Barbican Centre

The Barbican Centre is the largest multi-arts centre in Europe, featuring art, film, music, theatre, dance and education all under one roof and under one creative direction.

The 60s was a time of fresh ideas and this is when the idea of the centre first began. When completed the cost of building the centre was estimated at £156 million.

The architectural style reflects the ‘brutalism’ of the 60s which some may consider a bit cold.

The Centre includes the following:
1,949 seat Hall
1,166-seat Theatre
200-seat Pit theatre
3 cinemas
Art Gallery and a 2nd gallery
The Curve and 4,645m2 of foyers and public spaces
Lakeside Terrace, a roof-top tropical conservatory, 7 conference suites, 2 trade exhibition halls, private function rooms and the 3 restaurants; Searcy’s, Waterside Café and Balcony Bistro.

Summer 08 Contemporary Events World and Roots

Amongst the line up for this years events are many great artists such as the internationally famous Greek singer Eleftheria Arvanitaki who will be appearing on 5 October 2008 at 19:30 and others such as Bassekou Kouyate, Joyce, Ravi Shankar, Seun Kuti, Khaled, Zakir Hussain.

World & Roots Events...

BITE
2008 marks the 10th anniversary of 'bite' which was originally launched as an annual six-month festival in 1998.

Getting Here
Tube: Barbican - On the Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines.
Train
The nearest rail stations are Liverpool Street, Farringdon and Blackfriars.
Bus
Bus Route 153 stops outside the Centre in Silk Street. Starting from outside Liverpool Street Station, it runs daily to the Centre, Angel and Finsbury Park.

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