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DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE

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Q.E.D.
Q.E.D.
12/2 - 12/6/2025


By James Turner After their afternoon lectures are unceremoniously cancelled, three philosophy students in Ancient Athens find themselves at a loose end. Will they spend ...

Sister Nativity
Sister Nativity
12/2 - 12/6/2025


By Bernardo Santareno  Translated & Directed by Sebastião Marques Lopes It’s Christmas Eve at a convent of contemplative nuns, where the Mother Superior lies bedridden. Over ...

The Signalman
The Signalman
12/10 - 1/1/2026


Join us for a nerve-tingling festive treat and fear your senses this Christmas as you step into the haunted railway cutting at Clayton signal box. ...

Mirror Up Presents: Reflections


Mirror Up return for their 4th Reflections scratch event, showcasing a range of dynamic new writing. Cast and creatives to be announced...

Daniel Moore’s Definitive Guide to Failure-Free Living


One man. One button. 19,999 hours of failure-free living. Daniel Moore does not fail. His task? Pressing a single red button whenever it lights up. ...

Brazen Hodgepodge
Brazen Hodgepodge
2/24 - 2/28/2026


Brazen Hodgepodge is a sketch comedy show! A fast-paced evening of original sketch comedy scenes and songs. Whether it's current events or public figures, absurd ...

The Tunnel to Hell (or How Not to Live on the Thames)


She bought a boat and then had to figure out what to do with it. Based on Faith Merrett’s hilarious and insightful blog “Fear and ...

Funeral Teeth
Funeral Teeth
6/4 - 6/6/2026


“Fearless, bawdy storytelling”  - The Reviews Hub    Maybe you’ve lost your marbles… Or maybe you’ve found the most transformative piece of theatre that you’ll ...



Review: DOUGHNUT DRIVE, Drayton Arms Theatre


by Niamh Jones - November 26, 2025

What do grief, crime films and doughnuts have in common? Upon first glance very little; however, in Finella Waddilove’s Doughnut Drive they are thrown together in the most unlikely way to create an undeniably hilarious, if dark, comedy. ...

STORMS, MAYBE SNOW Opens at Seven Dials Playhouse


by Stephi Wild - September 18, 2025

Lovely, Dark & Deep Productions will present the premiere of Storms, Maybe Snow, a powerful new work by playwright and director Miranda Lapworth. The production will tour three London venues this autumn....

Micaela Prada Steps Into the Spotlight in London with Folklorica


by Felicitas de la Fare - September 25, 2025

Micaela Prada has built her career on both artistry and discipline, combining the vision of a producer with the presence of a performer....

EDINBURGH 2025: Mimi Martin Guest Blog


by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 08, 2025

haos. Rebellion. A city on the brink. But Millie's focused on living life to the full – who wouldn't? Amid the 2019 Hong Kong protests, Millie searches for her sense of home whilst a city fights for its identity...

EDINBURGH 2025: Mimi Martin Guest Blog


by Natalie O'Donoghue - August 08, 2025

haos. Rebellion. A city on the brink. But Millie's focused on living life to the full – who wouldn't? Amid the 2019 Hong Kong protests, Millie searches for her sense of home whilst a city fights for its identity...

Hassan Govia's BECAUSE is Coming To Edinburgh Festival Fringe


by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 20, 2025

Unshaded Arts will present Because, written and performed by Hassan Govia, and directed by Rebecca Goh. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here!...

WORN OUT Comes to Lowry


by Stephi Wild - June 12, 2025

British Youth Music Theatre (BYMT) and Lowry commence a new partnership with the premiere of Worn Out, the first BYMT production at the venue. Learn more here!...

Critically Acclaimed Play DICK. Transfers to Riverside Studios This June


by A.A. Cristi - June 05, 2025

Following a sold-out Edinburgh Fringe run and a critically lauded London debut, Dick. will transfer to Riverside Studios in Hammersmith for a limited engagement from 18–25 June 2025....

Review: THIS IS NOT A MURDER MYSTERY, Drayton Arms Theatre


by Amber-Rae Stobbs - May 29, 2025

The classic story of a murder mystery is one that has made its way through the generations of stage, screen, and literature throughout history. Although this ending may have you more confused than scared....

Review: DICK, Drayton Arms Theatre


by Amber-Rae Stobbs - April 18, 2025

With scenes so long that it forces you to feel uncomfortable, the real meaning of theatre is back. Plays that make you feel human emotion in real time and force you to try to look away, make you learn something new about yourself....

Past Shows

Q.E.D.
Q.E.D.
12/2 - 12/6/2025


By James Turner After their afternoon lectures are unceremoniously cancelled, three philosophy students in Ancient Athens find themselves at a loose end. Will they spend ...

Sister Nativity
Sister Nativity
12/2 - 12/6/2025


By Bernardo Santareno  Translated & Directed by Sebastião Marques Lopes It’s Christmas Eve at a convent of contemplative nuns, where the Mother Superior lies bedridden. Over ...

Doughnut Drive
Doughnut Drive
11/25 - 11/29/2025


Written & Directed by Finella Waddilove  “What if he’s dead…And I’ve killed someone.”   Doughnut Drive  is a comedy-crime-thriller about Billericay-born best friends, Bex and ...

Maybe I Should Stop
Maybe I Should Stop
11/18 - 11/29/2025


Written & performed by Oscar Brudenall-Jones ‘Yes, he's in a celebrations tub. No, he's not in with the bounties.’ Aaron, an unemployed entertainer, has stolen ...

Clown Funeral Collective: Fires
Clown Funeral Collective: Fires
11/23 - 11/24/2025


Clown Funeral Collective presents Fires, a new writing night in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians Clown Funeral Collective is a playwriting group formed in 2023, ...

The Great British Lock-In
The Great British Lock-In
11/18 - 11/22/2025


By Oscar Brudenall-Jones Alderbrook North has declared independence. The borders are closed, the ale is flowing, and smoking indoors is back. What could possibly go wrong? ...

Diaspora Inferno: From My Grandmother's Kitchen


Diaspora Inferno: From My Grandmother’s Kitchen  is a devised physical theatre work inspired by Dante’s  Inferno  and reimagined through the lens of  diaspora survival, generational ...

Mirror Speeches
Mirror Speeches
11/9 - 11/10/2025


An evening of monologues and duets, presented by Shoreside Productions Stream of consciousness meets physical storytelling in this evening of new writing and choreography. Mirror ...

Storms, Maybe Snow
Storms, Maybe Snow
11/4 - 11/8/2025


Written, Directed & Produced by Miranda Lapworth Love isn’t always easily understood. Least of all by those suffering from it.  Lou and Jack have a long ...

Tables Turned
Tables Turned
11/2 - 11/3/2025


Have you ever wanted to critique the critics?   LPTM has run a competition amongst its reviewers for one full length play and three short plays ...

Felixxx
Felixxx
10/29 - 10/30/2025


Written & performed by Mark Ryder A 60-min one-man show about masculinity and the terrifying power of softness. (Work in Progress) When finance bro Felix has ...

Talking To Dad & Blank – a staged-reading double bill


Written and Directed by Simon Beyer Talking To Dad Sometimes the generational gap is a blessing and a curse - Susannah and her father Peter, ...

2 BY 2 (Work In Progress)
2 BY 2 (Work In Progress)
10/26 - 10/27/2025


Written & Performed by Nathaniel Jones Surrounded by couples, Noah has a tough journey ahead of him on the ark, and must find ways to keep ...

Pinguism: A Play in Progress
Pinguism: A Play in Progress
10/19 - 10/20/2025


A three hand horror-comedy pot boiler about what happens when the power of belief goes awry. Join writer Jack Elverstone for an exclusive script-in-hand preview ...

The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence


by Madeleine George Watson: trusty sidekick to Sherlock Holmes; loyal engineer who built Bell’s first telephone; unstoppable super-computer that became reigning Jeopardy! champ; amiable techno-dweeb ...

Short Stories: Volume two
Short Stories: Volume two
10/12 - 10/13/2025


Playwright Kevin Lee returns to the Drayton Arms Theatre to present a collection of new short stories. The theme is ‘Misunderstood’...

Short Stories: Volume two
Short Stories: Volume two
10/12 - 10/13/2025


Playwright Kevin Lee returns to the Drayton Arms Theatre to present a collection of new short stories. The theme is ‘Misunderstood’...

Castles
Castles
10/7 - 10/11/2025


Castles is a play about individual self-discovery through the lens of a romantic relationship. The play begins with Jonny and Rain as they embark on ...

Castles
Castles
10/7 - 10/11/2025


Written by Dan Blick Castles  is an intense examination of a romantic relationship over time. The play follows Jonny and Rain as they embark on ...

FRESH KNICKERS (and a Gin & Tonic)


Written, Directed & Produced by Heather Davis At 50, Cheryl thought life might slow down. What she didn’t expect was the rollercoaster of Perimenopause - a ...

Paradigm Presents
Paradigm Presents
10/2 - 10/4/2025


Paradigm Presents: A Mini-Festival of Rehearsed Readings and Semi-Staged Performances 2nd – 4th October | Drayton Arms Theatre | Tickets £5 Step into the future ...

Petit Léopard
Petit Léopard
9/30 - 10/1/2025


How does one overcome the daily nibbles, gnawings, and slashes of the heart? You call your mom. You get possessed by a Leopard. You call ...

Babyface
Babyface
9/28 - 9/29/2025


By Megan Peace A twenty-four year old woman is faced with adult life after graduating from university, but the question she faces is unusual - how ...

Scaffolding
Scaffolding
9/23 - 9/27/2025


Sheridan is having a bad day. Her church is closing, Adult Social Care are on her case, and she can’t work out which ingredients she ...

Cougar
Cougar
9/21 - 9/22/2025


By Rose Lewenstein Presented by Mary Rose Productions Cougar  is a play about climate change, sex, power dynamics, and corruption. It is extremely pertinent to our ...

Folklorica
Folklorica
9/16 - 9/20/2025


By Jade Alvara Presented by Climate Action Productions & Drayton Arms Theatre It’s 1890. The textile factory workers are all women. They are overworked, underpaid, and ...

The A Word
The A Word
9/14 - 9/15/2025


Written & Directed by Jade Winters Brooke’s friends can tell something’s off — they just don’t know what. One night out, one too many questions, ...

The End is Near
The End is Near
9/9 - 9/13/2025


A new play  by Melissa Ainsworth Three women, from three different centuries, find each other at their worst hour. Janet is accused of witchcraft in ...

Scratch Night Pending
Scratch Night Pending
9/7 - 9/8/2025


An evening of new writing from 7 new writers from all over the world.  Pending  is a programme run by  Car Crash Productions , since ...

Scratch Night Pending
Scratch Night Pending
9/7 - 9/8/2025


An evening of new writing from 7 new writers from all over the world.  Pending  is a programme run by  Car Crash Productions , since ...

Body Count


Written & performed by Gabrielle Beasley PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS 'Every woman is a killer. You just haven't met the right guy ...

Body Count


Written & performed by Gabrielle Beasley PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS 'Every woman is a killer. You just haven't met the right guy ...

Body Count


Written & performed by Gabrielle Beasley PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS 'Every woman is a killer. You just haven't met the right guy ...

Body Count


Written & performed by Gabrielle Beasley PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS 'Every woman is a killer. You just haven't met the right guy ...

Body Count


Written & performed by Gabrielle Beasley PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS 'Every woman is a killer. You just haven't met the right guy ...

Body Count


Written & performed by Gabrielle Beasley PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS 'Every woman is a killer. You just haven't met the right guy ...

Body Count


Written & performed by Gabrielle Beasley PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS 'Every woman is a killer. You just haven't met the right guy ...

Body Count


Written & performed by Gabrielle Beasley PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS 'Every woman is a killer. You just haven't met the right guy ...

Body Count


Written & performed by Gabrielle Beasley PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS 'Every woman is a killer. You just haven't met the right guy ...

Body Count


Written & performed by Gabrielle Beasley PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS 'Every woman is a killer. You just haven't met the right guy ...

Abhorrent Little Scrotum & Hunger: a Fragen Network double bill


PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS Fragen Network is proud to present a preview evening of two brand new shows we are taking to ...

Pistachio Theatre's Mic Night


Pistachio Theatre presents an evening of Nutty Tales. Following their sold out ‘Out The Shell’ scratch night series, Pistachio Theatre presents the funniest and nuttiest ...

With You / Demons - A Reverie Double Bill


A world fragmented. A City disrupted. Two souls reach for connection. Two friends face an urgent decision.  With You  portrays a bond that forms in ...

All In
All In
7/29


By Imogen Strachan PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS All In is a gripping, tense two-hander about love, power and the fallout of addiction. Before ...

The Players Of Diadon
The Players Of Diadon
7/28 - 7/29/2025


Hideout Theatre & Stoke The Embers present  a new dark Comedy  written by Ellis Green PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS In a far-off ...

Gimma A Sign!
Gimma A Sign!
7/26 - 7/27/2025


GIMME A SIGN! is an autobiographical comedy written and performed by Bailey Swilley, based on a family tragedy and the strange but funny antics that ...

GIMME A SIGN!


Written & performed by Bailey Swilley PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS GIMME A SIGN! is an autobiographical comedy written and performed by Bailey ...

GIMME A SIGN!


Written & performed by Bailey Swilley PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS GIMME A SIGN! is an autobiographical comedy written and performed by Bailey ...

GIMME A SIGN!


Written & performed by Bailey Swilley PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS GIMME A SIGN! is an autobiographical comedy written and performed by Bailey ...

GIMME A SIGN!


Written & performed by Bailey Swilley PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS GIMME A SIGN! is an autobiographical comedy written and performed by Bailey ...

GIMME A SIGN!


Written & performed by Bailey Swilley PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS GIMME A SIGN! is an autobiographical comedy written and performed by Bailey ...

GIMME A SIGN!


Written & performed by Bailey Swilley PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS GIMME A SIGN! is an autobiographical comedy written and performed by Bailey ...

Frenzy WIP
Frenzy WIP
7/24 - 7/26/2025


PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS A gloriously frenetic hour of physical comedy. Bursting with all the whacky dynamism and giddy joy of a ...

Strangers and Revelations
Strangers and Revelations
7/20 - 7/21/2025


PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS 'People can be strange and scary and complicated, up and down like the tides…' Zodwa and Malcolm, two ...

People in Cages
People in Cages
7/15 - 7/19/2025


People in Cages  introduces us to a giggle of a killer, a scream of a happy couple, and adorable kids in a deplorable cult. Presiding ...

Ordnance
Ordnance
11/19 - 11/23/2024


1880s Afghanistan: Against a backdrop of colonial wars and espionage, Atkinson, a young British cartographer embarks on an affair with Virginia, the estranged wife of ...

A Terrible Show for Terrible People


A Terrible Show for Terrible People is a raunchy, feminist physical theatre clown show with one performer and two spoken words. Described by Fest as ...

Party Baggage
Party Baggage
5/26 - 5/27/2024


“How do you deal with knowing you’ll never get something you desperately want?” Nat and Fin need your help. Since Nat got pregnant by Fin’s ...

TWINKLE
TWINKLE
1/17 - 1/21/2023


Arriving at his latest theatre, long-standing pantomime dame Harold Thropp finds that he’s been moved to a dilapidated dressing room. As he paints himself and ...

SOHO BOY
SOHO BOY
9/24 - 10/1/2022


Young and trendy, Spencer leaves home and hits Soho for a whirlwind journey of love, laughter,happiness... and heartbreak. Working in a clothes store, busking on ...

TICKLE
TICKLE
9/20 - 10/1/2022


DAVINA scouts scallies. Working for the TINA TICKLE EMPIRE shes on the lookout for some good lookers to compete in the sport of ENDURANCE TICKLING. ...

Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
6/21 - 6/25/2022


Players Theatre Company presents Twelfth Night. Fresh from their successful London run of Macbeth, they breathe new life into Shakespeares comedy of mistaken identity, music, ...

SOHO BOY
SOHO BOY
5/24 - 6/4/2022


Young, trendy Spencer leaves home and hits Soho like a whirlwind in a journey of love, laughter, heartbreak and happiness. Working in a clothes store, ...

Elegies: Two Monologues from Ricochet Theatre


Ricochet Theatre presents a double bill of monologues navigating grief: Intricate Rituals by Seth Douglas and The Same Rain That Falls on Me by Logan ...

BOYS IN THE BUFF
BOYS IN THE BUFF
12/15 - 1/9/2022


An alternative to a traditional pantomime, with adult themes, Boys in the Buff is the perfect festive show for having some fun with friends. A ...

Triple Bill: A Sticky Season, Minor Disruptions and Crystal Bollix presents The Bitch Ball


This #queertrilogy at the Drayton Arms Theatre brings together three radically different shows by recent Mountview grads Jack Donald, Katie Paterson and Alexandra Christle. All ...

Boujie
Boujie
11/20 - 12/8/2018


Entertainment blogger Devin hosts a housewarming at his new, luxury apartment. But when the evening is derailed by the intrusion of some uninvited guests, he ...

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