This week in BLOC: 8-12 May 2024 + Exclusive Ticket Alert
This week includes Text, Self, Performance Festival and QMUL in Motion 2 research event.
Contents: Tickets now live for Peopling The Palaces Festival in June | This week | Book a space in BLOC
Book now for Peopling the Palaces Festival from 1- 9 June 2024 - All events free!
Highlights from the epic festival line up with a BLOC flavour include:
Afrofuturism creative workshop with Bimpe Adeyemi and Film Night
Skywater, Facewater, Underwater Waltz (a performance developed in BLOC)
Queer Flower Arranging with Ru Dannreuther - free class!
Queer Flower Arranging All events are free so book now to save your space…
This Week
Wednesday 8 May





Text, Self, Performance Festival
Cross-disciplinary arts festival showcasing 15 brand new performative experiments
📍 Queen Mary, University of London
📆 8-9 May 2024
Project with Half Moon Theatre in our Production Suite (Black Box) continues.
Thursday 9 May
Text, Self, Performance Festival Continues
Friday 10 May 2024
QMUL IN MOTION 2
Building research, educational, and technical collaboration around human motion and its analysis.
The purpose of this event is to showcase and celebrate QMUL activity related to human motion measurement and analysis from all three faculties.
Our aim is to facilitate research and educational collaboration while also considering how we might share and improve facilities and technical support.
The event will include an innovative dance software package developed by Alex Whitley.
BLOC Closed Saturday 11- Sunday 12 May for Essential Electrical Works
Book a Space in BLOC
We have four main spaces:
Cinema (60 capacity) - Dolby ATMOS sound, Laser 4K projection, Foldable Tray Tables, 4 Wheelchair Spaces, Voice Lift Audio System - no mics required.
Production Studio (30 capacity) - Black Box Space suitable for filming, small events, motion capture and exhibitions.
Gallery (30 capacity) - White Box space with wrap around projection and surround sound for audio-visual exhibitions.
Post-Production Suite (3 capacity) - Editing suite and recording studio for podcast, audio and video with a 2 person voiceover booth.