Barbican Theatre have selected a number of local artists to be Thrive Associates for 2019/20. The artists selected will benefit from a period of structured support from the company until October 2020, helping them take significant steps in their development….

Barbican Theatre’s Chief Executive, Sheila Snellgrove, will be stepping down in 2020 after 39 years with the company. During Sheila’s time with the company, Barbican Theatre has become a central part of the city’s cultural offer. Over the past 39…

Barbican Theatre are thrilled to welcome acclaimed performer, Guy Woolf, to their intimate Plymouth stage this weekend (Saturday 16 November), with his smash hit one woman drag play Becoming Electra: A Queer Mitzvah. Electra says “I am delighted and excited…

Barbican Theatre and The Wheel are excited to announce the lead actors who will play the Grimm Brothers their alternative Christmas show A Grimm Christmas A Grimm Christmas is an alternative theatrical experience developed by Barbican Theatre and The Wheel,…

Barbican Theatre is proud to be a part of the Plymouth Cultural Education Partnership’s With Flying Colours programme who are looking to co-produce a professional production as part of the With Flying Colours programme, with a South-West based theatre company….

Barbican Theatre is excited to announce the members of its new FUSE Diverse Dance Movers & Shakers Company who will work closely with the FUSE Diverse Dance core team to share their different styles and fuse them to create innovative…

Barbican Theatre’s FUSE Diverse Dance programme is thrilled to announce the members of its new young dance company ‘Young Rebels’ who will work closely with the FUSE Diverse Team to share their different styles and fuse them to create innovative…

Barbican Theatre, Plymouth is thrilled to announce exciting changes to our Performance Training classes, which offer greater opportunities for young people in ages 12 – 25 to engage with performing arts. Young people, emerging artists, and the development of talent…

Two years ago, Jo Loyn and I were sitting in my kitchen in Wales, watching the rain tear at the hills in a stereotypically Welsh way, and enjoying a Summery mug of tea, when she asked me if I’d be…

The Wheel will be launching the inaugural SeptemberFest at Barbican Theatre, this autumn. A festival for new and emerging performance work, Septemberfest will kickstart the new season of theatre, training and performance at Barbican Theatre. The Wheel are delighted to…