Agenda item

Report of the Director of Arts.

The Board received a report of the Director of Arts providing an update on performance over the past year and setting out the opportunities, challenges and plans for the coming period.

Members discussed the role of the cinema in reaching those audiences who wouldn’t otherwise come to the Barbican, noting that it provided an opportunity to be at the vanguard of the Centre’s work in bringing atypical audiences to the Barbican and exposing them to the wider arts portfolio. The Head of Cinema agreed, adding that the cinema worked proactively to highlight to audiences what else was going on at the Barbican, noting that this was a key part of the Centre’s approach. 

The non-public appendices and sections of the report, set out at item 13, were also received.

RECEIVED.