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...
It's Shakespeare. In space. With Norse hammers. And Muppet-like aliens running amok. Hamlet + Star Wars + The Muppets
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 for a taste of innovative pan-lingual theatre, stay for a drink in the bar afterwards to officially open Voila! Theatre Festival 2026. From...
When classical music meets hip-hop. Rostro x Eminem is a solo performance piece — part concert, part play — that navigates the collision between two worlds: the universe of classical music and the raw, rebellious energy of hip-hop. At its centre is Olivier, a young man raised...
A train never arrives. Time slips out of sync. As the world rushes elsewhere, two strangers, trapped on the same station bench, invent increasingly absurd ways to fill the empty hours. Blending visually poetic performance and physical theatre, this wordless duet transforms a...
NAKED is a love story. A man and woman are getting married. Maybe they shouldn't be. They're trying everything: self-help books and kinky sex; couples counselling and sharing stories from their childhood. But nothing stops the arguments.Their differences go deeper than just...
Inspired by the legend of forty maidens who chose death over slavery, Legend of Kaliakra explores the hidden emotional lives of the women behind one of Bulgaria's most enduring stories. Blending poetic text and music, the production explores what remains unseen in history: the...
Five people decide to get married. To each other. Sort of. But how do you build a wedding when the rules don’t quite fit? The Radical Wedding Engine is a playful experiment in marriage, chosen family and artistic partnership. Five East Asian migrant artists who have worked...
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.
Every day, thousands of migrant construction workers raise homes, offices, theatres and hospitals — spaces where other lives unfold — while often living in temporary rooms, on unstable contracts, with families far away and futures on hold. Three Little Pigs is a new theatre...
RE:ENCHANT - Poetic Experiments For A New World. Live literature every third Sunday. 15 November 2026. Gale Burns, an award-winner at international poetry festivals, will read from his new book, As It Must. Luigi Coppola and Nadia Larina will also perform. Join us for a night...
Join professional theatre-makers, dramaturgs, translators, publishers and researchers for a panel talk examining the interrelation between (un)translatability, (un)stageability and (un)performability. In the context of Voila! Theatre Festival, the discussion considers...
EFG London Jazz Festival special. Jazz in the Round presents Makam Salam featuring Mira Awad and the Jerusalem Youth Chorus Alumni Collective. Makam Salam is a London-based collective of Pan-Middle-Eastern diaspora musicians, bringing together Palestinian, Israeli, Iranian...
Join the multi award-winning UK jazz ensemble Empirical for a performance of their eighth album, Like Lambs: To The Slaughter, released on Whirlwind Recordings. Empirical — Nathaniel Facey (alto sax), Tom Farmer (double bass) and Shaney Forbes (drums) — are joined by Ivo Neame...
Elliot Pritchard stars as The Woman in the immortal classic of love lost over the telephone. The telephone rings. During the call The Woman gradually loses her battle to retain her lover. In a new physical theatre adaptation, The Human Voice leads us down the steep descent into...
Ankora is a London based, eight-piece ensemble of ambitious young musicians previously selected to perform as Tomorrow’s Warriors Frontline. The ensemble’s repertoire includes original work and powerful jazz covers, reflecting groundedness, hope and connection to roots. Monday...
A bare stage. A single performer. And Victorian London flickers into life. This Christmas, Vintage Verse is delighted to present A Christmas Carol in its purest and most powerful form, performed as Charles Dickens originally intended. Drawn directly from Dickens’ own reading...
Actors from the London Stage return with Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. After Don Pedro’s victory, Claudio falls in love with Hero while Beatrice and Benedick trade barbs. As intrigue and deception threaten Hero’s wedding, the pair are drawn toward an unexpected romance...
Following a successful and critically acclaimed debut, You Can’t Find Love in London returns for a limited second run this December. Blending spoken word, rap, live music and powerful storytelling, the production takes audiences on a funny, fierce and emotionally charged journey...
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The original meaning of the word ‘cèilidh’ is ‘companion’, and the event itself has developed into one of the most recognisable kinds of Scottish gatherings with its traditional music and dance. It feels apt, then, that the core idea of a cèilidh has now been fleshed out and transformed in…
The Royal Albert Hall has built a world-class reputation for its Films in Concert series and sometimes delights audiences with guest appearances. Tom Cruise popping up at the screening of Top Gun: Maverick In Concert was quite the surprise, but the venue may have surpassed itself with its screeni…
Third time is rarely the charm for a Carmen at Covent Garden. Damiano Michieletto’s production is now on its second revival, which is exactly where its predecessor got the push.…
Sir Peter Wright and Galina Samsova’s Swan Lake opens with the striking and sombre image of a funeral procession. Prince Siegfried’s head is bowed, and the Queen is inconsolable, signifying the death of the King. It’s an effective piece of additional storytelling not normally portrayed and set…
There is something rather wonderful about watching Shakespeare’s darkest tragedy being brought to life with cardboard, audience inventions and a generous helping of imagination. MakeBeth, a brilliantly inventive new production at Shakespeare’s Globe, does precisely that.…
First published as a series of eight individual instalments between December 1871 and December 1872, George Eliot’s seminal work Middlemarch (subtitled A Study of Provincial Life) has now been adapted into a two-part stage play by Nina Raine - its debut production at the RSC’s Swan Theatre is di…
In imperious Ab Fab Eddie mode, Jennifer Saunders spiritedly dives into Edward Bond's entertaining but somewhat baffling comedy The Sea at Theatre Royal Bath.…
Writer/actor/dancer Mohit Mathur talks to BroadwayWorld about his upcoming dance drama about love and clashing cultures.…
Going to Camden to get high was a teenage rite of passage a generation ago. Now, thanks to Eclipso’s latest VR expedition, kids can chase a rather different kind of high, with or without their parents in tow. …
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Performers: Caitlin Redding, voice; Joan Cantallops, piano Discover the magic of Catalunya through a triptych of fairytales! Come wander misty mountain ranges, fight prickly dragons (or are they simply cactus...?), and watch magical dragonflies take flight as we explore stories...
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.
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 Last Tape . At 84 and recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Marinker brings decades of experience...
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 what it seems. Beneath the surface of six “ordinary” lives lie stories of reproductive health struggles, sexual violence, and...
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 backdrop of 1987, the production follows Donna, a fiery single mother whose life is turned upside down when she discovers...
"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 to Motopia!" A new piece of writing, 'Motopia' is a musical choose-your-own adventure play where the choices of the protagonist are placed in the...
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 Blind. If the play was relevant in 2019 it’s perhaps even more relevant now with the rise of right wing politics, major push backs against immigration...
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 of lived experiences, this darkly comedic play about generational trauma and transformation, ‘Darling, I...
Journey to Nutopia: People’s Emergency Briefing – Climate Action Special Journey to Nutopia returns for a one-off screening and panel. A lot’s happened since we launched Journey to Nutopia back in 2018. Our founding motto - 'refuting the inevitability of global dystopia' isn't...
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 wild across August. We’re taking part in Westminster City Council’s Inside Out outdoor arts festival this summer. The festival...
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