A co-production between the National Theatre of Scotland and TEAM (New York-based Theatre of the Emerging American Moment) this show promises a physical, arresting multimedia tour of the American experience from the founding fathers up to Obama. The context? Disaster.
From hurricane-damaged New Orleans to civil war-ravaged Kentucky via a handful of other traumatic events, this mini-epic uses the perspective of a young optimist to look at the process of grief and healing in the world's most powerful, most vulnerable state.
With a stellar production team and rave notices already received, this is set to be an intelligent, searing highlight of the Barbican's autumn season. Part of the Barbican's Bite09 season.
The unconquerable force that is Improbable theatre present a vaudevillian Punch & Judy as performed by Messrs Harvey and Hovey. Once grand performers, they are now in the gutter with their hands up a pair...
One of the most influential architecture firms working today comes to the Barbican Art Gallery this autumn for an exhibition on their daring and influential designs. Until 19.02.12.
As the title suggests, Dickens and London is a major exhibition exploring the relationship between the great novelist Charles Dickens and the city he lived in. Taking place, appropriately enough, at the...
Just a stone's throw from St Paul's Cathedral, the Funny Side's new venue downstairs at The Spectator offers the same upmarket, yet friendly, comedy experience as their Covent Garden venue. Food is available...
A musical about money, Europe and the joys of single currency. EuroCrash! sees a host of eccentric characters discover Europe and all its failings with the musical swagger of Gilbert & Sullivan and the...