The performing arts have a long history at Bishopsgate Institute, and we offer welcoming rehearsal spaces suited to a wide variety of art forms.

The Great Hall is an ideal location for orchestra rehearsals and sitzprobes, and the Upper Hall is popular for theatre rehearsals. The recently refurbished Studio is purpose-built for dancing, benefiting from sprung flooring, ballet bars, and mirrored walls. The Goss Room regularly hosts staging and choreography workshops. Our spaces can be hired individually, or in conjunction with each other.

Each of our rehearsal rooms can be equipped with a PA System, keyboard, and furniture on request. They also have access to changing rooms and showers.

We are proud to support the development of creative artists at all stages of their careers and offer our spaces at a discounted rate to creatives who fit our eligibility criteria.

Set on the edge of the City of London, Bishopsgate Institute is just two minutes’ walk from Liverpool Street station.

Celebrate the festive season in pole position at F1® Arcade.

If you’re looking to swap the predictable Christmas party for something high-energy, immersive and genuinely memorable, F1® Arcade delivers a celebration like no other. Inspired by the spectacle of Formula 1®, our Christmas events combine competitive racing, exceptional food and drink, and a vibrant social atmosphere, all wrapped up in a fully hosted experience.

Your party begins with a welcome from our expert event team, before guests take to our state-of-the-art racing simulators. No racing experience? No problem. Our formats are designed to be accessible and exciting for everyone, from first-time drivers to seasoned fans. Guests compete in short, action-packed races, earning points for their team and battling it out for podium glory.

Between sessions, the festivities continue off-track. Enjoy curated Christmas food and drinks packages, festive cocktails, sharing plates and indulgent desserts, perfect for toasting the year’s successes. With music, live leaderboards and a buzzing atmosphere throughout, the energy stays high from lights out to the final flag.

Perfect for:

Company Christmas parties

Department celebrations

Client hospitality during the festive season

End-of-year awards and recognition events

Full venue takeovers and private hires

Why choose F1® Arcade for your Christmas party:

An interactive experience that gets everyone involved

Structured racing formats that keep the competition friendly and fun

Premium festive food and drink packages

Dedicated event hosts and seamless planning support

Central locations with flexible spaces for groups large and small

This year, skip the sit-down dinner and give your team a Christmas party they’ll actually talk about in January.

Ready to take your festive celebration to the grid?

A light and airy room the David Jacobs Room (DJR) is ideal for daytime meetings and workshops. At night it is the perfect setting for drinks receptions and networking events.

The Webb Rooms soaring ceilings, ornate guilt carvings and painted ceiling will wow your guests from the outset. Located on the first floor of the venue, guests make their way to the Webb Room room via a beautiful black marble staircase.

Large windows allow for plenty of natural light, and views down the Mall. This bright elegant space is ideally suited for entertaining, receptions, exhibitions. It can be hired stand alone or in conjunction with the neighbouring Radhakrishnan or Council Rooms.

Visitors will be enthralled by your speakers, sitting under the Trompe L’oeil painted ceiling, commissioned by the Ridley family in the style of Eugene Delacroix, the leader of the French Romantic school. This unique painting remains unfinished due to the outbreak of war, during which the room was turned into a ward for wounded officers. During this transformative period, the nurses would push the beds to the open windows and people would cheer the heroes from the Duke of York steps outside.

So named the Webb Room after Beatrice Webb FBA. A sociologist, economist and social reformer, she was one of the four founders of the London School of Economics and was the first woman elected as fellow to The British academy in 1931.