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National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to support ‘The New Bloomsbury Set’

National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to support ‘The New Bloomsbury Set’

The Bloomsbury Festival has been awarded a £69,500 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for a ground-breaking new year-long project called The New Bloomsbury Set. The New Bloomsbury Set, made possible with money raised by National Lottery players, aims to

BloomsburyFestival October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 News Read more

Guest Blog: Sally Pomme Clayton tells us about The Magician’s Apprentice

Guest Blog: Sally Pomme Clayton tells us about The Magician’s Apprentice

Bloomsbury Festival begins this week on Friday 14th October! With just days to go, we spoke to Sally Pomme Clayton, the pioneering storyteller and writer behind The Magician’s Apprentice which takes place on Thursday 20 October at the Museum of

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Guest Blog: Theophina Gabriel from Onyx Magazine discusses Resisting Through Rest

Guest Blog: Theophina Gabriel from Onyx Magazine discusses Resisting Through Rest

As Bloomsbury Festival 2022 approaches, we spoke to Theophina Gabriel about some of the ideas behind Onyx Magazine‘s upcoming event Resisting Through Rest. The panel discussion is led by two independent Black publications – Onyx Magazine, a Black award-winning indie

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Arts Council England Grant Supports ‘Platform’ for New Emerging Artists

Arts Council England Grant Supports ‘Platform’ for New Emerging Artists

Events Pictured above (left to right): Death of an Orange, Daytimers Mehfil and Past Life.    We are delighted to announce that an Arts Council England grant of £23,360 is supporting an exciting ‘Platform’ for new emerging artists, theatre makers,

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Guest Blog: Producing Accessible Theatre with Alice Christina-Corrigan

Guest Blog: Producing Accessible Theatre with Alice Christina-Corrigan

  The Bloomsbury Festival 2022 programme contains a whole lineup of exciting and experimental theatre productions. One of these is Past Life with Alice Christina-Corrigan and Extant. Past Life is a genre-bending, multi-sensory and creatively accessible exploration into the normalisation of

BloomsburyFestival September 22, 2022September 23, 2022 News Read more

Preview Events: New Wave Music at St Giles Hotel

Preview Events: New Wave Music at St Giles Hotel

  Three Festival preview events, each featuring an outstanding young vocalist and is presented as part of the New Wave programme, a platform for emerging talent. Presented by Bloomsbury Festival in Partnership with St Giles London Hotel as part of

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Information for Schools – Discovery Hub

DISOVERY HUB at Senate House Schools Visits – Thursday 20 & Friday 21 October The 2022 Discovery Hub is an interactive exhibition which celebrates the science and creative world of the Bloomsbury area. There will be activities and stalls for students

BloomsburyFestival September 7, 2022September 8, 2022 News Read more

New Wave Theatre Writing Opportunities – Call for Submissions

New Wave Theatre Writing Opportunities – Call for Submissions

  Following the success of our 2021-2022 New Wave theatre writing opportunities which have led to three theatre productions, two radio plays and a rehearsed reading at our 2022 Festival, we are delighted to announce new call outs and opportunities

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Full 2022 ‘Breathe’ Programme Announced

Full 2022 ‘Breathe’ Programme Announced

We are delighted to announce the full 2022 Bloomsbury Festival programme. The 2022 Bloomsbury Festival programme has been inspired by the theme of Breathe. The full programme includes over 100 events across 10 days, ranging from hard-hitting creative reflections on

BloomsburyFestival July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 News Read more

Announcing the winners of Bloomsbury Festival Fine Art Prize 2022

Announcing the winners of Bloomsbury Festival Fine Art Prize 2022

We are delighted to announce that the winners of Bloomsbury Festival’s annual Fine Art Prize 2022 are: Emma Todds, Jan Pimblett and Glenda Frieder. The festival competition invited emerging London artists to submit an artwork responding to the 2022 festival theme

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