Luminous the time. They rely on silence for their power.’ It’s this exploration of gaps, liminal spaces, 4 Oct That silence practically hums from the that Henson explores in his work. His See page 13 for details Holly Herndon's latest album was written with an artificial intelligence called Spawn images, their characteristic chiaroscuro fascination with the twilight spaces between

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where poets, writers, illustrators, painters and relaxed and clubs and bars hosted daring and musicians could socialise, debate politics, inventive revues, stripteases, chorus lines, circus satirise contemporary life and stage elaborate acts and jazz performances. shadow plays. The lyrical effects created Many of these spaces allowed their by the zinc silhouettes will be restaged to performers and visitors to subvert piano music by Erik Satie, accompanist at conventions of gender and sexuality. the club, along with displays of decorative Powerful and transgressive performances elements from the cabaret, archival material by Valeska Gert and Anita Berber found and albums of beautiful lithographs. themselves captured in works by artists At about the same time, the city’s Folies Bergère including Jeanne Mammen, Elfriede club was the site of American Loïe Fuller’s Lohse-Wächtler and Otto Dix. radical dances in 1892-3. This groundbreaking New York’s Harlem neighbourhood was performer used lengths of silk and lighting a crucial site for African-American social to create mesmerising effects – and inspired and artistic freedom. Harlem’s jazz clubs, artists like Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Rare nightclubs, theatres and bars brought artists archival film footage brings together her iconic and writers together to share ideas. The choreography with the artwork it inspired. key figures in the Harlem Renaissance such ‘Often the incredible female performers at as musician Duke Ellington, poet Langston these spaces are forgotten in the narratives Hughes and painter Aaron Douglas pushed of modern art because their work was against racist stereotypes and explored ephemeral,’ says Ostende. ‘But their acts urban black experience through their work. had an important impact on art and we are Shortly after Nigerian independence, the Mbari celebrating their role in these influential scenes.’ Artists and Writers Club in Ibadan was formed Another space renowned for its female in 1961 by writers Wole Soyinka and Ulli Beier performers was the Cabaret Fledermaus amongst others. The club, and its sister Mbari in Vienna. Conceived by art and design Mbayo in Osogbo, quickly became a magnet Josef Hoffmann, Weiner Werkstätte Postkarte No. 74 (Interior view of the Erna Schmidt-Caroll, Chansonette (cabaret singer), c. 1928. bar at the Cabaret Fledermaus), 1907. Collection of Leonard A. Lauder. Private collection © Estate Erna Schmidt-Caroll. collective Wiener Werkstätte in 1907, this not only for artists living in the city, but also Courtesy Leonard A. Lauder Collection. converted basement held a jaw-droppingly from across Africa, America and the world. elegant bar space with thousands of jewel- These open-air venues published literature, like handmade tiles covering the walls. The staged radical theatre and held exhibitions cabaret staged highly theatrical monologues, that had a major impact on modernism in dance, poetry readings and shadow Nigeria. Regulars included poet Christopher plays. Visitors can immerse themselves in Okigbo and artists Uche Okeke, Twins Seven- this colourful world through a full-scale Seven and Ibrahim El-Salahi. Musician Fela recreation of the bar, as well as original Kuti is said to have made his debut there. furnishings and decadent costume designs. ‘This will be a journey through the most exciting While the Cabaret Fledermaus performers clubs, cabarets and cafés through the eyes of were inspired by activities at its Parisian cousin the artists who gathered in them,’ says Ostende. Le Chat Noir three decades previously, plays ‘They were inspired by these environments Cauldrons from the Cabaret Fledermaus were in turn to create new forms of artistic expression. performed at Zurich’s anarchic Cabaret Voltaire in 1916. In the midst of the First World ‘In these clubs, people were searching War, poets and artists gathered at the space for ways to bring art and life together, founded by Hugo Ball and Emmy Hennings and they were often very inclusive spaces. to develop radical performance including They redefined what art could be.’ absurdist lectures, improvised dance and satirical music. ‘While Cabaret Fledermaus focussed on design, Cabaret Voltaire was Into the Night: all about language,’ says Ostende. Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art of creativity 4 Oct–19 Jan Half a world away, artists and writers of the See page 12 for details Estridentismo (Stridentist) movement gathered at the Café de Nadie in Mexico City to find There will be a Members only event on Into the Night: Cabarets and Clubs in Modern ‘Each section takes you to a different forms of expression suited to an industrial, Be immersed in a world post-revolutionary society: the café became 8 Oct. Find out more about becoming Art is a bold and multi-sensory journey city and a different point in time, a Member and all the benefits it brings of cabarets and avant- spanning twelve cities and 90 years. it allows you to revel in the many the site of the group’s first exhibition in 1924. The eclectic range of works on display, from at barbican.org.uk/membership garde artistic clubs in our Taking us from Paris in the 1880s through kinds of creativity manifesting in these artistic subcultures. painting and poetry to masks, showcases the major new exhibition London, Vienna, Harlem and Mexico interdisciplinary reach of this modernist group. City to Ibadan and Tehran in the 1960s, ‘Some of these sites are now This same cross-arts approach united all these presenting an alternative it investigates the electrifying experiences iconic, but the exhibition goes beyond spaces, wherever they were in the world. history of modern art. offered by these spaces as well as the artistic the traditional view of the centres of the output that they inspired, which spans music, modern art movement – Paris, Vienna, ‘The Mexican avant-garde was reacting to the dance, painting, architecture and film. New York and London – to document an world in a new way. It often explored elements interconnected global phenomenon.’ of tradition, but mixed it with the rhythms of The exhibition is divided into two spaces: upstairs the metropolitan city,’ explains Ostende. you’ll find incredible artwork created in the Travel back in time to the Chat Noir, a cabaret context of these clubs; downstairs, key venues artistique (artistic cabaret) in Paris in the 1880s. No discussion of modern art and nightlife have been recreated at full scale, bringing the Not only a venue for popular entertainment, Germán Cueto, Máscara estridentista (Stridentist Mask), c. 1924. could ignore the clubs of Weimar Germany in Colección Ysabel Galán, México. Photo: Cortesia del Museo the 1920s and 30s, when censorship laws were exhibits to life. Curator Florence Ostende said: it was created by Rodolphe Salis as a space Frederico Silva Escultura. Contemporeana, San Luis Potosi, Mexico.

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15–29 Oct, Cinemas 1 & 2 Wed 23 Oct 6.45pm, Cinema 2 Sat 12 Oct 5.55pm, Cinema 1 Sat 26 Oct 5.55pm, Cinema 1 New releases Special events Nightlife: Ourselves, Adrian Wootton’s Hollywood Turandot12A Manon12A and seasons Our Spaces on Film Legends: David Bowie Met Opera Live in HD 19/20 Met Opera Live in HD 19/20 From Fri 4 Oct A series exploring clubbing and the magic Members’ event Franco Zeffirelli’s spectacular production Laurent Pelly’s production, starring soprano # of nightlife. Including Mexican cult classic Joker Songwriter, rock star, fashion icon and returns to cinemas with powerhouse Lisette Oropesa in the title role, with tenor 5–8 Oct, Cinema 2 Los Caifanes and opening with a screening Michael Fabiano as the besotted Chevalier des Premiering at the 2019 Venice Film Festival. actor, David Bowie was one of the most soprano Christine Goerke taking on the about London’s disappearing LGBTQ+ venues Grieux, explores the devastating consequences Joaquin Phoenix relishes this major DC Cyberfeminism on Film: influential artists of the last century. Film titular role of the sharp Princess, sworn with night czar Amy Lamé. (£12–£13.50*) when excess and passion collide. (£37*) role as Batman’s nemesis. Also starring Gender, Sexuality, Technology London CEO Adrian Wootton explores never to be possessed by a man. (£37*) Zazie Beetz and Robert De Niro. (£12*) Bowie’s dazzling life and career. (£9*) Explore fascinating and radical ways Mon 21 Oct 6pm, Cinema 2 of thinking about gender, sexuality Sun 13 Oct 2pm, Cinema 2 12A 12A From Fri 4 Oct and technology on film, with a feminist Marjorie Prime + Rick Wed 23 Oct 8.35pm, Cinema 3 Don Giovanni 15 Judy12A twist, including Conceiving Ada starring Edwards & Dr Michael Brooks Absolute Beginners + Royal Opera House Live Families Tilda Swinton, and a tribute to the of Science(ish) In this new biopic, Renee Zellweger takes on late Barbara Hammer. (£12*) Intro by Adrian Wootton The new Royal Opera Season begins the tumultuous life of film and music icon Judy Life Rewired Adrian Wootton’s Hollywood Legends with Mozart’s engaging masterpiece, Every Saturday 11am, Cinema 2 Garland, directed by Rupert Goold. (£12*) which follows Don Giovanni, the women 6–20 Oct, Cinema 2 In this Sundance favourite, a family hire David Bowie is an ad man in this late Family Film Club a hologram to help their ageing mother. he serially seduces, and the vengeance Euzhan Palcy 1950s tale, directed by Julien Temple, that finally catches up with him. (£21*) This month, our family screenings feature From Fri 11 Oct Following the screening, we are joined by Rick about a young photographer aiming Mary and the Witch’s Flower, My Neighbour # Hidden Figures The Day Shall Come Edwards and Dr Michael Brooks – presenters for the big time, to impress the beautiful Totoro and the classic The Wizard of Oz. A rare opportunity to see the powerful films of of hit podcast, Science(ish). (£15*) Crepe Suzette (Patsy Kensit). (£12*) Thu 17 Oct 7pm, Cinema 1 Director Chris Morris brings us his first A Midsummer Plus, on the last Saturday of this month, feature film since Four Lions. Starring Anna Euzhan Palcy, including her debut feature Sugar we have a free workshop inspired by 22 Oct 6.30pm, Cinema 2 12A Kendrick, this political satire about the FBI Cane Alley and Oscar-nominated Apartheid Wed 30 Oct 6.10pm, Cinema 1 Night’s Dream fantasy quest Flight of Dragons. Open to all drama, A Dry White Season, starring Donald 18* is both funny and heart-breaking. (£12*) Several Conversations about Acid + ScreenTalk National Theatre Live children and their families. (£2.50–3.50) Sutherland and Marlon Brando. (£12–13.50*) a Very Tall Girl15* + ScreenTalk New East Cinema Prepare for a dream world of flying fairies, Parent and Baby Screenings From Fri 18 Oct Forbidden Colours contagious fogs and moonlight revels. Starring The Peanut Butter Falcon# 13, 20 & 27 Oct 3.30pm, Cinema 3 A vibrant and compelling drama exploring Enjoy the best new films every Monday Sunday Shorts Two women – one out, one closeted – the disaffected youth and masculinity crisis Gwendoline Christie as Titania and Oliver Chris and Saturday morning with your little After running away from home, a man with begin a tentative affair in this sensitive in Russia. Director Alexander Gorchilin joins as Oberon, directed by Nicholas Hytner. (£20*) ones of twelve months and under, at Dance Umbrella Down Syndrome befriends an outlaw who Romanian drama. Part of our film us for this UK premiere of his debut feature. our specially tailored screenings. becomes his coach and ally. Starring Shia strand celebrating queer-focused films (£13.50*) Three programmes of dance shorts, curated Thu 24 Oct 2pm, Cinema 2 Sign up to the mailing list at LaBeouf and Dakota Johnson. (£12*) from places where LGBTQ+ people by Dance Umbrella Featured Artist Oona Encore: Matthew Bourne’s barbican.org.uk/parentandbaby Doherty, Dance Umbrella Guest Programmer still struggle for equality. (£13.50*) Swan LakePG From Fri 18 Oct Freddie Opoku-Addaie, and independent Farming# programmer Gitta Wigro. (£12*) Event Cinema Afternoon Arts Information This thrilling and witty production is perhaps This hard-hitting debut feature by still best known for replacing the female Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje follows Relaxed Screenings Wed 2 Oct 6.10pm, Cinema 3 corps-de-ballet with a menacing male a young black man who joins a white 15 Roger Waters: Us + Them ensemble, which shattered convention and One Friday afternoon and one Tuesday skinhead gang in 1980s Essex. (£12*) took the dance world by storm. (£10.50*) evening in every month, we screen a film in a Featuring state-of-the-art visuals and sound, specially tailored environment for adults who this concert from Roger Waters’ Us+ Them From Fri 25 Oct may be on the autistic spectrum, have Tourette # tour features songs from Pink Floyd albums Thu 24 Oct 7.30pm, Cinema 2 Syndrome, anxiety, sensory or other learning Black and Blue (The Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, Don Pasquale12A difficulties. Friends and carers go free. (£7*) Naomie Harris and Tyrese Gibson Animals) and newer solo material. (£15*) Royal Opera House Live star in this police thriller about a young officer who captures body-cam footage Thu 10 Oct 2pm, Cinema 2 This witty story of a middle-aged man and his of an unlawful murder and must go Exhibition on Screen: Degas12A much cleverer younger wife has long delighted against her own for justice. (£12*) and surprised audiences; this production by Afternoon Arts Damiano Michieletto is no exception. (£21*) From the Fitzwilliam in Cambridge, to Paris and Italy, this film explores the formative

Berlin Bouncer years of painter Edgar Degas’ life. (£10.50*)

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All concerts take place in the Barbican Hall Fri 11 Oct 6.30pm, Milton Court Sat 12 Oct 2pm, Milton Court Sun 13 Oct 12noon, Fountain Room unless otherwise stated Sarod Duet + Afternoon Sarangi Soul The Mighty Tanpura(s) Sudha Ragunathan by Gundecha Brother Fri 4 Oct 7.30pm Darbar Festival Jesca Hoop + Darbar Festival Two of the finest emerging sarangi Darbar Festival The Leisure Society Weaving through a selection of traditional players, Rajasthani cousins Sabir and Discover the drone instrument of Indian music, ragas, this double-bill is joined by the brilliant Momin Khan, perform their afternoon mixing rhythms and notes together for an The Californian-born and Manchester-based master of tabla, Parimal Chakraborty. (£20–50*) ragas in this special concert. (£15–35*) unusual and pleasing meditative sound. (£10*) singer-songwriter performs her beautifully intricate songs, with support from folk-infused Sat 12 Oct 6.30pm, Milton Court rock band The Leisure Society. (£20–22.50*) Fri 11 Oct 7.30pm Sun 13 Oct 2.30pm, Fountain Room Fisherman’s Friends Manjiri Asnare-Kelkar + Women in Indian 5–6 Oct 10am, Frobisher Rooms The shanty singers hailing from Cornwall Jayanth Flute Classical Music Indian Music bring their traditional songs of the sea to the Darbar Festival Darbar Festival city as part of their wider tour. (£25–37.50*) Appreciation course Discover the Carnatic tradition of the Indian A panel discussion and Q&A with a selection flute and witness the debut UK performance of Darbar Festival’s female artists. (Free) Darbar Festival Sat 12 Oct 10am, Milton Court of one of the great Hindustani vocalists. Learn everything you wanted to know Morning Bliss with (£20–50*) about Indian classical music but were Sun 13 Oct 5.30pm afraid to ask – covering talas, sitar Gundecha Brothers Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee 12–13 Oct, 12noon & 9.15am Moor Mother © Rush Jackson playing, raga music and more. (£60*) Darbar Festival Frobisher Rooms + Pandit Shivkumar Sharma The leading exponents of dhrupad Yoga Bliss to live music Darbar Festival Sat 5 Oct 7.30pm keep their signature traditional singing Sat 26 Oct 7.30pm, Milton Court alive in this considered and reflective Darbar Festival The legends of Indian music perform late night Hannah Peel & Will Burns Hackney Colliery Band: ragas with an emphasis on santor folk roots morning concert. (£15–35*) Stretch, bend, twist and practise your Collaborations and pioneering compositions. (£18–75*) To celebrate their first collaborative album mindfulness in this 60 minute hatha yoga Celebrating their tenth anniversary, this Chalk Hill Blue, the musician/composer class with a musical twist. (£15*) and the Faber New Poet join forces for collaborative show features Mulatu Astatke, DJ Wed 16 Oct 7.30pm Barbican Yoda, Rob Auton and more. (£17.50–22.50*) an evening of electronic exploration into Holly Herndon: PROTO the landscapes of England. (£20*) Recommends The electronic musician takes Artifical Tue 8 Oct 7.30pm, Cinema 1 Intelligence to the next musical level, combining Sun 28 Oct 7.30pm, LSO St Luke’s Damon Locks/ Beatie Wolfe: Orange inspired vocals and visuals for a fully futuristic Senyawa Juice for the Ears experience. (£17.50–22.50*) Black Movement The experimental Indonesian duo mix The world premiere screening of a traditional instrumentation with contemporary Sat 19 Oct 8pm Ensemble: documentary about the ‘musical weirdo elements varying from drone to metal in an and visionary’ (Vice). From beaming her Alessandro Cortini intense live set. (£17.50-20*) The colours that music into space to creating a wearable + Suzanne Ciani record, the singer-songwriter plays with you bring technology and music. (£12.50*) A double-bill of electronic music pioneers Mon 28 Oct 7.30pm combining visual stimulations with experimental Swordfishtrombones Revisited music technology. (£17.50 – 22.50*) Thu 10 Oct 6.30pm Milton Court David Coulter leads this world premiere Chicago musician Damon Locks and his Kala Ramnath + reinterpretation of Tom Waits’ darkest record, fifteen-strong Black Movement Ensemble blend Tabla Grooves Wed 23 Oct 7.30pm, Milton Court joined by Nadine Shah, Sarah Blasko, improvised jazz, gospel, hip hop and recordings Moor Mother: Dorian Wood and Lisa O’Neill. (£20–35*) from the civil rights era, to create a powerful Darbar Festival brew on this track taken from their debut album. The Great Bailout Ending with an uplifting chant, ‘I still believe This double-bill showcases the talents of Wed 30 Oct 8pm with the London in us’, it’s an inspired and innovative work the Hindustani violinist as well as a tabla Contemporary Orchestra Philip Glass & that’s simultaneously timeless and right now. ensemble in tribute to renowned musician Pandit Shankar Ghosh. (£20–50*) The electronic musician and prolific poet the Philip Glass Ensemble Subscribe to our Barbican Recommends Spotify confronts themes of colonialism and slavery in A rare opportunity to see Music with playlist for up to 40 new tracks each month. her first piece for orchestra. (£20*) Changing Parts performed by both the composer and his ensemble. (£45–65*) Hackney Colliery Band

For full programme information, Details of prices are available online. Barbican Members receive 20% off, Business Members For full programme information, Details of prices are available online. Barbican Members receive 20% off, Business Members including artist line ups, please receive 25% off selected events. Join Young Barbican and get tickets for just £5, £10 or £15 including artist line ups, please receive 25% off selected events. Join Young Barbican and get tickets for just £5, £10 or £15 visit barbican.org.uk *Booking Fees: £3 per online transaction, £4 by phone. No fee in person. visit barbican.org.uk *Booking Fees: £3 per online transaction, £4 by phone. No fee in person.

9 barbican.org.uk October 2019 10 now now soon always Theatre & Dance Art & Design

Until 5 Oct, Theatre Boy Blue Exhibitions REDD 4 Oct 2019–19 Jan 2020, Art Gallery Following the international triumph of Blak Into the Night: Cabarets and Whyte Gray, Boy Blue’s new dance show explores life’s irreversible moments. (£16–30*) Clubs in Modern Art Explore the world’s most iconic cabarets, 5 Oct, Clubstage Level –1 cafés and clubs in modern art in this Boy Blue exhibition celebrating the creativity of artistic spaces across the world, BSI Jam: Beats, Streets & from Paris to Mexico City. (£15/17) Inspiration Visit barbican.org.uk for details of Dance the night away at an after party with the our exciting programme of events best in r’n’b, hip hop, funk, house and old skool accompanying the exhibition. music. (£3** in advance, £5 on the door) 26 Sep 2019–16 Feb 2020, The Curve 7–9 Oct, Theatre Trevor Paglen: From Theatre of Nations 'Apple' to 'Anomaly' Shukshin’s Stories Discover the hidden forces at play in AI with The Moscow-based company adapt Vasily artist Trevor Paglen, whose exhibition explores how AI has developed, rife with hidden Shukshin’s short stories on stage. Filled Image © Sergey Pertov with earthy and love-struck characters, politics, biases and stereotypes. (Free) the show explores love, family and 14–19 Oct, Milton Court Studio Theatre 21–26 Oct, Milton Court Theatre financial hardship in rural 1970s Russia. (£16–85, Premium tickets £120, £150*) Red Velvet The Wheel Guildhall School Guildhall School Events 11–12 Oct, Theatre Lolita Chakrabarti’s Olivier-nominated Caroline Byrne directs Zinnie Harris’ Theatre of Nations play: a thrilling re-imagination of the first award-winning 2011 drama exploring Thu 3 Oct 7pm, Frobisher Auditorium 1 Ivanov black actor to play Othello on the London duty, determination and the human Tatiana Bilbao stage, directed by Wyn Jones. (£10*) cost of survival through the epic journey Paralysed by financial debt, the needs of his Architecture on Stage of a woman and child. (£10*) Aaron Douglas, Dance, c. 1930) © Heirs of Aaron Douglas/VAGA at ARS, NY and DACS, London 2019. dying wife, and looming temptation, Ivanov 17–19 Oct, Theatre Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao shares her is full of self-loathing. A brooding and work on social and economic sustainability contemporary adaptation of Anton Chekov’s Gregory Maqoma 26 Oct, The Pit in architecture, including a prototype for Thu 17 Oct 7pm, Frobisher Auditorium 1 Wed 30 Oct 7pm, Frobisher Auditorium 1 potent psychological drama about human Cion: Requiem of Why Not Theatre: CODE low-cost housing in Mexico. (£15*) failings. (£16–85, Premium tickets £120, £150*) Hopkins in the City In Conversation: Ravel’s Bolero Members' and Young Barbican Event Architecture on Stage Maria Smith and Tony Hunt 11–12 Oct, The Pit Dance Umbrella 2019 Based at the Barbican for research and Fri 11 Oct 7pm, Frobisher Auditorium 1 development, get an early glimpse at Marking the publication of Hopkins in Architecture on Stage Jamie Hale This rousing show confronts power, religion and The Barbican Estate at 50 the evolution of Nicolas Billon’s gripping the City, authors Adam Caruso and Structural engineer Anthony Hunt – death with ecstatic intensity of movement whilst CRIPtic Pit Party play that frames computer code as the Architecture on Stage Helen Thomas present their work on instrumental in creating a style of architecture accompanied by the stirring harmonies of a live Jamie Hale’s searingly honest and hope-filled universal currency of power. (Free) five uniquely urban projects built by known as ‘High-Tech’ – is joined in conversation South African a cappella quartet. (£16–28*) Celebrating and reflecting on 50 years since the Michael Hopkins and partners. (£15*) solo show NOT DYING is paired with a mixed Barbican Estate’s completion, we’re joined by by engineer and architect Maria Smith. (£15*) bill of D/deaf and disabled artists in an evening 26 Oct–18 Jan, Theatre architects and designers who have worked on, of music, dance and spoken word. (£18*) Royal Shakespeare Company lived in or been inspired by the estate. (£15*) As You Like It Blending physical comedy, music, storytelling and puppetry, prepare for a joyous and imaginative interpretation of Shakespeare’s madcap romantic comedy. (£10–59.50, Premium tickets £75*)

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11 barbican.org.uk October 2019 12 now now soon always With thanks The City of London Corporation, Classical Music founder and principal funder Centre Partner Christie Digital Major Supporters Arts Council England Bupa Global City Bridge Trust Esmeé Fairbairn Foundation The National Lottery Heritage Fund The Sackler Trust Sat 5 Oct 7.30pm, Milton Court Sun 20 Oct 10am–5pm, Thu 24 Oct 7.30pm Terra Foundation for American Art Australian Hall & LSO St Luke’s LSO/Gardiner: Czech Roots UBS Wellcome Chamber Orchestra: LSO Discovery Day: Janácˇ ek Dvorˇák’s glittering Cello Concerto with soloist The Lark Ascending Attend a rehearsal conducted by Sir John Eliot Truls Mørk precedes Suk’s Second Symphony, Business Supporters Gardiner, then find out more about Czech Asrael, named for the Hebrew Angel of Death Aberdeen Standard Investments Be swept from the rustic beauty of inter-war composer Leoš Janácˇ ek with talks and live and dedicated to Dvorˇák, after his sudden Allford Hall Monaghan Morris England and Vaughan Williams’s soaring Lark chamber music. (£22*) death in 1904. (£16–57*) Audible to the dark heart of the Viennese psyche in Bank of America Merrill Lynch Schoenberg’s intense, indulgent Verklärte Nacht. Bloomberg (£15–36*) Sun 20 Oct 7pm Thu 24 Oct 7.30pm, Milton Court CMS LSO/Gardiner: Janácˇ ek Academy of Ancient Music: Crédit Agricole Thu 10 Oct 7.30pm Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts music inspired Rejoice! DLA Piper Leigh Day London Symphony Orchestra/ by Czech history and legend, including Dvorˇák’s Rising young soprano Rowan Pierce joins AAM Linklaters LLP Altinoglu The Golden Spinning Wheel and Janácˇ ek’s for two sacred cantatas, alongside the thrilling Mount Street setting of ancient Slavic texts, his Glagolitic Mass. ’Let the Bright Seraphim’ from Handel’s Samson National Australia Bank Alain Altinoglu conducts a programme rich (£16–57*) and Clarke’s ever-popular Trumpet Tune. Natrium Capital Limited in melody and full of storytelling, with (£15–35*) Newgate Communications Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition and Mon 21 Oct 7.30pm Pinsent Masons Simon Trpcˇ eski as soloist in Rachmaninov’s Alison Balsom in Gabriel: Sat 26 Oct 7pm, LSO St Luke’s Reed Smith Second Piano Concerto. (£16–57*) Slaughter and May An Entertainment LSO Discovery Jerwood Sotheby’s Sat 12 Oct 7.30pm & Sun 13 Oct 3pm, with Trumpet Composer+ : Daniel Kidane Taittinger Champagne LSO St Luke’s tp bennett The sights, sounds and stories of 17th-century Daniel Kidane curates an evening of new music Travers Smith LSO Chamber Orchestra: London are brought to life in this theatrical with performances by LSO Musicians and Juice UBS Mozart Concertos celebration of Baroque music, adapted for the Vocal Ensemble, an experimental a capella trio Barbican stage from Shakespeare’s Globe. making waves around the UK. Trusts & Grantmakers Jaime Martín conducts four of Mozart’s (£15–56*) Austin & Hope Pilkington Trust Leif Ove Andsnes © Gregor Hohenberg most beloved concertos in this showcase of Cockayne Grants for the Arts, a donor advised technical and expressive mastery with the LSO’s Sat 26 Oct 7.30pm fund of the London All concerts take place in the Barbican Hall Principal musicians. (£16–32*) Tue 22 Oct 7.30pm BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Community Foundation Thu 3 Oct 7.30pm, Milton Court Oslo Philharmonic/Petrenko Edge Foundation unless otherwise stated Australian Stasevska Mon 14 Oct 7.30pm Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Chamber Orchestra: Scandinavia’s super-orchestra bring their silken Composed in the shadow of the Second World London Wed 2 Oct 7.30pm The Sixteen: Le grand inconnu strings and luminous woodwind to bear on War, Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem opens Dalia Embassy of Mexico to the United Kingdom & Goldberg Variations Strauss and Shostakovich, before joining forces Academy of Ancient Music: With creativity driven by profound religious Stasevska’s first concert at the Barbican as the AMEXCID Richard Tognetti and the ACO begin their with another giant of Norwegian music, Leif BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Principal Guest Jonathan Ruffer Curatorial Research Grant Beethoven and Dussek belief, few living composers communicate Ove Andsnes. (£15–56*) Milton Court residency in typically provocative with the emotional directness of James Conductor. (£12–40*) from the Art Fund Beethoven 250 PRS for Music Foundation style, taking a bold new approach to Bach’s MacMillan. He treats us here to two substantial Dussek’s Mass throws fascinating new light iconic Goldberg Variations, alongside works by Tue 22 Oct 8pm, LSO St Luke’s Sun 27 Oct 2.30pm The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation new choral works. (£15–41*) Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia on a Romantic pioneer, after recently being Stravinsky and Adès. (£15–41*) Steve Reich in conversation LSO Discovery Family Concert: rediscovered by AAM’s Music Director, Richard We also want to thank the Barbican Patrons, Fri 18 Oct 12.30pm, LSO St Luke’s The iconic minimalist pioneer chats about his Egarr. AAM perform the complete version of Forests & Fairytales donors to Name a Seat and those who Fri 4 Oct 7.30pm, Milton Court career and his collaboration with German Beethoven’s Egmont alongside. (£15–50*) LSO Discovery: The LSO journeys into the enchanted woods of contribute to the Barbican Fund. Australian Chamber Free Lunchtime Concert artist Gerhard Richter ahead of the European Orchestra: Luminous premiere of Reich/Richter on 23 October. Eastern Europe and their tangled tales of wolves If you’re interested in supporting the Barbican Thu 3 Oct 7.30pm Bohemia and Beyond: Make more of your (£12.50*) and witchcraft. Explore the dark glades guided Centre Trust, visit barbican.org.uk/supportus, BBC Symphony Orchestra: Photographer Bill Henson’s dramatic night- lunchbreak as Rachel Leach presents a by Dvorˇák, Mussorgsky and Prokofiev. (£10–16*) or contact us on 0207 382 6185 or time landscapes and moody explorations of [email protected]. 45-minute concert of chamber music. (Free) Wed 23 Oct 7.30 & 9.30pm Miss Julie sensuality form the backdrop to a meditative Steve Reich/Gerhard Richter Thu 31 Oct 7.30pm The Barbican Centre Trust, registered charity no. 294282 One of the most red-blooded operatic tragedies musical soundscape in this arresting multi- Fri 18 Oct 7.30pm, Milton Court LSO/Noseda: Shostakovich the UK has ever produced – William Alwyn’s sensory journey. (£26*) Two giants of contemporary culture come tense and dramatic take on Strindberg’s Miss BBC Singers/Jeannin together in a major new collaboration: Noseda conjures stormy waters in Britten’s Julie, performed by a brilliant cast. (£12–40*) A choral journey from the foothills of Peru to the a cinematic exploration of Richter’s Sea Interludes, before transporting us to Soviet open skies of Estonia with evocative songs of intense, abstract painting 946-3, with Russia in Shostakovich’s Sixth Symphony and love and longing by Judith Weir, Erkki-Sven Tüür algorithmically-derived digital visuals set to Prokofiev’s Third Piano Concerto with soloist and Messiaen. (£12–25*) Reich’s original music. (£21.50–26.50*) Denis Matsuev. (£16–57*)

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29 Nov–7 Dec, Cinema London International Animation Festival You don’t need to be a fan of Toy Story to know that animation isn’t just cartoons for children, and the LIAF demonstrates this with aplomb. Over ten days it showcases the latest films from around the world as well as retrospectives and specialised sessions from countries and animators that don’t normally get attention. Screenings, Q&As with filmmakers, workshops and audience interaction, you’ll be challenged, moved, delighted and have your perceptions of this artform turned upside down.

Image © M-SET Arts Ltd

13–21 Dec, The Pit To the Moon and Back Young and grown-up travellers can celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landings at this immersive participatory experience created by M-SET. Knock on a door and discover a multi-sensory journey packed with touch, colour and special effects, aimed at children aged three months to four years. The promenade experience incorporates props and scenes that conjure the natural world, made of unusual and tactile materials, from feather rain to velvet stars. And you can take the fun home with ideas for how to turn everyday objects into tools for creativity. There’s a special members-only event on 15 Dec. Find out more at barbican.org.uk/membership

Gianandrea Noseda © Chris Christodoulou Jóhann Jóhannsson © Jonas Lindholm Image: Katarzyna Perlak © Jamila Johnson-Small

5 Dec, Hall 3 Nov, Milton Court 28 Nov–1 Dec, The Pit LSO/Noseda: Shostakovich Echo Collective plays Heavy handed, we Symphony No 7 Jóhann Jóhannsson’s 12 crush the moment LSO Principal Guest Conductor Gianandrea Conversations with Thilo Dance, darkness and bass frequencies – Noseda continues his Shostakovich symphony Heinzmann Heavy handed, we crush the moment is an cycle with the Seventh, the Leningrad Symphony. immersive experience, somewhere between a Written in the city while it was under siege When Jóhann Jóhannsson tragically passed dreamscape, a meditation, a nightmare and from the Nazis in 1941, you can hear the away last year, he had been working on a new a nightclub. Across four evenings, Last Yearz pounding rhythms of war in this enormous composition based on conversations with the Interesting Negro (the performance project work which requires a suitably large orchestra German painter Thilo Heinzmann. Now, 12 of artist and dancer Jamila Johnson-Small) of more than 100. For Noseda, ‘you can Conversations with Thilo Heinzmann has been will present a new choreographic work in hear the march of the soldiers, the obsessive completed by Echo Collective, who worked with the Pit, featuring guest artists. Working from repetition, a loop you cannot escape’. It the Icelandic composer on Orphée. Staying true the potential of dance as a radical social still leaves a deep impression today. to the spirit of minimalism, the music combines practice, this performance commission is a periods of building tension with moments of contemporary response to our exhibition Into stillness, as it explores arts, politics and unity. the Night: Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art.

A still from Cylists, shown at LIAF 2018

15 barbican.org.uk October 2019 16 always now soon always My Barbican: 50 years Gazelle Twin Elizabeth Bernholz – aka Gazelle Twin – of Brutalist reveals her favourite places around the Centre. inspiration GAlways open Always free Everyone’s journey starts on Level G, where you can relax, meet, eat and enjoy our iconic A cosy night out building. Our Level G As the nights draw in, our restaurant and bar programme offers free Bonfire is a great spot to meet up with friends installations and events in our and enjoy tasty food and drinks. Get your chops round the cheeky chicken wings, or pick from public spaces, all year round. the brutally brilliant burger menu, including the hearty vegan chickpea burger, or the This month As a child of the early 80s, a lover of impressive Shakespeare Tower with its two 6oz Life Rewired Hub Brutalism, sci-fi and a diehard fan of JG patties. Drinks include creamy shakes, cocktails Ballard, the Barbican’s allure satiates my An experimental platform housing a wide and craft beers, giving you all the ingredients range of new writing, short films and a thirst for this nostalgia on a massive scale. for an autumnal evening get-together. A view from above of the three Barbican Towers and the emerging arts centre (Nov 1979). Photo by Peter Bloomfield Although I’ve never lived in London, I’ve spent full programme of talks and events. years visiting and exploring, getting lost, Squish Space daydreaming, performing, filming inside, This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Or take home the inside story of the estate to Various dates, 10am-4pm around and underneath the Barbican estate. first residents moving into the Barbican Estate, explore in even more detail: Stefi Orazi’s book A sensory launch pad for children I even got married in the Conservatory. a five-decade journey from ambitious housing features stunning images, commentary from under five and their families to play, project through the ignominy of topping Ugliest world-leading architects and residents past and touch and think with tactile objects. Underground & Pipeworks Building lists, to becoming an architectural icon. present. We also have fascinating A3 cross- In 2015 I was lucky to be able to see the guts section images of the Centre from our archives. Big Barbican Adventure Created on a site wiped out by bombing Explore the Barbican in this do-it-yourself of the Barbican estate - the pipeworks and in the Second World War, it’s now home to Both items are available in the shop on Level G. boiler rooms – to shoot scenes for a film I was adventure trail for families. Maps available 4,000 residents, and almost as many urban In a special discussion on 11 October, from the Tickets & Information Desk. making with Esther Springett, for a special myths and legends. You can find out the truth architects and designers who have worked finale film/live event in Cinema 1, which closed behind the estate’s creation and design on on or lived in the estate will celebrate the Trevor Paglen: From 'Apple' to the world tour for my 2014 album Unflesh. Lost corners one of our fascinating Architecture Tours 50th anniversary. See page 12 for details 'Anomaly' We explored the vast, raw concrete tunnels; One thing I particularly love about the Barbican – learn more at barbican.org.uk/tours. 26 Sep–13 Feb, The Curve crammed with pipework, which reverberated estate is that it’s not a completely sterile or Explore the underbelly of our digital world in the most alien and brilliant of ways. The perfect modernist space. There are many in this exhibition revealing the powerful sound of slow dripping and trickling, and odd, awkward, shaded, rusted, forgotten and often hidden forces at play. odd little metal air vents which allowed us to corners, walkways, which are often the New Suns: A Feminist Literary Festival peer into the residential car parks, unseen. I New perspectives thresholds to the exterior walkways on Level 5 Oct felt like I was on the film set of Aliens (1986). 3. I don’t know what it is that I enjoy about This photo by Sue Armitage (sue_armo on A bookfair and day of talks, workshops Car Park 3 these odd little spaces exactly, but perhaps Instagram) shows the stairwells backstage. ‘They and screenings, exploring contemporary There’s something about the car parks at the it’s the idea of a futuristic, and utopian space are like a surprisingly colourful set: I can imagine feminism and technology. feeling a bit worn-in and exposed to nature. Barbican which are unlike any other multi- musicians and actors running up and down Single Yellow Lines storey I’ve ever been in (and I’ve been in A them in some sort of pre-theatre theatre,’ she 23–27 Oct LOT). They’re very interesting spaces to me. says. Discover these colourful stairs and more on Led by artist Charles Harrison, Barbican’s Car Park 3 has a special kind of Green cups one of our Backstage Tours. You’ll have chance take part in a live experiment that acoustic which makes it feel like you’re in a to peek into the stage wings, Green Room and incorporates real world mark-making vast mothership in space. I particularly love the Take your hot drink with you in one of these orchestra pit, see the set design mechanisms and and virtual painting environments. large fonts for each level. Director Tash Tung reusable cups featuring the distinctive lines hear secrets of past productions. Find out more shot some amazing scenes in the car parks for of the Barbican. Help cut down the number at barbican.org.uk/tours another project of mine called Kingdom Come. of hard-to-recycle disposable coffee cups Pick up a Level G map from Barbican Session one drink at a time, and enjoy the discounts many places offer for doing your bit to reduce the Advance Ticket Desk Gazelle Twin plastic waste. Available in all Barbican cafes and online at barbican.org.uk/shop Watch Gazelle Twin’s Barbican Sessio,n an electronic anthem about rural Britain, filmed in the Conservatory. Head to our YouTube channel.

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Throughout Oct venue tickets page Fri 18 event venue tickets page Into the Night: Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art Art Gallery £15/17 12 12.30pm LSO Discovery Free Friday Lunchtime Concert LSO St Luke’s Free 13 Sat–Tue 10am–6pm; Wed–Sat 10am–8pm 6.30pm Nightlife: 54 – The Directors Cut Cinema 2 £12* 7 7.30pm BBC Singers/Jeannin Milton Court £12–25* 13 Trevor Paglen: From ‘Apple’ to ‘Anomaly’, The Curve Free 12 7.30pm Guildhall School: Red Velvet Milton Court Studio Theatre £10* 11 Sat–Wed 11am–8pm; Thu and Fri 11am–9pm 7.45pm Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero Theatre £16–28* 11

Tue 1 event venue tickets page Sat 19 7.45pm Boy Blue: REDD Theatre £16–30* 11 11am Family Film Club: My Neighbour Totoro Cinema 2 £2.50–£3.50* 8 4pm Nightlife: Berlin Bouncer Cinema 2 £12* 7 Wed 2 7.30pm Guildhall School: Red Velvet Milton Court Studio Theatre £10* 11 6.10pm Roger Waters Us + Them Cinema 3 £15* 8 7.45pm Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero Theatre £16–28* 11 7.30pm Academy of Ancient Music: Beethoven and Dussek Hall £15–50* 13 8pm Alessandro Cortini + Suzanne Ciani Hall £17.50-22.50* 10 7.45pm Boy Blue: REDD Theatre £16–30* 11 Sun 20 Thu 3 10am–5pm LSO Discovery Day: Janácˇ ek LSO St Luke’s £22* 14 7pm Architecture on Stage: Tatiana Bilbao Frobisher Auditorium 1 £15* 12 3.30pm Dance Umbrella: Sunday Shorts 2 Cinema 3 £12* 7 7.30pm BBC Symphony Orchestra: Miss Julie Hall £12–40* 13 7pm LSO/Gardiner: Janácˇ ek Hall £16–57* 14 7.30pm ACO: Goldberg Variations Milton Court £15–41* 13 7.45pm Boy Blue: REDD Theatre £16–30* 11 Mon 21 6pm Marjorie Prime + Rick Edwards Cinema 2 £15* 7 Fri 4 & Dr Michael Brooks of Science(ish) 7.30pm ACO: Luminous Milton Court £26* 13 7.30pm Alison Balsom in Gabriel: An Entertainment with Trumpet Hall £15–56* 14 7.30pm Jesca Hoop + The Leisure Society Hall £20–22.50* 9 7.30pm Guildhall School: The Wheel Milton Court Theatre £10* 11 7.45pm Boy Blue: REDD Theatre £16–30* 11 Tue 22 Sat 5 2pm Guildhall School: The Wheel Milton Court Theatre £10* 11 10am Indian Music Appreciation Course Frobisher Rooms £60* 9 6.30pm Forbidden Colours: Several Conversations Cinema 2 £13.50* 7 10.30am New Suns Feminist Literary Festicˇ al Level G Free 18 about a Very Tall Girl + ScreenTalk 11am Family Film Club: Mary and the Witch’s Flower Cinema 2 £2.50–£3.50* 8 7.30pm Oslo Philharmonic/Petrenko Hall £15–56* 14 + Show & Tell 8pm Steve Reich in conversation LSO St Luke’s £12.50* 14 4pm Cyberfeminism on Film – Gendernauts: Cinema 2 £12* 7 7.30pm Guildhall School: The Wheel Milton Court Theatre £10* 11 A Journey Through Shifting Identities 7.30pm ACO: The Lark Ascending Milton Court £15–36* 13 Wed 23 7.30pm Hackney Colliery Band: Collaborations Hall £17.50-22.50* 9 6.45pm Members’ Event – Adrian Wootton’s Cinema 2 £9 8 7.45 Boy Blue: REDD Theatre £16–30* 11 Hollywood Legends: David Bowie 10pm Boy Blue: BSI Jam Club stage Level –1 £3*–5 11 7.30pm Steve Reich/Gerhard Richter Hall £21.50–26.50* 14 7.30pm Moor Mother: The Great Bailout Milton Court £20* 10 Sun 6 8.35pm Absolute Beginners + introduction by Adrian Wootton Cinema 3 £12* 8 10am Indian Music Appreciation Course Frobisher Rooms £60* 9 9.30pm Steve Reich/Gerhard Richter Hall £21.50–26.50* 14 7.30pm Guildhall School: The Wheel Milton Court Theatre £10* 11 Mon 7 6.15pm Cyberfeminism on Film: Transfigurations – Cinema 2 £12* 7 Thu 24 A Barbara Hammer Tribute 2pm Guildhall School: The Wheel Milton Court Theatre £10* 11 7pm Theatre of Nations: Shukshin’s Stories Theatre £16–150*† 11 2pm Afternoon Arts: Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake Cinema 2 £10.50* 8 7.30pm Royal Opera House Live: Don Pasquale Cinema 3 £21* 8 Tue 8 7.30pm LSO/Gardiner: Czech Roots Hall £16–57* 14 6.30pm Cyberfeminism on Film: Conceiving Ada Cinema 2 £12* 7 7.30pm Academy of Ancient Music: Rejoice! Milton Court £15–35* 14 7pm Theatre of Nations: Shukshin’s Stories Theatre £16–150*† 11 7.30pm Guildhall School: The Wheel Milton Court Theatre £10* 11 7.30pm Beatie Wolfe: Orange Juice for the Ears Cinema 1 £12.50* 9 Fri 25 Wed 9 6.30pm Nightlife: Millennium Mambo Cinema 1 £12* 7 7pm Theatre of Nations: Shukshin’s Stories Theatre £16–150*† 11 7.30pm Guildhall School: The Wheel Milton Court Theatre £10* 11

Thu 10 Sat 26 2pm Afternoon Arts – Exhibition on Screen: Degas Cinema 2 £10.50* 8 11am Family Film Club: The Flight of Dragons (U) Cinema 2 £2.50–£3.50* 8 6.30pm Kala Ramnath + Tabla Grooves Milton Court £20–50* 9 5.55pm Met Opera Live: Manon (12A) Cinema 1 £37* 8 7.30pm LSO/Altinoglu: Pictures at an Exhibition Hall £16–57* 13 7pm LSO Discovery Jerwood Composer+: Daniel Kidane LSO St Luke’s to be announced 14 2pm Why Not Theatre: CODE The Pit Free 11 Fri 11 7.15pm Royal Shakespeare Company: As You Like It Theatre £10–£75*† 11 6.30pm Sarod Duet + Sudha Ragunathan Milton Court £20-50* 9 7.30pm BBC Symphony Orchestra/Stasevska: Rachmaninov Hall £12–40* 14 7pm Theatre of Nations: Ivanov Theatre £16–150*† 11 7.30pm Hannah Peel & Will Burns Milton Court £20* 10 7.30pm Fisherman’s Friends Hall £25-37.50* 9 7.30pm Guildhall School: The Wheel Milton Court Theatre £10* 11 7.45pm Jamie Hale: CRIPtic Pit Party The Pit £18* 11 Sun 27 Sat 12 2.30pm LSO Discovery Family Concert Hall £10–16* 14 10am Morning Bliss with Gundecha Brothers Milton Court £15–35* 9 3.30pm Dance Umbrella: Sunday Shorts 3 Cinema 3 £12* 7 11am Family Film Club: The Wizard of Oz Cinema 2 £2.50–£3.50* 8 7.30pm Senyawa LSO St Luke’s £17.50-20* 10 12pm Yoga Bliss to live music Frobisher Rooms £15* 9 2pm Afternoon Sarangi Soul Milton Court £15-35* 9 Mon 28 5.55pm Met Opera Live: Turandot Cinema 1 £37* 8 7.15pm Royal Shakespeare Company: As You Like It Theatre £10-£75*† 11 6.30pm Manjiri Asnare-Kelkar + Jayanth Flute Milton Court £20-50* 9 7.30pm Swordfishtrombones Revisited Hall £20-35* 10 7pm Theatre of Nations: Ivanov Theatre £16–150*† 11 7.30pm LSO Chamber Orchestra/ Jaime Martín: LSO St Luke’s £16–32* 13 Tue 29 Mozart Concertos 7pm Nightlife: Los Caifanes Cinema 2 £12* 7 7.45pm Jamie Hale: CRIPtic Pit Party The Pit £18* 11 7.15pm Royal Shakespeare Company: As You Like It Theatre £10-£75*† 11

Sun 13 Wed 30 9.15am Yoga Bliss to live music Frobisher Rooms £15* 9 6.10pm New East Cinema: Acid + ScreenTalk with director Cinema 1 £13.50* 8 12pm The Mighty Tanpura(s) by Gundecha Brothers Fountain Room £10* 10 7pm Architecture on Stage: Maria Smith & Tony Hunt Frobisher Auditorium 1 £15* 12 2.30pm Women in Indian Classical Music Fountain Room Free 10 7.15pm Royal Shakespeare Company: As You Like It Theatre £10-£75*† 11 2pm Royal Opera House Live: Don Giovanni Cinema 2 £21* 8 8pm Philip Glass and the Philip Glass Ensemble Hall £45–65* 10 3pm LSO Chamber Orchestra/ LSO St Luke’s £16–32* 13 Jaime Martín: Mozart Concertos Thu 31 3.30pm Dance Umbrella: Sunday Shorts 1 Cinema 3 £12* 7 7.15pm Royal Shakespeare Company: As You Like It Theatre £10-£75*† 11 5.30pm Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee + Pandit Shivkumar Sharma Hall £18–75* 10 7.30pm LSO/Noseda: Shostakovich Hall £16–57* 14 Mon 14 7.30pm The Sixteen: Le grand inconnu Hall £15–41* 13 7.30pm Guildhall School: Red Velvet Milton Court Studio Theatre £10* 11

Tue 15 2pm Guildhall School: Red Velvet Milton Court Studio Theatre £10* 11 6.30pm Nightlife: Queer Erasure? London’s LGBTQ Cinema 1 £12* 7 + Nightlife on Films 7.30pm Guildhall School: Red Velvet Milton Court Studio Theatre £10* 11

Wed 16 7.30pm Guildhall School: Red Velvet Milton Court Studio Theatre £10* 11 7.30pm Holly Herndon: PROTO Hall £17.50-22.50* 10

Thu 17 2pm Guildhall School: Red Velvet Milton Court Studio Theatre £10* 11 7pm NT Live: A Midsummer Night's Dream Cinema 1 £20* 8 7pm Architecture on Stage: Hopkins in the City Frobisher Auditorium 1 £15* 12 7.30pm Guildhall School: Red Velvet Milton Court Studio Theatre £10* 11 7.45pm Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero Theatre £16–28* 11

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