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1st half - we'll hear from participants in our open mic slots 2nd half   The Marsh-by  Anna Robinson The Marsh is a play set in ...

  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 ...

Sevgili Arsz Ölüm Dirmit - Dear Shameless Death Dirmit “The unfulfilled dreams shattered the lives of the people I grew up among... I struggled endlessly ...

N’olcak Bu Yusuf Umut’un Hali? -  What Will Become Of Yusuf Umut? “I’m Yusuf Umut. People usually ask which one I actually use — Yusuf ...

Two young artists — actors, writers, directors. They are everything at once. They have almost grown up together; they are bonded, dependent, inseparable. They are ...

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

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 ...

Fringe Revolution: Our inaugural conference on the present and future of Fringe Theatre Saturday 29 November 10:10 am - 4:30 pm  Is Fringe Theatre in ...

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 ...

Continuity, by David Sear Directed by Rosina Piovani What happens when your life is abruptly changed by a tragic accident? One that ruins that life ...

Street Songs: France Cafe Bakery Written and directed by: Mohammad Rahmanian Produced by: Mehromah Art Production Line Producer: Laleh Mousavi This theatre production is the ...

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

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 & ...

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 ...

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 ...

  CODACHROME is a  party play  told by two DJs and a deck. Remy, an adult, discovers their intimate partner is a [trigger warning], and ...

Alec Baldwin is not a superstar. He is not really famous. He wasn't born in 1958 and does not have eight children. Alec Baldwin has ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"It's those bloody nut jobs you watch...!" THE SHOCKING TRUTH ABOUT FLAT EARTH is a brand-new, original musical comedy that blends conspiracy and catchy tunes ...

*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 ...

*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 ...

Music:Rania Chrysostomou Words: Caroline Coetzee Hidden Star is a lyrical, intimate character study of Annie Walker, a long-forgotten late 19th century astronomer. The work crosses ...

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

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

Music: Robert Fokkens Book: Mehdi Razi & Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh Libretto: Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh “All the hearts of the people are my identity, So take away my passport!” ...

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

Music: Ben Hoppe Words: Edie Bailey As the Crows Fly is a one-act opera that explores death and decomposition from the perspective of nature’s most ...

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

Music: Chen Zhangyi Words: Jack Lin Dive into A Singapore Trilogy, a captivating full performance of three chamber operas—Laksa Cantata, Window Shopping, and Kopi For ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 - Poetic Experiments For A New World Live literature every third Sunday Sunday 19 October - 5:00pm THE RESPONDERS Three poets of different ethnicities, ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Liminoid Directed by Jess Mabel Jones Devised by The Company Life is liminal, especially so in 2025. We have just the tonic for you... ...

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 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 ...

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, ...

James Graham ( Dear   England ,  Punch ) takes us on a thrilling ride through the infamous Coughing Major scandal, which engulfed the world’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Frances is a neuroscientist on the brink of a breakthrough. Along with her research partner, Grace, she has the opportunity to get a multi-million pound ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, by David Eldridge Directed by Sean Turner Market Boy, brought to life by this brilliantly talented cast, promises to be a feast for ...

“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' ...

Join one, two or (sometimes) all three of science comedy trio  Festival of the Spoken Nerd  as they try out nerdy new material, live and ...

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 ...

RE:ENCHANT - Poetic Experiments For A New World Live literature every third Sunday Sunday 15 June - 5:00pm PETER MARINKER NANCY CHARLEY A tribute to ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This Christmas, Ethereal Theatre guarantees hit after musical hit in our brand-new Musical Theatre concertwhich doesnt feature James Cordenthank god! This treat is as sweet ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

"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...." ...

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 ...