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Bury Me Before You Marry Me

Bury Me Before You Marry Me

Jul 29 – Aug 1, 2026

In some parts of Asia, there is a belief:when a young man dies unmarried, his parents will find him a bride and hold a ghost...

The Writing of Stones

The Writing of Stones

Aug 3 – Aug 5, 2026

The Writing of Stones is an odyssey to the beginning and the end of human creativity. A cheeky, dreamy, brainy blast of high-energy physical theatre...

Dünyada

Dünyada

Aug 3 – Aug 9, 2026

“I’m not from here.”A man arrives with a suitcase, a camera, and a voice that seems sad somehow.He speaks of homeland, parents, lost loves, strange...

Impromptu Shakespeare

Impromptu Shakespeare

Aug 12 – Aug 14, 2026

Hold onto your doublets, ruffs and trunk hose. The Bard is back! With story and verse improvised in the moment, enjoy a riotous new Shakespeare...

Fagbreak

Fagbreak

Aug 15

Dead jobs. Dead hopes. An undercurrent of dreams andviolence undercuts Fagbreaks in a South Bermondsey trading estate.Three young men and one girl argue, laugh and...

I'm a Philosopher! Why The F* am I Here?

I'm a Philosopher! Why The F* am I Here?

Aug 13 – Aug 15, 2026

An interactive, choose your own outcome, lip sync, musical comedy pastiche of reality TV!What would happen if a reality gameshow were populated, not by the...

The Quietening

The Quietening

Aug 15 – Aug 16, 2026

The Quietening is a story about chosen family, queer community, and what happens when someone refuses to give up on you.When Jacob's estranged Mum dies,...

Thieves in Satin - Londons Queens of Crime

Thieves in Satin - Londons Queens of Crime

Aug 16

Step into the dazzling yet dangerous world of "THIEVES IN SATIN", the electrifying new production from Moving Stories Dance Company. Inspired by the infamous all-female...

The Boy in the Ocean

The Boy in the Ocean

Aug 17

The Boy in the Ocean is a raw and intimate new play exploring the aftermath of sexual assault through fragmented memory, movement, and storytelling. Performed...

Church Street Goes Wild

Church Street Goes Wild

Aug 2 – Aug 23, 2026

Imagine if nature reclaimed the triangle on Church Street! Come and join local theatre makers and artists to create a world where Church Street goes...

Darling, I think I'm Turning Into A Chicken

Darling, I think I'm Turning Into A Chicken

Aug 25 – Aug 26, 2026

Butterfly Eye Productions’ new totally absurd and slightly horrific Extravaganza comes to Camden Fringe after its premiere at Upstairs at the Gatehouse this July.Born out...

Motopia

Motopia

Aug 26 – Aug 28, 2026

"Once upon a time, there was a forest, where the sun and the wind and the people ran through the trees with free abandon. Welcome...

Sunrise for the Blind

Sunrise for the Blind

Aug 27 – Aug 28, 2026

Six years after a sold out run in the then ‘Tristan Bates Theatre’, Lee Lomas is bringing back his 5 star play Sunrise for the...

Eyes See Song

Eyes See Song

Aug 29 – Aug 30, 2026

Six friends. Three secrets. One yearning hope. We enter a tangled web of love, loyalty, shame, and survival, as six women discover their world isn’t...

In Her Defence

In Her Defence

Aug 29 – Aug 30, 2026

In Her Defence, an original British musical comedy written by Harrison Cranfield, will make its debut at Camden Fringe this August. Set against the vibrant...

Krapp's Last Tape

Krapp's Last Tape

Sep 2 – Sep 5, 2026

Peter Marinker, known for his extensive work on BBC Radio, his many audiobook recordings, and his long association with Samuel Beckett’s publisher John Calder, performs Krapp’s...

The Lure of... : September

The Lure of... : September

Sep 7

Join the team behind the independent investigative news outlet Byline Times for an entertaining evening of challenging discussion to help us understand the unprecedented times...

A Catalan Fairytale

A Catalan Fairytale

Sep 8

Performers: Caitlin Redding, voice; Joan Cantallops, pianoDiscover the magic of Catalunya through a triptych of fairytales! Come wander misty mountain ranges, fight prickly dragons (or...

The History of Mr Polly: Part One

The History of Mr Polly: Part One

Sep 9

Desperate times for Mr Polly!He’s stuck in a marriage with his cousin and dragged down by their failing shop.  He detests them both.  How did...

Orpheus and Euridice

Orpheus and Euridice

Sep 10

Orpheus and Eurydice is a contemporary chamber opera and dark comedy inspired by the Greek myth. Twenty years after descending into the underworld, Orpheus has...

The Dunwich Horror: An Opera

The Dunwich Horror: An Opera

Sep 11

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...

Family Shakespeare: Pyramus & Thisbe

Family Shakespeare: Pyramus & Thisbe

Mar 21 – Dec 12, 2026

The Rude Mechanicals have been asked to perform a play at the Duke's wedding. Trouble is, they've forgotten to write it! Can you help??? Do...

Review: CLEANSED, Almeida

Review: CLEANSED, Almeida

by Alexander Cohen · July 30, 2026

Few plays unite cast and audience in mutual struggle like Sarah Kane's Cleansed. Many consider it unstageable: stage directions demand a tongue be cut out, rats carry off severed limbs, and a lot of blood. The last London production in 2016 saw audience members throwing up and fainting in the stalls…

Review: GREASE THE IMMERSIVE MOVIE MUSICAL, Evolution London

Review: GREASE THE IMMERSIVE MOVIE MUSICAL, Evolution London

by Franco Milazzo · July 29, 2026

Grease is the word yet again as immersive theatre giant Secret Cinema rolls back into London with a repeat of last year's summer spectacular. Given how the last twelve months have gone for them (and the industry in general), Rocky may have been a more apt choice.…

Review: MARIANELA-TIMELESS, Royal Ballet And Opera

Review: MARIANELA-TIMELESS, Royal Ballet And Opera

by Matthew Paluch · July 30, 2026

When you look at the casting of Marianela - Timeless, it seems there's been a mistake. Surely Núñez isn't actually doing four different pieces? Two being grand pas de deux and one a 35 minute dramatic ballet?…

Review: LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST, Shakespeare’s Globe

Review: LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST, Shakespeare’s Globe

by Debbie Gilpin · July 30, 2026

The flimsy theme holding together this year’s summer season at Shakespeare’s Globe is ‘1599 or 1939’, which has allowed them to stage a work by Brecht as well as several Shakespeare plays which are frequent flyers at this theatre complex. Fortunately it leaves room for something which hasn�…

Review: BRAINIAC LIVE, Garrick Theatre

Review: BRAINIAC LIVE, Garrick Theatre

by Christiana Rose · July 29, 2026

Following its Olivier Award win for Best Family Show, Brainiac Live returns to the West End with an hour of exhilarating scientific mayhem which proves that education can be every bit as entertaining as it is informative.…

Review: THE TIMEWALK EXHIBITION, ImmerseLDN

Review: THE TIMEWALK EXHIBITION, ImmerseLDN

by Franco Milazzo · July 29, 2026

DEM Museum’s attempt to traverse a dozen millennia in an hour is lacking in neither chutzpah nor dazzling technology. London's ImmerseLD has already taken us through individual catastrophes (Pompeii coming down, the Titanic going under) and dead royalty (Cleopatra, Tutankhamun) but The Timewalk Ex…

Review: BROADWAY RHAPSODY, Opera Holland Park

Review: BROADWAY RHAPSODY, Opera Holland Park

by Cheryl Markosky · July 27, 2026

What better way to spend a warm summer evening than sitting in a park listening to Broadway tunes. Renaissance man Sam Jewison – an accomplished singer, jazz pianist and, surprisingly, conductor – duly delivers what the audience hankers after in a one-off performance at Opera Holland Park.…

Review: BBC PROMS: HORRIBLE SCIENCE - THE BIG BANG PROM, Royal Albert Hall

Review: BBC PROMS: HORRIBLE SCIENCE - THE BIG BANG PROM, Royal Albert Hall

by Debbie Gilpin · July 25, 2026

There really is a Prom for everyone. In the past we’ve had ‘Orrible Opera, the Earth Prom, a variety of CBeebies offerings (including A Trip to the Moon and Wildlife Jamboree), not to mention several Doctor Who Proms - but this year it was time for something new. Given that science-focused unive…

Review: BBC PROMS: AFTERLIFE: VISIONS OF THE BEYOND, Royal Albert Hall

Review: BBC PROMS: AFTERLIFE: VISIONS OF THE BEYOND, Royal Albert Hall

by Debbie Gilpin · July 25, 2026

Amongst other things, art exists to try and explain the profound, channelling the artist’s thoughts and feelings into paintings, literature or, in this case, music. Death and what lies beyond is naturally a frequent topic, most often contemplated by creatives with decades behind them - not so for …

Past Shows

Transit

Transit

Jul 22 – Jul 26, 2026

How do you pack a life into 23 kilograms? One item at a time. Transit is an evocative, genre-bending exploration of migration.

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

Jul 14 – Jul 18, 2026

At a secluded retreat, attraction misfires, loyalties fracture, and unseen forces stir chaos. Romance turns reckless, illusion feels real, and order unravels fast.Fast, funny, and...

Richard III

Richard III

Jul 8 – Jul 11, 2026

Following acclaimed productions in Madrid and internationally, Argentine director Nicolás Pérez Costa presents a new London adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard III.Far from a traditional staging,...

The Crucible

The Crucible

Jul 2 – Jul 5, 2026

The Bridge PresentsArthur Miller's The CrucibleDirected by Sean TurnerOn a new frontier, a group of devoutly religious pilgrims are surrounded by wilderness and faced with a...

Trojan Horses by Peter Jukes

Trojan Horses by Peter Jukes

Jun 23

A rehearsed reading of a powerful new play by Peter Jukes.Directed by Steve Unwin.Cast includes Joanna Scanlan and Hardeep Matharu - exciting full cast to be announced soon.Trojan Horses follows the...

Rinaldo (Handel)

Rinaldo (Handel)

Jun 19 – Jun 20, 2026

This will be a new minimalist production by Marcio da Silva, which will explore the intimate setting of The Cockpit in Ensemble OrQuesta's signature style.The...

Anonymous 11780

Anonymous 11780

Jun 16 – Jun 17, 2026

Anonymous 11780, written and directed by Hila Sedighi, was created during days of deep sorrow and unrest in Iran.“A story of five decades of brutal...

I Made You A Mixtape - June

I Made You A Mixtape - June

Jun 12 – Jun 14, 2026

A new movement-theatre experience from Response Theatre Company.Welcome to the party you always wished you were invited to.'I Made You a Mixtape' throws you straight...

Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (Monteverdi)

Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (Monteverdi)

Jun 10 – Jun 11, 2026

Produced and presented by Ensemble OrQuestaEnsemble OrQuesta returns to The Cockpit with three operas.This will be a new minimalist production by Marcio da Silva, which...

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Jun 3 – Jun 6, 2026

Jamie New is 16 and lives on a council estate in Sheffield. Jamie doesn’t quite fit in. Jamie is terrified about the future. Jamie is...

Romeo & Juliet

Romeo & Juliet

May 24

Shakespeare's most romantic tragedy of young lovers from feuding families is considered the greatest love story ever told. A timeless tale of love at first...

Poison by Lot Vekemans

Poison by Lot Vekemans

May 20 – May 23, 2026

Poison by Lot Vekemans, translated by Rina Vergamo, is a powerful exploration of grief and divorce. A former husband and wife are reunited to protect...

Re-Enchant: May

Re-Enchant: May

May 17

RE:ENCHANT - Poetic Experiments For A New WorldLive literature every third Sunday.Performers details to be announced.Curated and introduced by Nick Moss in collaboration with The...

The Angry Brigade

The Angry Brigade

May 12 – May 16, 2026

THE ANGRY BRIGADEBy James GrahamDirected by Oli HurstProduced by HER & UP 'ERE ProductionsSet in 1970s Britain during a period of Tory cuts, high unemployment,...

The Circle of Everything

The Circle of Everything

May 15 – May 16, 2026

An interdisciplinary solo performance featuring live painting, aerial hoop dance and moving image projection. The work celebrates the life force holding us up and giving...

Howie the Rookie

Howie the Rookie

Apr 24 – May 2, 2026

Produced and presented by The Cockpit in collaboration with Burning Coal Theatre presents Mark O'Rowe's wild and hilarious haymaker of a play about two lowlife...

Pascol - Vocal Performance

Pascol - Vocal Performance

Apr 28

After a major success at Voila! Festival 2025 and several sold-out performances at London theatres, Pascol comes to the Cockpit stage for one night only....

Re-Enchant: April

Re-Enchant: April

Apr 19

The world changes: we make new poetry to vandalise literary forms or retrieve those we need to renew. We make new poetry to hybridise new...

14/48 London

14/48 London

Apr 17 – Apr 18, 2026

In short, 14 plays that are written, cast, directed, rehearsed, scored, designed, and premiered in 48 hours. Since 1997, 14/48 has been bringing radically collaborative...

Poetry Plays…

Poetry Plays…

Apr 9 – Apr 11, 2026

POETRY PLAYS... .... with theatre. with music. it plays with dance and storytelling. with found objects and film. poetry plays with painting. poetry plays with...

I Made You A Mixtape

I Made You A Mixtape

Apr 6 – Apr 7, 2026

A new movement-theatre experience from Response Theatre Company. Welcome to the party you always wished you were invited to. 'I Made You a Mixtape' throws...

Mirrors - When Silence Breaks, Hope Rises

Mirrors - When Silence Breaks, Hope Rises

Mar 29

MIRRORS BY Ada Tsesmeli Edwards. Twice awarded by the Cultural Centre of Northern Greece for Playwright & Direction. About the performance: There comes a moment...

Storms, Maybe Snow

Storms, Maybe Snow

Mar 25 – Mar 28, 2026

Storms, Maybe Snow is a bittersweet family drama by Miranda Lapworth that explores the enduring love between Lou and Jack. After decades of banter and...

You Can't Find Love in London

You Can't Find Love in London

Mar 22 – Mar 23, 2026

Love is not the problem – or is it? Produced and presented by Sceneopsis Productions, "You Can't Find Love in London" follows seven Londoners navigating...

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Mar 11 – Mar 21, 2026

Produced and presented by The Bridge Theatre Training Company, Romeo and Juliet is a high-energy take on Shakespeare's heartwrenching love story set in Verona. Directed...

Re-Enchant: March

Re-Enchant: March

Mar 15

RE:ENCHANT – Poetic Experiments For A New World. Produced and presented by The Cockpit, this live literature series invites established and emerging poets, word artists...

The Lure of... : March

The Lure of... : March

Mar 2

Join the team behind the independent investigative news outlet Byline Times for an entertaining evening of challenging discussion to help us understand the unprecedented times...

Re-Enchant: February

Re-Enchant: February

Feb 15

RE:ENCHANT - Poetic Experiments For A New WorldLive literature every third SundayPerformers details to be announced.To apply for the open mic slot click here.Curated and...

The Actors Class - New Writing Night

The Actors Class - New Writing Night

Feb 10

The Actors Class New Writing Night is a celebration of bold new voices and emerging work.Created entirely by members of The Actors Class, this evening...

The Dirt

The Dirt

Feb 3 – Feb 4, 2026

The Dirt by Marianne TuckmanCombining voice, movement and text, this pulsing tragicomedy reduces the climate crisis to the metaphor of a filthy house. When home...

The Lure of Loneliness

The Lure of Loneliness

Feb 2

Join the team behind the independent investigative news outlet Byline Times for an entertaining evening of challenging discussion to help us understand the unprecedented times...

The Highgate Vampire

The Highgate Vampire

Jan 28 – Feb 1, 2026

A riotous new dark comedy. London, 1970. A Vampire lurks in Highgate Cemetery...More of this is true than we would like.London, 1970.Something horrifying stalks the...

Tomorrow's Warriors Takeover

Tomorrow's Warriors Takeover

Jan 26

Steppin' Over feat Gary CrosbyGary Crosby + guest Tap Dancer - Annette WalkerKassa GJ Quartet*  (*Kassa Green-Jakcsi)  About Tomorrow’s WarriorsFor over 30 years, Tomorrow’s Warriors has...

Cosi fan Tutte (Mozart)

Cosi fan Tutte (Mozart)

Jan 22 – Jan 25, 2026

COSI FAN TUTTEW.A.MozartEnsemble OrQuesta returns to The Cockpit with three operas.Cosi fan Tutte is one of Mozart's lightest operas and the final opera from the...

Re-Enchant: January

Re-Enchant: January

Jan 18

1st half - we'll hear from participants in our open mic slots2nd half  The Marsh-by Anna RobinsonThe Marsh is a play set in 1890 in a slum...

Büyük Ev Ablukada

Büyük Ev Ablukada

Jan 16 – Jan 17, 2026

 Get ready for an unforgettable acoustic experience with Büyük Ev Ablukada, the groundbreaking band that has redefined Turkey’s alternative music scene.Since 2010, Büyük Ev Ablukada’s...

Cinderella - The Elders Panto

Cinderella - The Elders Panto

Dec 20 – Dec 21, 2025

Oh yes it is — the Church Street Elders are back!Oh no it isn’t — the same old Cinderella you know!Originally written by Janet Locke,...

Boogie on the Bones

Boogie on the Bones

Dec 1 – Dec 7, 2025

In Soviet Moscow, wearing a yellow tie is an act of rebellion. Dancing to jazz could cost you everything.This is the story of the stilyagi...

Fringe REvolution

Fringe REvolution

Nov 29

Fringe Revolution:Our inaugural conference on the present and future of Fringe TheatreSaturday 29 November10:10 am - 4:30 pm Is Fringe Theatre in trouble?With The Stage reporting...

The Last Self Tape

The Last Self Tape

Nov 27 – Nov 28, 2025

New writing, premiering at The Cockpit. It’s 6:47 pm.An actress sits down to make a self-tape.It might be her last.In a city of lost and lonely...

Continuity

Continuity

Nov 19 – Nov 22, 2025

Continuity, by David SearDirected by Rosina PiovaniWhat happens when your life is abruptly changed by a tragic accident?One that ruins that life completely?And if a...

Street Songs: France Cafe Bakery

Street Songs: France Cafe Bakery

Nov 14 – Nov 15, 2025

Street Songs: France Cafe BakeryWritten and directed by: Mohammad RahmanianProduced by: Mehromah Art ProductionLine Producer: Laleh MousaviThis theatre production is the outcome of a workshop...

Matilda Rowe presents Creases Live

Matilda Rowe presents Creases Live

Nov 13

Matilda Rowe brings together some of London’s best musicians to perform her expansive debut project - Creases - for the first time ever,  in an...

The Tempest

The Tempest

Nov 11 – Nov 12, 2025

Actors From The London Stage (AFTLS) was founded in 1975 at the University of California, Santa Barbara, by Professor Homer “Murph” Swander and the renowned stage &...

The Lure of Class

The Lure of Class

Nov 10

Join the team behind the independent investigative news outlet Byline Times for an entertaining evening of challenging discussion to help us understand the unprecedented times...

Woo Woolf

Woo Woolf

Nov 4 – Nov 9, 2025

This is not a Virginia Woolf bio-play.  Devised by an all migrant ensemble, Woo Woolf is a playful protest that reaches across time, culture, and language to...

XQUENDA

XQUENDA

Nov 7

Xquenda is the story of a young indigenous woman from rural Oaxaca, and her search for justice after the disappearance and murder of her best friend....

The Lift

The Lift

Nov 5

STIGMAcollective is back with a new surreal tale about learned helplessness and a reminder that there is always a way out!Dawn lives in the comfort...

Mendaki (To Climb)

Mendaki (To Climb)

Nov 4

MENDAKI (formerly Siapa Yang Bawa Melayu Aku Pergi?) is Faizal Abdullah’s unflinching solo performance reclaiming his Muslim-Malay-Singaporean identity from colonial myths, state narratives and disappearing...

Pick of Voila

Pick of Voila

Nov 3

An evening of handpicked excerpts from shows taking part in this year’s festival. Each one is followed by a short Q&A with the artist. Come...

Herkes Kocama Benziyor

Herkes Kocama Benziyor

Nov 2

Gigue Production is thrilled to present Herkes Kocama Benziyor at The Cockpit, London, on November 2, 2025!Pnar Güntürkün’s critically acclaimed solo performance won the 22nd Direkleraras...

When the Clarion Came to Call

When the Clarion Came to Call

Oct 31 – Nov 1, 2025

Hello there...are you sitting comfortably?Even with the rise of the right wing throughout Europe?Come see Flitsmeister, because there's no time like the present to ask...

Shades

Shades

Oct 9 – Oct 18, 2025

*Glitz*   *Glamour*  *High Fashion* Shades, a musical play, is a story about hidden truths, shattered images, and mastering the art of illusion.  It centers around a...

Hidden Star – The Story of Annie Walker

Hidden Star – The Story of Annie Walker

Oct 5

Music:Rania ChrysostomouWords: Caroline CoetzeeHidden Star is a lyrical, intimate character study of Annie Walker, a long-forgotten late 19th century astronomer.The work crosses the boundaries of...

The Murderous Delusions of Gavrilo K.

The Murderous Delusions of Gavrilo K.

Oct 4

Music: Kevin RodgersWould you kill one man to save a billion others? Gavrilo K. believes he did, but for the murder of his country’s President...

Bitter Visions: By Order of Hildegard

Bitter Visions: By Order of Hildegard

Oct 3

Performed by: OlolygaBitter Visions: By Order of Hildegard is an R&D work inspired by Hildegard von Bingen’s 12th-century morality play Ordo Virtutum. This reimagining invites...

The Flying Shadow

The Flying Shadow

Oct 2

Music: Robert FokkensBook: Mehdi Razi & Nazli Tabatabai-KhatambakhshLibretto: Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh“All the hearts of the people are my identity, So take away my passport!” Mahmoud DarwishThe Flying...

The Rapture

The Rapture

Oct 2

Music: Ed LambertWords: Norman Welch, Walter Hall, VerbatimA satirical dive into the espousal of apocalyptic prophesies in the U.S.A. and their chilling influence on the current...

As the Crows Fly

As the Crows Fly

Oct 1

Music: Ben HoppeWords: Edie BaileyAs the Crows Fly is a one-act opera that explores death and decomposition from the perspective of nature’s most ominous bird;...

Of Earth and Quill

Of Earth and Quill

Oct 1

Music & Words: Helen EpegaWhen one world burns and the sky forgets, whose stories survive and whose HERitage will be honoured? Of Earth and Quill is...

A Singapore Trilogy

A Singapore Trilogy

Sep 30

Music: Chen ZhangyiWords: Jack LinDive into A Singapore Trilogy, a captivating full performance of three chamber operas—Laksa Cantata, Window Shopping, and Kopi For One. Composed...

The Joy of Opera

The Joy of Opera

Sep 27 – Sep 28, 2025

You are warmly invited to come and rediscover the joy you first found in opera at our two day practical celebration. Setting aside the ubiquitous...

Improvesarios - Improvised Opera!

Improvesarios - Improvised Opera!

Sep 25

Music & Words: ImprovesariosJoin The Improvesarios as they attempt to create a fully improvised, brand-new opera based on your suggestions! Sixty minutes of mayhem where...

Plastic Bodies

Plastic Bodies

Sep 25

Created and performed by: Amy Bryce, Rosie Middleton, Sarah Parkin, Maya-Leigh Rosenwasser and Catherine ValvePLASTIC BODIES: darkly funny experimental music theatre for the #metoo era.How...

SKARБ

SKARБ

Sep 25

Created By: Alesia Mankouskaya and Evelina ShchadrynaSKAR is a one-off Folk Oratorio in Cabaret Style rooted in Belarusian folk music and storytelling, exploring the deep...

Re-Enchant: September

Re-Enchant: September

Sep 21

Curated and introduced by Nick Moss in collaboration with The CockpitThe world changes: we make new poetry to vandalise literary forms or retrieve those we...

Euripides' CYCLOPS and Aristophanes' CLOUDS

Euripides' CYCLOPS and Aristophanes' CLOUDS

Sep 16 – Sep 20, 2025

Thiasos returns to The Cockpit with a fabulous double bill of Euripides' CYCLOPS, the only surviving satyr play from Ancient Greece, and Aristophanes' CLOUDS--a satirical...

Re-Enchant: October

Re-Enchant: October

Sep 19

RE:ENCHANT - Poetic Experiments For A New WorldLive literature every third SundaySunday 19 October - 5:00pmTHE RESPONDERSThree poets of different ethnicities, backgrounds, social class and...

Two Come Home

Two Come Home

Sep 2 – Sep 13, 2025

A decade after a dramatic split, star-crossed lovers reunite at the worst time.Guilt, rage, and love collide in this award-winning new play with music.It’s winter...

Impromptu Shakespeare

Impromptu Shakespeare

Aug 17 – Aug 24, 2025

Hold onto your doublets, ruffs and trunk hose. The Bard is back! With story and verse improvised in the moment, enjoy a riotous new Shakespeare...

The Golden Fly Bomb

The Golden Fly Bomb

Aug 22 – Aug 23, 2025

In a surreal 24-hour journey, a young woman's desperate search for meaning unfolds through a kaleidoscope of reality and imagination.Working as a hostess in a...

The Liminoid

The Liminoid

Aug 21 – Aug 23, 2025

The LiminoidDirected by Jess Mabel JonesDevised by The CompanyLife is liminal, especially so in 2025. We have just the tonic for you...Ever feel like you’ve...

Eclipse Ballroom

Eclipse Ballroom

Aug 19 – Aug 20, 2025

Eclipse Ballroom is a postmodern performance that merges physical theatre, absurdity, and experimental storytelling. In this hybrid work of a text-based and devising theatre, holographic...

Kore

Kore

Aug 19 – Aug 20, 2025

KORE is a raw, darkly comic journey through the underworlds of grief, prescription drug dependence, and flawed friendships.When grief shatters Sam's world, she freefalls into...

The Marriage of Figaro

The Marriage of Figaro

Aug 7 – Aug 17, 2025

Opera Kipling are back this year, with a 90-minute version of Mozart's beloved Opera, 'The Marriage of Figaro'! Having been Offies Finalists 2024 and 2023, London...

Quiz

Quiz

Aug 15 – Aug 16, 2025

James Graham (Dear England, Punch) takes us on a thrilling ride through the infamous Coughing Major scandal, which engulfed the world’s most popular TV quiz show.April 2003....

ADEY ኣደይ

ADEY ኣደይ

Aug 11 – Aug 12, 2025

Having had its sold out debut at London Bubble Theatre Company in November as a part of the MAKE SPACE festival, ADEY  is back and better than ever for Camden Fringe.Graduating...

The White Lotus

The White Lotus

Aug 11 – Aug 12, 2025

About the play:The White Lotus is a bilingual xiyì performance exploring the legacy of Dai Ailian and a contemporary British-Chinese artist. Drawing on shadow puppetry,...

Every Great Man

Every Great Man

Aug 9 – Aug 10, 2025

Something old, something new, the bride is missing and the maid-of-honour too... Alex keeps her guests and the love of her life waiting while she finds...

Musical THE CLOWNS

Musical THE CLOWNS

Aug 9 – Aug 10, 2025

Welcome to The Clowns (Work in Progress)A heartfelt musical comedy in the round about a circus family falling apart — and finding their way back...

Houses Apart

Houses Apart

Aug 7 – Aug 8, 2025

Long Pause Productions presents Houses Apart, a comedy that explores the more complicated aspects of what it means to be a family. Set in the...

Impulse

Impulse

Aug 4 – Aug 6, 2025

Frances is a neuroscientist on the brink of a breakthrough. When an old friend asks for help she is faced with a terrible choice: let...

SOLO

SOLO

Aug 5 – Aug 6, 2025

SOLO is an intimate exploration of how trauma, mental health, and obsession—combined with isolation and a culture increasingly focused on material success and popularity—can fragment...

Brief Play About Rage

Brief Play About Rage

Aug 3 – Aug 4, 2025

Brief Play About Rage is a chilly comedy-drama about a couple who host the worst guest imaginable.When Nell, an old friend of Val’s, comes to...

Carlos Sandin: Pull My Goldfinger

Carlos Sandin: Pull My Goldfinger

Aug 3

Bond is dead. Craig's out. Enter Sandin...Carlos Sandin – the new undercover hero we never knew we needed. To revive the world's most famous spy we...

Symptom Of Life

Symptom Of Life

Aug 2 – Aug 3, 2025

Try to think about the worst thing you’ve ever done. Rate it on a scale of 1-10. Now think about your intention behind it, the...

Miracle The Musical

Miracle The Musical

Jul 30 – Jul 31, 2025

Have you ever dreamed of being magical? Have you waited for the owl that carries the magical letter to knock on your window?When Miracle, a...

Exit Who

Exit Who

Jul 23 – Jul 25, 2025

Following the success of the show at the beginning of 2025, Larius Productions are delighted to be bringing Exit Who back to the Cockpit.Mystery writer...

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Jul 14

Journey through one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies as mistaken identity, song, drunken behaviour, unrequited love and a pair of yellow stockings transport you to...

C*CK

C*CK

Jul 8 – Jul 10, 2025

COCK?! No, you don’t see one, and no, it isn’t really about that. Mike Bartlett’s witty, provoking 2009 drama, Cock, focuses on a gay man...

Market Boy

Market Boy

Jul 3 – Jul 6, 2025

Market Boy, by David EldridgeDirected by Sean TurnerMarket Boy, brought to life by this brilliantly talented cast, promises to be a feast for the senses....

Orpheus Descending

Orpheus Descending

Jun 25 – Jun 29, 2025

“I want to be noticed, seen, heard, felt! I want them to know I’m alive!”A mysterious, charismatic drifter named Val meets store keeper 'Lady' in...

Handel: Teseo

Handel: Teseo

Jun 21 – Jun 22, 2025

Ensemble OrQuesta returs to The Cockpit for the  7th consecutive year, with three operas.This new Marcio da Silva's minimalist production will feature singers from the...

Re-Enchant: June

Re-Enchant: June

Jun 15

RE:ENCHANT - Poetic Experiments For A New WorldLive literature every third SundaySunday 15 June - 5:00pmPETER MARINKERNANCY CHARLEYA tribute to FRED VOSSPlus our Open Mic...

Our House

Our House

Jun 11 – Jun 14, 2025

OUR HOUSE - come and party  with the heavy heavy monster sounds of Madness!!Based in Camden Town, Our House tells the story of London lad...

Goodnight Maharajah

Goodnight Maharajah

Jun 7

GOODNIGHT MAHARAJAH is a brand new stage production based on the extraordinary life of Maharajah Duleep Singh — the last King of Punjab and youngest child of...

Super Connected Live

Super Connected Live

Jun 6

Is it time to break up with our phones?The Tim Arnold Company is proud to present Super Connected – a feature-length film drama with live music addressing...

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas | Handel: Acis & Galatea

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas | Handel: Acis & Galatea

May 30 – May 31, 2025

Ensemble OrQuesta returns to The Cockpit for the  7th consecutive year, with three operas..This Baroque double bill will feature an adaptation of Marcio da Silva's...

Metamorphoses

Metamorphoses

May 16 – Jun 1, 2024

Metamorphoses is a radical reimagining of Ovid’s classic poem from the 1st century.A voyeurist is ripped apart by their own hounds.A woman looks at her...

Venus and Adonis / Dido and Aeneas

Venus and Adonis / Dido and Aeneas

May 20 – May 29, 2022

HGO presents the earliest masterpieces of British opera - John Blow's 'Venus and Adonis' and Henry Purcell's ''Dido and Aeneas' - in a new fully-staged...

Voila! Europe 2021

Voila! Europe 2021

Nov 15 – Nov 21, 2021

This Autumn, Voila! Europe 2021 will return both online and in-person to The Cockpit with their eclectic programme of some of the most exciting and...

Awakening

Awakening

Nov 16 – Nov 17, 2021

With an aerial rope and several fairies, two characters search for their essential selves in a never-ending process of growing up. In their world, magic...

L'Egisto

L'Egisto

Jun 9 – Jun 13, 2021

Cavalli's wonderful fairy tale opera of 1643, fully staged with baroque orchestra...

Feel The Fear

Feel The Fear

Aug 9 – Aug 10, 2018

"Let me describe something to you. Not to say I’m horrified or shamelessly petrified because I’d have lied to say this creature does not exist...."...

Baby

Baby

Aug 19 – Aug 20, 2017

I was born to two of the most clueless parents. What they knew about parenting they learnt from a David Bowie song. This is the...

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