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Bodies. Sex. Careers. Shame. Euphoria. Sisterhood.Set in the heart of an East London club, FLUSH unfolds entirely in the women’s bathroom – a space of...
In 1970s London, four co-workers approach retirement, each quietly marking time. As the seasons turn, they go about their daily rituals and routines. Marcia hoards...
England. A remote country house. A young governess, hired to care for two children. Desperate to protect them from what she believes to be malevolent spirits,...
by Franco Milazzo - May 21, 2026
At this point in the history of humanity, a ballet translated from screen to stage or built around a real person is more likely to raise eyebrows than expectations. That’s not to say they have a uniform quality - Rambert’s Peaky Blinders: The Redemption Of Thomas Shelby blew the roof off Sadler�...
by Clementine Scott - May 20, 2026
Despite her relative unpopularity within her lifetime, Barbara Pym always excelled at plumbing the depths in the lives of desperately ordinary people. In her 1977 novel Quartet in Autumn, she is concerned with those who live their lives waiting for something to happen, and what happens when that som...
by Clementine Scott - May 19, 2026
Rosanna Vize’s set for the world premiere of Care is sterile, harshly lit and unromantic. Like Alexander Zeldin’s script, it is almost mundane in its naturalism, yet unflinching in how it approaches its subject: life in a care home, both for the elderly residents and for those who care for them....
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 20, 2026
Author John Le Carré famously banned stage versions of his work, and he may well have felt quietly vindicated with his decision having seen David Eldridge's adaptation of his third book, The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Jeremy Herrin directs a cinematic and darkly-tinged production that ends u...
by Franco Milazzo - May 18, 2026
Drummers are a particular breed. Keith Moon of The Who famously drove a limousine into a swimming pool during his 21st birthday party. Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham and Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee both engaged in hotel debauchery: Bonham rode motorcycles along corridors while Lee launched fireworks fro...
by Christiana Rose - May 19, 2026
A Glimmer Daze Gambit by Revel Puck Circus is a dazzling celebration of hope, community and the joy found in imperfection. Attending the final performance of its two week run, the atmosphere was already one of success with a sold out Big Top filled with anticipation and excitement. What followed was...
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 19, 2026
It's nearly twenty years since Daniel Radcliffe first tried to throw off the Harry Potter shackles in the 2007 version of Peter Shaffer’s 1973 play Equus. Now director Lindsay Posner has revived Shaffer's deeply traumatic story about the fluctuating relationship between a psychiatrist, Dr Dysart, ...
by Gary Naylor - May 17, 2026
Putting a radical translation of the classic play into so iconic a venue doesn't quite work for all its chutzpah in conception and execution...
by Clementine Scott - May 15, 2026
It’s clear before the curtain rises – before you’ve even set foot in the theatre – that The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals is about more than the sum of its parts. Several audience members are in costume, and need to be reminded via the pre-show voiceover not to sing along, even if they know...
by Clementine Scott - May 14, 2026
In many ways, @sohoplace is the perfect venue for The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind: the intimate thrust staging is perfect for elaborate ensemble choreography and carousing the audience. This new musical, based on the memoir and film of the same name, is at its heart a story about community, and it wo...
Past Shows
The winds have stopped. The Greek fleet is stranded. King Agamemnon is told by the gods that there is only one way for his army...
Two strangers meet by letter during World War II. Jack is a military doctor and US Army Captain stationed in Oregon, earnest and duty-bound. Louise...
Ukraine Unbroken explores the resilience of a nation determined to remain free. Five short plays by acclaimed British and Ukrainian writers, including David Greig, David...
In the comedy world, where controversy is king, when does the joke stop being funny?A controversial comedian. A money hungry manager. A dirty, dangerous climb-to-the-top. But...
It’s 1954. Everyone likes Ike, nobody likes communism and Wade “Cry-Baby” Walker is the coolest boy in Baltimore. He’s a bad boy with a good...
“What colour eyes you have doesn’t matter to me. Does it have to matter to you? We all love to play don’t we?”The world premiere of a new...
In a crumbling coastal town, a fading comedian is forced to confront his estranged ex-partner – a deranged recluse fixated on their distant heyday—in a...
“Of course – as you’ve no doubt guessed – there’s a big ‘But Then’ moment heading this way…”It’s a sunny, spring day in East London....
Arcola Theatre presents Ece Temelkuran'sWomen Who Blow On KnotsAdapted by Leyla NazliDirected by Lerzan Pamir“What is a revolution if you can’t dance!”Arcola’s co-founder Leyla Nazli (Mare Rider) adapts Ece Temelkuran’s celebrated...
A new play about growing up, coming home and making noise.The Band Back Together arrives in London after a spring tour of England and Wales. Barney Norris (Visitors,...
Welcome to the Monstrous Cabaret Club, a place to drown more than your sorrows, where the acts are unreal and the voices to die for!...
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks’ visceral family portrait reveals a divided nation. “Sometimes the alien is right in your own home. Sometimes right in your own blood....
Sergio Blanco and Daniel Goldman return to the Arcola Theatre, after the success of their critically acclaimed OFFIE award winning productions of Thebes Land and The Rage of Narcissus, to tell...
Haruki Murakami’s much loved 1999 novel Sputnik Sweetheart has been adapted for the stage for the first time in history, by none other than Bryony...
@arcolatheatre | www.arcolatheattre.comPartly a story of love and loneliness, partly a detective story, Murakami’s novel is brought to stage by Tony Award nominee Bryony Lavery...
After a completely sold-out run in January/February, this urgent, award-winning play about the destruction of Hiroshima returns to London’s Arcola Theatre, 18 – 22 April...
Written by Michael Mears and directed by Rosamunde Hutt, an urgent, award-winning play about the destruction of Hiroshima transfers from the Edinburgh Fringe to London’s...
Above a pub in North London, Phil is fighting off panic about his comeback gig. Once a regular stand-up on Saturday night television, Phil’s back...
For one night at Grimeborn, The Wild Stage presents a night of music not to dance to, but to inspire, make us dream and take...
Following a sold-out run at the Barbican Art Gallery and a performance featuring songs from the Weimar Cabarets for Bono and Chris Martin, the cabaret...
Arcolas first production in Arcola Outside is a raucous romantic comedy about sex, class and blessings in disguise.Lady Sylvia might be 58th in line to...
Behold, the most terrifying, entertaining and unnerving, one man show of all time.5 lessons. Nothing but the truth.In under one hour, your brittle wall of...
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