Bubble Theatre
Date
1971
History
The Bubble Theatre was a touring theatre set up in 1971 by the Greater London Arts Association to address the lack of access to theatre of those living in outer London Boroughs. The theatre toured local parks and green spaces with a portable plastic dome ‘polyhedral’ tent which ‘popped up’ and floated off like a bubble, giving people to see theatre who might not otherwise have the opportunity.
In the early 1970s the Bubble Theatre held performance at Stoke Newington Assembly Hall, Clapton Square Gardens, Haggerston Park, London Fields, and several times as part of the Hackney Festival.
In the mid-1980s Bubble took up residence in Elephant Lane, Rotherhithe. In 2022 the organisation celebrated it’s 50th anniversary, now under the name of London Bubble and focussed on inter-generational theatre within Southwark.
For further information:
- https://unfinishedhistories.com/history/companies/bubble-theatre/
- https://www.londonbubble.org.uk/our-history/
In the early 1970s the Bubble Theatre held performance at Stoke Newington Assembly Hall, Clapton Square Gardens, Haggerston Park, London Fields, and several times as part of the Hackney Festival.
In the mid-1980s Bubble took up residence in Elephant Lane, Rotherhithe. In 2022 the organisation celebrated it’s 50th anniversary, now under the name of London Bubble and focussed on inter-generational theatre within Southwark.
For further information:
- https://unfinishedhistories.com/history/companies/bubble-theatre/
- https://www.londonbubble.org.uk/our-history/