Bloomsbury Theatre

The UCL Bloomsbury Theatre is a theatre on Gordon Street, Bloomsbury, Camden, London, owned by University College London. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1152x864, 177 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1152x864, 177 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Bloomsbury, a corner pub Bloomsbury is an area of central London, in the London Borough of Camden. ... The London Borough of Camden is an inner-London borough created in 1965 to replace the metropolitan boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, St Pancras. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom. ... University College London, commonly known as UCL, is one of the colleges that make up the University of London. ...

The Theatre has a seating capacity of 535 and offers a professional programme of innovative music, drama, comedy and dance all year round. Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, either in terms of the space available, or in terms of limitations set by law. ... Music is an art, entertainment, or other human activity that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humour with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

Funded by a UGC grant and a considerable private donation, the theatre was opened in 1968 as the Collegiate Theatre, and was renamed the Bloomsbury Theatre in 1982. It was renamed again in 2001, to emphasise links with UCL, who use it for student productions 12 weeks a year. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

The Bloomsbury Theatre recently returned to the logo designed by cartoonist Gerald Scarfe which it had used for nearly twenty years until 2001. Gerald Scarfe (born 1936) is a British cartoonist and illustrator whose work is characterised by an apparent obsession with the grotesque and diseased, perhaps a result of an asthmatic, bed-ridden childhood. ...

The theatre building also provides access to the UCL Union Fitness Center and Clubs and Societies Center on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors. The basement also holds one of the three University Shops. A UCL Union-run cafe is on the Ground Floor. Access to the Main UCL Wilkins Building (Octagon Building) and the UCL Refectory is possible through the theatre building. University College London Union, founded in 1893, is widely believed to be Englands oldest students union. ...

UCL alumnus Ricky Gervais has performed two of his standup shows in the theatre, where they were also filmed for release on DVD. Ricky Gervais (born June 25, 1961) is an award-winning English comic writer and performer from Reading, Berkshire. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

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