Marie McCarthy News

West-End star Sharon Rose and Sex Education’s Reece Richards (Netflix) have been cast in Love Steps, a ‘choreopoem’ inspired drama fusing poetry, dance and music by director, writer and poet Anastasia Osei-Kuffour.

Check out rehearsal photos for Charlie Dupré’s Compositor E, being presented at Omnibus Theatre! Learn how to purchase tickets!

Omnibus Theatre has announced the full cast for Charlie Dupré’s Compositor E as part of the theatre’s 10th Birthday Season. Set in a print shop working on what would become Shakespeare’s First Folio, Compositor E is presented in line with the 400th anniversary of its printing. Artistic Director Marie McCarthy directs Tré Medley (John Leason), Kaffe Keating (Isaac Jaggard) and David Monteith (Richard Bardolph).

Following the success of recent co-productions including FIJI, THE GIRL WHO WAS VERY GOOD and DRUM, Omnibus Theatre has announced Charlie Dupré’s Compositor E, directed by the Omnibus Theatre’s Artistic Director Marie McCarthy.

Omnibus Theatre today announces that The Girl Who Was Very Good at Lying, by Eoin McAndrew and Fiji by Evan Lordan, Pedro Leandro and Eddie Loodmer-Elliott, two critically acclaimed plays previously co-produced by Omnibus Theatre, will run at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

There is certainly a gap in the representation of middle-aged women who are confronting ageing and complicated relationships on stage. Victoria Willing’s new play SAD has the potential to fill that hole by exploring a woman-of-a-certain-age’s messy experiences of love, grief and isolation, but fails to provide anything new.

Omnibus Theatre announces the cast for the rescheduled premiere of critically acclaimed writer Victoria Willing’s (The Stage Debut Awards, nominated Best New Writer 2017) new play SAD, a dark comedy about the messiness of life.

SAD is the premiere of critically acclaimed writer Victoria Willing’s (The Stage Debut Awards, nominated Best New Writer 2017) new play, directed by Omnibus Theatre’s Artistic Director Marie McCarthy, in collaboration for the first time since their five-star award-nominated hit Spring Offensive (2017).

Omnibus Theatre and Jump Spark Theatre today announce the first full-scale staging of The Girl Who Was Very Good at Lying, following an award-nominated short run as part of Jermyn Street Theatre's Footprints Festival.

Theatre maker Christian Graham is presenting Boys Cry for the first time. A play in monologue form, it straddles the line between traditional theatre and spoken word. This one-person tour-de-force performance opens at Clapham’s Omnibus Theatre on 30 August 2021 for two weeks, before starting a further two week run at Riverside Studios on 14 September 2021. 

The new Summer season at Omnibus Theatre highlights five productions including a modern revival and three pieces of new-writing. Festivals also make their mark on the season, in particular the return of 96 FESTIVAL, a three-week celebration of Queerness and theatre.

The new Spring season at Omnibus Theatre highlights six productions, two of which are world premieres. Five are from companies visiting Omnibus Theatre for the first time and the other is the final play by one of the theatre's most respected playwrights. We end the season with a dynamic twist on a classic re-imagined.

This Christmas, multi-award-winning Omnibus Theatre premieres a new stage adaptation of The Little Prince, one of the best-selling and most translated novellas ever published. Directed by artistic director Marie McCarthy with music composed by Lillian Henley (1927), costumes and set design by Sophia Pardon.

The new Autumn Winter season at Omnibus Theatre sees nine productions featuring new writing, four of which are returning companies.

Omnibus Theatre announces an exciting new collaboration with their associate artists multi-award-winning creative movement Nouveau Riche.

Omnibus Theatre, the award-winning independent Off-West end venue in Clapham, South London announces plans for a significant reconfiguration of its 130-year old building following the launch of a £150,000 fundraising campaign.

1983, Gravesend. Jamie has committed a crime. What he doesn't know is that this event will shape the next 20 years of his life.

Omnibus Theatre has announced Lord Michael Cashman, co-founder of Stonewall and leading LGBTQ+ equality rights advocate, as its newest patron. He joins as the sixth high-profile patron from across the arts and theatre community. The announcement comes on the eve of the theatre's 96 Festival, London's only queer arts event held under one roof, taking place from the 19th Feb to 31st March.

Omnibus Theatre marks the beginning of the New Year by announcing the appointment of Fiona Mactaggart as the new Chair of the award-winning independent theatre in Clapham, South London. Mactaggart will take up the position in January 2019 and former chair George Owen MBE, will step up to become honorary president.

Multi-award winning actor Bill Nighy, best known for his work in beloved films including Their Finest,The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Pride, Hot Fuzz, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows and of course Love Actually joined leading Off-West End venue, Omnibus Theatre in South London, to celebrate it's 5th birthday today.