Shows at The Barbican

Anything Goes

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West End
The Barbican
8th May 2021 - 3rd Sep 2022

‘Exudes the effervescence of a freshly poured gin fizz’ The New York TimesAll aboard for this saucy and splendid major new production of Cole Porter and P.

RSC: Measure for Measure

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West End
The Barbican
12th Nov 2019 - 16th Jan 2020

When a novice nun is compromised by a corrupt official who offers to save her brother from execution in return for sex, she has no idea where to turn for help.

RSC: The Taming of the Shrew

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West End
The Barbican
5th Nov 2019 - 18th Jan 2020

In this radical take on Shakespeare’s fierce and energetic comedy of gender, Baptista Minola is seeking to marry off her two sons, the sweet-tempered Bianco and the rebelliou…

Merry Wives of Windsor

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West End
The Barbican
7th Dec 2018 - 5th Jan 2019

Down on his luck in the suburbs, Sir John Falstaff plans to hustle his way to a comfortable retirement by seducing the wives of two wealthy men.

Romeo and Juliet

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West End
Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park / The Barbican
2nd Nov 2018 - 24th Jul 2021

The Royal Shakespeare Company returns to the Barbican this autumn with a contemporary London Season comprising three of the playwright’s most loved titles: Macbeth, Romeo &…

Macbeth

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West End
The Barbican
15th Oct 2018 - 18th Jan 2019

The Royal Shakespeare Company returns to the Barbican this autumn with a contemporary London Season comprising three of the playwright’s most loved titles: Macbeth, Romeo &am…

Barry Humphries Weimar Cabaret

Ernst Krenek, Erich Korngold, Frank Schreker, Erwin Schulhoff and Mischa Spoliansky were not household names in the late 1940s when a young Barry Humphries in Melbourne, Australia …

As You Like It

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West End
Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park / The Barbican
6th Jul 2018 - 18th Jan 2020

In the mythical Forest of Arden, a world of transformation where anything is possible and anything permissible, two young people discover what it really means to be in love.

Titus Andronicus

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London Fringe
The Barbican
7th Dec 2017 - 19th Jan 2018

The decay of Rome reaches vicious depths in Shakespeare’s most brutal and bloody play.

Antony and Cleopatra

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London Fringe
The Barbican
30th Nov 2017 - 20th Jan 2018

One of Shakespeare’s greatest love stories, Antony & Cleopatra continues the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Rome season, picking up the story where Julius Caesar ends.

Julius Caesar

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London Fringe
The Barbican
24th Nov 2017 - 20th Jan 2018

Angus Jackson directs Shakespeare’s epic political tragedy, as the race to claim the empire spirals out of control.

Coriolanus

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London Fringe
The Barbican
6th - 18th Nov 2017

A full-throttle war play that revels in the sweat of the battlefield, Coriolanus transports us back to the emergence of the republic of Rome.

Evita

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West End
Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park / Phoenix Theatre / The Barbican
18th Sep 2017 - 22nd Aug 2020

From a life of poverty to the First Lady of Argentina, Eva Peron was hailed as the spiritual leader of the nation.

Jesus Christ Superstar

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London Fringe
Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park / The Barbican
11th Aug 2017 - 24th Aug 2019

Lyrics by TIM RICE Music by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER Following its overwhelming sell-out success in 2016, Jesus Christ Superstar is back! Returning for just 41 performances, one final c…

The Tempest

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London Fringe
Iris Theatre / The Barbican
10th Jul 2017 - 28th Jul 2018

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s ground-breaking production of The Tempest transfers to London for a limited seven week run at the Barbican this summer.

Cymbeline RSC

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London Fringe
The Barbican
1st - 17th Dec 2016

Shakespeare’s coming-of-age romance is stunningly retold for the 21st century with Gillian Bevan as Cymbeline, the first woman to take on the role for the Royal Shakespeare C…

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