This page is no longer updated as the BSUCA project is now closed. The archive collection can be viewed on our online catalogue.

If you are interested in stand-up comedy, cabaret, popular performance, please check out the following resources and collections.

• East London Theatre Archive – this is an online database of East London theatre ephemera, also providing some digital access, including material archived at the V&A Theatre Collections, in East London theatres and UEL archives.
• UEL Archives, including the Hackney Empire Archive
• V&A Theatre and Performance – collections and archives, including the Tommy Cooper and Ronnie Barker archives
• University of Bristol Theatre Collections, including collections of variety theatre
• University of Salford Archives & Special Collections, with the Mike Craig Archive.
• National Fairground Archive at the University of Sheffield – material relating to all aspects of travelling popular entertainment (fairgrounds, circus, variety)
• Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive which contains archives of entertainment magazines covering radio, television, music, and theatre.