Venue News

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!

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.

To read the full article click here

Connecting Conversations is a series of conversations between psychoanalysts and leading writers and practitioners from other disciplines, including literature, dance, visual art, history, sociology, anthropology and social policy etc.

These events are not at the Bloomsbury Theatre. Read on for venues.

They are arranged by The Rowan Arts Project and you can book tickets for them by calling The Bloomsbury Theatre box office on 020 7388 8822, or online.

For more information about any of these events visit the Connecting Conversations website.

On Tuesday 5 December the Home Secretary visited the Bloomsbury Theatre to award the annual Philip Lawrence Awards alongside Sir Trevor McDonald and Frances Lawrence.

Bringing back into use the Gerald Scarfe logo (previously in use from 1983 to 2001), The Bloomsbury Theatre re-launches it's website today (25th September 2006). We hope you enjoy the new look.

The Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation have kindly supported the refurbishment of 5 rows of seats in the Bloomsbury Theatre Stalls. One row was supported in homage to Arsenal Football and another in homage to Brazil Football.