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The Cockpit

Gateforth Street, Marylebone, NW8 8EH
London

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Azovstal

Azovstal

Sep 18

Music: Alla Sirenko Libretto & Words: Olha Shvets A Ukrainian composer responding to the powerful and urgent story of Azovstal. A presentation of the new opera Azovstal with some music highlights in a concert form, followed by a talk with the composer and librettist and a Q&A...

Broken Ivy/Fence Off

Broken Ivy/Fence Off

Sep 19

Broken Ivy Music: Florence Lloyd Libretto: Vivian Bayliss Fence Off Music: Ruben Doda Libretto: Rebekah King Broken Ivy & Fence Off are a pair of chamber operas created by emerging composers from the Royal Academy of Music. The evening brings two worlds onto one stage: a vivid...

Family Shakespeare: Pyramus & Thisbe - September

Family Shakespeare: Pyramus & Thisbe - September

Sep 19

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 you remember Pyramus & Thisbe? The romantic tragedy that Bottom & The Rude Mechanicals were asked to perform for the Duke in A MIDSUMMER...

Sing4 Nok6/Meet the Philips

Sing4 Nok6/Meet the Philips

Sep 19

Sing4 Nok6, and other broken things Music: Ng Kwun Ho / Jerry Fryderyk Libretto: Courtney Cousins Meet The Philips Music: Alessandro Mackinnon-Botti Libretto: Wilkie Robson Sing4 Nok6, and other broken things and Meet The Philips are a pair of chamber operas created by emerging...

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Sep 20

Notated music and performance: CN Lester Electronic music and soundscapes: IL Libretto, direction, spoken word performance: Jamie Hale This 60 minute hybrid work strips Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to its core question: is it right to create new life in a fractured and suffering...

Re-Enchant: September

Re-Enchant: September

Sep 20

RE:ENCHANT - Poetic Experiments For A New World Live literature every third Sunday Please be aware that this month, Re-enchant will be up in Studio 1. This is accessible via a spiral staircase only. There are also less seats, so make sure you grab a ticket. Martina Evans will be...

History Has No Safe Word

History Has No Safe Word

Sep 22

Professor Nathan Zangari is fading away. Once voted the sexiest professor on BBC2’s Open University, his highly celebrated archeo-linguistics paper on “Graffiti, Women and the Walls of Pompeii” is now but a distant memory. Now, he can’t sleep, he can’t get published, and… he...

Peter and the Wolf

Peter and the Wolf

Sep 24

Peter & the Wolf is a magical new production of Sergei Prokofiev’s much-loved musical masterpiece, featuring live music and dance. Created especially for 2-5 year olds and their grown-ups, this enchanting show introduces little ones to orchestral instruments, where each sound...

Mirrors - When Silence Breaks, Hope Rises

Mirrors - When Silence Breaks, Hope Rises

Sep 25

MIRRORS BY Ada Tsesmeli Edwards Twice awarded by the Cultural Centre of Northern Greece for Playwright & Direction About the performance There comes a moment in life when each of us must look into the mirror and face our own reflection. But how ready are we to truly confront...

Extremism by Anders Lustgarten

Extremism by Anders Lustgarten

Sep 29 – Oct 2, 2026

One student has disappeared. Nobody knows why. Everyone has an opinion. When a classmate is removed from school under suspicion of radicalisation, a group of teenagers are left alone to make sense of what has happened. As rumours spread and tensions rise, friendships are tested...

The Addams Family

The Addams Family

Oct 7 – Oct 10, 2026

This October, Geoids Musical Theatre presents its latest musical comedy, The Addams Family. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family. She confides in her father and begs him not...

Family Shakespeare: Pyramus & Thisbe - October

Family Shakespeare: Pyramus & Thisbe - October

Oct 17

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 you remember Pyramus & Thisbe? The romantic tragedy that Bottom & The Rude Mechanicals were asked to perform for the Duke in A MIDSUMMER...

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 you remember Pyramus & Thisbe? The romantic tragedy that Bottom & The Rude Mechanicals were asked to perform for the Duke in A MIDSUMMER...

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Review: BBC PROMS: STRAUSS’S ‘FOUR LAST SONGS’, Royal Albert Hall

Review: BBC PROMS: STRAUSS’S ‘FOUR LAST SONGS’, Royal Albert Hall

by Debbie Gilpin · September 12, 2026

“It is difficult composing endings. Beethoven and Wagner could do it. Only great composers can do it. I can do it too.” It wasn’t just Richard Strauss’s death-embracing 'Four Last Songs' which fit this theme in the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s final Prom of the season, as Franz Schube…

Review: FIRE FIRE, Arcola Theatre

Review: FIRE FIRE, Arcola Theatre

by Gary Naylor · September 12, 2026

New play that veers off in an unfortunate direction and loses much of its punch as a consequence…

Review: NIGHT CITY, Southwark Playhouse

Review: NIGHT CITY, Southwark Playhouse

by Clementine Scott · September 12, 2026

At first glance, Night City appears like your classic boy meets girl – specifically, rideshare driver meets waitress, and takes her to see the dinosaurs at Crystal Palace in the morning light. What emerges from these foundations, however, is an unflinching love letter to London, and a candid illus…

Review: DON GIOVANNI, Royal Ballet & Opera

Review: DON GIOVANNI, Royal Ballet & Opera

by Cheryl Markosky · September 12, 2026

A visually compelling Don Giovanni from Royal Ballet & Opera, with a superb set by Es Devlin and memorable star turn by Aigul Akhmetshina as Donna Elvira.…

Review: TARTUFFE (REMIXED), starring Mark Rylance

Review: TARTUFFE (REMIXED), starring Mark Rylance

by Cindy Marcolina · September 12, 2026

Adapting classical theatre for a new audience is an exciting task and Darren Raymond has relocated Molière’s farce to a Nigerian-Jamaican family living in England. We are all preparing for Adanna and Sinclair’s impending nuptials, with relatives from both sides gathering at her childhood home. …

Review: THE CHILDREN, Starring Meera Syal

Review: THE CHILDREN, Starring Meera Syal

by Clementine Scott · September 11, 2026

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.…

Past Shows

148 total · showing 51–60

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 in life when each of us must look into the mirror and face our own reflection. But how ready are we to truly confront...

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 games, their relationship is tested by a recent diagnosis. Blending humour, grief and honesty, the play takes audiences through...

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 the brutal dating scene. Using monologues, spoken word and even rap battles, these characters ask whether love is truly dead...

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 by Mark Akrill and designed by Judith Pollard, this disturbing and atmospheric production invites audiences to...

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 and spell-casters to reframe consciousness. RE:ENCHANT happens every third Sunday, offering readings...

These are the Days - International Women's Day Show

These are the Days - International Women's Day Show

Mar 8

Following the sold-out shows of previous years, These are the Days! returns once more to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8th, 2026 at The Cockpit. Hosted by the comedian and singer-songwriter Clare Summerskill , this event presents a star-studded line up of talented...

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 we are living in – and why they are happening – with those with an inside track.

Anything is possible if you think about it hard enough

Anything is possible if you think about it hard enough

Feb 26 – Feb 28, 2026

Rupert and Alex are in love. Messy, funny, ordinary love. They build a life together one small moment at a time: breakfasts, arguments, private jokes, plans for the future. When the unthinkable happens, and their baby is stillborn, they’re forced to navigate grief, difference...

Brigitte Beraha's Lucid Dreamers, Bridget Walsh + Bea Asurmendi

Brigitte Beraha's Lucid Dreamers, Bridget Walsh + Bea Asurmendi

Feb 23

For each of our regular sessions we program new talent alongside established artists with each night consisting of three sets: An EMERGENCE slot for new and emerging artists, a solo slot - often an artist breaking away from a group, or exploring something new, and a top shelf...

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