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Welcome to the new look for the 40th anniversary website of The Bloomsbury Theatre. You can read a short history of the venue here. We hope you enjoy taking a look around!

This exciting course was delivered at the UCL’s Bloomsbury Theatre in July. 25 year ten & eleven students from 5 schools in Camden participated.
Organised by the Education department and involving tutors ranging from professional theatre practitioners to UCL’s English dept, the course involved intensive workshops exploring the unique relationship between actor, audience and play text.

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Hackney schoolchildren took over the UCL Bloomsbury Theatre in July in a double bill of Greek tragedy and comedy organised by alumni and current students from UCL Greek & Latin.

The eleven and twelve-year-olds from Benthal Primary and the Bridge Academy performed Aristophanes’ ‘Peace’ and ‘The Frogs’ on 7 July to parents, friends, teachers and members of the UCL community.

Lorna Robinson and Graham Kirby, both UCL Greek & Latin graduates, directed the plays, using translations that Graham had written especially for the shows. Some of the highlights included the argument between Aeschylus and Euripides over who was the better poet, and a chorus of croaking frogs commenting on the action.

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"Worrisome Heart mixes jazz with elements of folk and country, following the recipe that brought mainstream success to Norah Jones and Eva Cassidy – and it's not hard to see Gardot attracting a similarly wide audience."

Time Vine has a received a 4 star review in The Times. Dominic Maxwell explains that He's not cool, edgy, or cynical, he's just daft. But brightly, tightly, inventively, ruthlessly professionally daft. It looks effortless but it's incredibly gutsy.

To read the full review click here

Tim is appearing at the Bloomsbury Theatre tonight (14 May)

If you can find a more inspired, engaging and professional acoustic roots duo in Britain, take me to them.

Five star reader review in the Independent of the recent Show of Hands show at The Bloomsbury Theatre.
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UCL Student Season at The Bloomsbury Theatre.

The Bloomsbury Theatre is owned by University College London. Every year UCL students and academic departments put on a wide selection of events and performances for the academic and wider community.

Jacqui Smith visited the Bloomsbury Theatre in December 2007 to award the prestigious Philip Lawrence Awards. The Philip Lawrence Awards reward outstanding achievements in good citizenship by young people aged 11 to 20.

The Independent's article The future starts here: What's going to be hot in 2008 (4 January 2008) explains that:

It was once said that the Comedy Store was "comedy's unofficial national theatre", ... Just outside the West End, the Bloomsbury Theatre also offers a regular diet of comedy and during 2008 plays host to Stewart Lee's collection of what he sees as the 10 best acts still working today, albeit without invitees Daniel Kitson and Jerry Sadowitz, who maintained their indefinable mystique by declining to appear. Despite their absence, however, Lee has among his collection Harry Hill, Simon Munnery and John Hegley.

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The Ten Best Stand-ups in the World Ever
Stewart Lee has named his best ten stand-ups working today – and is curating a season to showcase them all.

Stewart hosts 5 nights at the Bloomsbury Theatre presenting 2 stand ups each night.