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21 November 2025
Go behind the scenes of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind and see the creative team meet the real family behind the story.
Meet the cast and creative team for The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind.
Plus, as part of the full cast and creative team announcement, award-winning actor Chiwetel Ejiofor joins as Creative Associate.
18 November 2025
We have started the process of sharing with colleagues the next stage of RSC 2030, our transformation programme designed to ensure that we are best placed to deliver our ambitions.
14 November 2025
Pamela Carter, James Fritz, Natasha Gordon, Karim Khan, Laura Lomas and Vinay Patel are the six playwrights taking part in our 2026 COHORT programme.
13 November 2025
Go behind the scenes of the photoshoot for The Forsyte Saga Parts 1 & 2 and hear from the cast and creative team.
12 November 2025
Ian McKellen, Adjoa Andoh and Helen Mirren welcomed the launch of this revolutionary new teaching and learning platform for Shakespeare's works.
9 November 2025
Here are 15 things you may not know about our smash hit musical, as it celebrates a decade and a half on stage.
6 November 2025
Watch the cast of Twelfth Night in the trailer with footage from the show.
See guests including Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and Daniel Radcliffe at the star-studded press night of Kyoto at the Lincoln Center.
Meet the full cast and creative team of Twelfth Night at the Barbican, including Samuel West as Malvolio and Freema Agyeman as Olivia.
5 November 2025
See Wendy & Peter Pan on stage and hear Barbican audiences' reactions to the show.
Our response to the final report from the Government’s Curriculum and Assessment Review, published on 5 November 2025 along with the government's response.
31 October 2025
See The BFG company in rehearsals, plus watch our two-part behind-the-scenes mini documentary, Journey to the Giant Country.
29 October 2025
Take a look at these stunning production photos of Wendy & Peter Pan in the Barbican.
23 October 2025
The critically-acclaimed, multi-award-winning show will now run until 30 August 2026 as new production images are also released.
