“As I turned over the last page, after many nights, a wave of sorrow enveloped me. Where had they all gone, these people who had seemed so real?” – Louise Glück, ‘A Work of Fiction’, 2014 No matter how real,
Guest Blog: Rowenna Mortimer, The Morphea
Back Story, Forward Story A guest blog by Rowenna Mortimer, writer of The Morphea, running at RADA Studios on Sat 14 & Sun 15 October (5pm) The back story to the ‘where we are now with it’ of creating –
Day 1 (Fri 13 Oct): Lauren McMenemy
You who are searching for sustenance, sit down and eat She stares out from the photo, reaches from the past, eyes piercing your soul. Stereoscopic views of times long gone, haunting the page, giving devotion through poetry and song: the
Winners Announcement – Bloomsbury Festival Art Prize 2023
Joint winners of the 2023 Bloomsbury Festival Art Competition have been announced as Ella Jackson and Tara Ryan. Ella has just completed her BA Fine Art at UAL Central Saint Martins, and Tara is a second year studying for a
Guest Blog: JM Barrie and Great Ormond Street Hospital
Bloomsbury Festival 2023 will host a wide range of walks, inviting audiences to explore the streets, history and stories of Bloomsbury. This year the Peter Pan Family Adventure Walk led by Ellika McAuley (Camden Tour Guide Association) will take audiences on an
Information for Schools – 2023 Discovery Hub
2023 Discovery Hub: GROW at Holborn Library, 32-38 Theobalds Road, WC1X 8PA School visits for KS2 and KS3 Thursday 19 and Friday 20 October Family Day Saturday 21 October SCHOOLS Book now to bring your class groups to a free exciting
New Wave Theatre Writing and Production Opportunities 2024
In partnership with Tramshed, Bloomsbury Radio & Macready Theatre > Download all information on this page as a pdf file here BLOOMSBURY FESTIVAL 2024 OPPORTUNITIES Bloomsbury Festival is seeking submissions from emerging theatre writers and companies (aged 18+) to produce
The New Bloomsbury Set: Writers of Colour Digital Book Club
In April we start the online zoom sessions for our free Bloomsbury Festival Book Club which will initially run monthly until the time of the October 2023 festival. We have an exciting line up of books (in English) written by
The New Bloomsbury Set: Silks
We are inviting residents of Bloomsbury, Holborn and King’s Cross to take part in free workshops to create beautiful silk flags for the 2023 Bloomsbury Festival, illustrating your heritage and local area. The flags will represent stories you’d like to
Art Competition 2023
(Image by 2022 Art Competition winner Glenda Frieder) PRIZE – EXHIBITION PLUS £300 CASH PRIZE DEADLINE: 30 April A competition for art students to submit a new artwork which responds to either: 1) The 2023 Bloomsbury Festival theme, Grow. The