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The work is influenced by and commemorates the white headstone and picket fence in a desolate peat bog high on the Isle of Hoy in the Orkney's where the strormy winds, crashing waves and screeching Curlews provide an eternal soundtrack.

It was the first music show on the BBC for teenagers and they loved it, Those teenagers are now senior and the music is for everyone. Pete Murray was the host and Jack Good was the producer, it went out On a Saturday evening at five minutes past six, hence the name Six Five-Special.

Soprano April Koyejo-Audiger sings a blend of classic arias by Puccini and Verdi with her favourite jazz standards.

Print your own letterpress poster, using our historic printing presses and wood type in this hands-on workshop.

Get the chance to view some of the items in the library’s special collection, and learn more about the Foundation and its significant place in the illustrious history of the printing press trade.

Hedda is stifled in a world of sterile perfection and suffocating expectations, but beneath the surface, she is a powder keg of desire and defiance. When an old flame resurfaces with everything she’s been denied - passion, purpose, power - Hedda spirals into a game of seduction and sabotage.

During this course students will examine the processes and application needed to create their own work using letterpress. This includes hand composition of metal and wood type and the use of our Albion, Columbian, Stanhope and Vandercook presses.

The Proms Remixed is a vibrant reimagining of beloved musical theatre classics, merging a cast of vocalists and dancers with the grandeur of a live, 30 piece orchestra.

Join us at the St Bride Foundation Bar for an inspiring evening of connection and collaboration.

Get the chance to view some of the items in the library’s special collection, and learn more about the Foundation and its significant place in the illustrious history of the printing press trade.

We glimpse into six teachers' lives as they begin to confront the unspoken universal experience of loneliness, in a seemingly very ‘together’ modern world - causing them to each ask “if I am surrounded by people, why do I feel so alone?”

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Displaced and yearning for home, they find themselves trapped in a waiting room, haunted by echoes of war. Seeking purpose, Max wants to help but struggles to understand. Perhaps this isn't even his story, but theirs: families stripped of their freedom, seeking escape from circumstances not of their choosing.

Transient is a poignant new drama told in reverse about two immigrants who might have been perfect for each other on paper, but in the end (or beginning) they realize they can't be together as a fundamental choice in their lives will keep them apart.

During this course students will examine the processes and application needed to create their own work using letterpress. This includes hand composition of metal and wood type and the use of our Albion, Columbian, Stanhope and Vandercook presses.

Join Maddy and her little brother Jack as they journey to Mars, and meet an actual Martian, called Zom! Except they’re the aliens here... and Maddy and Jack’s relationship is tested in this unfamiliar environment. What is family loyalty against the promise of success? How far should you go in the face of failure? How much is a pinky promise really worth?

Nadia and Elliott are returning home after the funeral of Nadia’s father. The pair don’t know how to cope with the loss and so we watch their relationship go through the five stages of grief. They uncover each other’s secrets and wrongdoing’s as we learn that Nadia may be losing her father a second time...

Taste Like Egg Fried Rice is a play focusing on the international student community living in London, delicately portraying the contradictions and struggles young people face in a foreign cultural environment, particularly regarding family expectations, identity, personal freedom, and career dilemmas.

Using audience suggestions Improv the Dead conjure up a spontaneous zombie flick right before your eyes, complete with thrills, chills, gut-busting laughs, and fake blood.

With five unforgettable characters, a rollercoaster of comedy and drama, and a powerhouse soundtrack blending pop, rock, and Disney-style anthems, Miracle will make you laugh until your stomach hurts, cry until your heart aches, and walk away believing in the magic of second chances.

This summer, grab a coffee, pull up a chair, and prepare to laugh your way through love, lies, and lattes. Constellation Players present a fresh take on Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, reimagined through the lens of the iconic 90s sitcom Friends.

Get the chance to view some of the items in the library’s special collection, and learn more about the Foundation and its significant place in the illustrious history of the printing press trade.

Step inside the Red Mansion and experience 2025's daring new musical where love is a gamble, power is fleeting, and fate is unavoidable.

Eye magazine’s upcoming Type Tuesday dates for 2025 can be found here.

Miller’s 1952 classic explores the Salem Witch Trials, in 1692 Massachusetts. Teenager Abigail Williams leads a group of girls in accusing others in their tight-knit community of witchcraft. Hysteria erupts across Salem and innocent villagers pay the price. A farmer, John Proctor, is caught in an impossible dilemma, torn between his reputation and his life.

Join Gemma O’Brien at St Bride Foundation in London for a talk tracing her creative journey – from a letterpress studio to the global stage.

Assassins tells the stories of nine individuals who either attempted to or succeeded in assassinating Presidents of the United States. The show explores the concept of the American Dream, or rather the dark side of that Dream – that quick fame is the objective and one of the quickest routes to that is to try to kill a President.

Get the chance to view some of the items in the library’s special collection, and learn more about the Foundation and its significant place in the illustrious history of the printing press trade.

With electrifying choreography, a genre-defying score, and a grippingly contemporary story, PROJECT: WALTER is a bold new musical that challenges what it means to be real.

Set in New York’s East Village at the height of the 1990s AIDS crisis, RENT is a raw, urgent and deeply human story about chosen family, resilience, and love in all its forms.

Famously inspired by the Supremes, Dreamgirls explores the stardom, competition and love lives surrounding three Black women climbing the ranks of the music industry in the '60s and '70s.