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Having read some reviews on this rather different piece of art, where you essentially control the rain, I was really excited to check it out. Doubly excited that it was FREE!
Open daily 11am - 8pm, we arrived before the doors opened. However, despite the queue not actually looking that big, we were told we were standing in an approximately two and half hour queue! Why did we still hang around? I'm not too sure! Luckily, with great company we were able to keep each other entertained with some rather interesting conversations: "Let's play a 'google game'...how many miles is it to Spain?...how many fish are in the sea". It seemed apart from an iphone, we were missing some key essentials for surviving the long wait. So my advice to you, take water for hydration, food for the energy required for standing for two and half hours, a book or an ipod (we lacked earphones) for anti-social entertainment. Trust me you will need it, and there isn't much around apart from an overpriced Costa coffee kisok.
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We were taken into a very large, high ceiling airy black room. As you walk around the corner, you soon come across the huge piece of digital-based contemporary art. In short, it's raining indoors.
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For what was a very long wait, you only get to walk around the 100 square meeting field for approximately 10 minutes. But despite this, it is definitely worth the visit. If you decide to visit the Rain Room at the Barbican Centre at the weekend, just be prepared for a wait...
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