Barbican Centre

A Beehive of Cultural Arts

Description

London's The Guardian probably put it best: "A building where there is always something rich and strange going on." The Babican Centre is Europe's largest performing arts center featuring theater, art, film, dance, music, and education are all housed in this mega complex. Despite looking somewhat like an upheaval of 60s style in a cement-block accident, the Barbican Centre is a beehive of cultivation for the arts in London and beyond. Inside the center there are two 1,000+ seat theaters, three cinemas, several art galleries, a rooftop conservatory, an outside terrace, as well as a number of restaurants. The Barbican also can boast for its popular tenants, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the London Symphony Orchestra, who are considered to be some of the premiere groups in music and theater around the world. Dedicated to the preservation of culture, the Barbican Centre welcomes you to explore the different facets of human expression exemplified through the arts.