Agenda item

Report of the Managing Director.

The Board received a report of the Managing Director providing an update from the Barbican Centre’s Directors.

The Director of Arts noted that the Centre was receiving excellent critical reception for its recent activities, particularly Illuminating Britten and the Pop Art Exhibition. These events were not quite reaching the ambitious box office targets set.

The Operations and Buildings Director informed Members that there had been three demonstrations at the Centre relating to Gergiev but that the Security Team at the Centre had managed these well to avoid disruption to any performances. He added that the LFS letting scheme was progressing, practical completion had been awarded on the Flying System project and a resolution to the fumes in Cinema 3 would be completed by early December 2013.