INVISIBLE ME To Play Southwark Playhouse Borough This Spring
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 4, 2026
Invisible Me, a new comedy drama by Bren Gosling, will run at Southwark Playhouse Borough from April 8 to May 2, 2026. Starring Tessa Peake-Jones, the production explores love, dating, and visibility after sixty through the lives of three Londoners.
Review: BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FOOL, Southwark Playhouse Borough
by Aliya Al-Hassan - Jan 25, 2026
There is something that remains so alluring about the chaotic and ultimately tragic lives of F Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. The booze, the breakdowns, not to mention the immense talent. Michael Greif's new musical, Beautiful Little Fool, tells their tempestuous story from the perspective of their adult daughter, Scottie. An intriguing concept, but the show fails to get beyond something shallow and unsatisfying.
Review Roundup: BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FOOL at Southwark Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 23, 2026
The new musical Beautiful Little Fool is officially open at Southwark Playhouse Borough. The cast features David Hunter as ‘F. Scott’, alongside Lauren Ward and more. See what the critics are saying here.
Review: THE OLIVE BOY, Southwark Playhouse
by Cindy Marcolina - Jan 17, 2026
Life doesn’t stop when 15-year-old Ollie’s mum dies suddenly. Ollie Maddigan’s autobiographical one-man play returns to London after a shower of praise around the country. The Olive Boy tells the story of a young boy attempting to navigate grief and an estranged father against a tsunami of adolescent hormones. Forced to move to the big city and change schools, he decides that his next step is to get a girlfriend. Directed by Scott Le Crass, Maddigan delivers an intense 75-minute rollercoaster of a performance.
Review: GWENDA'S GARAGE, Southwark Playhouse
by Clementine Scott - Nov 5, 2025
In Sheffield, the self-proclaimed “lesbian capital of the North”, a revolution is coming. The freedom fighters in question are a group of lesbian mechanics, loosely based on the real life Gwenda’s Garage, a lesbian-owned garage named after pioneering racing driver Gwenda Stewart that became a hub for 1980s feminist activism.