Barbican Centre
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arts centre in the City of London
Key facts
- Address
- Silk Street , London, EC2 , United Kingdom
- Owner
- City of London Corporation
- Capacity
- Barbican Hall : 1,943, Barbican Theatre : 1,156, The Pit : 200, Barbican Film , Cinema 1: 288, Cinema 2: 156, Cinema 3: 156
- Type
- performing arts centre
- Public transit
- Barbican , Farringdon , Moorgate
- Official name
- Barbican
- Designated
- 5 September 2001
- Opened
- 1982 ; 44 years ago ( 1982 )
- Architect
- Chamberlin, Powell and Bon
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Other
- Founded
- 1982
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.497950.6 · ISNI 0000 0001 2173 1070
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- concert hall
- Part of
- Barbican Estate
- Field of work
- performing arts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- City of London
- Owned by
- City of London Corporation
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Movement
- brutalist architecture
- Location
- London
- Official website
- www.barbican.org.uk
- Image
- Barbican-arts-centre-large.jpg
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- historic county
- Middlesex
- occupant
- BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Commons category
- Barbican Arts Centre
- street address
- Silk Street, London, City of London, EC2Y 8BQ, England
- inception
- 1982-00-00
- Wi-Fi access
- gratis
- architectural style
- brutalist architecture
- date of official opening
- 1982-00-00
- native label
- Barbican Centre
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- social media followers
- 995792
- P12674
- Sar-e Pol Province
- associated electoral district
- Cities of London and Westminster
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Encyclopedic overview
The Barbican Centre is a performing arts centre in the Barbican Estate of the City of London, England. The centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions. It also houses a library, three restaurants, and a conservatory. The Barbican Centre is a member of the Global Cultural Districts Network.
The London Symphony Orchestra and the BBC Symphony Orchestra are based in the centre's Concert Hall. In 2013, it once again became the London-based venue of the Royal Shakespeare Company following the company's departure in 2001.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barbican Centre” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.