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Signature - Junior Youth Theatre
Secrets in the Attic
In the middle of the night children gather in an old attic to discover some mysteries from the past. What ensues is a whole new world.............
Devised by the company
Saturday 13th march 4pm

Ignite - Senior Youth Theatre
Risk
Devised by the company
Set in a deprived, working class area of London the play is a perceptive exploration of Britain's urban gang culture and the pressures on young people growing up in such environments; the need to never lose face in front of your friends, the narrow outlook that can cause even the smartest kids to succumb to the bleak street lifestyle....
Tuesday 30th March 7.30pm

A new drama in education programme aimed at complementing the KS3/4 science curriculum.

In collaboration with UCL’s Medical School, the dept of Faculties of Life & Biomedical Sciences and the Bloomsbury Theatre Education.
www.ucl.ac.uk/outreach/sst
Frenetic Genetics
Are our health problems due to our lifestyle or genes? How do we respond to the idea of things being predetermined?

Frenetic Genetics is a fun and exciting way to introduce Genetics to science classes. The 4 hour programme has been designed to engage young people with how real science impacts on our lives. The interative nature of the programme allows learners the opportunity to negotiate through a story where ideas of science, ethics nad solutions quickly emerge.

This exciting course was delivered at the UCL’s Bloomsbury Theatre in July 2009. 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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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.

"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.
Read more in The Independent Online.

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

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.

"Birmingham Stage Company’s Othello is so gripping that the almost three-hour traffic of the stage passes by in an instant."

Birmingham Stage Company's production of Othello reviewed in The Stage. Read the full review here. This production will be at The Bloomsbury Theatre from Tuesday October 16th to Friday October 19th. See here for more and to book.