Join the devilishly eccentric Ada Campe for a performance celebrating a bygone era of razzmatazz featuring juggling, card tricks and mind-reading. After the 8pm performance, you’ll hear from Naomi Paxton, who plays Ada, about the role of women and suffragists in Edwardian theatre and feminism in modern magic.
Ada Campe, Thomas SG Farnetti. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).
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Need to know
Location
We’ll be in the Reading Room on level 2. You can walk up the spiral staircase to the Reading Room door, or take the lift up and then head left from the Library Desk.
Limited spaces available
Spaces are limited and may run out if we are busy so you may wish to arrive early.
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About your performer
Naomi Paxton
Comedian and theatrical academic Naomi Paxton researches the history of suffragists and the theatre, and appears as alter-ego Ada Campe, who has been nominated for Best Variety Act at the Chortle Awards 2019. She is also the reigning winner of the New Act of the Year at the NATYS and the Leicester Square Theatre Old Comedian of the Year.