Electric Voice Theatre:
The Peaceful Crystallographer – and Other Songs

Join Electric Voice Theatre at Conway Hall for a singing celebration of Kathleen Lonsdale – the first female professor at UCL and one of the first female Royal Society Fellows. Defying all odds, her pioneering science led to breakthroughs in organic chemistry and medical treatments. Beyond science, Lonsdale was a prison reformer, women’s rights activist and pacifist, warning of the dangers of nuclear physics and wealth inequality in her book Is Peace Possible?

The music, performed by Electric Voice Theatre, UC8 and the Clerkenwell Community Choir, reflects Lonsdale’s eclectic life. Ranging from Celtic airs to music-hall ditties and Italian cantos, the performance features new work and songs by her contemporaries like Elizabeth Maconchy, Imogen Holst, Avril Coleridge-Taylor, Marie Dare and Conway Hall’s radical thinkers, Eliza Flower and Josephine Troup.

Following the performance, we will examine her history with historian Dr Patricia Fara and meet some of today’s women in science at UCL in the year of its 200th anniversary.
This event is part of Bloomsbury Festival 2026.

   
Age Recommendation:

All ages. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.

Price:

*A £2 venue levy is applied to each ticket purchased. This levy helps to support us in covering the costs of keeping our grade II listed building running and our doors open.*

In advance: • Supporter £20 • Standard £14 • Living Support £6 • Student £9     (+ £2 venue levy)
On the Door: • Supporter £21 • Standard £15 • Living Support £7 • Student £10  (+ £2 venue levy)

Access Information:

This event is in the Main Hall, which is located on the ground floor. The balcony is accessible only by stairs.

All the ground-floor rooms are accessible by wheelchair. Main Hall (street access, step-free), Brockway Room (street access, step-free), Russell Room (street access, shallow ramp), Cafe (street access, step-free). There is also an accessible toilet on the ground floor opposite the Brockway Room.