By William Shakespeare Viola is washed ashore in Illyria after surviving a shipwreck. Believing that her twin brother, Sebastian, has drowned, she disguises herself as a young man called Cesario in order to find employment. She soon becomes a servant to Duke Orsino, who is...
Who falls down the stairs whilst carrying their hamster's cage? Lianne. Lianne is angry that her boyfriend Dan is now spending more time with Squeak their hamster than her, mainly, because she is dead. Dan is just angry. Mandy and Roger mean well.. Squeak is romantic, tragic and...
Dylan Ward is autistic. He has his own way of thinking and his own way of doing things, but no one seems to understand him. How do you navigate a world which operates on a completely different wavelength to the one that you’re on? Following its hugely successful and critically...
A MUSICAL ABOUT THE WITCH HUNTS OF SCOTLAND Book & Lyrics by Heather Gourdie, Music & Lyrics by Jack Elston Heather has always been told she is descended from the legendary Scottish witch, Isobel Gowdie. However, her understanding of the story is challenged when Isobel herself...
Leilani, a lone traveller, seeks sanctuary on a distant Caribbean island. Things take an unexpected turn when she encounters Ariel, the island’s enigmatic sole resident, who appears to have a hidden motive. What begins as a fragile connection slowly becomes something darker and...
By Tennessee Williams The Two-Character Play is an intimate two-hander about a brother and sister bound together by love, but also by circumstance and a past trauma that has slowly cut them off from the outside world. Their relationship is tender and fierce, but also codependent...
Affliction and Pestilence are running amok across the land, with bodies piling up quicker than the departure of their last exhaled breath. Amongst them hill dead fleshes, a dark aged romance stirs between Corvin, a body collector, and Mortalia, a holy man’s daughter. Narrated...
Teenage Hugo had no idea that howling at the moon like a wolf would turn him into the black sheep. The brutal punishment that followed from his family became a shame he vowed to keep to himself. Adult Hugo, far removed from his dark childhood, now lives a quiet life with his...
'It confuses me, sometimes. I just wanna be and say and do without having to go in the maze where people wave madly at each other and smile, while following their own secret routes.' Frances and Jonah are the happiest they've ever been. With changing friendships, doubt-inducing...
A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS & LOST HEARTS Starring Robert Lloyd Parry "Sometimes, you know, you see him, and sometimes you don't. It’s just as he pleases. I think: he's there, but he has some power over your eyes...” M R James first wrote his ghost stories to perform to friends in...
OPEN ACCESS DAY For centuries, access to the Old College Library's collections, including its legendary historical, esoteric, and folkloric tomes, has been restricted. Following recent criticism from governmental, journalistic, and other quarters, we are pleased to announce a...
“Every asset must be profitable, even a child”. Euthanasia has just been legalised for terminal mental illness. The nation is facing unprecedented economic uncertainty. And the Evans family are close to ruin. When desperation hits, they must consider where they’re investing...
Written & Directed by Ella Kendrick On Christmas Eve, bartenders Kat and Tom endure a night of bad music, difficult guests and endless Pornstar Martinis. When a male guest harasses Kat, tensions rise, forcing them to confront gender dynamics in hospitality and their impact on...
Mirror Up Productions host their latest scratch event for new writing with a dynamic collection of work-in-progress pieces. Hosted by Jamie Sefton & Alex McKeon
By Alice Hoskyns & Olivia Marcus Alice and Liv have very different perspectives on things, being a foot apart in height. But now, they finally have something in common: their dead Dads!!! This is a comedy about losing the main man in your life when you are not one, and how the...
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The climate crisis abuses us of the notion that we’re invincible, and ultimately forces us to reckon with exactly how much time we have left on Earth. On a much smaller scale, the same can be said of getting older.…
After discussing gossip and patriarchy with Anne Boleyn in 1536, Ava Pickett keeps exploring the female spheres through the figure of Helen of Troy in Bloodsport. The war is over, and Helen has returned home. She has been brought back home, to be specific. Her husband is ecstatic, but her former bes…
Hampstead Theatre is not your typical destination for the UK premiere of a Tony-winning musical - but then Kimberly Akimbo is far from your typical musical. More interested in nuanced characters and complex feelings than tap numbers and top Cs, this deeply moving story of a teenage girl quite litera…
Xhloe & Natasha triumphantly return to London after a sold-out month at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Bigfoot Ripped My Dog In Half I Saw It became an instant sensation, and tickets were near-impossible to come by. For good reason: the show is simply captivating. Back from Scotland, the work is mor…
With the Wuthering Heights film adaptation this February, critics everywhere saw how easy it is to strip the Brontë sisters’ particular brand of Gothic novel down to its bare essentials, and lose everything of substance along the way. This musical version of Jane Eyre fares slightly better, but s…
Fresh from a run at the Edinburgh Fringe, the Crybabies trio creep into Soho Theatre with their comedy-horror offering The Scaring.…
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Cellar Door Theatre Company presents an evening of new writing and works in progress. No polish. No filters. Just raw storytelling. Spring is a season of audacity. It’s the moment when something small and hidden dares to break through the soil and reach for the light. Messy...
“What if he’s dead…And I’ve killed someone.” Doughnut Drive is a comedy-crime-thriller about Billericay-born best friends, Bex and Yaz. Last year, Bex’s dad died. And Bex aint coping too well… She now heads his car dealership, 'Martin’s Motors' - ironically, while harbouring a...
Written by & starring Owen O'Neill I Could Write A Book About It details the trials and tribulations of writing TOM JOAD AND ME a book inspired by John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath about what it was like being a teenage North of Ireland immigrant in 1970’s London, when the Irish...
A Play About Generations, Gender, and the Words Unspoken Two generations divided by their ways of expressing love, pain, and hope. In Stitch in Time, tradition collides with transformation as the characters grapple with the shifting sands of gender roles and the evolving concept...
Occupied Territory a semi-immersive, political allegory that places audiences inside a world of contested borders and invites them to confront the fear of displacement. Designed to blur the boundary between spectator and story, the production draws viewers into a liminal...
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 situations or social problems, we will make fun of all of it. Join us for a packed show of silliness and satire.
PART OF THE LONDON LOVECRAFT FESTIVAL To mark the 100th anniversary of the publication of Lovecraft’s seminal tale, performance storyteller Robert Lloyd Parry offers this dramatized reading, an early step in what is intended to become a more ambitious theatrical treatment. Cast...
PART OF THE LONDON LOVECRAFT FESTIVAL A rural town. A dark summoning. A hunger that destroys all. Can you survive the Dunwich Horror? Performed in near total darkness, The Dunwich Horror: An Opera is a soundscape of life in an isolated village being terrorized by a force it...
PART OF THE LONDON LOVECRAFT FESTIVAL We all know the world is broken. Worse than broken: irreparable. Infested. We need oblivion. You are coming here tonight to summon Azathoth, to burn this world with the force of a thousand suns. Because none of it matters. Tonight, we will...
PART OF THE LONDON LOVECRAFT FESTIVAL In Pickman’s Supermodel, a young woman striving for success as a model agrees to a portfolio shoot with a photographer known only as Pickman. What begins as an opportunity quickly descends into horror, as she discovers his true identity as a...
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