Bloomsbury Festival 2015

22-25 OCTOBER
2015

Lighting up Bloomsbury

A Fusion of Creativity, Arts & Ideas

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Introduction

Welcome to Bloomsbury Festival

Fizzing with creativity and ideas, Look our for the Light bulb
Bloomsbury is an intellectual hotbed alongside light inspired events.
with one of the youngest and most
diverse populations in England. As Visit our website to find out how your
Bloomsbury Festival’s new director, I smartphone can help guide you through
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remarkable four day event.
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LIGHT is our Festival theme for 2015,
marking the UN’s International Year of Light Up Store Street 3
Light. Bloomsbury is the perfect place
to explore light, and you will see that Staff Picks 4-5
the Festival is peppered with light based
projects together with an Enlightment Sparkling Senate House Hub 6-7
Hub, marking Bloomsbury’s role as a
home of progressive thinking. Our 2015 Radiant Brunswick Square Hub 8-9
Festival design, created by Central St Enlightening Conway Hall Hub 10-11
Martin’s competition winner Andrew
Long, has captured the theme in an Music 12-15
iconic Bloomsbury image.
Film & Digital Media 16
To complement our extensive events Architecture & Technology 17
programme, this year we are introducing
three new Festival hubs, each with a MAP 18-19
different flavour. Whatever your taste,
we hope you will find something for you Theatre & Dance 20-23
– be it stimulating, entertaining, quirky,
original or daring. Literature 24-25

And mostly, we hope you enjoy Walks 26
attending Bloomsbury Festival as much
as we have enjoyed producing it! Family 27

Kate Anderson, Festival Director Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions 28-31

PLEASE NOTE: INFORMATION CORRECT AT Booking Information 32
TIME OF PRINTING - FOR UPDATES VISIT
THE FESTIVAL WEBSITE Festival Information 33

DIARY 34-35

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Prepare to be dazzled!

Light Up
Store Street

A night time street
party with a twist!

Friday 23 October

LIGHT UP STORE STREET will open the
Festival weekend in style!

One of central London’s hidden gems, Store
Street is a tree-lined avenue on the edge of
the West End with a very special local flavour
and close knit community. For one night,
Store Street will be artistically reinvented -
transformed by fire, light and pyrotechnic
gurus pa-BOOM, and taken over by local
artists, musicians and creative agents.
Stunning fountains of water and fire, hanging
drops of light, symbolic Hot Heads and a mini
fire-lit bandstand will run the length of the
street, whilst Store Street shops, businesses
and cafes will open up to reveal local artists
in residence for the night.

A new copper fire structure, made by
Bloomsbury residents with pa-BOOM will be
lit for the first time, whilst Festival musicians,
street food and mulled wine will complete the
street's transformation.

Store Street, from 6.30–9.30pm

FREE - just turn up (Please note that the street
capacity is limited and access will be managed
accordingly)

Event Sponsors: The Fitzrovia Partnership, 3
Hurford Salvi Carr and Store Street.

Staff picks

AN EVENING WITH SIRI HUSTVEDT

(pg 24) - Chosen by Kate, Festival Director

PHOS

(pg 21) - Chosen by
Caggy, Festival Co-ordinator

THE LORIS

(pg 20) - Chosen by
Jess, Production Manager

JOHN HEGLEY

(pg 24) - Chosen by
Gillian, Marketing Manager

NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT

(pg 16) - Chosen by Laura, Marketing Assistant

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Staff picks

PUBLIC ADDRESS:
THE SOAP BOX TOUR

(pg 25) - Chosen by Frieda, Marketing Officer

THE TEMPEST

(pg 20)- Chosen by
Phillip, Programming

ENO: KNOW
THE SHOW

(pg 15) - Chosen by
John-Paul, Programming

26 PAIRS OF EYES

(pg 25) - Chosen by
Claudia, HR &

Co-ordinator Support

SYMPHONIC ILLUMINATIONS

(pg 13) - Chosen by Elena, Bookkeeper

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Sparkling Saturday Hub

Our Sparkling Saturday Hub is filled with stimulating, enlivening
and awe inspiring activities. For one day Bloomsbury Festival
has taken over Malet Street and iconic Senate House! World
music, market stalls, pop up performance and fun activities spill
onto the streets, whilst inside the building fascinating projects
and talks, fun theatre, art installations, and games are the order
of the day.
Full details of the hub activities are on the Festival website.

SOAS WORLD MUSIC STAGE Browse, eat,
and drink ‘Saturday
Bringing global beats to the heart of style’ with craft stalls,
Bloomsbury, featuring six of the best acts on
London’s vibrant world music scene, introduced Street Food, plus:
by our favourite DJ and host DJ Ritu!

SOAS University of London is known globally
for its study of the cultures of Asia, Africa
and the Middle East, with renowned kora
player Toumani Diabaté describing SOAS’
Music Department as ‘the most exciting place
in Europe to learn about the great musical
traditions from around the world.

(See page 12 for full line-up)

Senate House Courtyard, 12 noon - 7pm

FREE - just turn up

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Senate House Saturday , 12 noon - 7pm

PERFORMANCES MINISTRY OF BRIGHT IDEAS
Pop up performances, including: The School of Advanced Study will
be bringing you talks, debates, and
T H E LO R I S (see pg 20) workshops on everything from human
P H OS - A DA N C E O F L I G H T (see pg 21) rights to the philosophy of your senses.
S P E E D O F DA R K N ESS (see pg 21)
SYMPHONY TO A LOST GENERATION SHINING A LIGHT ON THE MINISTRY
(see pg 14) Take a tour of Charles Holden’s Art Deco
BICYCLE POWERED CINEMA masterpiece: London’s tallest secular building in
the 1930s, former home to the WWII Ministry of
HANDS ON ACTIVITIES Information, and administrative HQ of the University
Learn new skills and have fun! of London.
FREE – but booking is recommended (see web)
INSECT ARTS AND CRAFTS
SOAS LANGUAGE TASTER CLASSES BEING HUMAN SPEAKERS CORNER
SCIENCE BUSKERS Participatory debates exploring issues that shape
MATHS WORLD OUR understanding of what it means to ‘be human’
LIGHT OFFERINGS in 2015.

E X H I B I T I O N S (see pg 21) ARCADE: LIGHTING UP THE
INTERNET ARCHIVE
I L L U M I N AT I O N A chance to play with selected classic video
LIGHT MATTER games, from the 1980s to early 21st century.
CENTRAL ST MARTINS DESIGN FINALISTS
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT IN YOUR POCKET?
AMAZING TECHNOLOGY
Take it out, make a poem and try out a translation...
(see p17)
LUMINARIES: TRAVELLNG POETS
Learn, play and enjoy! (see pg 25)

LIGHT LAZERS IN UCL’S OBSERVATORY ILLUMINATION WORSHOP
EXHIBITS FROM THE BARTLETT Make your own plastic bottle creation in an
upcycling workshop with Eco Artist Sarah Turner.

MORE EVENTS TO BE ADDED
See the Festival website for details

TALKING LIGHT IN THE
SENATE ROOM

Inspirational speakers in the stunning
Senate Room

PROFESSOR DILWYN KNOX

LIGHT IN ART AND LITERATURE WITH
DR BERRY CERVASCO

See Festival website for details

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Radiant Sunday Hub

Our Radiant Sunday hub offers the perfect mix of activities
and entertainment for a relaxing Sunday; live jazz, fun family
activities, craft stalls, street food and bars, family films, and
magical theatre. The perfect end to a busy weekend for all the
family!
Full details of the hub activities are on our website.

JAZZ IN THE PARK PLUS!

Under cover of our marquee! FREE entry to the
Foundling Museum
Respected jazz and gospel vocalist - inlcudes entry to the
Alison Beck presents a rare set of her own current exhibition
compositions and songs, backed by a ‘The Fallen Woman’.
small band. The distinctive singer’s music Open 10am - 5pm
is an unusual fusion of gospel and jazz
styles: by turns ethereal, uplifting and
groove-filled.

The Maria Chen Ensemble will showcase
their take on classic jazz standards
and lesser known gems from the Great
American Songbook.

Brunswick Square Gardens, 12 noon - 4pm

FREE - just turn up

THE RIOT BAR – Something for the adults!
Have a warming toddy or a sip a London Gin
whilst you sit back and enjoy the Jazz on a
Sunday afternoon.

Brunswick Square will also host lawn games,
coffee, cake and afternoon refreshments.

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Brunswick Square Sunday , 10am - 5pm

FILM & THEATRE HANDS ON ACTIVITIES
For the whole family to enjoy... Get creative with our Family friendly
activities. There will be lots to try,
BRILLIANT (U) including:
A dazzling film for 3-5 year olds (see pg 16)
Curzon Bloomsbury, 10am SHINING A LIGHT ON GERMS
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
puts your hand-washing skills to the test and invites
THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED you to be a germ-detective,
(PG) Brunswick Square, 11am - 5pm
The earliest surviving full-length animated film FREE - just turn up
(see pg 16)
Curzon Bloomsbury, 10.30am DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
Tickets: £3 - book via Curzon Bloomsbury (see pg 32) Delve into Victorian entertainment and create your
own Magic Lantern slides in this family workshop
DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST BONBIBI Foundling Museum, 11am, 1.30pm & 3.30pm
Komola Collective’s shadow puppetry retelling of an FREE - just turn up
ancient Bengali folktale, capturing the essence of
current issues on conservation and the environment. PLUS: FACE PAINTING, MOSAIC
Brunswick Jazz Marquee, 11.30am & 2.30pm WOR K SHO P, B IC YC L E C IN E M A , M ATH S
FREE - just turn up WO R L D and other activities

..and don’t forget to visit our special
Brunswick Market including craft stalls,
street food, coffee and sumptuous
snacks!

The Brunswick Hub is sponsored by Stirling Ackroyd 9

Enlightening Sunday Hub

Our Enlightening Sunday Hub is hosted by Conway Hall - the
landmark of London’s independent intellectual, political and
cultural life. Enjoy a Bloomsbury Sunday filled with debates,
talks and performances on the topic of enlightened social and
political issues.

DEBATES, TALKS & CLASSES

SCHOOL OF THOUGHT: THE FEMINISTS The Knowledge Quarter presents...
Class: Everyone is a feminist now. Celebrities and
politicians even wear t-shirts proclaiming it, but what POSITIVE DISRUPTION IN SCIENCE AND
does feminism mean and why does it matter? MEDICINE
11.30am
Tickets: £15 - book via the School of Life Discover, discuss and debate emerging practice,
(see pg 32) Ages 18+ cutting edge research and creative approaches to
disruption in science and medicine.
POLITICAL SKULDUGGERY: WHAT KEPT 12.30pm
CHARLES BRADLAUGH MP FROM TAKING
HIS SEAT IN PARLIAMENT? POSITIVE DISRUPTION IN CULTURAL
Deborah Lavin explores the significance of Charles AND CREATIVE
Bradlaugh. A controversial MP who fought for six Discover, discuss and debate emerging practice,
years in the 1880s to take his seat in Parliament. cutting edge research and creative approaches to
11am & 2pm disruption in the cultural and creative industries.
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended 2.30pm
(see our website for details)
POSITIVE DISRUPTION IN SOCIETAL
IMPACT
Join an expert panel of Knowledge Quarter
Partners to discuss and debate the societal impact
of disruption across science, medicine, arts, culture
and technology.
4pm

FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
(see our website for details)

PRE-CONCERT TALK
‘LIGHT FROM DARKNESS’

A short talk by Roderick Swanston, illuminating the
works that will be performed at the evening recital by
the Primrose Piano Quartet.

5.30pm

FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
(see our website for details)

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Conway Hall Sunday 11.30am - 7pm

PERFORMANCES

Rehearsed readings from Women @ LIGHT BEHIND BARS
RADA, performance installation from the A performance installation from the Conway
Conway Collective and a Sunday Concert Collective, throwing light on artists, politicians, writers
from the Primrose Piano Quartet... and activists imprisoned for their thoughts from
The Enlightenment to the present day.
POT AND KETTLE 12noon - 6pm
A rehearsed reading of the short play ‘Pot and FREE - just turn up
Kettle’; a comedy written in 1909. It was one of many
short pieces written and performed by the Actresses PRIMROSE PIANO QUARTET SUNDAY
Franchise League to promote suffrage. CONCERT
12 noon & 4pm An evening recital by the Primrose Piano Quartet,
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended part of Conway Hall’s regular Sunday series.
(see our website for details) Programme includes works by Beethoven, Chausson
and Brahms.
HOW THE VOTE WAS WON 6.30pm
A rehearsed reading of ‘How The Vote Was Won’ £10 (Under 25’s FREE) via Conway Hall (see pg 32)
followed by a Q and A with Naomi Paxton, author of
the Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays.
2pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
(see our website for details)

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Music Stages

SOAS WORLD MUSIC STAGE THE HARRISON ALL DAY FOLK FESTIVAL

Headlining at the Sparkling Saturday Hub. Bi-annual all day Folk Festival at the Harrison in
Kings Cross, featuring an eclectic range of acts from
Bringing global beats to the heart of Bloomsbury, a diverse array of talent
featuring six of the best acts on London’s vibrant
world music scene, introduced by our favourite DJ Expect foot stomping bluegrass, haunting songs,
and host DJ Ritu: mesmeric blues, to ethereal psyche folk, melodious
Americana and more. Plus open jam sessions on the
> SOAS Samulnorians - from SOAS to the world in ground floor throughout the day; Irish, Old-Time &
four Korean drums Klezmer.

> London Tango Orchestra - Tango passion with an Enjoy ten hours of great music into the night!
exclamation mark!
The Harrison, Sunday 2pm - Midnight
> Kadialy Kouyate & Leonard Jacome - Tight (Serving food from 12.30pm until 9.30pm)
intertwining of harp strings across the Atlantic
FREE - just turn up. Ages 14+
> Olcay Bayir - Alluring Anatolian song sketches of
shade and light JAZZ IN THE PARK

> Let Drum Beat - Sensual, spontaneus and Headlining at the Radiant Sunday Hub.
irresistably Brazilian
Respected jazz and gospel vocalist Alison Beck
> Bafula - Mandinka Folk Fusion: eclectic, exciting presents a rare set of her own compositions and
and infectiously danceable songs, backed by a small band. The distinctive
singer’s music is an unusual fusion of gospel and jazz
Senate House Courtyard, Saturday 12 noon - 7pm styles: by turns ethereal, uplifting and groove-filled.

FREE - just turn up The Maria Chen Ensemble will showcase their take
on classic jazz standards and lesser known gems
(see pgs 6 -7 for details of the Sparkling from the Great American Songbook.
Saturday Hub)
Brunswick Square Gardens, Sunday 12noon - 4pm

FREE - just turn up

(see pgs 8 - 9 for details of the Radiant Sunday Hub)

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Concerts & Recitals Music

SUNLIGHT, SHADOWS AND A SYMPHONY CÔR LLUNSAIN
OF COLOUR Côr Llunsain is London’s Welsh female voice choir,
Abigail Sin is an award-winning Singaporean pianist performing everything from traditional Welsh hymns
studying at the Royal Academy of Music. This recital to gospel, music theatre and contemporary pop.
explores variations of light, darkness and colour in London Welsh Centre, Friday 7.30pm
works by Schumann and Griffes. Tickets: £10 (£5) via Bloomsbury Theatre (see pg 32)
The Music Room, Thursday 1pm
FREE - just turn up ENLIGHTENMENT
Join The Amadè Players as we explore the music
SYMPHONIC ILLUMINATIONS of Enlightenment. An intimate performance of 18th
A spectacular gala concert featuring London’s century music on historical instruments.
hippest new orchestra, Goodensemble, with an St George’s Holburn, Saturday 4pm
engaging programme inlcuding Beethoven's Piano Tickets: £8 (£6) or £12 (£10) (Including pre-concert
Concerto No. 2 with David Malusa as the soloist, and workshop at 2.30pm and afternoon tea with
Dvorak's Symphony No. 8. the players) via Bloomsbury Theatre (see pg 32)
Goodenough College: Great Hall, Thursday 7.30pm
Tickets: £16 (£8) via Bloomsbury Theatre (see pg 32) JAMES BRAWN PIANO RECITAL
James Brawn returns to bring the Museum’s 1923
TRACING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF John Broadwood and Sons piano to life with a
LIGHT programme including Beethoven and Liszt’s B minor
This recital of German art song traces the moment Sonata, a journey from darkness to light.
daylight disappears and the world becomes lit by Foundling Museum, Saturday 4pm
twilight, stars and moonlight. Featuring Tenor Eduard FREE - just turn up
Mas Bacardit and pianist Juliane Gallant.
The Music Room, Saturday 8.30pm
FREE - just turn up

GRACE OH PIANO RECITAL

South Korean pianist Grace Oh is currently a Masters
student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
The programme will include works by Beethoven,
Ravel and Rachmaninov.

The Music Room, Friday 1pm

FREE - Just turn up

ANNA ZASSIMOVA

The world-famous Russian pianist performs a
programme fusing Chopin and Schumann with
lesser-known Russian fin de siècle composers, and
Bloomsbury composer-in-residence Adam Donen.

Senate House, Chancellors Hall, Friday 7pm

Tickets: £8 (£4) via Bloomsbury Theatre (see pg 32)

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Music Concerts & Recitals

SONGS OF SHADOWS MARIOS PANTELIADIS PIANO RECITAL

Soprano Vivien Munday & Pianist Eva Doroszkowska Piano works by Schumann and Scriabin, take
present a twilight recital featuring music of Britten, the audience on a musical journey full of light, a
Barber, Debussy, Gibbs, Granados, Gurney, Lehmann wide pallet of colours and contrasting musical
and Weill. atmospheres.

Goodenough College Common Rm, Saturday 5pm Chancellor’s Hall, Senate House, Saturday 7pm

FREE - just turn up Tickets: £8 (£4) via Bloomsbury Theatre (see pg 32)

GUITAR RECITAL - MICHAEL POLL OF LOVE AND CAKE - BLOOMSBURY
OPERA
Award-winning classical guitarist Michael Poll Unusual mix of opera and theatre by French
performs works by J.S. Bach and composers who playwright Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) and American
inspired him: Jean-Baptiste Lully and John Danyel. composer Lee Hoiby (1926–2011). Sunday panel
discussion hosted by Goodenough Feminist Society.
Goodenough College, London House Chapel William Goodenough House, Sat 8pm, Sun 6pm
Sunday 3pm
Tickets: £10 (£5) via Bloomsbury Theatre (see pg 32)
FREE - just turn up
IKON OF LIGHT - THE UNICORN
SYMPHONY TO A LOST GENERATION ENSEMBLE
Using the remarkable “Invocation to the Holy Spirit”
Exclusive preview performance of the world’s first by St Symeon, one of the greatest mystical writers of
fully holographic live production. featuring 200 the Orthodox Church, John Tavener tries to express
musicians (including the Vienna Philharmonic Choir the inexpressible - ‘uncreated light’.
and the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra) and St George’s Bloomsbury, Saturday 8pm
250 actors and dancers. Short excerpts also will be
performed during the day. Tickets: £12 (£8) via Bloomsbury Theatre (see pg 32)

Sunken Garden, Malet Street, Saturday 6.30pm

Tickets: £10 via Bloomsbury Theatre (see pg 32)

LIGHT - ALDWYCH SINFONIA

One of the world’s very few unconducted orchestras,
Aldwych Sinfonia present an exciting Sunday
evening concert of music by Mozart, Haydn and
Shoenberg.

St George’s Bloomsbury, Sunday 7.30pm

Tickets: £12 (£8) via Bloomsbury Theatre (see pg 32)

PRIMROSE PIANO QUARTET

An evening recital by the Primrose Piano Quartet,
part of Conway Hall’s regular Sunday series. Works
by Beethoven, Chausson and Brahms.

Conway Hall, Sunday 6.30pm

£10 (Under 25’s FREE) via Conway Hall (see pg 32)

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Participation Music

LONDON SACRED HARP SING-A-LONG 1 DAY MASTERCLASS IN COMPLETE
Come and sing shape note music – vibrant American VOCAL TECHNIQUE
folk music from the Southern states. You don’t need Get a taste of Complete Vocal Technique with
to read music – beginners and the experienced Michelle Sanders, top vocal coach from Complete
equally welcome. Vocal Institute.
London Welsh Centre, Friday 12.30pm Goodenough College, Saturday 12 noon - 5pm
FREE - just turn up Tickets: £55 via Complete Vocal Institute (see pg 32)

SINGALONG WITH THE FOUNDLING ENO: KNOW THE SHOW WORKSHOP
COMMUNITY CHOIR Join English National Opera for a practical 1-day
Come and sing Handel with the Foundling Community singing and performance workshop, about Verdi’s
Choir. Explore some of Handel’s greatest music in the ‘The Force of Destiny’. Get to know the story, themes,
stunning surroundings of the Museum’s Picture Gallery. characters and music from this classic opera
Foundling Museum, Picture Gallery, Saturday 11am Goodenough College, Saturay 11am - 5pm
FREE - just turn up Tickets: £25 (£10) via ENO (see page 32)

FREE PERCUSSION WORKSHOP

In conjunction with the SOAS World Music
Stage, come and discover your inner rhythm with
percussion teacher George Santo.

Footes, 41 Store Street, 12 noon - 5pm

FREE - just turn up

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Film & Digital Media

T H U R S D AY S AT U R D AY

BEDFORD HOUSE FILM NIGHT ARCHITECTURE TOUR & SCREENING OF
Supper from 6pm. The film - The Man From UNCLE - THE PASSENGER
will start at 7.30pm A tour of the newly refurbished Curzon cinema led by
Bedford House Community Centre, 6pm architect Takero Shimazaki, followed by a screening
Tickets: £5 via Bloomsbury Theatre (see pg 32) of Michelangelo Antonioni’s iconic film The
Passenger (1975), partly shot in the Brunswick centre.
F R I D AY Curzon Bloomsbury, 10.15am
Tickets: £15 (£12.50) via Curzon Bloomsbury
BY OUR SELVES (see pg 32)
A cinematic retracing of John Clare’s 1841 odyssey.
Directed by Andrew Kötting, with Alan Moore & Iain DISNEY’S PETER PAN (U)
Sinclair, this special screening offers a rare chance to A screening of Disney’s classic 1953 film, adapted
see this film, and will also feature a book launch. from J.M. Barrie. The Darling children fly away from
Swedenborg House, 6.30pm Bloomsbury in search of adventures in Neverland
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended with Peter Pan, Tinker Bell and Captain Hook.
(see our website for details) Curzon Bloomsbury, 10.30am
Tickets: £3 via Curzon Bloomsbury (see pg 32)
HACKING THE ARCHIVES
Digital artwork projected onto the facade of Senate NOSTALIGIA FOR THE LIGHT
House, based on data ‘hacked from the Mass- Bertha DocHouse screens the classic Chilean
Observation and Ministry of Information archives. A documentary Nostalgia For The Light. “An
participatory digital art workshop in which people can extraordinary film about the unknown and the
make collages using a touch-screen, and see them unknowable” Sight & Sound.
projected, will run at 12.30pm and 3.30pm. Bertha DocHouse at Curzon Bloomsbury, 4pm
Senate House, 6.30pm Tickets: £9 (£7) via Bertha DocHouse (see pg 32)
FREE - just turn up
S U N D AY

THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED
(PG)
Based on tales from The Arabian Nights, Lotte
Reiniger’s 1926 masterpiece is the earliest surviving
full-length animated film. For families and adults.
Curzon Bloomsbury, 10.30am
Tickets: £7 via Curzon Bloomsbury (see pg 32)

BRILLIANT (U)

A dazzling film for 3-5 year olds by acclaimed
company Fevered Sleep. Brilliant about the deep
emotions, magical imaginings and secret games that
are conjured when the lights go out, when it’s time to
go to bed.

Curzon Bloomsbury, 10am

FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
(see our website for details)

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Architecture & Technology

LIGHTCRUMBS LIGHT ACTIVATED ANTIMICROBIALS
Discover the story of Bloomsbury through lighting See how light energy can activate antimicrobial
beacons. Your smartphone becomes the magic wand properties, and how UCL researchers are developing
that illuminates your path and guides you through a light sensitive dye, which once lit will have enough
the night. Created by Arup, in collaboration with energy to kill potent bacteria.
Inmidtown. Senate House Hub, Saturday, 12 noon - 7pm
Bloomsbury Square Gardens, Throughout the FREE - just turn up
festival, during park opening house
FREE - just turn up ORBITAL THRESHOLD
Inspired by the mechanics of astrological clocks,
New London Architecture presents, at The and the science of visual spatial perception, the
Building Centre: public are invited to explore how light shapes the
boundaries between virtual and visual space.
NEW LONDON MODEL UCL Observatory, Thursday - Saturday 10am - 6pm
NLA’s 1:2000 scale interactive model of London FREE - just turn up
brings the story of London’s historical & physical
development to life through projection and films. INTERACTIVE ARCHITECTURE
Look out for astonishing new developments,
NEW IDEAS FOR HOUSING robotics, and future technology coming out of The
An NLA exhibition revealing 100 new ideas to solve Bartlett's Interactive Architecture Lab. On the streets
London’s housing crisis - the results of a major at our Sparkling Saturday Hub
international ideas competition. Senate House Hub, Saturday, 12 noon - 7pm
Thurs & Fri 9am - 6pm, Sat 10am - 5pm FREE - just turn up

A GUIDED TOUR OF NLA’S INTERACTIVE
MODEL OF CENTRAL LONDON
Led by Peter Murray.
Friday, 12 noon
NLA Galleries at The Building Centre
FREE - just turn up

LISTENING TO LIGHT IN THE WOMB

UCL's GIFT-Surg Project uses light technology to
help perform life-saving operations on unborn
babies. Try out photoacoustics, experiment with fixed
lasers and play a hidden object training game.

Senate House Hub, Saturday, 12 noon - 7pm

FREE - just turn up

TWINKLE - A BRITISH SPACE MISSION

Come to meet Twinkle. Developed at UCL, Twinkle is
a satellite planned to be launched within 4 years that
will observe more than a hundred known exoplanets

Senate House Hub, Saturday, 12 noon - 7pm

FREE - just turn up

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Map

1. Bedford House Community Centre
35 Emerald Street, WC1N 3QW
2. Bertha DocHouse Curzon Bloomsbury,
The Brunswick, WC1N 1AW
3. Bloomsbury Square WC1A
4. Bloomsbury Theatre
15 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AH
5. British Postal Museum and Archives
Phoenix Place, WC1X 0DL
5. British Library
96 Euston Rd, NW1 2DB
7. Brunswick Square WC1N
8. Cartoon Museum 25 Little Russell
Street, WC1A 2HH
9. Charles Dickens Museum 48 Doughty
Street, WC1N 2LX
10. Conway Hall 25 Red Lion Square,
WC1R 4RL
11. Coram 41 Brunswick Square, WC1N
12. Cosmo China
11 Cosmo Place, WC1N 3AP
13. The Crypt Gallery
St Pancras Church, Euston Road
(Entrance in Duke’s Rd) NW1 2BA
14. Curzon Bloomsbury The Brunswick,
WC1N 1AW
15. Foote’s Music Shop 41 Store Street,
WC1E 7DB
16. Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square, WC1N 1AZ
17. Grant Museum of Zoology
UCL Rockefeller Building,
21 University St, WC1E 6DE
18. The Harrison 28 Harrison Street,
Kings Cross, WC1H 8JF
19. The Horse Hospital
Colonnade, WC1N 1JD
20. Institute of Education (IOE)
20 Bedford Way, WC1H 0AL
21. London House, Goodenough College
Mecklenburgh Square, WC1N 2AB

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Map

22. London Welsh Centre
157-163 Grays Inn Road, WC1X 8UE

23. Mary Ward Centre
42 Queen Square, WC1N 3AQ

24. Mary Ward House
5-7 Tavistock Pl, WC1H 9SN

25. The Music Room
49 Great Ormond Street, WC1N 3HZ

26. NLA Galleries at The Building Centre
26 Store Street, WC1E 7BT

27. October Gallery
24 Old Gloucester Street, WC1N 3AL

28. Persephone Books
59 Lambs Conduit Street, WC1N 3NB

29. The Perseverance
63 Lambs Conduit Street, WC1N 3NB

30. Petrie Museum of Egyptian
Archaeology

UCL Malet Place, WC1E 6BT

31. Pushkin House
5a Bloomsbury Square, WC1A 2TA

32. Senate House,
University of London
Malet Street, WC1E 7HU

33. St George’s Holborn
44 Queen Square, WC1N 3AH

34. St. George’s Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury Way, WC1A 2HR

35. Store Street WC1E

36. Swedenborg Society
20-21 Bloomsbury Way, WC1A 2TH

37. UCL Institute of Child Health
30 Guilford Street, WC1N 1EH

38. UCL (Art Museum) Wilkins Building,
Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

39. UCL Observatory
Main Quad, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT

40. Wellcome Collection
183 Euston Road, NW1 2BE

41. William Goodenough House,
Goodenough College Mecklenburgh

Square, WC1N 2AN

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Theatre & Dance Theatre

BEFORE SUNRISE. AFTER SUNSET SIGNIFICANT OBJECT: THE LORIS
A mobile performance for a small audience, taking
This one-on-one performance by Marina Hanganu us through some unusual spaces in and under the
explores people’s experience of natural light University of London. Featuring mirrors, dreams,
in big cities across the world via Internet video outright lies and one or two puppets.
connections on smartphones. Starts at Senate House, Saturday times TBC
Tickets via Bloomsbury Theatre (see pg 32)
Starting point to be announced, throughout the
festival, times vary - see website for details THE TEMPEST - FOR CHILDREN WITH
AUTISM AND THEIR FAMILIES
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended London premiere of Flute Theatre’s The Tempest,
(see our website for details) originally seen at RSC in 2014. The actors invite
the children to join them on the Island as the story
THE DEATH OF IVAN ILLYICH unfolds through sensory games, which the children
and adults play together.
A successful judge in 19th century St. Petersburg is Bloomsbury Theatre, Sunday 11am & 3pm
forced to re-examine his life when a minor ailment Tickets: £5 via Bloomsbury Theatre (see pg 32)
turns into a mortal condition. A rehearsed reading Book by phone or in person
by Belka Theatre of this exuberant adaptation of
Tolstoy’s famous novella. Rehearsed readings from women at RADA
(see page 11 for details):
Pushkin House, Thursday 7.30pm
POT AND KETTLE
Tickets: £10 (£8) via Pushkin House (see pg 32) Conway Hall, Sunday 12 noon & 4pm

HOW THE VOTE WAS WON
Conway Hall, Sunday 2pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
(see our website for details)

DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST BONBIBI
Komola Collective’s shadow puppetry retelling of an
ancient Bengali folktale, capturing the essence of
current issues on conservation and the environment.
Brunswick Square, Sunday 3pm
FREE - just turn up

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Dance Theatre & Dance

PHOS SPEED OF DARKNESS

Commissioned by London School of Hygene & Transform! Dance Company explore how our
Tropical Medicine for the Bloomsbury Festival movement changes when we lose the security of
2015. Phos is created by leading contemporary light in this short dance piece. Will the insecurity take
choreographer Subathra Subramaniam and inspired over or will the darkness allow us to reveal our true
by light in medicine and health. Performed by The nature? Will everyone react similarly or will some
Place’s youth dance group Shuffle. dancers find the absence of light more comfortable
than others?
Various locations, Fri, Sat & Sun, times vary
Senate House, Saturday various times
FREE - just turn up
FREE - just turn up
I AM YOU AND YOU ARE ME
A SECRET GARDEN
I Am You And You Are Me is a playful solo
performance from Bricolage Dance Movement, Holborn Community Association group: Ballet and
where it’s not the audience who chooses the show creative dance from up to twenty-five children (4-13
to watch, but the performer who selects who he or years) in the beautiful surroundings of Mary Ward
she will interact with. House

Malet Street, Saturday, times vary Mary Ward House, Saturday 3pm

FREE - just turn up Tickets: £6 via Bloomsbury Theatre (see pg 32)

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Theatre & Dance New Work

Bloomsbury is packed with performance artists making new work in exciting
ways. We are delighted to showcase some of this work in this year’s festival.

COFFEE, PARRALAX, STRING RESURRECTION
Where do you go when you have nowhere left to go?
A juxtaposition of modern urban reality and the Only one path opens. Based on Dostoyevsky’s Crime
phantasmagorical. Coffee, Parralax, String takes the and Punishment and Rumi’s love poetry.
viewer into a wonderland and poses them with the Pushkin House, Thursday & Friday 3pm
choice: would you stay or would you go? Presented Tickets: suggested donation of £5, via Pushkin
by Paradox Smugglers. House (see pg 32)

London Welsh Centre, Friday 4pm HE WHO SAID YES, HE WHO SAID NO
AND ALL THAT CAME IN-BETWEEN
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended A reimagining of Bertolt Brecht’s Lehrustuck (learning
(see our website for details) plays). A tale of a boy, his teacher and a treacherous
journey.
CALL AND RESPONSE Mary Ward Centre, Thursday 3.30pm & 5pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
A new work by artist and performer Kate Tiernan, (see our website for details)
created from conversations with the people of
Doughty Street; asking what expectations there are RAGE, RAGE AGAINST THE DYING OF
for overcoming social hardships today? THE LIGHT
A new writing competition inspired by the theme
Charles Dickens Museum, Thursday 2pm, Friday, of light and Wales’ most celebrated poet and
Saturday & Sunday 5pm playwright Dylan Thomas. The evening is your
chance to choose a piece for development in 2016.
Tickets: £8 via the Charles Dickens Museum The London Welsh Centre Bar,
(see pg 32) Thursday & Friday 7.30pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
(see our website for details)

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New Work Theatre & Dance

GRANDMA’S LOVE LETTERS SILVIA ZIRANEK

A one woman performance embodying the An articulate and articulated amble through the
memories of Yuki Sakamoto’s Japanese grandmother labyrinth of lighty things and moments. Performance.
- her life, her relationship with her husband and her Illuminated. Silvia Ziranek.
experience through World War II.
Mary Ward House, Saturday & Sunday 4pm
Mary Ward House
Saturday 12.30pm & 6pm, Sunday 6pm FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
(see our website for details)
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
(see our website for details) TIRESIAS

FINDERS KEEPERS. Transformed from man to woman by Hera.
Blinded by Athena. Slain by Apollo. One of Greek
Hot Coals Theatre present a fun filled, touching piece mythology’s most intriguing characters is brought
inspired by the story of Moses, in the form of music to light in this theatrical exploration of man, woman
and comical happenings. This highly visual piece and myth. Presented by Hidden Fires.
with no dialogue is accessible to both deaf and
hearing audiences in a shared experience. Mary Ward House
Saturday 5pm, Sunday 1pm & 5pm
London Welsh Centre, Saturday 1pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended (see our website for details)
(see our website for details)

ON THE EDGE OF ME

On The Edge of Me is a coming of age play, which
explores the journey of Remi a university graduate
trying to adapt the “adult world”.

Mary Ward House, Saturday & Sunday 2pm

FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
(see our website for details)

BUNNIES INSIDE HER

Whistlestop Theatre present a surrealist dark comedy
inspired by the true events in 1726 of Mary Toft, the
woman “who did birth rabbits”. A twisted tale not for
the faint of heart!

Mary Ward House, Saturday & Sunday 3pm

FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
(see our website for details)

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Literature Performances

T H U R S D AY F R I D AY

BLOOMSBURY’S FORGOTTEN HEROINE LIVING, THINKING, LOOKING - AN
A fascinating insight into the life and work of one of EVENING WITH SIRI HUSTVEDT
Bloomsbury’s most under-rated literary heroines,
author Louisa Treger tells the story of Dorothy Join us for a evening reading by the prize-winning
Richardson. American author, Siri Husvtedt. A unique opportunity
Mary Ward House, 6pm to hear from, and put your questions to, one of the
FREE - just turn up world’s leading writers. The evening will be chaired
by Dr Johanna Hartmann of the University of
BLOOMSBURY VOICES Augsburg, hosted by Birkbeck.
Local poet, Stephanie Gerra and invited guests,
share poems and music inspired by the fascinating Mary Ward House, 7pm
nooks and crannies of Bloomsbury past and present.
The Music Room, 6pm Tickets: £10 via Centre for Contemporary Literature
FREE - just turn up (see pg 32)

S AT U R D AY

JOHN HEGLEY - ANIMAL ALPHABOAT

Poetic fun for all the family with writer and comedian
John Hegley. Dip into his Animal Alphaboat with his
light and lyrical, deep and daft comic poems about
Animals, in the apt setting of The Grant Museum!

The Grant Museum of Zoology, 10.30am

Tickets: £8 via Bloomsbury Theatre (see pg 32)

READINGS FROM WORKS IN PROGRESS
AT THE FABER ACADEMY

A selection of readings from first-time novelists
studying the craft of writing at the Faber Academy.
Material ranges from young adult, to historical fiction
and a psychological thriller. Hosted by the award-
winning novelist, Gillian Slovo.

The Churchill Room, Goodenough College, 3pm

FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
(see our website for details)

STORYTELLING IN THE NEWSAM
LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES

Stories Spun and Stories Shared - come and enjoy
a feast of stories with former National Storytelling
Laureate, Katrice Horsley. An exciting session of
stories for children of all ages.

UCL IOE Newsam Library and Archives , 11am & 3pm

FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
(see our website for details)

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Performances & Participation Literature

TEA AT PERSEPHONE BOOKS PA R T I C I PAT I O N

Tea and home-made scones at Persephone Books, OUT OF THE WOODS
who publish neglected fiction and non-fiction by
mid-twentieth century (mostly) women writers. There An interactive maze installation with a fairy tale twist,
will be a short talk about some of favourites. inviting you to navigate an immersive woodland
environment. Will the paths you choose allow you to
Persephone Books, 4pm escape the woods, or will you remain trapped forever?

FREE - Just turn up Mary Ward House, Sat & Sun 9am - 5pm

FREE - just turn up

S U N D AY LUMINARIES: TRAVELLING POETS

SHORT STORY SLAM Three Keats house poets will be mingling with
crowds and will be making new poems based on
Short story slam based on the Festival theme of light. your ‘bright ideas’. Drop by the Speakers’ Corner at
The winning story as voted by the audience will be 5.30pm to see them performed!
published on the Festival website.
Senate House, Saturday 12 noon - 6.30pm
The Perseverance, 1.30pm
FREE - just turn up
FREE - just turn up

26 PAIRS OF EYES: THE TALE OF BLOOMSBURY
A TORCH-LIT PERFORMANCE
Take part in this interative storytelling game by
A torch-lit tour and a chance to hear some of the finding one of 12 bird boxes throughout Bloomsbury
writers involved in the 26 Pairs of Eyes project and adding your contribution to the notebook
perform a selection of sestudes (texts exactly 62 inside. After the Festival, the story will be published
words long) beside the objects that inspired them. online. List/map of locations available on the festival
website.
Foundling Museum, 5.30pm
Various Locations, all days
FREE - but tickets should be booked
FREE - just turn up

PUBLIC ADDRESS: THE SOAP BOX TOUR

Performance poets take to their soapboxes and give
voice to the passions and stories within us all. Lyrical
ingenuity and heart-warming humour explode from
this unique, theatrical spoken word show. from
Apples and Snakes.

Bloomsbury Theatre Studio, 7.30pm

Tickets: £12 (£8) via Bloomsbury Theatre (see pg 32)

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Walks

S AT U R D AY

TOUR OF THE TOMBS BLOOMSBURY AND THE POETS

Roger Bowdler of Historic England will give you an A walk led by Nicholas Murray exploring the local
insight into the history and context in which the new connections of a range of poets from Thomas Gray
cemeteries were opened in the early 18th century to Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

Handel St/Wakefield Street entrance to the gardens, Starting at Bloomsbury Theatre, Sat & Sun 11am
12 noon
Tickets: £6 via Bloomsbury Theatre (see pg 32)
FREE - Just turn up

The Val Martin memorial walks by S U N D AY
Goodenough College:
MODERN CONFLICTS, MEMORIES AND
THE WOMEN OF BLOOMSBURY MEMORIALS
This walking tour will celebrate the literary icons and A walk that describe the impact of past conflicts
famous female figures of Bloomsbury. on Bloomsbury, and the way the local community
Starting at Bloomsbury Theatre, 11am chose to remember them and build new hopes for
the future.
THE GARDEN SQUARES OF BLOOMSBURY Starting at Bloomsbury Theatre, 10.30am
A tour of the many garden squares of Bloomsbury, Tickets: £6 via Bloomsbury Theatre (see pg 32)
that are a visual reminder of the political, economic,
and social environment from which they historically The Val Martin memorial walks
grew. …by Goodenough College:
Starting at Bloomsbury Theatre, 1pm
BLOOMSBURY IN ART AND SOCIETY
KINGS CROSS - A CHANGING LANDSCAPE This walk looks at some of the key figures, societies,
The tour guide will discuss the economic and and social and cultural movements who have
industrial history of King’s Cross, as well as the shaped the world of Bloomsbury and beyond.
architectural history of various buildings. Starting at Bloomsbury Theatre, 11am
Starting at Bloomsbury Theatre, 3pm
FREE - Just turn up BLOOMSBURY IN FICTION
This walk focuses on appearances of Bloomsbury in
BLOOMSBURY BUILDINGS fiction as well as famous writers of fiction who have
An exploration of some of Bloomsbury’s remarkable lived in the area.
buildings with Camden Tour Guides. Starting at Bloomsbury Theatre, 1pm
Starting at Bloomsbury Theatre, 3.30pm
Tickets: £6 via Bloomsbury Theatre (see pg 32) THE HEART OF BLOOMSBURY
Learn more about some of the most prestigious and
SATURDAY & SUNDAY well-known academic institutions of the UK, such as
UCL, SOAS and Birkbeck.
BLOOMSBURY LOO TOUR Starting at Bloomsbury Theatre, 3pm
You gotta go. You find a place. You flush. Could FREE - Just turn up
there be more? Oh yes! An interesting and thought
provoking walk about toilets, sanitation, and other fun PACIFISTS, PIONEERS AND POETS
historical facts about going to the Loo! An introduction to ten Bloomsbury women who
Starting at Bloomsbury Theatre played a significant, but now often forgotten, role in
Sat 10am, 12.15pm, 2pm / Sun 10am, 12.30pm science, medicine, politics and the arts.
Starting at Bloomsbury Theatre, 2pm
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Family

Many of the weekend Festival S U N D AY
events are family friendly. Here are
three big family events – plus our BRILLIANT (U)
pick of some of the other family A dazzling film for 3-5 year olds (see page 16).
friendly highlights... Curzon Bloomsbury, 10am
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
S AT U R D AY (see our website for details)

FAMILY ART DAY AT OCTOBER GALLERY THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED
Join us for an imaginative, multi-sensory session in (PG)
the gallery; using storytelling, we will go on a magical The earliest surviving full-length animated film
journey that explores light, as well as creating (see page 16).
individual artworks for families to take home. Hosted Curzon Bloomsbury, 10.30am
by October Gallery Education. Tickets: £7 via Curzon Bloomsbury (see pg 32)
October Gallery, 10am
FREE - just turn up FAMILY ANIMAL DAY
There will be something for all the family at this
NIHR GREAT ORMOND STREET BRC day celebrating animals. Meet the live creatures
OPEN DAY of Maynard’s Mini Zoo plus beautiful falcons and
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) hawks; learn from keepers from London Zoo, or play
Great Ormond Street Biomedical Research Centre a round of Animal Noise Bingo!
(BRC) will host its annual Open Day, aimed at Leading author Judith Kerr will be talking about her
children, young people and families. The afternoon animal books including The Tiger who came to Tea
will involve a variety of events, including hands-on plus drop-in activities around the British Library
activities, seminars and lab tours. exhibition Animal Tales, featuring animal classics
UCL, Institute of Child Health, 12noon - 4pm from Aesop and Peter Rabbit to Watership Down.
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended (see our Presented in association with ZSL London Zoo
website for details) The British Library, 11am - 5pm
FREE - just turn up

DISNEY’S PETER PAN (U) DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

A screening of Disney’s classic 1953 film, adapted Delve into Victorian entertainment and create your
from J.M. Barrie (see page 16). own Magic Lantern slides (see page 9).

Curzon Bloomsbury, 10.30am Foundling Museum, 11am, 1.30pm & 3.30pm

Tickets: £3 via Curzon Bloomsbury (see pg 32) FREE - just turn up

THE TEMPEST - FOR CHILDREN WITH
AUTISM AND THEIR FAMILIES
London premiere by Flute Theatre (see page 20).
Bloomsbury Theatre, 11am & 3pm
Tickets: £5 via Bloomsbury Theatre (see page 32)

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Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

EXHIBITIONS LIGHT MATTER BY ANDREW CHAPPEL

LIGHT ON MOMENTS What if the interaction between light and matter were
A collection of watercolour paintings by Ughetta more dynamic? How would this affect our world? The
Dallimonti, where the images are discovered by the Light Matter installation creates a world where light
light piercing through the ripped paper. pushes everyday objects.
William Goodenough House, Daily 12 noon - 7pm
FREE - just turn up Senate House, Daily all day / FREE - just turn up

CROSSROADS OF CURIOSITY NET WORK - DRAWINGS EXHIBITION
A series of pen and ink drawings by Rocio E Bucheli,
A lightbox installation created by artist David Normal, that emerge naturally, connecting and developing from
by using Victorian era book illustrations exclusively a free-flowing line.
from the digitised collection of the British Library, Goodenough College, Daily 10am - 6pm
situated within the Poet’s Circle on the British Library’s FREE - just turn up
Piazza.
GODS OF LIGHT - JOANNE MORGAN
The British Library, Thurs 9.30am - 8pm, Fri 9.30am This is an exhibition of prints and paintings depicting
- 6pm, Sat 9.30pm - 5pm, Sun 11am - 5pm the gods of light: Sun gods and goddesses from
various mythologies and cultures throughout time.
FREE - just turn up Mary Ward House, Saturday & Sunday 10am - 7pm
FREE - just turn up
DESIGN COMPETITION EXHIBITION
DISSTEMMA 7: MERGING WITH SHADOWS
Bloomsbury Festival has teamed up with Central St Disstemma open dialogues through site specific
Martins, giving students the chance to design this installations. Objects are relocated. Histories are
year’s Festival image. The shortlisted entries will rewritten. Messages are lost and found.
be displayed, along with the winning illustration by The Crypt Gallery, St Pancreas Church, Thurs 6pm -
Andrew Long. 8pm; Fri 12 noon - 6pm; Sat/Sun 11am - 6pm
FREE - just turn up
Senate House, Daily, all day

FREE - just turn up

STRONG LIGHT I - ANDREW CHAPPEL

A sculpture that imagines and investigates what would
happen if light didn´t just warm and iluminate the
things around us but was also capable of moving them.

Mary Ward House, Daily, all day / FREE - just turn up

ILLUMINATION - HOW THE VISUAL
CAPTURES THE IMAGINATION

How do ideas move from the mental to the visual? This
exhibition will explore how the gestation of the creative
idea contributes to our understanding of visual culture

Senate House Library, Thurs & Fri 10am - 6pm,
Sat 10am - 5pm / FREE - just turn up

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Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

ASPECT - KATHARINE FRY EVENTS: THURSDAY
A multimedia installation taking you on a journey
through time. You will feel time in different ways MUSEUM BY CANDLELIGHT
before measured time falls away altogether. Experience Dickens’s beautifully restored former
Mary Ward House, Saturday & Sunday 10am - 6pm home just as the author would have seen it, with
FREE - just turn up flickering lights illuminating the elegance of the
beautifully furnished interiors, the desk where
New London Architecture presents: Dickens penned his works and the shadowy
chambers of the Victorian basement.
NEW LONDON MODEL Charles Dickens Museum, 6.20pm
Tickets £15 via The Charles Dickens Museum
NEW IDEAS FOR HOUSING (see pg 32)
(see pg 17 for details)
NLA Galleries at The Building Centre EVENTS: FRIDAY
Thursday & Friday 9am - 6pm / Saturday 10am -
5pm FRIDAY LATE AT OCTOBER GALLERY
FREE - just turn up A rare opportunity to visit the gallery in the evening
for a special late viewing of exhibition Realm of the
UCL ART MUSEUM POP-UP DISPLAY: Sun by Aubrey Williams.
LIGHT AND DARK October Gallery, 5.30pm
Come and explore UCL Art Museums amazing FREE - just turn up
collection of prints, etchings and drawings with this
Light and Dark themed Pop-Up display curated by
volunteers and students from UCL.
UCL Art Musem, Friday 1pm - 5pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
(see our website for details)

THE FOUNDLING MUSEUM
- FREE ENTRY

The Foundling Museum explores the history of the
Foundling Hospital, the UK’s first children’s charity
and first public art gallery. Includes entry to the
exhibition The Fallen Woman.

See also Curator's Talk of The Fallen Woman (pg 31).

Foundling Museum, Saturday & Sunday
10am - 5pm

FREE - just turn up

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Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions

EVENTS: FRIDAY (CONT) LIGHT OFFERINGS

MAIL RAIL BY TORCHLIGHT An interactive workshop discovering the secrets
Don your hard hat and join us for a special torch-lit behind making an ancient Egyptian light offering,
walk through one of London’s hidden subterranean before joining a procession to celebrate in creating
treasures – Mail Rail. your own light offering to the Gods outside the
British Postal Museum and Archive, museum.
4pm, 6pm & 8pm
Tickets: £15 via Bloomsbury Theatre (see page 32) The Petrie Museum, 5pm

COMICS: ILLUMINATING THE DARK NIGHT FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
OF THE SOUL (see our website for details)
An exploration of how and why comics have been
used to combat and inform maladies of the mind and WELLCOME COLLECTION
soul from grief to depression and more.
The Cartoon Museum, 6.30pm A weekend of light-related creativity. A range of hands
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended on activities for visitors of all ages, including:
(see our website for details)
SLOW STORY SLIDE SHOW
EVENTS: SATURDAY
A specially created experience for ten people at a
LIGHT PAINT PORTRAITS LIVE time, created by artist Sheila Ghelani. Listen to a
Portrait photographer Greg Goodale offers free meditation, use desktop slide-viewers to watch a
individual light painting sessions of 10-20 minutes. story - each slide an image carefully selected from the
(Not suitable for those sensitive to flash lighting) Wellcome Library.
Senate House, 11am - 5pm / FREE - just turn up
LANTERN CITY

A city of lanterns that grows over the weekend,
prompting conversations about living in urban areas,
24/7 living and circadian rhythms.

CHIAROSCURO LIFE DRAWING

Inspired by historical artwork from Wellcome
Collection and elsewhere, this drawing workshop uses
dramatic lighting to illuminate a life model, giving
participants the opportunity to practice drawing the
human form.

PAINTING WITH LIGHT

Use long exposure photography to draw and paint
with light - have fun with torches, glo-sticks and other
sources of light.

LIGHT TRANSMISSION

A radio broadcast of music that charts the shifting
relationship that the inhabitants of the British Isles
have with visible light, inviting visitors to imagine
beyond our capacities to see. Listen via your
smartphone or one of the radios in the foyer.

Wellcome Collection, times vary
(see website for details)

FREE - just turn up

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FAMILY ART DAY AT OCTOBER GALLERY EVENTS: SUNDAY
An imaginative, multi-sensory session in the gallery;
using storytelling, we will go on a magical journey that PAINT YOUR OWN NIGHTLIGHT
explores light, as well as creating individual artworks Half hour slot to come into the studio and hand
for families to take home. paint a night light which will then be fired and ready
October Gallery, 10am for collection the following week.
FREE - just turn up Cosmo China, 11am - 5pm
Tickets: £7 on the door
NIHR GREAT ORMOND STREET BRC
OPEN DAY FAMILY ANIMAL DAY
Join us at the UCL, Institute of Child Health for a fun- A day for all the family celebrating animals. Visit
filled afternoon that aims to increase understanding the mini zoo and meet some beautiful hawks; hear
of medical research, illustrating how it is crucial for children’s author Judith Kerr and keepers from
improving child health. London Zoo, or play Animal Noise Bingo!
UCL, Institute of Child Health, 12noon - 4pm The British Library, 11am - 5pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended FREE - just turn up
(see our website for details)
WELLCOME COLLECTION
CURATOR'S TALK OF THE FALLEN WOMAN A weekend of light-related creativity (see Saturday)
Join Professor Lynda Nead, curator of The Fallen Wellcome Collection, times vary
Woman, as she illuminates some of the hidden stories (see website for details)
of women who left their children at the Foundling FREE - just turn up
Hospital.
Foundling Museum, 2pm
FREE - just turn up

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU 31
Artist Andrew Chappel talks about his Light Matter
Project, where he imagines a world where light is
capable of moving objects, followed by a short story
reading by writer Stuart Snelson.
Mary Ward House, Time 2.30pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
(see our website for details)

BLAST
An evening of performance, music, talks and film
revolving around the content in the 2 copies of Blast,
the seminal magazine of the Vorticist movement which
was based nearby in Bloomsbury.
The Horse Hospital, 7pm
Tickets: £5 in advance (£6.50 on door) via The Horse
Hospital (see page 32)

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Booking Information

FREE EVENTS

Many of our events are ‘free - just turn up’. Free events operate on a first come first served basis,
so please leave good time to arrive at events to avoid disappointment. Some events will run a
bucket collection - please donate to support the Festival.

Some events with limited availability are bookable in advance (see event listings, and visit our
website for details of how to book), but uncollected tickets will be released 5 minutes start time,
so please arrive promptly.

TICKETED (PAID) EVENTS

FESTIVAL BOX OFFICE AT The Complete Vocal Institute
BLOOMSBURY THEATRE Booking for: 1 Day masterclass in Complete Vocal
Technique (pg 15)
Events at Bloomsbury Theatre www.completevocalinstitute.com
Booking in advance and on the door.
Charles Dickens Museum
Events at other venues Booking for: Museum By Candelight (pg 29)
(See event listings in brochure and online) 020 7405 2127 / www.dickensmuseum.com
Booking in advance until the 6pm the day before the
event. Curzon Bloomsbury
Bookings on the day - on the door subject to Booking for: Peter Pan, The Adventures of Prince
availability. PLEASE NOTE: Cash or cheque only Achmed, Architectural Tour/The Passenger (pg 16)
www.curzoncinemas.com

How To Book Bertha Dochouse
By Telephone: 020 3108 1000 Booking for: Nostalgia for the Light (pg 16)
(12 noon - 6pm Mon - Fri) www.dochouse.org
In Person: 12 noon - 6pm Mon - Fri and
until start time on performance days Pushkin House
Online: www.thebloomsbury.com Booking for: The Death of Ivan Illyich (pg 20),
There is £2.50 booking fee per transaction on all Resurrection (pg 22)
online and telephone transactions for paid events (no 020 7269 9770 / www.pushkinhouse.org
booking fee for free events, or for bookings
made in person) ENO
Booking for: Know The Show Workshop (pg 15)
OTHER VENUE BOX OFFICES www.eno.org/enoknowtheshow

Conway Hall Centre for Contemporary Literature
Booking for: Primrose Piano Quartet (pg 14) Booking for: Living, Thinking, Looking – An Evening
020 7405 1818 / www.conwayhall.org.uk with Siri Hustvedt (pg 24)
https://www2.bbk.ac.uk/ccl/
The School of Life
Booking for: School of Thought: The Feminists (pg 10) The Horse Hospital
www.theschooloflife.com Booking for: Blast (page 31)
www.thehorsehospital.com

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GETTING HERE FESTIVAL TEAM:

Bloomsbury has excellent public transport Festival Director
connections and is well served by the underground,
buses and national rail. See our map on pages 18 - 19, Kate Anderson
and visit tfl.gov.uk to plan your journey.

ACCESS Festival Co-ordinator

More information about access is available on our Caggy Kerlogue
website, and you can contact individual event venues
for assistance.

SH O P, E AT & DR IN K Programming

Make the most of your visit to Bloomsbury with the John-Paul Muir
area’s many cafes, restaurants, and independent
shops.

THE WEATHER Programming
Philip Parr
Our outdoor events will continue whatever the
weather - bring your brolly and join in, but remember
there are lots of indoor events to enjoy as well! Production Manager
Jess Hudsley
TELL US WHAT YOU THINK

Look out for feedback forms at the festival, or fill in Marketing Manager
our online survey afterwards. We’d love to know Gillian Allmark
what you think.

THANK YOU Marketing Officer
Frieda Eichhorn
To the hundreds of our individuals, partners, trustees,
volunteers and team who all work together to make
Bloomsbury Festival possible. Marketing Assistant
Laura Halliwell
FESTIVAL PATRONS

The Duchess of Bedford Festival HR & Coordinator
Professor Michael Arthur Provost and President, UCL Support
Professor Roger Kain Dean and Chief Executive, Claudia Ackenson
School of Advanced Study

FESTIVAL TRUSTEES Bookkeeper
Elena Cass
John Ainley
Simon Christmas,
Andrew Clark
Michael Dixon
Sally Muckley
Noel Murphy
Paul Wyman (Chair)

Design: Gillian Allmark & UCL Communications
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LAUNCH EVENT & HUBS: FILM:

Light Up Store Street 3 Bedford House Film Night 16 

SENATE HOUSE HUB. 6-7  By Our Selves 16 

BRUNSWICK HUB 8-9  Hacking the Archives 16 

CONWAY HUB 10-11  Tour & The Passenger 16 

MUSIC: Disney's Peter Pan 16 

SOAS World Music Stage 12  The Adventures of Prince 16 
Achmed
Harrison All Day Folk Fest 12 

Jazz in the Park 12  Brilliant 16 

Sunlight, Shadows and a 13  Nostalgia For The Light 16 
Symphony of Colour
ARCHITECTURE & TECHNOLOGY:

Symphonic Illuminations 13  Lightcrumbs 17    

Tracing the 13  New London Model 17   
Disappearance of Light
New Ideas for Housing 17 

Grace Oh Piano Recital 13  NLA London Model Tour 17 

Anna Zassimova 13  Listening to Light... 17 

Cor Llunsain 13  Twinkle 17 

Enlightenment 13  Light Activated 17 
Antimicrobials
James Brawn Recital 13 

Songs of Shadows 14  Orbital Threshold 17   

Michael Poll Guitar 14  Interactive Architecture 17 

Symphony to a Lost 14  THEATRE & DANCE:
Generation
Before Sunrise... 20    
Marios Panteliadis Piano 14
 The Death of Ivan Illyich 20 

Of Love and Cake 14  The Loris 20 

Ikon of Light 14  The Tempest 20 

Light 14  Pot and Kettle 20 

Primrose Piano Quartet 14  How The Vote Was Won 20

London Sacred Harp... 15 

 Daughter of The Forest 20
Bonbibi
Singalong with the 15 
Foundling...
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1 Day Vocal Masterclass 15  Phos 21   

ENO: Know The Show 15 I Am You and You Are Me 21 

 Speed of Darkness 21

Percussion Workshop 15 

 A Secret Garden 21 

Coffee Parralax String 22 

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Call and Response 22     Bloomsbury In Art & 26 
Resurrection 22   Society
He Who Said Yes... 22 
Bloomsbury In Fiction 26 

Rage Rage... The Heart of Bloomsbury 26 

22   Pacifists, Pioneers &Poets 26

Grandma's Love Letters 23 

 FAMILY:

Finders Keepers 23  Family Art Day 27 

On The Edge of Me 23  NIHR Great Ormand 27
Street BRC Open Day
Bunnies Inside Her 23 

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Silvia Ziranek 23   Family Animal Day 27 

Tiresias 23  MUSEUMS, GALLERIES & EXHIBITIONS:

LITERATURE: Light On Moments 28    

Bloomsbury's Forgotten 24  Crossroads of Curiosity 28    
Heroine
Design Comp Exhibition 28    
Bloomsbury Voices 24 
Light Matter 28    
Living, Thinking, Looking... 24
 Net Work 28    

John Hegley 24  Gods of Light 28  

Reading from works in 24  Distemma 7: 28    
progress...

Storytelling - UCL IOE 24  Strong Light I 28    

Tea at Persephone Books 25  Illumination... 28  

Short Story Slam 25  Aspect - Katharine Fry 29 

26 Pairs of Eyes 25  UCL Art Museum Pop Up 29 

Public Address... 25  The Foundling Museum 29 

Out of the Woods 25  Museum By Candlelight 29 

Luminaries... 25  Late at October Gallery 29 

The Tale of Bloomsbury 25     Mail Rail By Torchlight 30 

WALKS: Comics: Illuminating the 30 
Dark Night of the Soul
Tour of The Tombs 26
 Light Portraits Live 30

The Women of... 26  

The Garden Squares... 26 Light Offerings 30 

 Wellcome Collection 30

Kings Cross... 26  

Bloomsbury Buildings 26 May The Force... 31 

 Curator's Talk... 31 

Bloomsbury Loo Tour 26  Blast 31 

Bloomsbury & the Poets 26  Paint Your Own Nightlight 31

Modern Conflicts... 26 

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Our thanks to the following for supporting Bloomsbury Festival 2015:

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