What’s On

Come tour our printing workshop, historic rooms, and famous library. 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. Perfect for designers, printmakers, or just lovers of history.

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

For over ten years Ursula Jeffries has worked with the St Bride Library. Her current pursuit has been researching and exploring the extensive archive of John Southward – a nineteenth century journalist and writer who focused on all aspects of print. In her lecture she will explain how this fascinating collection of papers ended up at the Library and the diversity of topics they have revealed.

Raina Petkoff craves more out of life. Having read every book in the library, including all the romance novels, she’s sure there is more in store for her - she wants adventure, she wants love, she wants to get the hell out of town. So, when a charming soldier on the hop from the battlefield clambers into her bedroom, what’s a clever, practical minded girl to do? Offer him sanctuary, feed him chocolate and fall in love. It’s only natural.

Join a host of designers working across the publishing industry to discuss work that has had the high expectations of meeting the difficult ‘big book status’, or have suddenly found their work on the bestseller lists and have to manage seeing their own covers on briefing forms.

Lunchbreak Opera returns to the Bridewell Theatre after their appearance in the Opera in the City Festival 2018 with the final opera of Giacomo Puccini's Il Trittico. Gianni Schicchi is a comical farce inspired by characters from Dante's Divine Comedy and the theatrical style of Commedia Dell'Arte

You will be introduced to the process of wood engraving from preliminary drawings and design; transferring drawings to blocks; cutting blocks; choosing papers and proofing to printing a small limited edition of black and white prints.

This one day course is for the new or aspiring letterpress printer who is looking to set up a simple home studio using the popular Adana platen press.

It is an opportunity to bring blocks you are working on for individual technical and tutorial support to help with designing/cutting blocks, sharpening tools and printing.

Len is on his deathbed and in Basildon the family gather to say their farewells. His sisters still aren't speaking after nearly 20 years. His best mate, Ken, knows lots of secrets. His niece and nephew and their other halves all have issues. Why aren't the sisters speaking and what is in the will? A bitter sweet family drama that will make you laugh and cry. This play received 4-star reviews from the press when it was first shown at the Royal Court.

It got a facelift in the 90s with Cruel Intentions and now Sedos brings a fresh new take on the classic story of seduction, betrayal and exploitation.

We would like to invite you to join us for an intimate evening held in our Passmore Edwards room, to get a closer look at some of the hidden treasures in the St Bride collection and learn more about them from font of all knowledge, Bob Richardson.

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

At a time of national disunity, this programme of five short films explores the power of community to find common ground, work together & get stuff done (or simply have a good natter over a decent pint!).

This one day course is for the new or aspiring letterpress printer who is looking to set up a simple home studio using the popular Adana platen press.

The stories we tell about people & places reveal a lot about us. But how do our stories get out there & who gets to tell them? This programme of four short films shows how stories both define us & set us free.

There’s more to animation than princesses & talking animals (well, we’ve got a cute ninja deer, but you know what we mean?). This programme of eight animated shorts tells bold stories of both fact & fiction.

A celebration of difference for everyone who has ever come out, come of age or simply come alive. These shorts channel the fierce spirit to be yourself in an age of increasing conformity.

You will be introduced to the process of wood engraving from preliminary drawings to printing a small limited edition of black and white prints.

These shorts were all made on smartphones, showcasing the potential of the camera in your pocket to create a mini masterpiece (& we don’t mean your cat “playing” the piano…).

Bitingly relevant, sprinkled with sass and inspired by the hit film, Bring It On The Musical takes audiences on a high-flying journey that is filled with the complexities of friendship, jealousy, betrayal and forgiveness.

Life in London is a collage of constant choice & change. These shorts look at how the city is evolving & how the choices we make affect our lives & (possible) futures.

Join us this Halloween for a lunchtime lineup of short films with extra bite. These twisted tales will send shivers down your spine…

Start your weekend early – & celebrate the end of our first pop-up! – with a flip-out fantastic programme of joyous shorts that will lift your spirits & send you back out with a smile.

Based on H.G. Wells semi-autobiographical novel, Kipps. It tells the story of Arthur Kipps, an over-worked orphan draper’s assistant at the turn of the last century. When Kipps unexpectedly inherits a fortune that propels him into high society, it confuses everything he thought he knew about life.

This one day course is for the new or aspiring letterpress printer who is looking to set up a simple home studio using the popular Adana platen press.

Invisible women: the contribution of Type Drawing Offices to twentieth century type-making By Alice Savoie

Ragtime is a sweeping epic musical about the birth of America that weaves together real celebrities and historical events with a timeless tale of three families in pursuit of the American Dream.

This course includes hand composition of metal type and the use of our Albion, Columbian, Stanhope and Vandercook presses.

This one day course is for the new or aspiring letterpress printer who is looking to set up a simple home studio using the popular Adana platen press.

You will be introduced to the process of wood engraving from preliminary drawings and design; transferring drawings to blocks; cutting blocks; choosing papers and proofing to printing a small limited edition of black and white prints.

This one day course is for the new or aspiring letterpress printer who is looking to set up a simple home studio using the popular Adana platen press.

It is an opportunity to bring blocks you are working on for individual technical and tutorial support to help with designing/cutting blocks, sharpening tools and printing. You will be able to use St Bride Presses, inks, paper with some tools available but as wood engravers it is expected that you will bring your own type high blocks, tools and (if editioning rather than proofing) your own specialist papers.

This one day course is for the new or aspiring letterpress printer who is looking to set up a simple home studio using the popular Adana platen press.