Barbican Theatre’s monthly Coxside Cafe Acoustica was due to take place in its usual home of the wonderful Teats Hill Amphitheatre on Friday 30 October. Given its proximity to Halloween a ghosts and ghouls Halloween special was the obvious choice. …

The Cultural Investment Fund is a collaborative initiative designed and delivered by Plymouth Culture, Theatre Royal Plymouth, The Box, Real Ideas Organisation, Barbican Theatre Plymouth, Literature Works, KARST and Take a Part. The initiative is supported in part by Arts…

Barbican Theatre, Plymouth receives lifeline grant from Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund Barbican Theatre, Plymouth has been awarded £167,699 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and…

Issued Sept 2020 We know there’s a lot of uncertainty about whether there will be a local or national lockdown following the increases of Covid-19 cases in the UK. We’ve been preparing for this since we started planning our first…

On Tue 8 Sept 2020 the UK Government announced that from Mon 14 Sept, social gatherings in England would be reduced to a maximum of 6 people. This reduction applies to ‘social gatherings’ and as theatre and dance classes for…

A new fund has been launched designed to help creative individuals and organisations start cultural initiatives that will create long-lasting positive change in Plymouth. The Cultural Investment Fund will give creatives the power to test new ideas and develop new…

I’m Laura Kriefman – the new CEO of the Barbican, Plymouth. I started 4 days before lockdown, and have probably had one of the ultimate ‘baptism of fire’ – having to close 2 venues, and find a new future for…

Barbican Theatre, Plymouth is excited to launch the first of their covid safe pop up performances for the communities of Plymouth. On Friday 14 August three small flashmob teams will visit six day centres and care homes across Plymouth for…