Bloomsbury TheatreBloomsbury Theatre - Your Local Theatre in Central London

Bloomsbury Theatre The Bloomsbury Theatre hosts a programme of performances and events to suit all tastes. From comedy to drama, music to dance and much more. You can see our full list of upcoming events on the events page and book online for most events. "Your local theatre in Central London hosting the best in comedy, music, drama and dance" On the Bloomsbury Theatre website, alongside booking tickets, you can find out more about our theatre (including 360° views), how to find us, our seat plan, how to keep up with what we have on by email and also various news. We hope you enjoy having a look around.

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:44:05 +0100

IPA ‘Night of the AdEaters’, sponsored by Thinkbox

16 Oct 2008

IPA PunkThis internationally acclaimed ‘advertainment’ show will celebrate over 350 of the finest, most amazing, artistic and creative advertising films from around the world!

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Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:06:18 +0100

Josie Long

19 Sep 2008

Josie Long

All of the Planet's Wonders (shown in detail)

Fresh from a run at The Edinburgh Festival, this is critically acclaimed Josie Long's new show for 2008

Hopefully this show will be so big and so small that you'll need a telescope and a microscope. At different times.

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Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:58:32 +0100

Victor Spinetti

6-7 Oct 2008

Victor Spinetti

A Very Private Diary... Revisited!

Award-winning screen and theatre star Victor Spinetti unlocks his very private diary to tell stories about The Beatles, Peter Sellers, Sean Connery, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, and many more, brought together in a sensational and hilarious evening of comedy, gossip and revelations.

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Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:40:00 +0100

Elizabeth & Raleigh: Late But Live

14 Oct 2008

Elizabeth and Raleigh

Potatoes, tobacco, Elizabethan dance, cross-dressing, xenophobia and laughs galore from the team behind Johnson And Boswell: Late But Live, which played to critical acclaim at the Traverse Theatre at Edinburgh 2007.

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Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:33:38 +0100

Neil Innes and Fatso

17 Oct 2008

Neil Innes

An obesity time bomb no one should miss!

An evening of music and merriment with material drawn from Fatso, The Rutles, Rutland Weekend Television, Monty Python and The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, featuring original members Neil Innes, Brian Hodgson, John Halsey, Billy Bremner and Roger Rettig.

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Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:48:51 +0100

A Date With Destiny

8 Sep 2008

A Date with DestinyWhen Charlene Gordon and Jaida Gomes were asked what they thought of the level of gun/knife crime in London, and young peoples behaviour in general, their response was that much is being done to prevent this rapid growing crime but little is being done to steer the weapons in the right direction.

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Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:34:33 +0100

New Look

Welcome to the new look for the 40th anniversary website of The Bloomsbury Theatre. You can read a short history of the venue here. We hope you enjoy taking a look around!

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Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:23:46 +0100

Maz Jobrani

15 Nov 2008

Maz Jobrani

Appearing for the first time in the UK and coming straight from the hugely successful sell out 'Axis of Evil Comedy Tour' in the US, Middle East and Australia, with regular appearances on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno', 'The Late Late Show' and Comedy Central's 'Premium Blend', Max Jobrani an Iranian-American comic, brings his original and hilarious stand up show to London.

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Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:09:07 +0100

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

27-30 Aug 2008

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don’t expect to see at the door is a big, stripy tiger!

For the first time ever, this much loved tale of a tiger creating tea time mayhem is brought vividly to life on stage in a show packed with oodles of magic, sing a long songs and clumsy chaos. Expect to be surprised!

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Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:43:49 +0100

Tom Harrison - Control Freak

4 Sep 2008

Tom Harrison

Control Freak, the show that has been challenging and entertaining audiences around the country, comes to The Bloomsbury Theatre for one night only. Up and coming illusionist Tom Harrison makes his London debut with this interactive and unique show. Combining extraordinary psychological trickery with risky and seemingly impossible demonstrations, Control Freak ensures everyone has something to think about on their way home.

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Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:02:01 +0100

Mitch Benn and the Distractions

15 Oct 2008

Mitch Benn

From BBC Radio 4's 'The Now Show' and 'Crimes Against Music' and BBC1's 'The One Show', 'The Country’s leading musical satirist' (The Times) is back on tour with his band. Following the release of his latest single Sing Like An Angel.

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Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:33:48 +0100

Mike Batt

27 Oct 2008

Mike Batt

Mike Batt is one of Britain's most successful songwriters and record producers, having composed and produced both pop and classical hits for many artists from Art Garfunkel to Vanessa Mae and Cliff Richard. He is also Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry, the body that represents UK’s record companies. He wrote and produced 'Bright Eyes, - Art Garfunkel's international number one single, and collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber on the song 'Phantom of The Opera'. He has won five Ivor Novello Awards (the UK's songwriting 'Oscar').

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Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:41:49 +0100

Out of Slavery - Gala Night

28 Sep 2008

Out of Slavery

A memorable evening of music and dance celebrating the abolition of the slave trade, to raise funds for the Ghana charity Ashanti Development.

Royal Ballet dancers including Mara Galeazzi, Yuhui Choe, Thomas Whitehead and Sergei Polunin, come together with Agnes Lopez Rio, Antoine Vereecken and Neil Brown from Wayne McGregor / Random Dance, to present a rich variety of new and recent choreography, interwoven with music composed by ex-slaves and arrangements of spirituals and plantation songs, played by Robert Gibbs, Adrian Bradbury, Oliver Davies and Henry Roche.

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Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:11:36 +0100

Miss Trinidad and Tobago UK 2008

20 Sep 2008

Miss Trinidad and Tobago

Carivog International UK presents the 6th Miss Trinidad & Tobago UK Pageant and Cultural Show, where they will select a UK based Trinbagonian beauty to be a cultural ambassador to represent Trinidad and Tobago in the UK.

The night's proceedings will showcase the incredible and wonderfully diverse culture of the beautiful Caribbean twin island nation of Trinidad and Tobago, home of the Carnival and steel pan. We welcome you to a night of song, dance and amazing costumes. Entertainment will feature soca, chutney, calypso, soul and steel pan.

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Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:57:24 +0100

Stephen K Amos - Find The Funny

30-31 Jan 2009

Stephen K Amos

New comedy from star of Live At The Apollo (BBC) and Royal Variety Show (ITV). Sell out in 2005/6/7.

"You'll laugh until you actually cry." *****
Sunday Express

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Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:03:08 +0100

Katzenjammer

11 Sep 2008

Katzenjammer

The Four Hands on One Piano Music & Comedy Duo.

Katzenjammer, the UK's favourite mad piano virtuosos, are back in London for the first time since their launch at the Royal Opera House! Come and join them for an unforgettable night of the world's greatest music mixed with utter nonsense, including special appearances by the Simpsons, a first division concert pianist, and just wait 'til you see what they do with a hoover!

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Fri, 30 May 2008 15:05:19 +0100

Tim Minchin: Ready For This?

5-6 Sep 2008

Tim Minchin

In London, they reckon he's the "Next big thing in musical comedy" (The Times) and "The best musical comedian since Bill Bailey" (Time Out)
In Melbourne, they say he's "Witty, smart and unabashedly offensive" (The Age)
In New York, they call him "Dazzlingly daffy... so refreshing" (NY Times)

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Fri, 23 May 2008 12:36:06 +0100

Dennis Locorriere - The True Voice of Doctor Hook

12 Oct 2008

Dennis

DENNIS LOCORRIERE is one of the last great undimmed American heroes.
Without reservation he still has one of the finest voices around, impassioned heartbreak and lost innocence… As the lead singer of Dr Hook, one of the biggest bands across the world in the seventies and eighties, Dennis Locorriere is THAT beautiful voice instantly recognised the world over.

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Thu, 22 May 2008 11:29:14 +0100

Eliza Carthy

1 Nov 2008

Eliza Carthy

A truly inventive and innovative singer and fiddle-player, Eliza Carthy is a gifted musical conceptualist confirming her position as, arguably, the most impressive and engaging performer of a generation.

For her new tour, Eliza is accompanied by Willie Molleson on drums, Emma Smith on double bass and Phil Alexander (Salsa Celtica) on keyboards / piano accordion. Eliza will showcase original material from her album Dreams of Breathing Underwater. Powerful, vital and exuberant rhythms, absorbed from her travels around the globe, characterize this highly original, self-penned music.

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Mon, 19 May 2008 14:58:36 +0100

Edinburgh and Beyond 2008

18 Oct 2008

Paramount Comedy and Avalon Promotions Ltd present the Edinburgh & Beyond Live Tour sponsored by Magners Irish Cider.

Fresh from their Edinburgh Festival shows, four of Britain's finest comic talents come together for the must-see tour of the year.

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