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Barbican backs away from hosting talk about Gaza war

London Review of Books ‘disappointed’ at venue’s decision not to host lectures, including one by Pankaj Mishra

The Guardian - UK

'Barbie-can' boost: Barbenhemier and My Neighbour Totoro bring huge lift to Barbican ticket sales

The Barbican saw a spike in ticket sales thanks to Barbenheimer and performances of My Neighbour Totoro

Evening Standard

LSO/Pappano at the Barbican review: the Covent Garden maestro steps into Simon Rattle’s shoes

This marked Sir Antonio Papano’s first concert as chief conductor designate of the London Symphony Orchestra

Evening Standard

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Himalayan tree-huggers and a landscape of vulvas: the eco-show where women call the shots

The Barbican’s new exhibition looks at the way ecofeminism has evolved – from anti-nuclear protests at Greenham Common to ‘multiple clitoris’ art

The Guardian - UK

Firms pull ads from Rumble platform over Russell Brand videos

Burger King, Asos and HelloFresh remove ads from site in wake of allegations about comedian

The Guardian - UK

Korean dance star Eun-Me Ahn: ‘We have this image of long hair, good girl, charming wife – wake up!’

As she brings her new show, Dragons, to the UK, the innovative choreographer discusses shaking off traditional norms and how shaving her head helped her find her own energy

The Guardian - UK

Exit, pursued by stress: bosses of smaller UK theatres quit in droves

String of vacancies at regional arts venues grows as funding and staffing crisis worsens

The Guardian - UK

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Will Gompertz to become director of Sir John Soane’s Museum

Former BBC arts editor who is currently artistic director of the Barbican will take over in the new year

The Guardian - UK

Labour wars continue as Sadiq Khan has a coded pop at Keir Starmer on Brexit

Khan has told the New York Times that he’s ‘frustrated’ no one is talking about Brexit

Evening Standard

The week in theatre: Dr Semmelweis; Beneatha’s Place; A Strange Loop; Song from Far Away – review

Harold Pinter theatre; Young Vic; Barbican; Hampstead theatre, LondonMark Rylance mesmerises as the tormented Hungarian doctor; Kwame Kwei-Armah’s new satire is all too timely

The Guardian - UK

42nd Street review: new production has ‘energy and pizzazz’

In 2021, the success of “Anything Goes” at the Barbican proved that there remains a strong appetite for “classic tune and toe shows”, said Fiona Mountford in The i Paper. And this new production of “42nd Street” – a musical that was first staged in 1980, but which is based…

The Week

Barbican apologises after asking speaker to avoid topic of ‘free Palestine’

A co-founder of the Palestinian station Radio Alhara was due to address the arts centre via a livestream

The Guardian - UK

Brutalist homes for sale in London now — from the Barbican to the Trellick Tower

It might still be architectural Marmite, but with Beyoncé and Gwyneth both expressing a fondness for concrete, Brutalism is undeniably back in style

Evening Standard

A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction review - climate change show is provocative but preachy

It’s a Sin’s Lydia West brings vulnerability and likeability to her stage debut

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Ardal O’Hanlon’s cultural highlights

The Father Ted actor on laughing out loud at Jamie Demetriou, an architectural pilgrimage to Pennsylvania and where to find Dublin’s fanciest artichoke

The Guardian - UK

My Neighbour Totoro to return to the Barbican

The Studio Ghibli adaptation, which is up for nine Olivier awards this weekend, will open in November

Evening Standard

Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead at the Barbican review: a loyal but innovative adaptation

The production wonderfully brings to life the dry comedy and compelling strangeness of the original text

Evening Standard

Things to do in London this weekend (February 17 — 19)

From the final tickets for a Filipino pop-up to a brand new Barbican exhibition, Mike Daw picks what to get up to in London this weekend

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The Independent UK

‘Guess what, I’m alive!’: How New York artist Alice Neel seduced us with her fearless, fleshy portraits

The biggest exhibition of Alice Neel’s portraits in the UK to date opens this week at the Barbican. Eloise Hendy explores the life of an artist whose canvases captured everyone from Andy Warhol to the socially marginalised

Evening Standard

Things to do in London this half term: The best things to get up to during the school break

From family film clubs to anime, to Kafka for kids and even a little piracy, Josh Barrie and Mike Daw have a guide to the ultimate half term fun

Evening Standard

London museum and gallery lates 2023: Best evening events and exhibitions from the Science Museum to Barbican

Looking for something cultural to do in London in the evening? Here’s our pick

The Guardian - UK

The best new music to look forward to in 2023

Yo La Tengo, Billy Nomates, Låpsley and Paramore have hotly anticipated albums due out – while the BBCSO puts on an Everest opera and Simon Rattle waves goodbye to the Barbican

The Guardian - UK

‘Ticket Bank’ to offer free access to London theatre shows

Scheme will make 1,000 tickets available every week to those who cannot afford to pay for cultural activities

The Guardian - UK

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/ Harding review – gorgeous Mahler with expressionist edge

Daniel Harding led a modernist interpretation of Mahler’s Ninth full of fierce drama, eloquence and intensity, in the orchestra’s thrilling return to this hall

The Guardian - UK

How low can you go? Singer Iestyn Davies’s melancholic playlist

What connects a tea towel, a double-decker bus and a facial? The countertenor picks his 10 favourite tracks that distil the beauty of tears, pull at the heart strings and suspend time

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