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Chris Addison

Bloomsbury Theatre — Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:06:15 +0000

Event Dates: 4-5 May 2010

Additional date, 5th May, added due to popular demand.

At last! Mr. Chris Addison off Bafta Award-winning comedy The Thick of It, In The Loop, Skins and Lab Rats is back with a brand new show of his critically acclaimed stand-up. Daftness! Whimsy! Jokes! Lies! Smartarsery! Flapping about! All present and correct.

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Stewart Francis - Tour de Francis

Bloomsbury Theatre — Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:55:15 +0000

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Event Dates: 14 May 2010

Great Comedians Come In Cycles.

As seen on Mock the Week, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and 8 out of 10 Cats.

"A brilliant comic brain, this stand-up cracks some of the best one liners I've ever heard." The Guardian

"One of the funniest comedians in the World." The Late Late Show

Robin Ince's School for Gifted Children Holiday Special

Bloomsbury Theatre — Wed, 3 Feb 2010 15:22:24 +0000

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Event Dates: 29 Mar 2010

The best lecture you ever had, but all splintered and haphazard, like the popular children’s magazine of knowledge, Look and Learn. Like a Show and Tell, with less dinosaurs and more words. And some of those Words will be songs. A whole curriculum of wit and accidental profundity.

Hans Teeuwen - Smooth and Painful

Bloomsbury Theatre — Wed, 3 Feb 2010 15:02:56 +0000

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Event Dates: 3 Jun 2010

Dutch superstar, comedian, jazz singer and defender of free speech and probably the most exciting comedian to hit the British Stage in years, Hans Teeuwen returns to London for two extra shows due to public demand. His phenomenally surreal, critical acclaimed cabaret was rated five stars by The Guardian and Metro at last years Fringe and described by Stewart Lee as ..."the best stand-up I've seen in ages"

Dr Phil’s Rude Health Show

Bloomsbury Theatre — Wed, 3 Feb 2010 14:20:39 +0000

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Event Dates: 8 Jun 2010

If you only see one doctor this year, make it Dr Phil...

Phil Hammond is a GP, writer, broadcaster and possibly the only comedian to have appeared at a public inquiry. He is Private Eye's medical correspondent and has appeared on Have I Got News for You, The News Quiz, The Now Show and Countdown. He is rude about everything (politicians, doctors, death, drugs, sex, himself) but in a funny way. Free swabs and sick notes for all.

Chris Addison

Bloomsbury Theatre — Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:29:13 +0000

Event Dates: 13 Feb 2010

Only standing available. Call 020 7388 8822 to book.
Due to demand extra dates added on the 14th March and 4th May.

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Zoe Lyons - Miss Machismo

Bloomsbury Theatre — Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:28:56 +0000

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Event Dates: 8 Apr 2010

If.Comedy Best Newcomer nominee Zoe Lyons brings her all new show to The Bloomsbury Theatre for one night only.

In 2008 Zoe was awarded the inaugural DAVE award for Best Joke at the Fringe for a gag that Germaine Greer described as 'astonishingly vicious'. Zoe is, of course, grateful for the compliment and has since appeared on Mock The Week (BBC2), Four Stands Up (Radio 4), Clive Anderson's Chatroom (BBC2) and PMQ with Andy Parsons (Radio Five Live).

Lucy Porter - Fool's Gold

Bloomsbury Theatre — Mon, 1 Feb 2010 11:28:41 +0000

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Event Dates: 9 Apr 2010

Lucy Porter's latest solo show is a witty romp through the history of gold. In these times of recession, gold is prized more highly than ever, as other forms of currency grow worthless. What's so special about gold, and why is it that human beings have long been obsessed with the yellow, shiny stuff? The show will feature live alchemy, a tribute to Mr T. and a very valuable, big gold thing with security guards and everything!

Terry Alderton

Bloomsbury Theatre — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:12:27 +0000

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Event Dates: 21 May 2010

"You can’t carry on storming gigs like this. I can’t do what you can; you need to be out there and on tour." Eddie Izzard

Perrier Award nominee and Royal Variety performer, Terry Alderton holds the record for the most consecutive encores at the world famous Comedy Store. He's first call for all the comedy club bookers in the country, but following a little chat with a certain Eddie Izzard he's been persuaded to take to the road.

Micky Flanagan - Spiel

Bloomsbury Theatre — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:04:27 +0000

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Event Dates: 8 May 2010

The London debut of Micky Flanagan's latest show - Spiel. Star of BBC1 and Radio4, Micky is also one of only a handful of comics to perform their own Comedy Central special.

"Arguably the funniest comedian in the world... the future of comedy" Frank Skinner

"If there was any justice in the world he’s be a huge star" Tim Arthur, Time Out

Richard Herring: As It Occurs To Me

Bloomsbury Theatre — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:40:19 +0000

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Event Dates: 28 Jun 2010

A new internet stand up and sketch show written and performed by the star of BBC2's Fist of Fun and TMWRNJ, Radio 2's "That Was Then This Is Now" and stand up shows including "Talking Cock", "The Headmaster's Son” and "Hitler Moustache".

All material generated that week from topical events and what’s been going on in Richard’s ridiculous life. Untested and Uncensored. Some people may find the content offensive.
Download for free from iTunes or come and be part of the live audience.

On The Borderline

Bloomsbury Theatre — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:07:41 +0000

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Event Dates: 27-29 May 2010

by Sally Wyatt and Clara Armand
an Interanimation Theatre production
directed by Clara Armand

It all happens during the night of a charity do. A pair of strangers arrive to make people do what they have never planned to do. A tough businessman spends hours dreaming, a feisty streetwise girl, whose main source of income was blackmailing, throws the money she has earned in the sea, and a hitman hits the wrong target.

Chris Addison

Bloomsbury Theatre — Fri, 4 Dec 2009 22:35:02 +0000

Event Dates: 14 Mar 2010

Extra date added on the 4th May.

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Russell Kane - Human Dressage

Bloomsbury Theatre — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:47:41 +0000

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Event Dates: 10 Jun 2010

Join triple If.comedy Award Nominee and co-host of ITV2'S I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here Now! Russell Kane and his Edinburgh 2009 sell-out show 'Human Dressage' returns to the Bloomsbury due to popular demand.

The Claude Bolling Trio

Bloomsbury Theatre — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:26:37 +0000

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Event Dates: 15 May 2010

As a pianist, composer, arranger and orchestra conductor, Claude Bolling is presently without a doubt one of the most reputed French musicians in the world in different fields from jazz to variety and music for films.

Evan Christopher’s Django à la Créole

Bloomsbury Theatre — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:14:04 +0000

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Event Dates: 5 Jun 2010

Django à la Créole is two guitars and double bass weaving sultry rhythms around the soaring clarinet of arguably the current no1 on the instrument, Evan Christopher. The magic comes from the fusion of Gypsy swing with hot rhythms from the streets of New Orleans, the Caribbean and Brazil.

Elegant and impassioned, New Orleans-based clarinettist Evan Christopher's style is steeped in the tradition exemplified by early jazz masters such as Sidney Bechet, Jimmie Noone, and Barney Bigard. Together with UK based guitarists David Blenkhorn & Dave Kelbie, and bassist Sebastien Girardot, the quartet celebrates the music of the legendary Django Reinhardt and enlivens swing-era classics with fresh interpretations and virtuosic improvisations.

Pappy's

Bloomsbury Theatre — Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:32:37 +0000

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Event Dates: 30 Apr 2010

Phil McIntyre Entertainment proudly presents:

Pappy's presents a World Record Attempt: 200 Sketches In An Hour (plus bonus sketches and an interval)

Fresh from Channel 4 and a critically acclaimed, sell out run at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival, "the funniest sketch troupe on the Fringe" (The Scotsman) return to take the UK, and the record books, by storm.

Eric Bibb

Bloomsbury Theatre — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:29:50 +0000

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Event Dates: 10-11 May 2010

Eric Bibb performs songs from his album Booker’s Guitar. The first representation that accurately mirrors his magnetic and charismatic acoustic live shows, true to tradition and yet uniquely his own.

A travelling musician has a chance encounter in the most unlikely of places with something mystical and powerful, a 1930s vintage Resophonic National steel-body guitar that had belonged to Delta blues legend Booker White. Everything changes and suddenly, everything is up for grabs, and the music – already rich and historically resonant – takes a whole new direction.

Shakespeare Summer School 2009

Bloomsbury Theatre — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:25:23 +0000

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

Bloomsbury Theatre — Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:37:18 +0000

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.