Events
UCLU Dance Society in association with UCLU Stage Crew Society present an amateur production: Dynamix. DYNAMIX: The Dance Show- an eclectic fusion of dance styles ranging from hip-hop, break dance and salsa, to stage jazz, classical ballet and the lindy hop.
Extra date added on the 4th May. At last! Mr. Chris Addison off Bafta Award-winning comedy The Thick of It, In The Loop, Skins and Lab Rats is back with a brand new show of his critically acclaimed stand-up. Daftness! Whimsy! Jokes! Lies! Smartarsery! Flapping about! All present and correct. The best stand-up I’ve seen The Observer
UCLU Music Society present University College Opera's production of Genoveva the only opera composed by Robert Schumann, to celebrate the bicentenary of his birth. Genoveva was first performed in June 1850 at the Stadttheater in Leipzig, with Schumann himself conducting. It is based on the medieval legend of Genevieve of Brabant.
The best lecture you ever had, but all splintered and haphazard, like the popular children’s magazine of knowledge, Look and Learn. Like a Show and Tell, with less dinosaurs and more words. And some of those Words will be songs. A whole curriculum of wit and accidental profundity.
Don't miss out on one of the hottest nights in the comedy calendar. Line-up: MC DAN ATKINSON MARLON DAVIS SARA PASCOE ABANDOMAN ANGELOS EPITHEMIOU "GARY HUTTON" ARDAL O'HANLON
Time Out Live presents another extraordinary night of award-winning comedy and variety featuring Live At The Apollo star Shappi Khorsandi, burger van owner and Shooting Stars regular Angelos Epithemiou, a rare performance by comedy legend Kevin Eldon, The Thick Of It's Miles Jupp, if.comedy Award-winner Tom Basden, Mock The Week's Holly Walsh, Hackney Empire Award-winners Abandoman, all hosted by the one and only Jarred Christmas. Comedy line-ups don't get much better than this.
If.Comedy Best Newcomer nominee Zoe Lyons brings her all new show to The Bloomsbury Theatre for one night only. In 2008 Zoe was awarded the inaugural DAVE award for Best Joke at the Fringe for a gag that Germaine Greer described as 'astonishingly vicious'. Zoe is, of course, grateful for the compliment and has since appeared on Mock The Week (BBC2), Four Stands Up (Radio 4), Clive Anderson's Chatroom (BBC2) and PMQ with Andy Parsons (Radio Five Live).
Lucy Porter's latest solo show is a witty romp through the history of gold. In these times of recession, gold is prized more highly than ever, as other forms of currency grow worthless. What's so special about gold, and why is it that human beings have long been obsessed with the yellow, shiny stuff? The show will feature live alchemy, a tribute to Mr T. and a very valuable, big gold thing with security guards and everything!
Make Believe completed their National search for the lead and supporting cast roles of this spectacular show last year. They are presenting this fast moving and extremely funny and entertaining musical here at the Bloomsbury Theatre.
SHE Magazine presents An Evening With Jodi Picoult, talking about her new bestseller House Rules.
Fyfe Dangerfield performs an intimate solo show at The Bloomsbury Theatre in support of his stunning debut solo album 'Fly Yellow Moon'.
Phil McIntyre Entertainment proudly presents: Pappy's presents a World Record Attempt: 200 Sketches In An Hour (plus bonus sketches and an interval) Fresh from Channel 4 and a critically acclaimed, sell out run at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival, "the funniest sketch troupe on the Fringe" (The Scotsman) return to take the UK, and the record books, by storm.
Additional date, 5th May, added due to popular demand. At last! Mr. Chris Addison off Bafta Award-winning comedy The Thick of It, In The Loop, Skins and Lab Rats is back with a brand new show of his critically acclaimed stand-up. Daftness! Whimsy! Jokes! Lies! Smartarsery! Flapping about! All present and correct. The best stand-up I’ve seen The Observer
Following last year's sell out event, we're pleased to present another night of superb comedy in aid of International Alert, the UK's leading peacebuilding charity. Comedians include "one of the top three or four living stand-ups" (Time Out) Stewart Lee, star of BBC6 Music and The Adam and Joe Show Adam Buxton, co-host of BBC4's We Need Answers Tim KeyAl Barrie, Bafta winner Will Andrews with more to be announced.
Only single seats left. Additional show on the 24th May. It's been a great 18 months for Micky - he appeared in BBC 1's Michael McIntyre's Road Show, his Radio 4 series What Chance Change? was a hit with listeners and critics alike and he is one of a handful of comics to perform their own Comedy Central special. So now it's time for Micky to hit the road performing the best of his last two Edinburgh shows. It’s not just time to go out, it’s time to go Out Out "Arguably the funniest comedian in the world... the future of comedy" Frank Skinner "If there was any justice in the world he’ll be a huge star" Tim Arthur, Time Out
Eric Bibb performs songs from his album Booker’s Guitar. The first representation that accurately mirrors his magnetic and charismatic acoustic live shows, true to tradition and yet uniquely his own. A travelling musician has a chance encounter in the most unlikely of places with something mystical and powerful, a 1930s vintage Resophonic National steel-body guitar that had belonged to Delta blues legend Booker White. Everything changes and suddenly, everything is up for grabs, and the music – already rich and historically resonant – takes a whole new direction.
Great Comedians Come In Cycles. As seen on Mock the Week, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and 8 out of 10 Cats. "A brilliant comic brain, this stand-up cracks some of the best one liners I've ever heard." The Guardian "One of the funniest comedians in the World." The Late Late Show
As a pianist, composer, arranger and orchestra conductor, Claude Bolling is presently without a doubt one of the most reputed French musicians in the world in different fields from jazz to variety and music for films.
Markus Wright just wants to be an emcee and will sacrifice his true voice for that dream contract... Rap, grime and jazz collide in explosive fashion in an original Hip Hop theatre production exposing the darker side of the music industry and celebrity culture, created and directed by Jonzi D (Breakin' Convention). Starring top UK emcee/actor Bashy as Markus, new music by Soweto Kinch alongside a cast of critically acclaimed artists from the UK urban music and Hip Hop theatre scenes.
"You can’t carry on storming gigs like this. I can’t do what you can; you need to be out there and on tour." Eddie Izzard Perrier Award nominee and Royal Variety performer, Terry Alderton holds the record for the most consecutive encores at the world famous Comedy Store. He's first call for all the comedy club bookers in the country, but following a little chat with a certain Eddie Izzard he's been persuaded to take to the road.
It's been a great 18 months for Micky - he appeared in BBC 1's Michael McIntyre's Road Show, his Radio 4 series What Chance Change? was a hit with listeners and critics alike and he is one of a handful of comics to perform their own Comedy Central special. So now it's time for Micky to hit the road performing the best of his last two Edinburgh shows. It’s not just time to go out, it’s time to go Out Out "Arguably the funniest comedian in the world... the future of comedy" Frank Skinner "If there was any justice in the world he’ll be a huge star" Tim Arthur, Time Out
by Sally Wyatt and Clara Armand an Interanimation Theatre production directed by Clara Armand It all happens during the night of a charity do. A pair of strangers arrive to make people do what they have never planned to do. A tough businessman spends hours dreaming, a feisty streetwise girl, whose main source of income was blackmailing, throws the money she has earned in the sea, and a hitman hits the wrong target.
Dutch superstar, comedian, jazz singer and defender of free speech and probably the most exciting comedian to hit the British Stage in years, Hans Teeuwen returns to London due to public demand. His phenomenally surreal, critical acclaimed cabaret was rated five stars by The Guardian and Metro at last years Fringe and described by Stewart Lee as ..."the best stand-up I've seen in ages"
Django à la Créole is two guitars and double bass weaving sultry rhythms around the soaring clarinet of arguably the current no1 on the instrument, Evan Christopher. The magic comes from the fusion of Gypsy swing with hot rhythms from the streets of New Orleans, the Caribbean and Brazil. Elegant and impassioned, New Orleans-based clarinettist Evan Christopher's style is steeped in the tradition exemplified by early jazz masters such as Sidney Bechet, Jimmie Noone, and Barney Bigard. Together with UK based guitarists David Blenkhorn & Dave Kelbie, and bassist Sebastien Girardot, the quartet celebrates the music of the legendary Django Reinhardt and enlivens swing-era classics with fresh interpretations and virtuosic improvisations.
If you only see one doctor this year, make it Dr Phil... Phil Hammond is a GP, writer, broadcaster and possibly the only comedian to have appeared at a public inquiry. He is Private Eye's medical correspondent and has appeared on Have I Got News for You, The News Quiz, The Now Show and Countdown. He is rude about everything (politicians, doctors, death, drugs, sex, himself) but in a funny way. Free swabs and sick notes for all.
Join triple If.comedy Award Nominee and co-host of ITV2'S I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! Russell Kane and his Edinburgh 2009 sell-out show 'Human Dressage' returns to the Bloomsbury due to popular demand.
A new internet stand up and sketch show written and performed by the star of BBC2's Fist of Fun and TMWRNJ, Radio 2's "That Was Then This Is Now" and stand up shows including "Talking Cock", "The Headmaster's Son” and "Hitler Moustache". All material generated that week from topical events and what’s been going on in Richard’s ridiculous life. Untested and Uncensored. Some people may find the content offensive. Download for free from iTunes or come and be part of the live audience.
A new internet stand up and sketch show written and performed by the star of BBC2's Fist of Fun and TMWRNJ, Radio 2's "That Was Then This Is Now" and stand up shows including "Talking Cock", "The Headmaster's Son” and "Hitler Moustache". All material generated that week from topical events and what’s been going on in Richard’s ridiculous life. Untested and Uncensored. Some people may find the content offensive. Download for free from iTunes or come and be part of the live audience.
LONDON PREMIERE OF THE ARAB QUARTER AND MERCEDES NIETO Oriental Dreams – Arabian Dance, Music and Poetry is a richly layered theatrical production of passion, great originality and beauty to be held at The Bloomsbury Theatre, London on Saturday 4 September 2010. This very special debut will celebrate new music by eminent composer Chalf Hassan and inspirational choreography by Melanie Norman whose artistry is steadily winning acclaim both in the UK and Cairo. It will also mark the release of The Arab Quarter’s first CD which will be on sale.
Sarah Millican, star of Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and if.comedy Best Newcomer, announces her debut UK tour. The sweet and filthy Geordie’s stand-up show promises jokes about life, love and what to do when your boyfriend puts a sock on your boob during sex.
