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Barbican Arts Centre in general
 Barbican Arts Centre in general ... 1982, after a long and at times painful gestation which dated right back to the area having been badly bombed during World War II. It is owned, funded and managed by the City of London, the third largest funder of the arts in the UK. It was built as 'the City's gift to the nation' at an historical capital cost of £161 million, equivalent to almost £400 million today. The Barbican Centre was also voted "London's ugliest building" according to a BBC poll in September 2003.Newest Review: ... the honourable Brutus and the ambitious Cassius, and their struggle with Mark Antony, Caesar’s right-hand man, who leads the efforts to hunt them down. Directed by Deborah Warner, who’s worked at the RSC to huge acclaim, it’s a very effective production. I had misgivings to begin with (modern dress interpretations of Shakespeare don’t always work, and directors sometimes go a bit too far in ... more ... putting their own stamp on a play), but this works very well for the most part. The full depth of the enormous stage is used very effectively, with huge marble steps being the only scenery worth mentioning. The crowd scenes are done really wel...more |
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Barbican Arts Centre in general: Beware the Ides of March (1343 words)
by hogsflesh - written on 18/04/05 (Very useful, 179 readings)
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The Barbican’s an enormous concrete housing estate on the Eastern edge of the City of London. Built as part of the redevelopment of the area after the Blitz, it’s either an unpleasant concrete monstrosity or a charming example of Sixties utopian architecture, depending on your point of view. Ridiculously labyrinthine, it’s almost impossible to find one’s way around the Barbican as its signage is esoteric and its entrances and exits often seem to lack any kind of logic. It has its own tube stop (on the Metropolitan and Hammersmith and City Lines), and is also easily accessed from Moorgate (Northern Line, Bank branch) and served by many, many bus routes. If you ...
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