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  • The Buddha of Suburbia

    Oct 22 - Nov 16, 2024

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Dec 3, 2024 - Jan 18, 2025

  • The Seagull

    Feb 26 - Apr 5, 2025

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The Buddha of Suburbia

Barbican Theatre

October 22 - November 16, 2024

The stage adaptation of Hanif Kureishi's award winning novel The Buddha Of Suburbia is staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company in London this autumn! The 1990 story followed Karim Amar, a young mixed race man living amidst the backdrop of the turbulent late seventies in London. Directed by Emma Rice, be sure to snap up your tickets for this adaptation!

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Barbican Theatre

December 3, 2024 - January 18, 2025

From the frost-kissed depths of midwinter to the spellbinding warmth of a midsummer night, Shakespeare's classic comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, is set to bring laughter, love, and lunacy to the Barbican Theatre from December 3rd. Directed by the brilliant Eleanor Rhode and starring Mathew Baynton (known for his roles in Ghosts and Horrible Histories) as the unforgettable Bottom, watch as the enchanted forest comes alive with playful fairies, misguided lovers, and a troupe of bumbling actors.

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The Seagull

Barbican Theatre

February 26 - April 5, 2025

The red carpets are out for the 2025 West End return of superstar Cate Blanchett in the role of Arkadina, a highly successful yet self-absorbed actress whose vanity and raging obsession with her career often weighs her relationships down, particularly with her son, Konstantin. Starring alongside Blanchett is Tom Burke, known for his roles in Mad Max: Furiosa and The Souvenir, in what is sure to be a cutting-edge reimagining of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull. The production opens at the Barbican Theatre for a strictly limited six-week run starting in February 2025.

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Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS

The largest performing arts centre of its kind in Europe, the Barbican is a gift to the UK from the City of London Corporation and was opened by the Queen in 1982. Known for its striking, brutalist architecture, the Centre is once again the home of the Royal Shakespeare Company, which returned after a 12-year absence in 2013. It is also home to both the London Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in the concert hall.

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