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A First Look At The Barbican's Chronic Youth Festival 2025
Tiger (J osé MarÃa Cabral, 2024); Image courtesy of Barbican Chronic Youth Festival For a single opportune weekend this April, the...
Anushree Anand
6 days ago3 min read


Magnificent, Miniature, More Than Theatre: Reviewing 'Five Lines' at the Barbican
★★★★ | Five Lines  is a celebration of technical craftsmanship, dissolving concepts of what most believe to be a typical ‘theatre’...
Roxy-Moon Dahal Hodson
Feb 33 min read


‘A Grain of Sand’ Review: An Ode To The Children Of Gaza
A Grain of Sand (2024); image courtesy of Ellie Kurttz The 2024 London Palestine Film Festival opened with the play A Grain of Sand , a...
Humaira Valera
Dec 13, 20245 min read


Voices of Resilience: Confronting Censorship in the Arts
The sound of Ahmed Adnan’s oud warmed the brutalist walls of the Barbican’s Cinema 1 as Comma Press presented Voices of Resilience....
Maddalena Luberti
Oct 10, 20244 min read


'If you think this is weird, just look at yourselves': Reviewing A Night of Charles Mingus at the Barbican
The Barbican Theatre offered a glimpse into a future of immersive theatre that the world is ready for.
Tori Taylor
Sep 26, 20243 min read


‘Anhell69’ Review: A View To The Representational Forms Of The Future
Screened as part of Barbican Young Programmers’ Chronic Youth Film Festival, Anhell69 represents a changing tide in activist filmmaking,...
OisÃn McGilloway
Jun 11, 20243 min read


Chronic Youth Film Festival Presents Gregg Araki’s Nowhere + Discussion on Film Music
Outcast adolescents beneath the underdog take centre stage in Japanese-American director Gregg Araki’s youth-oriented films. Notorious...
Akane Hayashi
May 13, 20245 min read


In Conversation With Barbican's Chronic Youth Film Festival Young Programmers
Ahead of Barbican Cinema's annual Chronic Youth Film Festival, the festival that celebrates the work of the young programmers in this...
OisÃn McGilloway
May 13, 20249 min read


In conversation with Frances Underhill, Programmer For Human Rights Watch Film Festival
The Human Rights Watch Film Festival returns to London for its 28th year, providing a plethora of films from across the world, all...
OisÃn McGilloway
Mar 12, 20244 min read


Barbican 'Unravel' Review: 'tells a story of an ancestral tradition rendered insignificant'
★★★★☆ Louise Bourgeois with her sculpture, THREE HORIZONTALS, in her home on 20th Street in New York City in 1999. © The Easton...
Ernest Chlopicki
Feb 27, 20244 min read
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