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BLOOMSBURY FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL PATRONS
Her Grace The Duchess of Bedford
UCL President & Provost Dr Michael Spence AC
FESTIVAL TRUSTEES
Maurice Biriotti OBE (Chair) Kate Anderson
Stella Bruzzi Andrew Choi
Tim Coker Joe Hancock
Anna Paschali Nick Potter
Rosalind Raine Mark Savage
Abigail Tan Maya Wilson
FESTIVAL TEAM
Festival Director Rosemary Richards
Artistic Associates Bill Gee, Orit Azaz & Junna Begum
Festival Manager Catríona Strojwas
Festival Assistant Director Ellie Cooper
Senior Programme Manager John-Paul Muir
Festival Book Club Programme Tamera Heron
Design & Communications Manager Gillian Allmark
Festival Press and PR Mobius Industries
Social Media Producer Indera Tamara
Event Management Jake Morry
Finance Mark Sands
Radio & Podcast Producer John Offord
2024: Human.Kind
Each year Bloomsbury Festival is underpinned by the great enthusiasm and effort of people living and working in the local area who want to be part of this unique 10-day celebration of culture, community and discovery.
The festival has a programme of over one hundred events, exhibitions, workshops and activities. Each one is the result of the personal passions and interests of the people and organisations taking part, and it is truly astounding to see the commitment, knowledge, research and preparation behind the scenes.
Congratulations to all who are participating in, and supporting, the 2024 festival.
The 2024 theme Human.Kind has sparked a wide range of interpretations. Can AI be kind? Should we link these two words in such times of global strife? Is humankind as a word dangerous, or just descriptive? Is it a reflection of our humanity or the state of our everyday human existence?
The exploration of these questions is presented through our extensive programme of music, theatre, films, artworks, talks and walks, and the festival offers the opportunity to visit numerous venues and unusual spaces across our urban landscape and create your own new experiences.
We welcome new venues, new trainees and new participants to the 2024 festival, too numerous to list here. We would particularly like to welcome our new Festival Patron, the President and Provost of UCL, Dr. Michael Spence. We look forward to sharing a great 10 days of festival with you in October this year. Rosemary Richards
Festival Director
Cover Image: © Neo Norte 4.0, Sicily, Tere Chad (2023)
Rey Camoy, tarinainanika theatre company, Bloomsbury Festival 2023; photo by Briana Quintanilla 3
presents:
Mental Wealth Festival
The Mental Wealth Festival is coming back from 10 to 12 October for its 10th anniversary
Every year City Lit puts on a huge selection of talks, panels, workshops, and performances, all in the name of restoring, supporting, and enhancing mental health.
This year there will be an all-star cast of contributors including Sir Grayson Perry, Dr Kathryn Mannix, and many more.
For the full Mental Wealth Festival programme of workshops, talks, discussions, exhibitions and other activities, please scan QR code or visit citylit.ac.uk/mwf
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Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the programme, occasionally changes may occur that are beyond our control.
The programme is correct at time of printingcheck bloomsburyfestival.org.uk for updates.
INFORMATION HUBS
Pick up a brochure from our festival hubs.
Greater London Properties, Judd Street
Mon - Sat 8.45am - 5.30pm, Sun 10am - 4pm
Holborn Library, 32-38 Theobalds Rd
Mon – Thurs 10am - 7pm, Fri 10am - 5pm, Sat 11am - 5pm (Sun closed)
FREE AND TICKETED EVENTS
Some festival events are FREE to the audience. Some free events have a suggested voluntary donation.
FREE - Just turn up events do not require tickets, but please arrive in good time, as capacity is limited. These events will be stewarded.
FREE - but pre-booking required is applicable for some events.
Please check website for any final updates on day of event.
CONCESSIONS
Concessionary rates are shown in brackets where applicable. These apply to under 16s, over 65s, full time students, unemployed and people with disabilities (unless otherwise stated).
RADIO AND PODCAST EVENTS
Bloomsbury Radio at Bloomsbury Institute broadcasts news, interviews and information about our festival events. Listen online at bil.ac.uk/bloomsburyradio
You can catch up with interviews and programmes about the 2023 festival and previous festivals on our podcast site: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ bloomsburyfestival
BOX OFFICE:
bloomsburyfestival.org.uk
Advanced booking until 1 hour before the event.
Please note that the festival’s online box office system charges a small financial transaction fee to the booker in addition to the ticket price.
Booking Enquiries: boxoffice@bloomsburyfestival.org.uk
General Enquiries: admin@bloomsburyfestival.org.uk
ACCESS
Information is available from venue websites or from admin@bloomsburyfestival.org.uk
THE WEATHER
Our outdoor events will continue whatever the weather, unless safety is compromised.
TELL US WHAT YOU THINK
Look out for feedback forms at Festival events or fill in our online survey afterwards – we’d love to know what you think.
1. The Art Workers’ Guild
6 Queen Square, WC1N 3AT
2. Birkbeck Cinema
43 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PY
3. Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
235 Shaftesbury Ave, WC2H 8EP
4. The Bloomsbury Club Bar (Bloomsbury Hotel)
16-22 Great Russell Street, WC1B 3NN
5. Blooms Café, Royal National Hotel
38-51 Bedford Way, WC1H 0DG
6. British Library
96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB
7. Brunswick Square Gardens WC1N 1AX
8. The Building Centre
26 Store Street, WC1E 7BT
9. Charles Dickens Museum
48 - 49 Doughty Street, WC1N 2LX
10. City Lit
1-10 Keeley Street, WC2B 4BA
11. Conway Hall
25 Red Lion Square, WC1R 4RL
12. Coram
41 Brunswick Square, WC1N 1AZ
13. Cromer Street WC1H
14. Grant Museum of Zoology
Rockefeller Building, University College London, 21 University Street, WC1E 6DE
15. Holborn Library
32-38 Theobalds Road, WC1X 8PA
16. Holy Cross Church 98 Cromer Street, WC1H 8JU
17. Jamboree
6 St Chad’s Place, WC1X 9HH
18. Lambs Conduit Street WC1N
19. London House, Goodenough College Mecklenburgh Square, WC1N 2AB
20. London Welsh Centre 157-163 Grays Inn Road, WC1X 8UE
21. The Music Room
49 Great Ormond Street, WC1N 3HZ
22. The Octagon Gallery, UCL Wilkins Building, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT
23. October Gallery
24 Old Gloucester St, WC1N 3AL
24. Pushkin House
5a Bloomsbury Square, WC1A 2TA
25. Russell Square Gardens WC1B
26. Senate House, University of London Malet Street, WC1E 7HU
27. SOAS, Brunei Gallery
10 Thornhaugh St, WC1B 5DQ
28. St George’s Church Bloomsbury Bloomsbury Way, WC1A 2SA
29. St George’s Gardens Wakefield Street, WC1H 8HZ
30. St Giles-in-the-Fields (Church and Vestry Room)
60 St Giles High St, WC2H 8LG
31. St Giles London Hotel Bedford Avenue, WC1B 3GH
32. Swedenborg House 20-21 Bloomsbury Way, WC1A 2TH
33. Thenga Cafe, YMCA KX
120 Cromer Street, WC1H 8BS
34. Westminster Kingsway College 211 Grays Inn Road, WC1X 8RA
Pin positions are approximate - please check exact venue locations on a detailed map.
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BLOOMSBURY FESTIVAL NEW WAVE ART PRIZE EXHIBITION AT CITY LIT GALLERY
An exhibition of the Festival’s Art Prize Winner’s artwork alongside two of the shortlisted artists.
WINNER: FIZZ DROOP AND DROOLMEGHAN SALISBURY
Meghan Salisbury’s pulsating, bodily oil paintings give visual language to the processes and forms people are made up of, but often cannot see or feel.
Meghan is a 2024 graduate of the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL.
SOUND OF PEOPLE - MENGMENG ZHANG
Through ambient colour, Zhang’s oil paintings explore the displacement between memory and the present, inner emotion and outer environments.
Mengmeng is a student at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL.
CHILDREN OF THE STARS - XIN QING
In this animated short, the character is based on the artist’s older ‘brother’ who has Autism Disorder and shows how he behaves and reacts in various environments.
Xin Qing is a graduate of London College of Communication.
A Bloomsbury Festival Production supported by The Bedford Estates and presented by City Lit as part of the New Wave programme, a platform for emerging talent.
City Lit - Gallery
Sat 19 - Sun 27 Oct; Mon - Fri 8am - 8pm, Sat 9am - 6pm, Sun 9am - 5pm
Free - Just turn up
BLOOMSBURY FESTIVAL NEW WAVE ART PRIZE EXHIBITION AT ST GILES HOTEL
Featuring emerging artists shortlisted as part of the Festival’s Art Prize 2024, including Fabian Heckmatt (Graduate of The Royal Drawing School, 2023), Beth McAlester (Student at Slade School of Fine Art, UCL), Giovanna Laiso (Student at London Metropolitan University) and other artists.
A Bloomsbury Festival Production supported by The Bedford Estates and presented by St Giles London Hotel as part of the New Wave programme, a platform for emerging talent.
St Giles London Hotel - foyer & mezzanine level
Sat 19 Oct - Mid November
Opening times - Day and Evening for drop-in viewing (reception always open)
Free - Just turn up
NEW BLOOMSBURY SET SILKSBLOOMSBURY FESTIVAL
6 silk banners representing the diverse identity, culture and history of Bloomsbury’s residents, created as part of the 2023 New Bloomsbury Set project, newly displayed for the Festival on a permanent basis.
Banners created in collaboration with arts company Kinetika and local residents and community organisations.
Holborn Library
Sat 19 - Sat 26 Oct; Mon – Thurs 10am - 7pm, Fri 10am - 5pm, Sat 11am - 5pm, closed Sun
Free - Just turn up
SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES: VISUAL TALES OF ‘UNEXPECTED’ MENTAL HEALTH CHAMPIONS - ELIZABETH DALZIEL
An innovative outdoor photographic exhibition. Witness mental health care across the globe featuring grassroots projects from 10 countries captured on Facetime.
Supported by the SHM Foundation and Schooner Foundation.
Brunswick Square Gardens - Railings
Thurs 10 - Mon 28 Oct
Free - Just turn up
OPEN TO ALL, COERCED BY NONE: THE CAMDEN NEW JOURNAL STORY
Celebrating the history and heritage of Camden New Journal’s local independent community newspaper.
Holborn Library - Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre (floor 2)
Sat 19 - Thurs 24 Oct
Sat 11am - 5pm, Mon & Tues 10am - 6pm, Thurs 10am - 7pm, closed Wed, Fri & Sun
Elements of the exhibition can also be seen in the foyer of Holborn Library during regular Library opening hours.
Please see website for additional opening times after the festival.
Free - Just turn up
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Women by Women; photo by F Dilek Yurdakul/ActionAid
THE BLOOMSBURY COMMISSION IN RUSSELL SQUARE: ECHO - JOE DUGGAN
A newly commissioned public sculpture inspired by the rich heritage of Russell Square Gardens, the British Museum’s collection, and Camden’s Irish community. Echo stands 4 metres tall, resembling hastily erected metal scaffolding with a concrete boulder precariously balanced on top, seemingly defying gravity’s force.
Created for Bloomsbury Festival and supported by the Commissioners of Russell Square.
Russell Square Gardens
Thurs 10 Oct - Sun 10 Nov; 8am - 10pm
Free - Just turn up
NATURAL FREQUENCIES AND OTHER DEVICES - JOE DUGGAN
A new solo exhibition featuring eight meticulously crafted sculptures fashioned primarily from reclaimed wood, designed to evoke the unseen yet impactful forces shaping our lives, such as wind, radio signals, electricity, and WiFi.
Senate House - Crush Hall
Thurs 10 - Mon 28 Oct; Mon - Fri 9am - 8pm, Sat 9.45am - 5pm, Sun 9am - 5pm
Free - Just turn up
VIRTUAL WORLDS: CORALS AT THE GRANT MUSEUM
Experience the Grant Museum like never before in this virtual reality experience, in which you will be immersed in a virtually ‘flooded’ Museum transformed into a coral reef.
Grant Museum of Zoology
Sat 19 - Sat 26 Oct; Sat 11am - 5pm, closed Sun & Mon, Tues - Fri 1pm - 5pm
Free - Just turn up
SPECIAL SPECIMEN - GIUSEPPE
MARIO URSO
An intimate video installation inviting you to look closely at a unique specimen of humankind through the lens of a microscope and observe some of the flaws and strengths that make us human.
Conway Hall - Foyer
Fri 18 - Sun 20 Oct; Fri 6.30pm - 9pm, Sat 11am - 7pm, Sun 11am - 5pm
Free - Just turn up
LUMINOUS BEINGS: AN ARTISTIC INQUIRY INTO HUMAN CONNECTIONSWESTMINSTER KINGSWAY COLLEGE
An exhibition of artworks exploring the essence of human connections through the lens of art and technology. The exhibition challenges the traditional boundaries between the observer and art, integrating light, sound, and interactive media to create a fully immersive sensory experience.
Westminster Kingsway College - Atrium
Tues 22 Oct 2pm - 6pm; Thurs 24 Oct 2pm6pm; Sat 26 Oct 2pm - 5pm
Free - Just turn up
WOMEN BY WOMEN: SHATTERING REFUGEE STEREOTYPES AND NARRATIVES - ACTIONAID UK
Experience the powerful stories of women refugees reclaiming their narratives in this unique outdoor photographic exhibition by women photographers in Poland, Uganda, Bangladesh, Türkiye and Columbia.
Brunswick Square Gardens - Railings
Thurs 10 - Mon 28 Oct
Free - Just turn up
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SPRINGBOARD COLLECTIVE
Springboard is Bloomsbury Festival’s 2024 creative development training programme for young adults in Camden. The trainees will undertake a cultural and creative skills training programme in outdoor artwork, digital skills, video filming, radio training, exhibition curation, event management, and much more. At the end of the scheme, they will design and curate an outdoor visual artwork for Bloomsbury Festival 2024.
The training scheme is supported by Camden Council Culture Service with funding from the Cultural Education and Learning Support Fund, Arts Council England and partnered by Westminster Kingsway College. We look forward to welcoming 12 new trainees to the programme in September and October 2024, and offering them a chance to join former trainees and other young artists as part of our Springboard Collective.
Bloomsbury Festival trainees 2023; Photo by Sandra Lam
THE ART OF SCIENCEDR AYSE U AKARCA
An exhibition fusing art with the scientific exploration of human life and how it is rich with emotions that are central components of health and wellbeing. The artworks capture a range of emotions, thoughts and messages.
Holborn Library
Sat 19 - Sat 26 Oct; Mon – Thurs 10am - 7pm, Fri 10am - 5pm, Sat 11am - 5pm, closed Sun
Free - Just turn up
26 CONNECTIONS - 26 WRITERS
New poetry, created by collaborations between writers’ group 26 and Barbican Young Poets, on the theme of Human.Kind. Interpreted in creative visual work by The Lettering Arts Trust.
The Building Centre
Fri 18 Oct - Fri 15 Nov; Mon-Fri 9am - 6pm, closed Sat & Sun
Free - Just turn up
ECHOES OF CARE: THE LIVING HISTORY OF CORAM & THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL
An immersive art installation exploring the past and present of the care system, made in collaboration with care-experienced young people.
See page 30 for details of the public artwork celebration event on Thurs 24 Oct, where an accompanying outdoor projection will be unveiled.
Made possible by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, which supported the digitisation of Coram’s Foundling Hospital Archive.
Coram
Mon 21 - Fri 25 Oct; 9am - 5pm
Free - Just turn up
INTO THE SUBLIME: THE EIDOPHUSIKON REIMAGINED - DR GILLIAN MCIVER, THE SWEDENBORG SOCIETY
Dr Gillian McIver’s reconstruction and reimagining of the Eidophusikon, an icon of mechanical theatre. The theatre will be activated via timed, ticketed performances as part of a contextual exhibit.
Swedenborg House - Wynter Room
Mon 21 – Fri 1 Nov
Exhibition open Mon-Fri 10am - 5pm
Free – Just turn up
Timed ticketed performances Mon 21, Wed 23, Fri 25, Mon 28 & Wed 30 Oct at 7pm
Online booking required - £3 admin fee plus donation/pay what you can
GENERATION UCL: 200 YEARS OF STUDENT LIFE IN LONDON
A free exhibition in the heart of UCL’s historic buildings in Bloomsbury showcasing 200 years of student life in London.
Short talks with a tour of the exhibition led by one of the curators will take place on Tues 22 Oct at 5pm and Thurs 24 Oct at 6pm.
The Octagon Gallery, UCL
Sat 19 - Sun 27 Oct; Open all day
Free - Just turn up
Please check website for up-to-date opening times of exhibitions.
Bloomsbury Festival’s
Big Night Out
at
Conway Hall
You are invited to a showcase of talent from across the festival with great music, dance, pop-up performances, food, drinks and festival meet-up.
Explore the amazing Conway Hall and experience a night-at-the-museum atmosphere, for Bloomsbury Festival’s take-over with performances throughout the building on the main stage, in the lovely Library, on staircases, in the foyer, and more. With food and drink on sale in the foyer.
Showcase performances include:
A Call. Sparks
Kathak Dance
Be led by the dancers’ voices into a bold, intricate showcase of kathak with live music.
Parbati Chaudhury presents kathak dance students.
VENI. Voices of the Islands
Mediterranean polyphonic singing
Ancient harmonies come together in a captivating musical journey through reimagined polyphonic chants and physical theatre. An ensemble piece by the Alot Teatro Collective.
Samka meets Neo Norte South American music and dance Music, dance and movement celebrating the Global South and the experience of ancestral Andean cultures.
AI Music Symposium and Jam
Sessions throughout the evening Zeitgeist mini-talks and captivating performances by musicians exploring the vibrant intersection of music and AI, and how AI can be used responsibly in the music industry.
Special Specimen
Installation by Giuseppe Mario Urso
An intimate installation where you are invited to look closely at a unique specimen of humankind through the lens of a microscope and observe some of the flaws and strengths that make us human. And much more...
Conway Hall, 6.30pm - 9.30pm
FREE
Suggested donation on the door of £5
All ages welcome
Elsewhere on Friday:
STORY AND RHYME TIME
A magical session for under 5’s (with accompanying adult) with enchanting stories, fun rhymes, and playful songs that will spark your child’s imagination and love for reading.
Holborn Library 11am - 11.30am; Free - Just turn up (drop in)
Bloomsbury Festival events in 2022 & 2023; photos by Stuart Keegan
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Cromer Street & Bramber Green Family Day
A Bloomsbury Festival Production in association with Camden New Journal, Holy Cross Church, Central YMCA, Camden Tour Guides Association and Westminster Kingsway College.
Sponsored by Greater London Properties.
Mohammed Ali’s mural on Cromer Street commissioned by Bloomsbury Festival; photo by Stuart Keegan.
Cromer Street & Bramber Green
Family Day
Bloomsbury Festival’s opening day outdoor event. Enjoy a day of performance, activities, and top quality food.
Saturday 19 October, 11am - 4pm
FREE - Just turn up
For full programme information visit: bloomsburyfestival.org.uk
FOOD
Outdoors: Anatolia Taste of Love - Tasty Anatolian (Turkish) food stalls. Traditional food created with love from the Anatolian peninsula region of Turkey.
Neighbouring indoor eating placesThenga Café at YMCA KX, The Boot, Casa Tua.
PERFORMANCE & ARTWORKS
Busking, crafts and children’s activities. Music and performance hosted by Camden New Journal.
Springboard artwork presented by festival trainees.
Singing groups and choirs - public open singing workshop at Holy Cross Church from 2pm-3.30pm to rehearse for event Sing Ballads of Bloomsbury (see page 33).
Short walks with Camden Tour Guides Association - explore north Bloomsbury philanthropy, reform and activism at 1pm, 2pm & 3pm. Meet by the steps of Holy Cross Church.
Samka meets Neo Norte - an outdoor performance and activation. Experience Andean culture. Connect with the values of the Global South, through walking, writing, upcycling and music.
Background: Samka meets Neo Norte, Tere Chad; Inset (bottom L&R): Bloomsbury Festival 2021, photos by Stuart Keegan; Inset (top): Anatolia Food
JAMBOREE PRESENTS:
A WEEK OF EVENTS AT JAMBOREE, KINGS CROSS
A jam-packed programme of exceptional music, dance, and more at the lively and welcoming Jamboree.
After ten years in Limehouse and a short time further east, Jamboree has at last found a permanent home in King’s Cross, bringing their signature mixture of downto-earth bohemia and wonderful music from every corner of the world to central London.
See daily listings for all Jamboree events.
Also during the Festival week:
Monday 21 October
JAMBOREE PRESENTS: FLUX - A SCRATCH NIGHT PRESENTING NEW ARTISTIC WORKS
Showcasing fresh talent and performances that will leave you inspired, including carefully-curated short-form works ranging from poetry, theatre, performance art and film.
6pm; Tickets: £5/£8
Tuesday 22 October
JAMBOREE PRESENTS: WELCOME HERE, KIND STRANGER: IRISH FOLK SESSION, LIFE DRAWING + POETRY
Presenting a traditional live Irish folk music session alongside a night of poetry and life drawing! 8pm; Tickets: £5/£8
Flamenco at Jamboree
AUTUMN WELSH MARKET
A vibrant marketplace offering food, drink, art, jewellery, homeware, and more, showcasing the best of Wales in London in a warm, community atmosphere.
London Welsh Centre
10am - 5.30pm; FREE - Just turn up
FAMILY ART DAY - OCTOBER GALLERY
Make art and play while exploring international contemporary art in this free session suitable for families with children of all ages.
October Gallery
10am - 12pm; FREE - Just turn up (drop in)
AI & MUSIC LECTURE SYMPOSIUM AND JAM - THE COMPUTATIONAL CREATIVITY COLLECTIVE
A multi-day celebration where creative thought leaders explore the vibrant intersection of music and responsible AI. Engage in enlightening lectures and captivating performances by musicians with AI.
Conway Hall - Bertrand Russell Room
11am - 3pm (plus Fri 18 Oct at Big Night Out opening event & Sun 20 Oct 11am - 1pm)
FREE - Just turn up
JAMBOREE PRESENTS: LIFE DRAWING
CLASS - NORTH LONDON LIFE DRAWING
Beginners are welcome as well as experienced artists. Board, paper and chalk is provided, and professional artist Piero Pierini will be present to offer advice if required.
Jamboree
11am (plus Sat 26 Oct 11am); Tickets: £15 on door
WALKING LIKE A HUMAN - SARAH FARLEY
A gentle walking and writing workshop. Learn how to use your everyday walks to notice the world, spark ideas and fuel your creativity. Open to allbring your notepad, pen and your imagination.
Thenga Cafe, YMCA KX
11am; FREE - Just turn up
BLOOMSBURY AND THE POETSNICHOLAS MURRAY
A talk about the poets who have lived and worked in Bloomsbury, with a focus on the early 20th century and poets such as Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and TS Eliot.
Conway Hall - Library
11am; FREE - Just turn up
STORY AND CRAFT SESSION
Join us for a creative adventure as we explore the beauty and diversity of humankind with unique craft projects inspired by cultures around the world. Ages 5-14 (with accompanying adult).
Holborn Library
11.30am - 12.30pm; Free - Just turn up (drop in)
INTRODUCING CALLIGRAPHY - SOUTH LONDON LETTERING ASSOCIATION
Members will be demonstrating calligraphy each working on their own projects using different tools and styles of lettering. Visitors are welcome to find out more, ask questions and have a go.
St George’s Bloomsbury
11.30am - 3pm; FREE - Just turn up (drop in)
I SAY LAWYER, YOU SAY ( )?
A TALE OF LAWYERING IN BLOOMSBURY - HANNAH UGLOW
This short talk looks back at stories of lawyering in Bloomsbury - stories of the commitment, persistence and passion that go into building a better society.
City Lit - Cultureplex 12pm
Tickets: FREE - but pre-booking is recommended, donations welcome
JAMBOREE PRESENTS: FLOTSAM SESSIONS WORLD TRAD JAMAN AFTERNOON SHOW
A Saturday afternoon workshop and jam session featuring roots music, folk and trad from all corners of the world.
Jamboree
1pm; FREE - Just turn up
EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP WITH DEV PATEL - DAYTIMERS MEHFIL
One hour long embroidery workshop sessions for adults and children aged 12+, following the cultural and historically rich practice of South Asian artisans.
City Lit Cafe
1pm, 2.30pm, 4pm & 5.30pm (plus same times on Sun 20 Oct)
Tickets: £5
A SPACE FOR US: WOMEN’S WAYS AND MISSIONS - THE PEOPLE’S MUSEUM
SOMERS TOWN
A guided ‘stream-of-consciousness’ walk echoing the routes of female radicals and reformers between Bloomsbury and Somers Town.
Starts at Blooms Café, The Royal National Hotel
1pm; Tickets: £8 (£6)
THE HOURS (A SONG RECITAL)
New Wave Lunchtime Concert
A costumed song recital exploring the mysteries of self-consciousness through the writings of Virginia Woolf and other acclaimed authors. With Maryam Wocial (soprano) and Archie Bonham (piano).
Part of Bloomsbury Festival’s New Wave programme, a platform for emerging talent. The Music Room
1pm; FREE - Just turn up, donations welcome
BERLINERS
AND OTHER POEMSDARK ANGELS
Poetry by Dark Angels writers inspired by the festival theme. Led by John Simmons, whose new poem Berliners will be launched at this event.
Conway Hall - Library
1pm; Tickets: £8 (£6)
PHILOSOPHY WITH COMPASSIONLONDON SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY
Enquiry into human nature is a mainstay of philosophical enterprise. A series of short presentations on the nature of human identity and compassion from a philosophical perspective.
City Lit - Cultureplex
1.30pm; FREE - Just turn up
LIFE LINES: POETRY DANCE & MUSICSAGE DANCE COMPANY & RACK PRESS
A cabaret of dance, poetry and live music exploring aspects of the festival theme, Human.Kind. A relaxing, entertaining and thought-provoking hour.
Conway Hall - Main Hall
1.30pm; Tickets: £12 (£10)
BLOOMSBURY
BLITZ: THE UNTOLD STORY IN WORDS AND SONGTHE GOOD COMPANIONS
Using their signature blend of words and vintage songs, The Good Companions explore Bloomsbury’s dramatic World War Two experience through the stories of people who lived and worked in the area.
London House, Goodenough College 2.30pm & 6pm; Tickets: £12 (£10)
26 WORDSTOCK @ BLOOMSBURY FESTIVAL - 26 WRITERS
A mini festival within a festival, celebrating words, people and the theme of Human.Kind through talking, listening and writing together. How do words reflect and shape who we are?
Conway Hall - Library 3pm; Tickets: £15 (£12)
HUMAN/ANIMAL - PETE GOMES
This intense performance film reveals actors in trance-like transformation between human and animal states, guided by instinct and behaviours which are uncanny, startling and profound.
Followed by Q&A with Pete Gomes and performers.
City Lit - Cultureplex
3pm; Tickets:£8 (£6)
Michelle Hromin; Photo by Eva Serksnaite 22
DOCTOR MARIGOLD’S PRESCRIPTIONS: A CHARLES DICKENS STORY
Step into the enchanting world of Charles Dickens with Ian Pearce’s mesmerizing performance of this Charles Dickens’ classic, a heart-warming and poignant tale of a spirited travelling salesman.
Charles Dickens Museum
4pm & 6pm; Tickets: £20 (£15/£10)
AMPLIFY
LIVE | QUEER JOY - THE RISE COLLECTIVE
A captivating youth-led celebration of queer experiences, featuring vibrant discussions and live performances by emerging artists. Hosted by the enchanting Arden Fitzroy.
Conway Hall - Brockway Room
4.30pm; Tickets: £8 or pay what you can
CARING FOR CHILDREN: THE STORY OF THE FOUNDLING HOSPITAL AND GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN - ALEC FORSHAW
An illustrated lecture telling the extraordinary story of two of Bloomsbury’s most famous institutions, and how both hospitals revolutionised the way that we care for children in this country today.
City Lit - Cultureplex
4.30pm; FREE - Just turn up
PRESENT TENSE - MICHELLE HROMIN
A preview of Michelle Hromin’s album project, due to be released in 2025, featuring works for clarinets, pedals, and electronics.
City Lit - Recital Room
7pm; Tickets: £8 (£6)
3 COUPLES, 2 BREAKUPS, 1 BARBIE AND THE BERLIN WALL - SQUARE PEGS, MACREADY THEATRE YOUNG
ACTORS’ COMPANY
New Wave Theatre
Eight teenagers (and a Barbie doll) invite you to a joyfully absurd, fast-paced, fun-filled play about love – in all its weird and wonderful forms. Written by Georgina Dettmer.
Part of Bloomsbury Festival’s New Wave programme, a platform for emerging talent.
New Wave Theatre supported by Bishop & Sewell.
Westminster Kingsway College Theatre
7pm; Tickets: FREE - Just turn up
24: VISUAL CONCERT - FABIO D’ANDREA
Fabio D’Andrea delivers an electrifying live performance of his most recent piano compositions, paired with screenings of his latest music videos from the stunning ‘24’ series.
Conway Hall - Main Hall
7.30pm; Tickets: £15 (£12)
BIRCH TALES - THE PICARDY PLAYERS
An immersive multi-sensory concert inspired by medieval Kyivan stories written on the bark of birch trees, drawing inspiration from Slavic folk music and microtonality from the Italian Renaissance.
The Art Workers’ Guild
7.30pm; Tickets: £20 (£15)
THE ENCRYPTED FOREST - JIM OSMAN
New Wave Theatre
An evening of folktales for the digital age, inspired by post-internet art, weird fiction, cosmic horror, and traditional folktales.
Part of Bloomsbury Festival’s New Wave programme, a platform for emerging talent.
New Wave Theatre supported by Bishop & Sewell.
City Lit - John Lyon’s Theatre
8.30pm (plus 6pm Sun 20 Oct); Tickets: £12 (£10)
JAMBOREE PRESENTS: THE CABARATS
The Cabarats bring a new musical experience to the global underground, combining traditional Balkan and Middle Eastern sounds with lively reggae and ska!
Jamboree
9pm; Tickets £12 (£7) / £14 on door
Listen at Bloomsbury Radio online 2pm-9pm daily ● boxoffice@bloomsburyfestival.org.uk
AI & MUSIC LECTURE SYMPOSIUM AND JAM - THE COMPUTATIONAL CREATIVITY COLLECTIVE
(See page 19 for details)
Conway Hall - Bertrand Russell Room
11am - 1pm (plus Fri 18 Oct at Big Night Out opening event & Sat 19 Oct 11am - 3pm)
FREE - Just turn up
MONSTER FLOWERS: LIFE DRAWING & PAPER FLOWER MAKING WORKSHOPSAKSI BISOU
Learn to create crepe paper flowers as wild as your imagination desires, followed by a life drawing class that combines the human form with floral still life.
Conway Hall - Library
11am; Tickets: £12 (£10)
HUMANIST BLOOMSBURY: DOERS, DREAMERS, PLACE MAKERSHUMANISTS UK
A walk led by Madeleine Goodall following in the footsteps of Bloomsbury’s non-religious radicals and reformers, discovering the places they lived, loved, and fought for change.
Starts at Conway Hall
11am; Tickets: £6 (£3)
NOVO MOVEMENT CHAKRAS WORKSHOP - SIVAN RUBINSTEIN
A relaxing and energising 1 hour open level workshop led by artist and choreographer Sivan Rubinstein and musician Liran Donin, exploring the chakras and energy of the body.
Conway Hall - Main Hall
11am; Tickets: £12 (£10)
THE RUGBY ESTATE: A WALKING TOUR
An hour long walking tour of the historic Rugby Estate and surrounding areas, exploring famous residents and connections with the Bloomsbury Set.
Starts at Lambs Conduit Street
12pm (plus Wed 23 Oct 12pm); FREE - Just turn up
JAMBOREE PRESENTS: A LUNCHTIME
GIG WITH EWAN BLEACH & THE FLEETING PARADISE ORCHESTRA
A Sunday lunchtime concert with Ewan Bleach and The Fleeting Paradise Orchestra playing late ‘20s and early ‘30s American blues and jazz.
Jamboree
12.15pm; Tickets £15 (£8)
EMBROIDERY WORKSHOP WITH DEV PATEL - DAYTIMERS MEHFIL
(See page 21 for details)
City Lit Cafe
1pm, 2.30pm, 4pm & 5.30pm (plus same times on Sat 19 Oct); Tickets: £5
ISAAC SHIEH (NATURAL HORN)
New Wave Lunchtime Concert
Featuring new works by composers of our time, Isaac Shieh shines the spotlight on an instrument that is rarely heard in a solo setting, the natural horn.
Part of Bloomsbury Festival’s New Wave programme, a platform for emerging talent.
City Lit - Recital Room
1pm; FREE - Just turn up, donations welcome
HARMONIC DIMENSIONS: EXPLORING
THE POLYPHONIC SPACE - ALOT TEATRO
A vocal, musical, and polyphonic singing workshop combined with physical theatre, led by the Alot Teatro collective.
Holy Cross Church
2.30pm; Tickets: £20
Workshop & evening performance at 7pm: £30
JAMBOREE PRESENTS: SUNDAY
AFTERNOON SWING WITH THE PROSPECTIVE COLLECTIVE
A Sunday afternoon of Swing with The Prospective Collective, a fine band of London-based jazz musicians that perform a beautiful repertoire of old jazzy classics.
Jamboree
3pm; Free - Just turn up
ETHICAL MATTERS: HOW CROWDS MADE THE MODERN WORLD
Dan Hancox shows how crowds are a force for change: the bringer of mass culture and democracy, where we find not only joy and solidarity but something fundamental about what it is to be human.
Conway Hall - Main Hall
3pm; Tickets: £9 (£6)
PRIESTLEY AND ORWELL: PRINCIPLES, PATRIOTISM AND PROPAGANDAJ B PRIESTLEY SOCIETY
A head to head debate between advocates for two giants of literature, comparing and contrasting their experiences, attitudes, stances and approaches to class, war, politics and ethics.
Conway Hall - Library 3pm; Tickets: £12 (£10)
EMPATHY - MUKUL & GHETTO TIGERS, TAMARIND THEATRE AND SHAHADUZ ZAMAN
Celebrating humanity, Sohini Roychowdhury’s captivating dance is set to Sufi Melodie’s performed live by Marina Ahmad and recitations by Rez Kabir.
With book launch - Adishiva by Sohini Roychowdhury & Rishi Dasgupta.
Westminster Kingsway College Theatre
3pm; Tickets: £5
Tamarind Theatre Company - The Two Headed Bird; Photo by Rehan Jamil
THE BLACK SHALWARTAMARIND THEATRE COMPANY
A rehearsed reading with music, song and dance adapted from the short story by Saadat Hasan Manto. Sultana, a prostitute character, confronts a writer in 1940s Delhi.
In English with other languages.
Westminster Kingsway College Theatre
5pm; Tickets: £5
THE ENCRYPTED FOREST - JIM OSMAN
New Wave Theatre
(See page 23 for details)
City Lit - John Lyon’s Theatre
SORRY - THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED
6pm (plus 8.30pm Sat 19 Oct); Tickets: £12 (£10)
VENI. VOICES OF THE ISLANDSALOT TEATRO
An immersive experience featuring reimagined and developed polyphonic chants rooted in Mediterranean oral traditions. A deeply captivating physical and musical piece by this collective, where ancient sounds are revitalized, bridging the past and present in a profound and intimate connection.
Holy Cross Church
7pm; Tickets: £15 (£12)
SUNDAY CONCERT: DARRAGH MORGAN AND MARY DULLEA
Reflecting on themes of togetherness, violinist Darragh Morgan and pianist Mary Dullea present a unique Sunday Concert programme that teases out the fantastical and the familial.
Conway Hall - Main Hall
6.30pm; Tickets: £15 (£13/£7); advance tickets available, under 26s FREE
AROUND THE WORLD - ROB HAO
A solo piano recital of music influenced by cultures from around the world stretching from the 13th Century to the present day, with works by Michael Finnissy, Rob Hao and Claude Debussy.
City Lit - Recital Room
7.30pm; Tickets: £12 (£10)
JAMBOREE PRESENTS: FLAMENCO MEETS MAQAM!
An intimate night of flamenco and Arabic music with ace dancer and director Lourdes Fernandez and her quartet.
Jamboree
7.30pm; £12 (£7) / £14 on door
GOODGIRL - LIT PATH PRODUCTIONS (PARBATI CHAUDHURY)
New Wave Theatre
Dip into the world of three close friends –Padma, Brinda, and Suhana - in the final weeks of Suhana’s long-wanted pregnancy. A visceral theatrical experience on sisterhood and shifting cultural values with music and kathak dance. A new theatre work-in-progress.
Part of Bloomsbury Festival’s New Wave programme, a platform for emerging talent.
New Wave Theatre supported by Bishop & Sewell.
Westminster Kingsway College Theatre
7.30pm; Tickets: £8 (£6)
SOUVENIRS - GOODENSEMBLE
Expect the unexpected - orchestra and choir join forces in an unmissable concert by the musicians of GoodEnsemble. An eclectic mix of musical souvenirs old and new promises something for everyone!
London House, Goodenough College
8pm; Tickets: £12 (£10)
Listen at Bloomsbury Radio online 2pm-9pm daily ● boxoffice@bloomsburyfestival.org.uk
THE RUGBY ESTATE: A WALKING TOUR
(See page 25)
Starts at Lambs Conduit Street
12pm (plus Sun 20 Oct 12pm)
FREE - Just turn up
BLOOMSBURY BOOKSHOP CRAWL
Explore the bookshops and literary history of Bloomsbury and connect with other book lovers on this 2.5 hour walk with Bookshop Crawl UK.
Starts at British Library Foyer
1pm; Tickets: £10
HUMANS, HEALTH AND HAPPINESSCAMDEN TOUR GUIDES ASSOCIATION
A guided walk with Penny Burns through the historic squares and buildings of Bloomsbury, learning about some amazing people who have contributed to our lives and wellbeing.
Starts at Blooms Café, The Royal National Hotel
1pm; Tickets: £15 (£12)
JAMBOREE PRESENTS: TJ JOHNSON’S QUARTET - PEAK OF THE WEEK!
An afternoon of live jazz, blues, gospel and country with one of the UK’s finest jazz and blues singers, TJ Johnson and his quartet.
Jamboree
3pm; Free - Just turn up
LEGO FREE PLAY SESSION
Join us for this exciting build and play session. For ages 5-14 ( with accompanying adult).
Holborn Library
4pm - 5pm; Free - Just turn up (drop in)
UNSEEN: THEATRICAL PRESENTATION & PANEL DISCUSSION - EXTANT
A creative presentation and discussion to accompany Unseen (see 7pm), a gripping audio drama that examines the effect of domestic abuse on the blind and visually impaired community.
Westminster Kingsway College Theatre
4.30pm; Free, but pre-booking is recommended
LIT IN COLOUR: A SPOTLIGHT ON DRAMA IN EDUCATIONBLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
Celebrate Bloomsbury Publishing’s Lit in Colour campaign, supporting the more recent and much-needed efforts to decolonize the curriculum through opening up the rich portfolio of work from playwrights from the Global Majority and minority ethnic backgrounds. Come along to learn more about the initiative and experience scenes from some of these plays brought to life.
Conway Hall - Main Hall
6pm; Free, but pre-booking is required
BEING HUMAN AND BEING KIND - UCL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION
Quick-fire talks in a panel session format with experts from UCL’s Department of Psychology and Human Development in topics including Evolution, Group Dynamics, Sleep, and Multi-lingualism.
Supported by St Giles London Hotel
Holborn Library
6pm; Free - Just turn up
WEAVING KINDNESS INTO MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH - NIHR ARC NORTH THAMES (UCL)
How can mental health research be done with kindness? Join mental health researchers for a discussion and creative quilting session. Share what kind mental health research could look like to you and contribute to weaving a quilt representing your ideas (no sewing skills needed).
Grant Museum of Zoology
6.30pm; Pre-booking required - donation/pay what you can
UNSEEN - EXTANT
A gripping new audio drama broadcast on Bloomsbury Radio that examines the subtle and insidious effect of domestic abuse on the blind and visually impaired community. See also discussion at 4.30pm.
Bloomsbury Radio - see back page for how to tune in 7pm; FREE radio broadcast
JAMBOREE PRESENTS: FROM CRETE AND BEYOND
A night devoted to the music of the island of Crete, Greece and the Mediterranean with the very talented Theo Lais and The Cretan Players. Jamboree
8pm; Tickets: £11 (£7) / £13 on door
SUITE FOR JEJU - SEAYOOL & LIGETI QUARTET
A unique concert from traditional Korean Piri specialist, SEAYOOL and the Ligeti Quartet. This UK Premiere features music composed by SEAYOOL in response to the poignant history of Jeju Island. This event is presented in partnership with the Korean Cultural Centre as part of the K-Music Festival.
Holy Cross Church
8pm; Tickets: £15 (£12)
DOWN TO CHANCE - MAYBE YOU LIKE IT PRODUCTIONS
Alaska, 1964. The biggest earthquake in US history. As the world crumbles, comms are down, and only one voice appears on the radio. This is the extraordinary true story of that one woman relief effort in a fast moving show.
Westminster Kingsway College Theatre
8.30pm; Tickets: £10 (£8)
STORY AND CRAFT SESSION
Make your very own pot of kindness in this story and craft session to share with your loved ones. Ages 5-12 (with accompanying adult).
Holborn Library
11am - 11.30am; Free - Just turn up (drop in)
CITY WALK - PHILANTHROPY AND PHILOSOPHY - LONDON WELSH CENTRE
A stroll through Bloomsbury hearing about benefactors and thinkers connected with the area, including members of The Bloomsbury Group, Thomas Coram, Mary Ward and many others.
Starts at London Welsh Centre
11am (plus 11am on Sat 26 Oct); Tickets: £12
SEI SOLO
New Wave Lunchtime Concert
Yente Lottman (violin) explores the profound connection between solitude and humankind and the solitary nature of the solo violin, with music from Bach and Bartók.
Part of Bloomsbury Festival’s New Wave programme, a platform for emerging talent.
The Music Room
1pm; FREE - Just turn up, donations welcome
COLOURS OF BLOOMSBURY - CAMDEN TOUR GUIDES ASSOCIATION
A walk led by Maggie Coates exploring the use of colours through the streets and squares of Bloomsbury, hearing some stories about well known landmarks, less well known characters and highlights of its history along the way.
Starts at Conway Hall
2pm; Tickets: £12 (£10)
PAPER CRAFT SESSION
A fun Paper Craft Session with a technology theme! Kids will explore various paper crafting techniques to create tech-inspired art and decorations. Ages 3-14 (with accompanying adult).
Holborn Library
5pm - 6pm; Free - Just turn up (drop in)
ECHOES OF CARE: THE CELEBRATIONCORAM
A drinks reception and panel discussion to celebrate Echoes of Care: The Living History of the Foundling Hospital, an immersive art installation (see page 13). At the end of the evening, the artwork will expand - a large-scale, moving projection will unfold on the façade of Coram’s building.
Coram
6pm; FREE - but pre-booking is required
Cold Islanders at Bloomsbury Festival
photo by Stuart Keegan
MERGER ON THE DANCEFLOORBLOOMSBURY BAROQUE
Focusing on the work of Ignatius Sancho, Bloomsbury Baroque will perform an hour of music from multi-cultural 18th-century London followed by Sancho’s dances, with public participation.
Holy Cross Church
7pm; Tickets: £15 (£12)
EQUALEYES: ILLUMINATING INSIGHTS
INTO USING HEALTH DATA, A.I AND INCLUSION - NIHR MOORFIELDS
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE AT UCL
How are AI and data taking care of our health? We suggest technology is adding to the sum of human kindness. A panel discussion with short presentations from experts.
Supported by St Giles London Hotel.
St Giles London Hotel - Mezzanine
7pm; Tickets: £5
ANSWERS FROM THE ARCHIVECONWAY HALL ETHICAL SOCIETY
Yesterday’s objects can be the answer to today’s problems. Join us to explore archival artefacts from the Conway Hall Library & Archives, the Marx Memorial Library and more in this talk.
Conway Hall
7pm; Tickets: £9 (£6)
HADDOCK - MAX RAEBURN
New Wave Radio Play
This radio play mimics a folktale, and follows an Irish couple in the 1950s questioning their faith in their religion, each other and themselves.
Part of Bloomsbury Festival’s New Wave programme, a platform for emerging talent.
Bloomsbury Radio - see back page for how to tune in
7pm; FREE radio broadcast
THE PATIENT SOLDIER - KATHERINE WHITE & BARRA FITZGIBBON
This one person play is a love letter to the NHS and a true story of one man’s hallucinatory battle with death. A live Q&A follows with the creative team and NHS staff.
Westminster Kingsway College Theatre
7.30pm; Tickets: £10 (£8)
POETRY AND EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC
NIGHT: PARA-PHRASE - PUSHKIN HOUSE
Live artist Mengting Zhuo brings together various diasporic artists to explore the synergy of sound art, live art, and poetry, inviting us to witness our shared humanness.
Pushkin House
7.30pm; Tickets: £12 (£10)
JAMBOREE PRESENTS:
LIMEHOUSE DE REVERIE WITH THE CABLE STREET RAG BAND
Live 1920s and ‘30s jazz and swing with resident players Ewan Bleach’s Cable Street Rag Band. Jamboree
8pm; Tickets: £15 (£8)
STORY AND RHYME TIME
A magical session for under 5’s with enchanting stories, fun rhymes, and playful songs that will spark your child’s imagination and love for reading. Lively tales and rhythmic activities encourage early literacy and language skills.
Holborn Library
11am - 11.30am; Free - Just turn up (drop in)
ART IN EVERYDAY LIFE: GILBERT BAYES
SOCIAL HOUSING HERITAGE TRAILPEOPLE’S MUSEUM SOMERS TOWN
A guided walk on the decorative arts and humanist ethos of the St Pancras Housing Association in its centenary year.
Starts at The Art Workers’ Guild
1pm; Tickets: £8 (£6)
YOUNG VOICES
Young Voices screening brings together young filmmakers (18-25) working around Bloomsbury with students on the Film Programming & Curating MA at Birkbeck, University of London.
Birkbeck Cinema
2pm; FREE - Just turn up
SOGYA - The Avieli Arthouse; Photography by Luan Da Silva, designed by Arthur Bayele
UNSEWN - BARKHA BAHAR AND FEDERICA RUGGIERI
A performance using magical-realism to explore the oppressions faced by women in different parts of the world. They find strength and solidarity through the powers of fierce Indian Goddesses.
Westminster Kingsway College Theatre
6.30pm; Tickets: £12 (£10)
SING BALLADS OF BLOOMSBURY
Singers from across Bloomsbury and beyond perform family favourites from the musicals alongside modern day version of traditional ballads, uncovering stories about local notorious characters. A singing event with readings from Dickens, Pepys and local history. To join in see Open Workshop on Sat 19 October at Cromer Street (page 17).
Heritage event supported by Chestertons.
St Giles-in-the-Fields Church
6.30pm; FREE - Just turn up, suggested £5 donation on the door
MAKING TOKENS: CERAMICS WORKSHOP - THE FOUNDLING MUSEUM
An after-hours tour of the Foundling Museum’s 18th-century tokens collection. Make personalised ceramic tokens of your own, led by artist Martha Todd. Enjoy a glass of wine or soft drink. Workshop for adults 18+.
Foundling Museum
6.30pm; Tickets: £45 (£30)
THE DAISY CHAIN - PRINCESS BESTMAN
New Wave Theatre
Ted-talk-gig-theatre styled performance looking into the realities of England’s foster care system.
Fusing audience participation and music with playful commentary, the Daisy chain focuses on transformative approaches and the restoration of hope.
Part of Bloomsbury Festival’s New Wave programme, a platform for emerging talent.
New Wave Theatre supported by Bishop & Sewell, and developed with Tramshed.
City Lit - John Lyon’s Theatre
6.30pm (plus 8.30pm Sat 26 Oct)
Tickets: £10 (£8)
SOGYA - THE AVIELI ARTHOUSE
New Wave Theatre
A visceral Afro-Centric theatrical experience honouring World War II Commonwealth soldiers who sacrificed their lives. Audiences are invited to reclaim lost legacies in this lyrical epic.
Developed and presented by The Avieli Arthouse led by Patrick Bayele, Esther Foga and Aixa Amarante Naranjo.
Part of Bloomsbury Festival’s New Wave programme, a platform for emerging talent.
New Wave Theatre supported by Bishop & Sewell.
Holy Cross Church
7.30pm (plus 6.30pm & 8.30pm Sat 26 Oct)
Tickets: £12 (£10)
ATTEMPTS ON A BIRCH TREE - I AM I AM
New Wave Theatre
A live theatrical experiment.
In 2015 Katie fell in love with a tree. Join theatre company, I AM I AM, as they attempt to fall in love too in this prize-winning play about the climate crisis and falling for things you shouldn’t. Written by Georgina Dettmer.
Part of Bloomsbury Festival’s New Wave programme, a platform for emerging talent.
New Wave Theatre supported by Bishop & Sewell.
City Lit - John Lyon’s Theatre
8.30pm (plus 6.30pm Sat 26 Oct); Tickets: £12 (£10)
PHOENIX - HELEN PERCIVAL
A riot of spoken word poetry, movement and music which takes audiences on a joyous and at times unrelenting journey to explore transformation and how we might live more authentic lives.
Westminster Kingsway College Theatre
8.30pm; Tickets: £10 (£8)
JAMBOREE PRESENTS:
MARIACHI LAS ADELITAS QUARTET + IMPERIO BAMBA DUO
Brilliant all-female Mariachi band, with support from the Imperio Bamba duo playing Rebel Chicha, their original take on the exciting and traditional Peruvian chicha!
Jamboree
8.30pm; Tickets: £12 (£7) / £14 on door
Photos by Stuart Keegan, Bloomsbury Festival 2023; Inset left (bottom): NIHR Moorfields; Inset right (bottom): Ross Montgomery
All activities are drop in between 11am - 4pm, unless otherwise noted
FAMILY WORKSHOPS
Being Dyslexic - UCL Institute of Education
We invite people with dyslexia (including parents of people with dyslexia) to join us to talk about your own experiences and to take part in activities.
The Science of Art - Creative Art Workshop
Creative art workshop for adults and children. Draw your emotions. Transform Your feelings.
Led by Ayse Akarca, an associate research fellow at UCL and an artist.
Drop in, 11.30am - 1.30pm
Origami - SOAS Origami
An open origami paper folding workshop where we will show you how to fold various models related to human form.
Lego Dream City
An exciting build and create session - help build a dream city. For ages 4-14 years old (with accompanying adult).
Drop in, 3pm - 4pm
Discovery
Day - Saturday 26 October
STORYTELLING
Storytelling sessions for children of all ages (but aimed at ages 5-12) with stories from across the globe and stories of science.
11.45pm - 12.45pm: An exciting author event with award winning author Ross Montgomery. Use your imagination. Ross will inspire you to see the world in a new light, showing how unusual, exciting, and strange life can be. Life is the starting point of stories!
SCIENCE EXHIBITIONS & ACTIVITIES INCLUDING:
What Makes you Human? What Makes You Kind? Can one exist without the other?UCL Pearl
We ask you the questions and then challenge you and AI to make an artistic response. Write a poem or create a drawing about what it means to be Human.Kind
Design Your Own Cleaner StreetsNIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North Thames
Explore how you can plan for less traffic in your street and create a better solution for pollution!
No One Left Behind - NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre
A group of animals need to cross different terrains using their characteristics, tools and kindness for one another. Play our game to discover how and why this is the same for our eye scientists in their research work.
About the Brain - CRAE - the Centre for Research in Autism and Education, UCL
A pop-up exhibition stall with experiments and explanations about our brains with researchers from CRAE on hand to talk about our research on the superior perceptual capacity in autism.
Listen at Bloomsbury Radio online 3pm-9pm daily ● boxoffice@bloomsburyfestival.org.uk 2pm-9pm boxoffice@bloomsburyfestival.org.uk
Tickets/Info: bloomsburyfestival.org.uk
THERAPEUTIC NATURE WRITINGREENCHANTMENT
An outdoor workshop focussed on deepening a connection with the environment and sense of history, while enhancing our responses in the present.
St George’s Gardens
11am; FREE - Just turn up
JAMBOREE PRESENTS: LIFE DRAWING CLASS - NORTH LONDON LIFE DRAWING
(See page 19 for details)
Jamboree
11am (plus Sat 19 Oct 11am); Tickets: £15 on door
CITY WALK - PHILANTHROPY AND PHILOSOPHY - LONDON WELSH CENTRE
(See page 30 for details)
Starts at London Welsh Centre
11am (plus 11am on Thurs 24 Oct); Tickets: £12
DICKENS AND ST GILES: A LIFELONG FASCINATION - CINDY SUGHRUE & LUCINDA HAWKSLEY
An illustrated talk with the Director of the Charles Dickens Museum and Lucinda Hawksley, art historian, author and great-great-great granddaughter of Charles Dickens.
Heritage event supported by Chestertons.
St Giles-in-the-Fields - The Vestry Room
11.30am; FREE - Just turn up
THE SCIENCE OF ARTDR AYSE U AKARCA
An art workshop exploring human emotions suitable for adults and children, looking at how to recognise and introduce healthy ways to transform emotions and elevate our well-being.
Holborn Library
11.30am -1.30pm; FREE - Just turn up
WORLD-ING WATER WORLDSPUSHKIN HOUSE
This collective worldbuilding workshop with Buket Yenidogan will open with a deep listening exercise on watery and tactile soundscapes, supported with small texts from Hydrofeminist theory.
Pushkin House
12pm; Tickets: £10 (£7)
DIALOGUS
New Wave Lunchtime Concert
Prize-winning pianist Julian Chan presents a captivating solo piano recital exploring the themes of spirituality and dialogue.
Part of Bloomsbury Festival’s New Wave programme, a platform for emerging talent.
The Music Room
1pm; FREE - Just turn up, donations welcome
ST GILES: THE HIDDEN HEART OF LONDON
A talk by historian Rebecca Preston, author of the new history book, St Giles-in-the-Fields: History of a London Parish.
Heritage event supported by Chestertons.
St Giles-in-the-Fields - The Vestry Room
1.30pm; FREE - Just turn up
JAMBOREE PRESENTS: KLEZMER JAM (AFTERNOON SESSION)
A Saturday afternoon of wonderful klezmer music led by The Klezjammers! All instruments and levels of experience very welcome, and there’s plenty of space to come and listen or dance.
Jamboree
2pm; FREE - Just turn up
CREATORS OF ST GILESST GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS SOCIETY
Historical walking tour, introducing the lives of some of the creators who have made the St Giles area their home over the centuries.
Heritage event supported by Chestertons.
Starts at St Giles-in-the-Fields - The Vestry Room 2.45pm; Tickets: £8 (£6)
WHATEVER YOUR PROPERTY NEEDS, CHOOSE CHESTERTONS.
Chestertons has been helping people buy, sell, rent and manage properties across London for over 200 years.
With a focus on supporting local communities and a network of over 100 offices globally, including 31 in London, we do things differently to other estate agents.
Carlos Riveros Sales Manager Tim Fifield Lettings Manager
Chestertons Covent Garden & West End
196 Shaftesbury Ave, London, WC2H 8JF 020 7182 1400
Proud sponsors of the Bloomsbury Festival.
Ana Bursac at Bloomsbury Festival 2023; Photo by Stuart Keegan
ULYSSA - PASCAL THEATRE COMPANY
How did two extraordinary women unlock British Museum treasures in new ways to new audiences?
This dance-theatre outdoor event dramatises the journeys of archaeologist, Helen Tirard, and classicist, Jane Ellen Harrison
Senate House - outdoors (Malet Street entrance)
3pm & 4pm; FREE - Just turn up
DINNER WITH MR DILLY - FRIENDS OF ST GEORGE’S GARDENS
Charles Dilly, a successful publisher and bookseller, was buried in this graveyard in 1807. Two actors tell the story of his life and of the authors that he nurtured.
Holy Cross Church
3pm; FREE - Just turn up
LOCAL, NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL:
REPORTING THE NEWS - CAMDEN NEW JOURNAL
A panel talk featuring Richard Osley, (Camden New Journal editor) and selected guests, exploring how news empowers communities and what is the future of information? Further information at bloomsburyfestival.org.uk in September.
Westminster Kingsway College Theatre
4.30pm; FREE - Just turn up
SOGYA - THE AVIELI ARTHOUSE
New Wave Theatre
(See page 33)
Holy Cross Church
6.30pm & 8.30pm (plus 7.30pm Fri 25 Oct)
Tickets: £12 (£10)
ATTEMPTS
ON A
BIRCH
TREE - I AM I AM
New Wave Theatre
(See page 33)
City Lit - John Lyon’s Theatre
6.30pm (plus 8.30pm Fri 26 Oct); Tickets: £12 (£10)
MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS SHOWCASE - WESTMINSTER KINGSWAY COLLEGE
Performing Arts students present a music showcase. For further details check the festival website in September.
SORRY - THIS PERFORMANCE IS CANCELLED (Tues 3.30pm performance will go ahead)
Westminster Kingsway College Theatre
7pm (plus 3.30pm Tues 22 Oct)
FREE - Just turn up
NOTES OF CONNECTION - ANA BURSAC (PIANO), EMMA ARIZZA (VIOLIN) & LUDOVICO COLOMBO (CELLO)
Musicians as peacemakers. A musical journey exploring connections between audience and art forms with an enchanting chamber music repertoire.
Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church
7.30pm; Tickets: £15 (£12)
THE DAISY CHAIN - PRINCESS BESTMAN
New Wave Theatre
(See page 33)
City Lit - John Lyon’s Theatre
8.30pm (plus 6.30pm Fri 26 Oct); Tickets: £10 (£8)
JAMBOREE PRESENTS:
TASHKEZAR + DUNJA BOTIC & TIM KARP
Tashkezar mix powerful Mediterranean rhythms, mesmerising Arabic vocals and melodies, punchy Balkan horns and floor-shaking bass. Supported by Dunja Botic & Tim Karp of Don Kipper.
Jamboree
8.30pm; Tickets: £12 (£7) / £14 on door
CANCER CARE, THE PENNY POST AND OTHER ADVANCES - CAMDEN TOUR GUIDES ASSOCIATION
A walk led by Paul Guest, discovering sites in Bloomsbury inked with significant advances by figures in fields in fields as diverse as medicine, civil rights, town planning and communications, which contributed to major changes in society.
Starts at Blooms Café, The Royal National Hotel
11am; Tickets £12 (£10)
JAMBOREE PRESENTS:
THE HARRISON ALL DAY FOLK FESTIVAL
The Harrison All Day Folk Festival returns with the last of 5 editions at Jamboree! These events have an urgent mission: to save The Harrison music pub from being bankrupted by Covid rent debt! Jamboree
12pm till late; Tickets: £8 - £28
KINGS CROSS & BLOOMSBURY BOOKSHOP CRAWL
Explore the bookshops and literary history of Bloomsbury and the surrounding area, and connect with other book lovers on this 4 hour walk with Bookshop Crawl UK.
Starts at British Library Foyer
1pm; Tickets: £16
MESSIAEN’S QUARTET FOR THE END OF TIME
New Wave Lunchtime Concert
An intimate performance of Messiaen’s masterpiece, written in a prisoner of war camp.
Performed by Kosuke Shirai (clarinet), Violetta Suvini (violin), William Lui (cello) and Jeremy Chan (piano).
Part of Bloomsbury Festival’s New Wave programme, a platform for emerging talent.
City Lit - Recital Room
1pm; FREE - Just turn up, donations welcome
WRITING WALK - NOVEL LONDON
Explore the nature of being human through walking, writing and visiting historical and literary sites. Experience a rich blend of history, creativity, and literary camaraderie.
Starts at Blooms Café, The Royal National Hotel
1pm; Tickets £8 (£6)
THE JELLYFISH ENIGMACHRYSAORA COLLECTIVE
Five strangers trapped in a room. No memory of who they are or why they’re there. What happens when the mind fails, but the body retains echoes of the past? A show about memory loss and interminable love.
Westminster Kingsway College Theatre
2.30pm; Tickets: £12 (£10)
GRUPO LOKITO: CONGO MEETS CUBA! - SOAS CONCERT SERIES
A modern-day explosion of two of the great world musics, fusing blistering contemporary Congolese grooves with the fire of Cuban music. The results have audiences dancing in a haze of energy. A concert for all ages.
SOAS Gallery Lecture Theatre
3pm; Tickets: £10 (£5)
THE ALCHEMY OF MELODY AND WORDCHANTEFABLE
Poetry? Singing? Improvised music? This immersive programme has them all! Join Chantefable (Mariana Rodrigues & Andrew Cowie) in concert as they blend piano improv with poetry and song in a way you’ve never seen before.
City Lit - Recital Room
4pm; Tickets: £8 (£6)
I.D.S.T. - LUDO & JAKE
A two-hander physical theatre performance of new writing and originally devised work, questioning and pushing its performers for the truth to discover the root of their own humanity.
Westminster Kingsway College Theatre
4pm; Tickets: £12 (£10)
ACROSS THE SQUAREALEX PEARSON PRODUCTIONS
A cold December day in 1917. Lady Ottoline Morrell has crossed Bedford Square to call on Millicent Fawcett. Two quite different outlooks are about to collide in this one act play.
City Lit - John Lyon’s Theatre
5.30pm & 7.30pm; Tickets: £15 (£12)
SOUND WAVE FEMINISM: WOMEN’S VOICES IN STRING QUARTETSCALATHEA QUARTET
The Calathea Quartet present a selection of their favourite works for string quartet by women composers past and present, including Mendelssohn Hensel, Miller and Boyle.
Holy Cross Church
6pm; Tickets: £12 (£10)
TETHERED: PART 1 M(OTHER)TIFFANY KING
A heartfelt one-act play that explores the changing dynamic between two people, bound by an unspeakable grief.
Westminster Kingsway College Theatre
6pm; Tickets: £12 (£10)
KRAKEN TIME - PATTI WEST
A woman. A life never lived. A dead body. No one is coming to save you. You are invited to Mrs Kraken’s dinner party! You will be offered some dark humour with a pinch of laughter served with tears.
Westminster Kingsway College Theatre
7.30pm; Tickets: £12 (£10)
ENCORE
The end of festival celebration will be held this year at the iconic venue The Bloomsbury Club. With an historic Bloomsbury vibe and a bar with a completely contemporary range of cocktails, soft drinks and bites, we invite our audience, performers and partners to wind down with music and spoken word at this end of festival event. See website for full details nearer the time.
With thanks to the Bloomsbury Hotel for their support for this event.
The Bloomsbury Club Bar, Bloomsbury Hotel
7.30pm; FREE - Just turn up
POST-FESTIVAL EVENTS:
CARIBBEAN COLLECTIONS AT SENATE HOUSE LIBRARY
The exhibition foregrounds Caribbean collections, focussing on the movements towards independence and decolonisation and the migration of Caribbean people in the UK leading up to the Windrush scandal.
Senate House - Library
Tues 29 Oct - Fri 28 March; Mon - Fri 9am - 7pm, Sat 9.45am - 5pm (closed Sun)
FREE - Just turn up
INTO THE SUBLIME: THE EIDOPHUSIKON REIMAGINED - DR GILLIAN MCIVER, THE SWEDENBORG SOCIETY
(See page 13)
Swedenborg House; Until Fri 1 Nov
BLOOMSBURY FESTIVAL NEW WAVE ART PRIZE EXHIBITION AT ST GILES HOTEL
(See page 9)
St Giles London Hotel; Until Mid November
THE BLOOMSBURY COMMISSION IN RUSSELL SQUARE: ECHO - JOE DUGGAN
(See page 11)
Russell Square Gardens; Until Sun 10 November
26 CONNECTIONS - 26 WRITERS
(See page 13)
The Building Centre ; Until Fri 15 Nov
Listen at Bloomsbury Radio online 2pm-9pm daily ● boxoffice@bloomsburyfestival.org.uk
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KEY TO EVENT TYPES
Exhibitions Music
Talks & Literature Family Events
Performance & Film Workshops
Walks
EXHIBITIONS THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL
(pages 8 - 13) See listings for details
FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER (page 15)
Story & Rhyme Time 11am - 11.30am
OPENING EVENT: Bloomsbury Festival’s Big Night Out at Conway Hall 6.30pm - 9.30pm
SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER (pages 16 - 23)
Cromer Street and Bramber Green Family Day 11am - 4pm
Autumn Welsh Market 10am - 5.30pm
Family Art Day at October Gallery 10am - 12pm
AI & Music Symposium & Jam 11am - 3pm
Life Drawing Class 11am - 1pm
Walking Like a Human 11am - 12pm
Bloomsbury and the Poets 11am - 12pm
Story & Craft Session 11.30am - 12.30pm
Introducing Calligraphy 11.30am - 3pm
I Say Lawyer, You Say ( )? 12pm - 1pm
Flotsam Sessions World Trad Jam 1pm - 5pm
Embroidery Workshop 1pm - 2pm, 2.30pm - 3.30pm, 4pm - 5pm & 5.30pm - 6pm
A Space for Us: Women’s Ways... 1pm - 2pm
Lunchtime Concert: The Hours 1pm - 2pm
Berliners & Other Poems 1pm - 2pm
Philosophy with Compassion 1.30pm - 2.30pm
Life Lines 1.30pm - 2.30pm
Bloomsbury Blitz 2.30pm - 4pm & 6pm - 7.30pm
26 Wordstock 3pm - 7pm
Human/Animal 3pm - 4pm
Doctor Marigold’s Prescriptions 4pm - 5pm & 6pm - 7pm
Amplify Live | Queer Joy 4.30pm - 6.30pm
Caring for Children 4.30pm - 5.30pm
Present Tense 7pm - 8pm
3 Couples, 2 Breakups, 1 Barbie... 7pm - 7.45pm
24: Visual Concert 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Birch Tales 7.30pm - 8.30pm
The Encrypted Forest 8.30pm - 9.30pm
The Cabarats 9pm - midnight
SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER (pages 24 - 27)
AI & Music Symposium & Jam 11am - 1pm
Monster Flowers Workshop 11am - 1pm
Humanist Bloomsbury 11am - 1pm
Novo Movement Chakras Workshop 11am - 12pm
The Rugby Estate: A Walking Tour 12pm - 1pm
Ewan Bleach & The Fleeting
Paradise Orchestra 12.15pm - 2.15pm
Embroidery Workshop 1pm - 2pm, 2.30pm - 3.30pm, 4pm - 5pm & 5.30pm - 6pm
Lunchtime Concert: Isaac Shieh 1pm - 2pm
Harmonic Dimensions 2.30pm - 6.15pm
Sunday Afternoon Swing with the Prospective Collective 3pm - 5pm
Ethical Matters 3pm - 4.15pm
Priestley and Orwell CANCELLED
Empathy
3pm - 3.50pm
The Black Shalwar 5pm - 5.50pm
The Encrypted Forest CANCELLED
VENI. Voices of the Islands 7pm - 8pm
Darragh Morgan & Mary Dullea 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Around the World 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Flamenco Meets Maqam! 7.30pm - 10.30pm
Goodgirl 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Souvenirs 8pm - 9.20pm
MONDAY 21 OCTOBER
Flux - A Scratch Night (pg 18) 6pm - 11.30pm
TUESDAY 22 OCTOBER
Music & Performing Arts Showcase (pg 39) 3.30pm - 4pm
Welcome Here, Kind Stranger (pg 18) 8pm - 11pm
WEDNESDAY 23 OCTOBER (pages 28 - 29)
The Rugby Estate: A Walking Tour 12pm - 1pm Bloomsbury Bookshop Crawl 1pm - 3.30pm
Humans, Health & Happiness 1pm - 2.30pm
TJ Johnson’s Quartet 3pm - 5pm
Lego Free Play Session 4pm - 5pm
Unseen: Presentation/Discussion 4.30pm - 5.30pm
Lit In Colour 6pm - 8.30pm
Being Human and Being Kind 6pm - 8pm
Weaving Kindness into Mental Health Research 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Unseen 7pm - 7.45pm
From Crete and Beyond 8pm - 11.30pm
Suite for Jeju 8pm - 9pm
Down to Chance 8.30pm - 9.20pm
THURSDAY 24 OCTOBER (pages 30 - 31)
Story & Craft Session 11am - 11.30am
City Walk - Philanthropy & Philosophy 11am - 12.30pm
Lunchtime Concert: Sei Solo 1pm - 2pm
Colours of Bloomsbury 2pm - 3pm
Paper Craft Session 5pm - 6pm
Echoes of Care: The Celebration 6pm - 8pm
Merger on the Dancefloor 7pm - 9.30pm
EQUALeyes 7pm - 8.30pm
Answers from the Archive 7pm - 8.30pm
Haddock 7pm - 7.35pm
The Patient Soldier 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Poetry & Experimental Music Night 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Limehouse de Reverie 8pm - 12.30am
FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER (pages 32 - 33)
Story & Rhyme Time 11am - 11.30am
Art in Everyday Life 1pm - 2pm
Young Voices 2pm - 5pm
Unsewn 6.30pm - 7.20pm
Sing Ballads of Bloomsbury 6.30pm - 8pm
Making Tokens 6.30pm - 8.30pm
the Daisy chain 6.30pm - 7.30pm
SOGYA 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Attempts on a Birch Tree 8.30pm - 9.30pm
Phoenix 8.30pm - 9.30pm
Mariachi Las Adelitas Quartet + Imperio Bamba Duo 8.30pm - 12.30am
SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER (pages 34 - 39)
Discovery Day 11am - 4pm
Therapeutic Nature Writing 11am - 1pm
Life Drawing Class 11am - 1pm
City Walk - Philanthropy & Philosophy 11am - 12.30pm
Dickens and St Giles 11.30am - 12.30pm
The Science of Art 11.30am - 1.30pm
World-ing Water Worlds 12pm - 2pm
Lunchtime Concert: Dialogus 1pm - 2pm
St Giles: The Hidden Heart of London
1.30pm - 2.30pm
Klezmer Jam 2pm - 5pm
Creators of St Giles 2.45pm - 4.15pm
Ulyssa 3pm - 3.50pm & 4pm - 4.50pm
Dinner with Mr Dilly 3pm - 4pm
Local, National, International: Reporting the News 4.30pm - 5.30pm
SOGYA 6.30pm - 7.30pm & 8.30pm - 9.30pm
Attempts on a Birch Tree 6.30pm - 7.30pm
Music & Performing Arts Showcase CANCELLED
Notes of Connection 7.30pm - 8.45pm
the Daisy chain 8.30pm - 9.30pm
Tashkezar + Dunja Botic & Tim Karp 8.30pm - 12.30am
SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER (pages 40 - 43)
Cancer Care, The Penny Post and Other Advances 11am - 12.30pm
The Harrison All Day Folk Festival 12pm - late
King’s Cross & Bloomsbury Bookshop Crawl 1pm - 5pm
Lunchtime Concert: Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time 1pm - 2pm
Writing Walk 1pm - 2.30pm
The Jellyfish Enigma 2.30pm - 3.30pm
Grupo Lokito: Congo meets Cuba! 3pm - 5pm
The Alchemy of Melody and Word 4pm - 5pm
I.D.S.T. 4pm - 5pm
Across the Square 5.30pm - 6.30pm & 7.30pm - 8.30pm
Sound Wave Feminism 6pm - 7.15pm
Tethered 6pm - 7pm
Kraken Time 7.30pm - 8.20pm
Encore 7.30pm - 9.30pm
DAILY FESTIVAL COVERAGE FROM BLOOMSBURY INSTITUTE’S BLOOMSBURY RADIO
3pm to 9pm from Friday 18 - Sunday 27 October 2024
Behind the scenes access, exclusive live interviews plus live reports from the streets of Bloomsbury.
News and coverage of events across the festival throughout the festival week.
Bloomsbury Radio trains students and members of the local community to broadcast this unique festival coverage.
Tune in at: bil.ac.uk/bloomsburyradio or via bloomsburyfestival.org.uk
Festival podcasts and interviews available year-round on our Bloomsbury Festival podcast site on Spotify.
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