Made with over a hundred worldleading institutions, drama, dance and visual art colleges, creative businesses, theatres, cinemas, ground-breaking scientists, leading artists, academics, and publishing houses – Bloomsbury Festival is a truly unique celebration of this vibrant cultural quarter.
LANGUAGE is our Festival theme for 2016, marking SOAS’ Centenary. We are thrilled to offer you a fantastically varied programme that brings the theme to life. Expect street parties celebrating the language of dance, debates on the language of social change, poets battling it out with technology, a sound installation of endangered languages and many more creative ideas, projects and performances.
Our 2016 Festival design on the front of this brochure, created by Central St Martin’s competition winner Weis van der Wal, has captured the theme beautifully, we think.
To help navigate this incredible array of activities we have four main hubs over the Festival weekend in addition to the many individual events taking place in some of Bloomsbury’s intriguing spaces. Whatever your taste, we hope you will find something to enjoy at Bloomsbury Festival - be it stimulating, entertaining, quirky, original or daring!
Kate Anderson Festival Director
Information correct at time of printing. For the most up to date information, visit our website at bloomsburyfestival.org.uk
Photograph by Etienne Gilfillan
Allegations - A talk by Mark Lawson
Photographs: (from top left clockwise) Lena Herzog: Human Figure / Hoa Hakananai’a (“lost or stolen friend”) Moa ancestor figure from the Living and Dying Gallery (Rm24) of The British Museum; Goodensemble by Stuart Keegan; Mark Lawson; Coram’s Field by Andy Commons; Now It Is Permitted: 24 Wayside Pulpits; In The Bellows: Blue.
Back by popular demand, the Festival hosts a night time street party opening the weekend in style on Bloomsbury’s Store Street.
Only a stone’s throw from the West End, Store Street is a hidden gem with a very special local flavour. For one night, artists, dancers and musicians will stop the traffic and the party will take over!
Store Street will be transformed into a public stage for participative dance from around the world, from Tango to Belly dance and from Swing to Flamenco. The Street will feature the world premiere of a new commission, Re:Store, from acclaimed hip-hop dancer Tony Adigun’s Avant Garde Youth Dance Company, who have been working with dance students from Westminster Kingsway College.
In an echo of 2015, Step Out Store Street will include one of pa-BOOM’s symbolic burning Hot Heads, live music from a mini bandstand, street food and mulled wine. Completing the transformation, Store Street shops, businesses and cafes open up to reveal local artists in residence for the night, from musicians to portraitists, poets to inspirational speakers. There will be fun and activities for all ages and tastes.
Come down and join the party!
Store Street, WC1
FREE - just turn up (Please note that the street capacity is limited and access will be managed accordingly)
Step Out Store Street is supported by Bedford Estates, Store Street, Fitzrovia Partnership and Hurford Salvi Carr
Beyond Words
A day to play with a sideways slant on language
Saturday, 11am - 5pm
In the glorious surroundings of UCL’s famous Quad, top scientists, researchers and technologists, together with artists, performers and special Bloomsbury Festival guests invite you to play with the possibilities of language.
From the languages of the body, back, brain and bacteria to the languages of data, coding and artificial intelligence, you can test your memory, invent a message for the future, take part in cutting edge research or just sit back and enjoy a feast of fabulous live music and performances.
A playground of ideas, activities and conversations, Beyond Words will blow your mind, soothe your senses and make your day!
Highlights include...
Immersive
Delve into UCL’s unique spaces with sound, vision and virtual reality installations, including Clang, Bang, Swoosh, Boom!, Dare to Lose your Language! Elemental - Science, Mind and the Infinite Universe. Surround yourself with Egypt’s ancient languages at UCL’s Petrie Museum and the roar of the animal kingdom at the Grant Museum.
Interactive
Fun, games and activities including: Taboo, You’re a Linguist and You Don’t Know It, Bacterial Banter, Flash Sign.
Music
A full day’s line up including Bahareque’s Latin American Rhythms, Le Gazhikane Muzikante’s musical folk journey across South East Europe and ensemble Izba Club’s Traditional Russian folksinging.
FREE - just turn up
Art
Top tips include: The Slade Print Fair, Lost and Found, Talking to the Future.
Theatre & Dance
Beautiful Confusion Collective, Faceless Arts, Transform!, B-Hybrid Dance, Roma Dance. Or catch a performance at UCL’s new Bloomsbury Studio.
Full programme available on our website and at the event. Catering available all day.
Sponsored by UCL Culture. Music and Dance performances supported by Astor Hostels.
Between The Lines
A literature festival within the Festival
Sunday, 11am - 6pm
We are delighted to present our first pop-up literature festival. Housed in the beautiful setting of Goodenough College’s London House, Between the Lines is presented in association with Faber & Faber, Bloomsbury Publishing, Enitharmon, Oneworld Publications and Yale University Press. The hub also includes visual art installations from Art Language Location festival and book stalls, courtesy of London Review of Books. Catering is available all day.
Authors’ Talks and Readings
Mark Lawson : The Allegations
2.30pm, Tickets: £12 (see pg 32)
Colin Grant with Dr Suzanne O’Sullivan
A Smell of Burning
12.45pm, Tickets: £6 (see pg 32)
Sarah Gristwood - Game of Queens
1.30pm, Tickets: £6 (see pg 32)
Henry Eliot - Curiocity
5pm, Tickets: £6 (see pg 32)
Readings and Performance
Cracking Shakespeare
Preview performance by Kelly Hunter, actor (RSC, National Theatre, Laurence Olivier Award nominee), director and published author.
5.15pm, Tickets: £6 (see pg 32)
Dickens Presents: Readings from Pickwick Papers - Professor Michael Slater MBE
2.45pm, Tickets: £3 (see pg 32)
Bloomsbury Voice - Nicholas Murray
2pm, Tickets: £3 (see pg 32)
Faber Academy - Works in Progress
3.45pm, FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Panel Discussions
How to Get Published
Panelists from Bloomsbury publishing houses 11.30am, Tickets: £6 (see pg 32)
Challenges of Translation with Gregory Thompson, Chris Campbell & Martyn Crucefix 11.15am, Tickets: £3 (see pg 32)
What Lies Behind the Verse? With Hilary Davies, Nancy Campbell & Dr Todd Swift 12.30pm, Tickets: £3 (see pg 32)
Workshops
Unlocking your creative potential: the process of creative writing with Dr Ros Barber 1.30pm, Tickets: £12 (see pg 32)
Shakespeare’s Sister: Reimagining the past Playwriting with Dr Emma Whipday 3.15pm, Tickets: £6 (see pg 32)
F/Bound: Drop-in poetry & book making with Jeremy Dixon
2.45pm, Free - Just Turn Up
Talks
Russell Square in Life and Literature with Professor Rosemary Ashton
1.45pm, Tickets: £3 (see pg 32)
Shakespeare’s London with Professor René Weis 4pm, Tickets: £3 (see pg 32)
Language, Walking; Inducing Creativity with visual artist Nick Gear. 12.30pm FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
London House, Goodenough College, Mecklenburgh Square, WC1
Tickets: Day tickets £20, include a drinks reception at 6pm (limited availability, event reservations are essential). Individual event tickets also available.
Supported by Goodenough College
Image: Robert Good
Angelic Chaos (6,6) Anag.
Explore the language of social change
Sunday, 11am
- 6pm
Renowned for free speech and independent thought, Conway Hall makes a natural home for Bloomsbury Festival’s hub on the language of social change, which brings together some exceptional thinkers, scientists and artists to consider some of the key issues of today.
Talks and Discussions
Wiener Library - The Kindertransport Illustrated with some of the Wiener Library’s unique archival material relating to the Kindertransport scheme of 1938-1940.
11am, FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Thinking on a Sunday
Dr. Cicely Marston, Associate Professor in Social Science at LSHTM, discusses her research which focuses on the role of language in the sexual behaviour of young people transitioning into adulthood.
11am, FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Cultural Identities and Stereotype Threat
The Knowledge Quarter reflect on what cultural identities are and how they can be transformed in stereotypes.
12noon, FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
What Right To Play?
A panel of experts in family law, child psychology and theatre discuss childhood in an increasingly complex world. Linked to A Song for Coram’s Fields (p13) and curated by Melissa Lesson, Partner in Mishcon de Reya’s Family department.
2.15pm, FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Propaganda and the Nazi Regime
A talk based upon the archival materials held by the Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide.
3pm, FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Photograph by Etienne Gilfillin
Music and Language (pre-concert talk)
Ahead of the evening recital, musicologist Roderick Swanston explores how notes and structures convey meaning and emotion.
5.30pm Tickets: £3 (free with concert) (see pg 32)
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, WC1
Supported by Conway Hall
Workshops, Performance & Visual Arts
(we are) a sign of our times
A think-share-explore workshop with A School of Thought, looking at rhetoric, persuasive language and slogans for social change.
12 noon, Tickets: £6 (see pg 32)
The School of Life: Communicate Better in your Relationships
This class will consider the importance of what is said and unsaid in any intimate exchange.
3pm, Tickets: £20 (see pg 32)
Terrific Tongues
World-changing speeches you thought you knew but can’t really remember. Presented by Ingenious Purpose and Westminster Kingsway. 12 noon & 4pm, FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Conway Hall Sunday Concerts: Evening Recital
A colourful recital of string quartets by Mozart, Beethoven and Bartok with the Jubilee Quartet. 6.30pm, Tickets: £10
Plus...
24 Wayside Pulpits featuring Bridget Smith, Gavin Turk, Fiona Banner, Ali Smith (see pg 25)
Switching Hats, Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes - Valeria Valotto (see pg 27) re/de-signs - adamram (see pg 27)
Press This Button -Joanna Morgan (see pg 30)
Removing the Legal Chains of Violence Against Women - a performance. 4.30pm FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Language Taster Sessions
45 minute sessions with Lingua Diversa Group. 2pm (Spanish); 3pm (German); 4pm (Italian); 5pm (Brazilian). Tickets: £6 (see pg 32)
Festibloomtastic Family Fun!
Family activities across the Festival
Wednesday
A Song for Coram’s Fields
A short, pop-up performance celebrating the blissful anarchy of play and the 80th anniversary of Coram’s Fields by theatre maker Emma Bernard and composer Michael Henry. This new choral piece is performed by local schoolchildren with instrumentalists from Goodensemble. Produced by Bloomsbury Festival.
Coram’s Fields, 4.30pm & 6.30pm
FREE - Just Turn Up
Bedford House Ballet Performance
Ballet performance by students of Holburn Community Assocation, whose classes explore creative expression, musicality, choreography and performing skills alongside ballet technique.
London House, Goodenough College, 6.30pm
Tickets: £3 (see pg 32)
Saturday (all FREE - Just Turn Up)
Family Art Day at October Gallery
Join ‘Octoby’ the Octopus for multi-sensory stories and art making in response to Benin artist Romuald Hazoume’s exhibition about Immigration. For Under 6s and older siblings.
October Gallery, 10am - 11.30am
Spy Speak at the Petrie Museum
Free drop-in family activities that will have you cracking codes, deciphering doodles and being fluent in spy speak before the day is over!
Petrie Museum, 11am - 5pm
The Big Draw 2016: Drawing Language
A day of free drawing workshops for all ages and abilities, from beginners to professionals, offering a real challenge - how do you draw language?
British Museum, 11am - 4pm
Family Day: British Library Uncovered
A fun and creative Discovery Day uncovering the British Library’s inspiring collections and wondrous architecture. For all ages - just drop in.
The British Library, 11am - 4pm
Sunday: Family Mini-Hub at William Goodenough House, Goodenough College
Project: Oggbots (Ages 7 - 11)
A sci-fi treasure hunt that weaves together immersive street theatre, interactive gaming and the basics of electronic engineering.
Starts at Great Ormond Street Hospital Times vary - see website for details
Tickets: £7 (see pg 32)
In The Bellows: Blue (All ages)
An accordion unfolds to reveal a secret stage. A fifteen minute puppet show with live music and singing. Times vary - see website for details
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Ukulele Hockets Workshop (Age 7+)
With each participant playing one note, this workshop with Michael Davidson is a fun and creative opportunity to make music. No experience necessary - ukes provided, or bring your own.
10.30am, FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Hedgehog’s Home (Ages 3 - 7)
A charming story of how Hedgemond defends his humble house, while teaching us a lesson about caring for what we love. Presented by Istros books.
12 noon & 2pm, Tickets: £3 (see pg 32)
Writing for Children - Workshop & Reading (Age 8+)
Children’s author Oskar Jensen will lead a workshop on creative writing, combined with a Q&A and a reading from his books.
3pm, FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Many of the events in Bloomsbury Festival are family friendly. Here is a selection of the main festival events that focus on family and children. Image: Project: Oggbots
Family activities are supported by Greater London Properties.
A Song For Coram’s Fields is supported by Mishcon de Reya.
Music Music
A Musical Celebration of Europe
The Galliard Trio perform Grieg’s atmospheric Peer Gynt suite, songs by Benjamin Britten, preludes and fugues by Bach and Elgar’s Chansons de Nuit and de Matin.
William Goodenough House, Goodenough College, Wed, 1.10pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Poetry in Piano Music
Recital by pianist Jennifer Lee, including Maurice Ravel’s Gaspard de la nuit (1908) - Three Poems for Piano by Aloysius Bertrand, as well as works by Mozart and Chopin.
The Music Room, Wed, 1.10pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
A Song for Coram’s Fields
See Festibloomtastic Family Fun - page 13 - for details.
Coram’s Fields, Wed, 4.30pm & 6.30pm
Vocal Recital
Join Kiwi musicians Bianca Andrew, Julien Van Mellaerts and Somi Kim as they present an exciting and innovative programme of voice and piano repertoire.
St Pancras Church, Wed, 7.30pm
Tickets: £12 (see pg 32)
David Soo
Join award-winning Australian pianist David Soo for a musical and literary journey through the nineteenth century, including works by Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt.
The Music Room, Thurs, 1.10pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Moonstricken
Part theatrical performance piece, part art song recital, Moonstricken traces a journey from love to madness, from innocence to ruin, under the watchful gaze of the moon. Devised and performed by Vivien Conacher (mezzo soprano).
Lumen URC, Thurs, 6.30pm
Tickets: £6 (see pg 32)
Goodensemble: Four Symphonic Tongues
Michael Poll and Jason Bae conduct London’s hottest young professionals in an orchestral concert exploring the role of language in musical style through the vernacular of Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, and Maia.
Great Hall, London House, Goodenough College Thurs, 8pm
Tickets: £12 (see pg 32)
Kristiina Rokashevich
Award-winning Estonian pianist Kristiina Rokashevich, who currently studies at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, will perform a programme of Schubert, Debussy and Bartok.
St Pancras Church, Thurs, 7.30pm
Tickets £12 (see pg 32)
Dryads Duo,
A choice of colorful and exquisite repertoire, where completely different styles are put together into dialogue. Featuring works of two great composers: Szymanowski and Elgar.
The Music Room, Fri, 1.10pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
A Prokofiev 125th Anniversary Concert
A celebration of one of Russia’s biggest composers, including his instrumental and vocal music, as well as a specially commissioned piece by English composer Nathan Williamson. Pushkin House, Fri, 7pm
Tickets: £20 (£16) (see pg 32)
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Multi-instrumentalist Andrew Watson weaves violin, guitar, noise and loops into a live instrumental soundtrack blending post classical, post rock & improvised styles.
The Crypt Gallery, Friday, 7.30pm
Tickets: £6 (see pg 32)
SOAS World Music Stage
As part of its Centenary celebrations, SOAS World Music Stage will bring global beats to the heart of Bloomsbury. Featuring six of the best bands on London’s vibrant music scene, introduced by our favourite DJ and host DJ Ritu!
SOAS Korean Drummers - From SOAS to the world in four Korean Drums.
42 Strings - Original & stylish bordercrossing between Africa and Asia
Let Drum Beat - Sensual, spontaneous and irresistibly Brazilian Kadialy Kouyate Sound Archive - Invigorating Mandinka Soundscapes
Grupo Lokito - Explosive Latin - Congolese Cocktail
Harare Music - Mbira Beats & Chimurenga Grooves
SOAS University of London is known globally for its study of the cultures of Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and the music department is the leading centre in Europe for the study of World Music.
Atrium, SOAS, North Block, Senate House, Sat, 4.30pm FREE - Just Turn Up
Music Literature & Poetry
An Album of Memories
Indomitable Productions present a personalised concert for those living with dementia based on the connection between music and personal memory, complete with tea and cakes!
William Goodenough House, Goodenough College, Sat, 3pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Sweet Tooth: Open Session Presentation
A workshop presentation of a new multidisciplinary piece by Elaine Mitchener, examining Britain’s Atlantic legacies and transnational identities.
St Georges Bloomsbury, Sat, 4pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
A Fairy-Tale World in Music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky
An Open Day event for children and adults with live music performance and interactive workshops exploring a world of magic and fantasy. See website for full details.
Musica Nova Academy, Sun, times vary FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
The Art of The Guitar Guitarist Michael Poll’s 2016-17 season includes recitals around the world. This programme features Poll’s Bach transcriptions for 7-string guitar alongside original works by Britten and Villa-Lobos.
The Music Room, Sun, 7.30pm
Tickets: £12 (see pg 32)
Conway Hall Sunday Evening Recital
A colourful recital of string quartets by Mozart, Beethoven and Bartok with the Jubilee Quartet. The evening will begin with a talk by leading musicologist Roderick Swanston at 5.30pm.
Conway Hall, Sun, 6.30pm
Tickets: £10 (see pg 32)
The Harrison All Day Folk Festival
This legendary event returns for its tenth installment. Line up includes:
The Nightjar - “Ghostly, psychedelic and utterly addictive” (Joe Muggs, Boiler Room)
Saltcutters - A traditional Liverpool Irish band with a typically scouse American influence. Expect raucousness!
Dilla V & The Odd Beats - Multinational hip shimmying gypsy folk and psychedelia from far away lands.
Plus old-time, Bluegrass and Irish sessions on the ground floor. Drinks and Sunday Roasts served all day.
The Harrison pub, Sun, 2pm - midnight FREE - Just Turn Up
Don’t miss Between The Lines, our pop-up LIterature Festival at Goodenough College on Sunday. See pages 8 - 9 for full details.
A Stroll Through Time
Skoob Books, with the support of the Marchmont Association, will be celebrating our street’s historical roots in Bloomsbury. Blue Plaques in every window, a shop display devoted to local authors and connections, and a prize quiz.
Musicians John-Paul Muir and The Man Who Wasn’t There alongside poet Alicia Sometimes will play with the art of analogy and impressions, exploring science, art and the language of improvisation.
William Goodenough House, Goodenough College, Wed, 8pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Apples and Snakes at Bloomsbury Festival
Join us for a relaxed evening of live performance poetry and music, featuring top names from the spoken word scene alongside some of London’s most talented up-and-coming artists. There’ll be a few open mic slots up for grabs for all you budding poets, so polish up that poem you scribbled on the tube and take to the stage!
Bloomsbury Theatre Studio, Thurs, 7.30pm
Tickets: £12 (see pg 32)
Black River Book Launch
Louise Walsh launches her new book Black River. A novel on the Aberfan disaster in 1966.
London Welsh Centre, Thurs, 8pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Silly Lady Novelists?
Launch event for a new book by poet, novelist and critic Michèle Roberts - a lively and polemical response to George Eliot’s famous essay “Silly Novels by Lady Novelists”.
The Art Workers’ Guild, Fri, 6pm FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Short Story Slam
A short story slam with futureperfectwriters, based on the Festival’s theme of language. The winning story will receive a Festival prize and online publication.
The Marquis Cornwallis, Sat, 3pm FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Tea at Persephone Books
Come for a cup of tea and a home-made scone at Persephone Books, who publish previously neglected works by women from the early to mid-twentieth century.
Persephone Books, Sat & Sun, 4pm FREE - Just Turn Up
Photographs: (left)
Bloomsbury Festival by Stuart Keegan; (right)
Apples and Snakes by Camille Mack
1. The Art Workers’ Guild
6 Queen Square, WC1N 3AT
2. Bertha DocHouse Curzon Bloomsbury, The Brunswick, WC1N 1AW
3. Bloomsbury Festival Emporium
12 Sicilian Avenue, WC1A 2QD
4. The Bloomsbury Hotel
16-22 Great Russell Street, WC1B 3NN
5. Bloomsbury Theatre
15 Gordon Street, WC1H 0AH
6. Brunei Gallery, SOAS
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, WC1H 0XG
7. The British Library
96 Euston Rd, NW1 2DB
8. British Museum
Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG
9. Casa Tua, Kings Cross
106 Cromer St, London WC1H 8BZ
10. Conway Hall
25 Red Lion Square, WC1R 4RL
11. Coram’s Fields
93 Guilford Street WC1N 1DN
12. The Crypt Gallery Euston Road (Entrance in Duke’s Rd) NW1 2BA
13. Curzon Bloomsbury
The Brunswick, WC1N 1AW
14. Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square, WC1N 1AZ
15. Grant Museum
UCL Rockefeller Building, 21 University St, WC1E 6DE
16. Great Ormond Street Hospital
Great Ormond Street, WC1N 3JH
17. The Harrison pub
28 Harrison Street, Kings Cross, WC1H 8JF
18. London House, Goodenough College
Mecklenburgh Square, WC1N 2AB
19. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Keppel Street, WC1E 7HT
20. London Welsh Centre
157-163 Grays Inn Road, WC1X 8UE
21. Lumen URC
88 Tavistock Place, WC1H 9RS
22. The Marquis Cornwallis
31 Marchmont Street, WC1N 1AP
23. Musica Nova Academy 88 Cromer Street, WC1H 8DG
24. Museum of Comedy The Undercroft, St George’s Church, Bloomsbury Way, WC1A 2SR
25. The Music Room 49 Great Ormond Street, WC1N 3HZ
26. October Gallery 24 Old Gloucester Street, WC1N 3AL
27. Persephone Books
59 Lambs Conduit Street, WC1N 3NB
28. Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology UCL Malet Place, WC1E 6BT
29. Pushkin House 5a Bloomsbury Square, WC1A 2TA
30. Russell Square Gardens Russell Square, WC1B
31. Senate House, University of London Malet Street, WC1E 7HU
32. Skoob Books
66 The Brunswick, WC1N 1AE
32. St. George’s Bloomsbury Bloomsbury Way, WC1A 2HR
34. St George’s Gardens Heathcote Street, WC1N 2NU
35. St Pancras Church Euston Road (Entrance in Duke’s Rd) NW1 2BA
36. Store Street WC1E
37. Store Street Espresso
40 Store Street, WC1E 7DB
38. The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, WC1A 2TH
39. Torrington Square Byng Place, WC1E 7HY
40. UCL Main Quad, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT
41. Wellcome Collection
183 Euston Road, NW1 2BE
42. The Wiener Library
29 Russell Square, WC1B 5DP
43. William Goodenough House Goodenough College, Mecklenburgh Square, WC1N 2AN
44. 30 Doughty Street WC1N 2AA
Film, Comedy & Special Events Film, Comedy & Special Events
Francofonia - Special Preview plus Panel Discussion
A special preview of Alexander Sokurov’s (Russian Ark) new film about the Louvre under Nazi occupation, followed by a panel discussion on the role of art in times of conflict.
A rare chance to see the (subtitled) Welsh Language version of Kevin Allen’s Under Milk Wood, ‘Dan Y Wenallt’. Starring Rhys Ifans and Charlotte Church.
London Welsh Centre, Wed, 7.30pm Tickets: £6 (see pg 32)
Not Just a One Night Stand - Shirley & Shirley
Stars of the hit BBC Radio 4 show Sketchorama bring you their latest instalment of uproarious characters. Shirley & Shirley (Joanna Carolan and Pascale Wilson) are without doubt the best British-Surinamese, Irish-Palestinian double act on the circuit today.
Museum of Comedy, Wed - Fri, 8.45pm
Tickets: £10 (see pg 32)
Sagra Paesana - Chestnuts and Mulled Wine
Recreating a typical Italian social gathering, a “sagra paesana”, celebrating what the season gives with roasted chestnuts and mulled wine.
Casa Tua, King’s Cross, Thurs, 5pm Tickets: £12 (incluides a drink)
Silent Cinema: Scoring and Screening F. Scott Fitzgerald
An evening of jazz, literature, and the ’language’ of the silent cinema experience of the 1920s. Join us for live music and to see some rarely seen footage introduced by experts from Bloomsbury’s School of Advanced Study.
Senate House, Thurs, 7pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Salon Voltaire at Senate House
An evening soiree at the Senate House, inspired by the Cabaret Voltaire that launched the Dadaist movement in 1916. This evening of performances, talks, readings, food and drink will feature everything from Hungarian poetry to Music Concrete.
Senate House, Fri, 6pm Tickets: £6 (see pg 32)
Callshop Istanbul
A powerful testament to the migrant’s experience in the 21st century, this extraordinary documentary steps inside Istanbul’s many call shops, revealing a vital link to loved ones back home.
Bertha DocHouse, Curzon Bloomsbury, Sat, 4pm
Tickets: £9/£7 (see pg 32)
Bright Club
Bright Club started off as an experiment, combining a bunch of interesting comedians with all of the fascinating people who work for one of the UK’s best Universities. Now see them on a stage, in front of an attractive and intelligent public audience!
Bloomsbury Theatre Studio, Sat, 7.30pm
Tickets: £6 (see pg 32)
The Spirit of Bloomsbury and the Language of Distilling
The Bloomsbury Club Bar is delighted to be collaborating with The Bloomsbury Distiller (WC1) for a unique takeover of their beautiful new outside bar during the Bloomsbury Festival. The Bloomsbury Club’s talented bartenders have created a bespoke cocktail menu using the ‘Bloomsbury Pastis’ and the ‘Bloomsbury Big Gin’ which is handmade on Lambs Conduit Street. The delicious cocktails will be accompanied by informative tastings and masterclasses throughout the Festival where visitors will be able to meet the maker and learn the language of distilling.
The Bloomsbury Club Bar, The Bloomsbury Hotel Wed - Sun, 4pm - late (2am)
FEAST
- Bloomsbury Farmers Market
On Festival Thursday, as a special one off, Bloomsbury Market joins in the local festivities to become a feast for more than just your stomach. Supplement your lunch with some outdoor entertainment and feed your eyes and ears at the Farmers Market. With everything from fresh apples and organic vegetables, to pakora, hot pasta and crab noodles, Bloomsbury Farmers Market is a great place for street food and a spot of lunchtime shopping.
Come to see the Bloomsbury Festival team in our pop-up venue at 12 Sicilian Avenue. Bloomsbury Festival Emporium is no ordinary shop. Trading in creative experience and enriching atmospheres, you may encounter a Festival artist, beautician, scientist or award-wining chef when you visit (see website for details). Coffee will be drunk and children entertained!
Bloomsbury Festival Emporium, 12 Sicilian Avenue, from 12 September until the end of the Festival. Supported by Triangle.
FREE - Just Turn Up
Image: (left) Shirley & Shirley by Idil Sukan
Special events are supported by The Bloomsbury Hotel.
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Theatre & Dance Theatre & Dance
Macbeth.
A dialogue
Two actors take up a journey to self–annihilation through an encounter with the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Their bodies are the landscape for Shakespeare’s startling words and imaginings.
Bloomsbury Theatre Studio, Wed, 7.30pm
Tickets: £6 (see pg 32)
BackStories
Physical theatre meets contemporary dance in Beautiful Confusion Collective’s solo performance, viewed from behind - versions and inversions of time and space, territories, memories and all in constant motion.
Bloomsbury Theatre Studio, Fri, 1.15pm
Tickets: £6 (see pg 32)
Calling Tree
Pause - Psychopomp! Theatre Collective
Between what I say, what I mean to say and how I say it. Between what you hear, what you thought you heard and what you understand. Two people try to bridge the distance, but can they? Is language enough?
Bloomsbury Theatre Studio, Fri, 5pm
Tickets: £3 (see pg 32)
A Sense of Humours
Cameron Cook’s highly physicalised and stylised exploration of human nature. Four separate personality traits, five ways of viewing them - is any ‘correct’?
Bloomsbury Theatre Studio, Fri, 6.30pm
Tickets: £3 (see pg 32)
Unfolding over three days Rosemary Lee and Simon Whitehead will be presenting a bespoke performance and series of events in and around the plane trees of St George’s Gardens.
Passers-by and visitors are invited to stop, listen and look up as performers appear and disappear amongst the autumnal canopy and singers and dancers momentarily flock and gather beneath their boughs. Whether you stay for a brief moment or linger for longer, expect to see - and hearthe gardens in a completely new way!
A Create to Connect project, supported by the Culture Programme of the European Union, funded by National Lottery through Arts Council England. Produced by Artsadmin and The Place, in association with LIFT. Developed from an original commission by Migrations.
St George’s Gardens, Fri, 4pm - 7pm performance
Sat, 1pm - 3pm & 5pm - 7pm performances
3.15pm Walk - around the area with urban ecologist Bob Gilbert
7.15pm Beneath the Boughs in Bloomsbury - spoken word & music session with special guests Sun, 1pm - 3pm & 5pm - 7pm performances
3.15pm Talk - history of the local trees with Bob Gilbert
4.15pm Traditional dances with Kerry Fletcher & bagpiper Chris Walsaw
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended for walks & talks (see pg 32)
An Evening of Welsh Playwrights
Enjoy an evening of rehearsed readings of plays by Welsh Playwrights.
London Welsh Centre, Fri, 7.30pm
Tickets: £6 (see pg 32)
Breathe
Join performer Dan Goodwin as he wings his way through an hour of poetry, music, and comedy, exploring his own experiences of living with a psychotic illness.
Bloomsbury Theatre Studio, Sat, 12noon
Tickets: £3 (see pg 32)
Mud Men
Black Box Theatre’s honest, provocative and engaging insight into the lives of young Syrian refugees. Using puppetry, Mud Men tells the story of three young children as they flee their homes in search of safety.
Bloomsbury Theatre Studio, Sat, 1pm
Tickets: £6 (see pg 32)
The Burgundy Boy
All Tu wants is a simple life, a lovely relaxing breakfast, and for the festival in his back garden to find a new home. But the Burgundy Boy has other ideas, and so much glitter...
Bloomsbury Theatre Studio, Sat, 2.45pm
Tickets: £6 (see pg 32)
Then the Square Grew Dark
One bench. Three actors. 100 characters. An examination of gentrification, overpopulation and wealth inequality in London through movement, mime and physical theatre.
Bloomsbury Theatre Studio, Sat, 4pm
Tickets: £3 (see pg 32)
Sometimes I Have Nightmares
A solo performance by French artist Nour-Ani Sisserian, great-granddaughter of survivors of the Armenian Genocide, who explores the question of identity through her childhood memories.
Bloomsbury Theatre Studio, Sat, 5pm
Tickets: £3 (see pg 32)
The Power Behind The Crone
One-woman, serio-comic play about Shakespeare’s older women, in the form of an illustrated lecture delivered by an enthusiastic professor (played by Alison Skilbeck).
Bloomsbury Theatre Studio, Sun, 12 noon
Tickets: £3 (see pg 32)
In the Beginning
A comedic twist to the story of Eden and its Angel and human creators. After all, it’s better than the devil you know.
Bloomsbury Theatre Studio, Sun, 2pm
Tickets: £3 (see pg 32)
Theatre & Dance
The Women of the Agamemnon
A culmination of extracts from the Agamemnon, as well as other pieces of theatre, to explore the identities of three women: Clytemnestra, Helen and Cassandra.
Bloomsbury Theatre Studio, Sun, 3.45pm
Tickets: £3 (see pg 32)
Pond Wife
Inspired by the Hans Christian Anderson story
‘The Little Mermaid’ and the pop divas of the 90s and 00s, Pond Wife is a “joyfully ingenious” (The Stage) mash-up of magic and music!
Bloomsbury Theatre Studio, Sun, 5pm
Tickets: £6 (see pg 32)
Terrific Tongues
All the world-changing speeches you thought you knew but can’t really remember, including several from the great speakers of the Conway Hall. Promenade performance from Ingenious Purpose and Westminster Kingsway.
Conway Hall, Sun, 12noon & 4pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Cracking Shakespeare
What a Piece of Work - part one of a series of solo scratched performances
The first installment of a new series in which Kelly Hunter (RSC, National Theatre, Laurence Olivier Award nominee) will endeavour to reveal how essential moments of Shakespeare bounce off the world we live in, encompassing the ancient and the modern.
London House, Goodenough College, Sun, 5.15pm
Tickets: £6 (see pg 32)
Exhibitions, Galleries & Museums
Academics, Agents & Activists: A History of the School of Oriental and African Studies, 1916-2016
Celebratory exhibition which presents the history of the School from a human perspective, and highlights SOAS’s wider impact on world history, scholarship, cultural preservation, politics, social development and the arts.
Over the past three years the Festival in a Box has been gathering the stories and memories that make Bloomsbury special. Come and visit our exhibition and find out more about the project.
Bloomsbury Festival Emporium, 12 Sicilian Avenue, Wed - Sun, all day
FREE - Just Turn Up
Now It is Permitted: 24 Wayside Pulpits
An exhibition of 24 posters from artists/writers including Gavin Turk, Fiona Banner, Ali Smith, and others, designed by Bridget Smith.
The Swedenborg Society and around Bloomsbury, Wed - Sat, 10.30am - 5pm (plus Thurs 6pm - 9pm)
FREE - Just Turn Up
The Language of the Genetic Code
Sculptures by Judith Glynn exploring the genetic codes that make one person different from the next and one species different from another.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (Keppel Street), Wed - Sat, 10am - 5pm
FREE - Just Turn Up
Designing the Language of Bloomsbury
An exhibition of the finalists from the annual Bloomsbury Festival image design competition for Central St Martin’s students.
Store Street Espresso, Wed - Sun, 7.30am - 7pm
FREE - Just Turn Up
Utopia and Dystopia: Dreaming the Future
To mark the 500th anniversary of the publication of Thomas More’s Utopia in December 1516, this exhibition will look at how humankind has dreamed and experimented with the concept of the perfect society.
A collaboration between choreographer Rosemary Lee and dance filmmaker Roswitha Chesher, Liquid Gold is the Air is a video triptych full of richly coloured iconographic images and fleeting dances.
A group of artists, who began working collaboratively under the name ‘tenthirtyart’ after meeting at Central Saint Martins, transform The Crypt from the subterranean shadow.
The Crypt Gallery
Wed - Sat, 11am - 6pm; Sun, 11am - 4pm
FREE - Just Turn Up
Image: Still from video Liquid Gold is the Air by Rosemary Lee and Roswitha Chesher
Artist Robert Good considers the world of books through a trail of artworks. Find an overflowing bookcase, some cut-up Shakespeare and Pelican Portraits on your travels...
Goodenough College - various locations, Wed - Sun, 10am - 6pm
FREE - Just Turn Up
Tree of Language
By the end of this century, over half of the 7000 languages spoken worldwide will have fallen silent. This mobile sculpture by Judith Glynn celebrates language diversity and shows the loss. Accompanied by a short live performance at 3pm on Sat, coordinated by Louise Wilcox.
Senate House, Wed - Sat, 10am - 6pm
FREE - Just Turn Up
In Isolation - Sofie Layton
A sensory installation, which explores the visual landscape and intricacies of the immune system, and the experiential reality of a young patient undergoing gene therapy. (In partnership with GO Create! and the Biomedical Research Centre).
Great Ormand Street Hospital (Roof Garden), Wed - Sun, times vary
FREE - but pre-booking is essential
Language in Bloomsbury
An exhibition of 2D and 3D work as well as installation pieces from students and tutors of the Mary Ward Centre including Visual Arts, Creative Writing and Sound Art.
A tour of the Wiener Library and archive, including a chance to hear about its unique history and view the current exhibition and items from its archive relating to the rise of the Nazi Party.
The Wiener Library, Wed - Fri, 1pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Last Whispers - Oratorio for Vanished Voices, Collapsing Universes and a Falling Tree
An immersive installation of new work by Lena Herzog and her team premieres at the Living and Dying Gallery of the British Museum (in collaboration with SOAS University of London). All the languages heard in this Oratorio are extinct or on the brink of extinction.
Sound system provided by Meyer / Autograph Sound
British Museum (Rm 24) Fri - Sun, 10 am - 5:30 pm
FREE - Just Turn Up
Spy Speak at the Petrie Museum
Free drop-in family activities that will have you cracking codes, deciphering doodles and being fluent in spy speak before the day is over!
Petrie Museum, Sat, 11am - 5pm
FREE - just turn up
Language of Love at the Grant Museum
UCL researchers in genetics and evolution have teamed with artist Clara Lacy to explore the physical and behavioural changes animals have made in order to find partners, reproduce and pass on their genes.
Grant Museum, Sat, 11am - 5pm
FREE - just turn up
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.
Foundling Museum Sat, 10am - 5pm; Sun, 11am - 5pm
FREE - Just Turn Up
Artist Geoffrey Harrison will be painting a live portrait over the weekend. A fascinating chance to see a painting develop and witness the attempt to translate something of the nature of a person onto canvas.
Chapel of Ease, St Georges Gardens
Sat & Sun, 10am - 12noon & 1pm - 3pm
FREE - Just Turn Up
Speaking with Your Body Weekend
Join us for a weekend of hands-on creative activities and thoughtful conversations exploring how we communicate through posture, gesture and facial expression. Suitable for all ages, activities include animation, sculpture and drama, plus British Sign Language workshops and tours.
A blue plaque commemorating the poet, Charlotte Mew, will be unveiled by Julia Copus, Mew’s biographer, at her former home (and birth place.
30 Doughty Street, Sat, 2pm
FREE - Just Turn Up
Switching Hats, Walking in Someone Else’s Shoes
This interactive installation by philologist Valeria Valotto encourages attendees to experience the different ways the concepts of fear and wonder are expressed in different cultures and languages.
Conway Hall, Sun, 11am - 7pm
FREE - Just Turn Up
re/de-signs
Posters and signs re/de-signed by artist adamram to show alternative views and statementssometimes politically-charged, sometimes context/content-specific, sometimes random, sometimes silly.
Conway Hall, Sun, 11am - 7pm
FREE - Just Turn Up
Photograph: In Isolation by Sofie Layton, by Stephen King
Fascinating walks will delve into the rich history and stunning architecture of Bloomsbury. Alongside the standalone talks listed here, please see details of the extensive programme of talks in our two Sunday hubs, Between The Lines on pages 8 - 9 and Angelic Chaos (6,6 anag.) on pages 10 - 11.
Lost Languages in Bloomsbury
Camden Tour Guides Association visit sites in Bloomsbury associated with cracking the codes of ancient languages and civilisations.
Meet at: Euston Square Station
Wed, Thurs & Sat, 2pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Inspirations from the Underworld of Victorian Entertainment
Panel conversation exploring the remarkable influence of Victorian underworld entertainment on culture today.
British Library, Thurs, 7pm
Tickets: £10/£8/£7 (see pg 32)
The History of Russell Square
A walking tour led by Ricci de Freitas, author of ‘From Fields to Fountains - the Story of Bloomsbury’s Russell Square’.
Russell Square Gardens, Fri, 2pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Interpreting Language through Art
Lena Herzog (The Last Whispers, British Museum), Ella McCartney and Sofie Layton (In Isolation, Great Ormond Street Hospital) discuss their work exhibited in Bloomsbury Festival and their particular interest in language.
The Art Workers’ Guild, Fri, 6pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Are You Speaking My Language?
Susie Dent, Jonathon Green, Devyani Sharma and Jonnie Robinson talk language, slang and identity in this lively panel conversation.
British Library, Fri, 7pm
Tickets: £10/£8/£7 (see pg 32)
Bloomsbury: Soldiers, Students and Residents
This walk with Paul Guest (Camden Tour Guide) highlights three major aspects of a fascinatingly varied part of London.
Meet at: Goodge Street Station, Sat & Sun, 11am
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Bloomsbury Bookshops
Bloomsbury has an impressive number of bookshops. This 2 hour tour by Aly Mir of Midtown Business Improvement District, tells us about their varied histories and areas of specialisation.
Meet at: Russell Square Gardens, Sat & Sun, 11.15am & 2.15pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Walks & Talks
Bloomsbury by Foot
A walk to take in some lovely Bloomsbury squares, hearing about the Bloomsbury Group and other artists and writers connected with them, and of course, some Welsh connections.
Russell Square Underground (ends at London Welsh Centre), Sat, 2pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
The Val Martin Memorial Walks by Goodenough College
Blue Plaques of Bloomsbury (Part 1) with Amanda Diez Fernandez. Wed, 1pm
Blue Plaques of Bloomsbury (Part 2) with Amanda Diez Fernandez. Thurs, 1pm
Literary Bloomsbury with Stacee Smith. Fri, 1pm
Blue Plaques of Bloomsbury with Amanda Diez Fernandez. Fri, 1pm
Meet at the steps of the Goodenough Club, 23 Mecklenburgh Square
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Lost and Found: Guided Walk
Camden Tour Guides Association’s fascinating tour of parts of Bloomsbury associated with children and young people in fact and fiction.
Russell Square Underground, Sat & Sun, 2pm FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Emma Brownlow & the Foundling Hospital
Margaux Warne gives a talk examining the work of painter Emma Brownlow (1832-1905) and her relationship with the Foundling Hospital in the nineteenth century.
Foundling Museum, Sat, 2pm FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Writing Bloomsbury in the Nineteenth Century: Walking Tour
A walking tour with Dr Matthew Ingleby (Queen Mary, UoL) exploring Bloomsbury’s Victorian literary past.
Russell Square Fountain, Sun, 2pm FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Photograph by Jo Wilkinson
Workshops
There are workshops for all ages across the weekend within our hubs: Beyond Words on Saturday (pages 6 - 7); Between The Lines on Sunday (pages 8 - 9) and Angelic Chaos (6,6 anag.) on Sunday (pages 10 - 11). See also pages 12 - 13 for family friendly interative activities at The British Library, British Museum, Petrie Museum and October Books, amongst others.
Shakespeare’s Language in Performance: Staging Macbeth (A Performance Workshop)
Dr Emma Whipday will explore how performance cues are hidden in the language of Macbeth.
Bloomsbury Theatre Studio, Thurs, 1pm
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
Take It To The Stage with Complete Vocal Technique
An interactive voice workshop and concert experience for singers, songwriters, actors, public speakers, poets... For EVERYONE who wants to explore their voice!
London is made up of amazing people with every kind of life, skill, hobby, passion, history, and quirk. Join in and become part of the big picture: a mass portrait which is made of words.
UCL, Sat, 10am - 5pm
FREE - Just Turn Up
Press This Button
Have you ever wanted to simply press a button in order to instantly eject someone or something from your life, teleport to another location, or enhance your mortal powers? Come make that button.
Conway Hall, Sun, 2pm - 5pm
FREE - Just Turn Up
A Fairy-Tale World in Music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky
An Open Day event for children and adults with interactive workshops. See page 16 for details.
Musica Nova Academy, Sun, times vary
FREE - but pre-booking is recommended
BF16 PIONEERS
Bloomsbury Festival is a small independent charity that brings big ideas to the fore. Producing and curating original arts projects, the Festival also delivers enriching community engagement with local people living with dementia. Each year we need to raise £200,000 to realise:
● Over 100 festival events all made in Bloomsbury
● 60% of the programme is free
● Developments for local artists and scientists
● Pioneering community outreach Bloomsbury Festival would not be possible without the generosity of individual supporters like you.
Please visit www.bloomsburyfestival.org.uk for further details on how to support the Festival by becoming a BF16 PIONEER
Photograph: Bloomsbury Festival by Stuart Keegan
Booking Information
Over sixty percent of our events are free. All bookable events can be booked online. The majority can also be booked by phone or in person - please see General Information below for details.
Please see full event listings at bloomsburyfestival.org.uk
FREE - JUST TURN UP
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.
FREE - BUT PRE-BOOKING IS RECOMMENDED
Some free events with limited availability can be booked in advance, and we recommend that you do so to avoid disappointment.
Bookings can be made in advance until 6pm the day before the event and remaining capacity will be available on the door, subject to availability. Uncollected tickets will be released 5 minutes before start time, so please arrive promptly.
PAID TICKETS
Ticketed events fall mainly into one of the following price bands:
Tickets £12 / concessions £10
Tickets £6 / concessions £5
Tickets £3 / no concessions available
Concessions are available for under 16s, senior citizens, unemployed patrons, disabled people and full time students.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Our Festival Box Office is run by Bloomsbury Theatre (please note that a small number of events are bookable through the venue, rather than our Box Office - see online for details).
Telephone: 020 3108 1000 Mon - Fri, 12noon - 6pm
In Person: Mon - Fri, 12noon - 6pm (and until start time on performance days)
Bookings can be made in advance until 6pm the day before the event. Remaining tickets will be released on the door.
Bookings on the day - on the door subject to availability. PLEASE NOTE: Cash or cheque only on the door
If you have any further queries, please contact the Festival office on 07964 272219 or email info@bloomsburyfestival.org.uk
Festival Information
GETTING HERE
Bloomsbury has excellent public transport connections and is well served by the underground, buses and national rail. See our map on pages 18 - 19, and visit tfl.gov.uk to plan your journey.
ACCESS
More information about access is available on our website, and you can contact individual event venues for assistance.
SHOP, EAT & DRINK
Make the most of your visit to Bloomsbury with the area’s many cafes, restaurants, and independent shops.
THE WEATHER
Our outdoor events will continue whatever the weather unless safety is compromised. Bring a brolly and join in, but remember that most of the Festival is held indoors so there is plenty to enjoy whatever the weather!
TELL US WHAT YOU THINK
Look out for feedback forms at the festival or fill in our online survey afterwards. We’d love to know what you think.
THANK YOU
To the hundreds of our individuals, partners, trustees, volunteers and team who all work together to make Bloomsbury Festival possible.
FESTIVAL PATRONS
The Duchess of Bedford
Professor Michael Arthur
Provost and President, UCL
Professor Roger Kain - Dean and Chief Executive, School of Advanced Study
FESTIVAL TRUSTEES
John Ainley
Andrew Clark
Michael Dixon
Jason Geen
Sally Muckley
Noel Murphy
Alicia Wilson
Paul Wyman (Chair)
FESTIVAL
LAUNCH EVENT & HUBS
Step Out Store Street 4-5
6.30pm - 9.30pm, Store Street
A night time street party opening the weekend in style.
Beyond Words 6-7
11am - 5pm, UCL Main Quad
A day of activities, adventures, explorations, music, performance, art and fun.
Full programme available in advance on the web and at the venue on the day.
All ages are welcome; some activities are better suited to ages 12+
Between The Lines 8-9
11am - 6pm London House, Goodenough College
A day-long pop-up literature festival presented with Faber & Faber, Bloomsbury Publishing, Enitharmon, Oneworld Publications and Yale University Press.
18 individual events (listed on pg 9) include authors talks, readings, panel discussions, workshops and performance.
Angelic Chaos (6,6 Anag.) 10-11
11am - 6pm Conway Hall
A day to explore the language of social change and consider some of the key issues of today. 15 events, activities, exhibitions and performances. The full schedule is listed on page 11.
EXHIBITIONS, GALLERIES & MUSEUMS Academics, Agents and Activists
in a Box Exhibition
MAJOR PARTNERS
FESTIVAL SUPPORTERS & DONORS
Rhinegold Publishing (media sponsor)
Castlefield
Knight Frank
Nourish Skin Range
Private donor anon.
Paul Wyman
Michael Dixon
CONTACT US
Private donor anon.
Jason, Menita and Myla Geen
John Ainley
Mark De Rivaz
And all our BF16 Pioneers
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