Upcoming Shows
Scarlett Smith is an electroacoustic harpist and comedian. Tired of the harps demure, classical reputation, Scarlett’s debut solo show Any Objections? is a surreal quest to prove this...
By Roland Schimmelpfennig, translated by David TushinghamFive cooks in the small kitchen of The Golden Dragon. They are immigrants. They are illegal. They have no papers. And while they struggle...
By Rachel FennSimon and Jay have spent years happily working the night shift at Supersave until recent graduate Nadia joins as a stop gap while applying...
Where Music Meets MemoryWritten & performed by Karen CeciliaDoorway to Perception asks the audience to consider music as both memory and as part of their own story. Karen Cecilia performs...
What do Sexy KFC, and your homophobic Aunt Sharon have in common? Tammy Woodburn — an up-and-coming musical comedienne — is determined to find out....
Based on a story by Giles Fernando and Josh BirdOn the anniversary of Keir Starmer’s “Islands of Strangers” speech, a bold new voice takes the stage.Meet...
Written & directed by Benji EdwardStarring Laya Lewis (Skins)In a nation where human flesh is the only accepted currency, the economy is sacred and mercy...
A double act performed by sibling sensation, George & Lizzy Sunshine sure to leave you in stitches. A positively chaotic comedy hour written by addiction's...
Written and produced by first-time playwright Camellia Elerman, PATRONAGE is a contemporary retelling of Michelangelo’s life, reframing the Renaissance master through a modern lens of artistic power,...
“Fearless, bawdy storytelling” - The Reviews Hub Maybe you’ve lost your marbles… Or maybe you’ve found the most transformative piece of theatre that you’ll see this year....
By Mauro Fazion"It's 1984 meets Waiting for Godot!"Rooney and Ingmar are seasoned hangmen doing their best to survive a job that no longer makes sense. When...
The Dying Wish By Mauro Fazion"It's 1984 meets Waiting for Godot!"Rooney and Ingmar are seasoned hangmen doing their best to survive a job that no longer makes...
Someone sneezes. Someone can’t get a signal. Someone won’t answer the door. Someone put an elephant on the stairs. Someone’s not ready to talk. Someone...
Clothes, cats and counter-culture.Sheffield, 1989. Loveable, eccentric 71-year-old, Hilda, has run a second-hand clothes shop for decades. She does it to make money to feed...
By Joanna OrlowskaOff Script is a solo drama about a migrant journalist reporting live from an anti-immigration protest in London.As Anna delivers the carefully prepared broadcast, the...
Written & Directed by Ella KendrickOn Christmas Eve, bartenders Kat and Tom endure a night of bad music, difficult guests and endless Pornstar Martinis. When a...
by Gary Naylor - April 05, 2026
Take a trip from Fleet Street to Wapping, 40 years on...
by Franco Milazzo - April 03, 2026
Eccentric artist Fenella Harford (Sylvestra Le Touzel) inherits her family’s stately home and uncovers a cache of hidden diaries that may rewrite its history. She recruits ambitious academic Marva (Rakie Ayola) to authenticate them, who in turn brings in her overlooked mentor Abi (Cherrelle Skeete...
by Clementine Scott - April 03, 2026
Lifeline is the kind of play that feels as though it was composed with the help of a mindmap with one word circled in the centre, around which all parts of the drama must orbit. In this case, that word – or phrase, in fact – was ‘antibiotic resistance’....
by Christiana Rose - April 02, 2026
Gabby’s Dollhouse Live! delivers a bright and engaging theatrical experience that leans confidently into its message of friendship, resilience and imaginative play. This four star production translates the charm of the popular series into a lively stage show that keeps its young audience firmly at...
by Mica Blackwell - April 02, 2026
With countless depictions of Queen Victoria in the media, Daisy Goodwin has managed to create something original and thought-provoking. Forcing the audience to question both history and memory, it's the wonderful cast and stunning visuals that complement her script and make for an all-around excitin...
by Katie Kirkpatrick - April 01, 2026
Having been on and off, in London, LA, and New York, since 2012, Choir Boy clearly isn’t going away any time soon. While occasionally off-kilter, this immaculately performed powerhouse production is proof that it’s the kind of show that deserves a place among the classics...
by Aliya Al-Hassan - April 02, 2026
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s scandalous 1782 novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, has received several adaptations over the years. None more resonant than Christopher Hampton’s 1985 reinvention which is now revived and updated in a masterful manner by Marianne Elliot at the National Theatre....
by Gary Naylor - April 01, 2026
Good songs and good performances but a curiously mixed message from Sara Bareilles's smash hit show...
by Aliya Al-Hassan - April 01, 2026
Inspired by a true story and based on the Miramax motion picture written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth, Kinky Boots features a warm and witty book by four-time Tony Award-winner Harvey Fierstein and a richly diverse musical score from Grammy Award-winning rock icon Cyndi Lauper, in her stunning theat...
by Cindy Marcolina - April 01, 2026
Robert Icke is back in the West End with another star-studded classic in tow. After tackling Sophocles last year, he returns to Shakespeare, revisiting the Bard’s most misrepresented tragedy: Romeo and Juliet. Fourteen years after his directorial debut for Headlong with a radical rendition of the ...
Past Shows
Trans Visibility Comedy Night Presented in partnership with Quantum LeopardTo celebrate trans visibility week, Drayton Arms Theatre hosts a night of trans people being visible AND...
Wooden Arrow’s The Makers Showcase is an event series dedicated to discovering, developing, and platforming the next generation of theatre-makers by creating a clear pipeline from early...
A Rehearsed ReadingArtorigus' kingdom is in danger. His once tight grip on his beloved realm is slipping through the gaps between his fingers. He is...
Standing Ovation Award nominated Precarious Theatre host their second new writing laboratory after its successful debut at The Hen and Chickens Theatre last year.Come and...
Hot off the back of a sold out Edinburgh Fringe run, Mushroomification: Legs, Legs, Legs follows the unlikely and explosive collision between a man and a mushroom....
This multigenre collection of short plays explores what happens when new innovations outpace human empathy, intelligence and agency. Across absurd comedy, psychological horror, and intimate...
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....
“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...
Written by & starring Owen O'NeillI Could Write A Book About It details the trials and tribulations of writing TOM JOAD AND ME a book inspired by...
A Play About Generations, Gender, and the Words UnspokenTwo generations divided by their ways of expressing love, pain, and hope. In Stitch in Time, tradition collides with...
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...
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...
PART OF THE LONDON LOVECRAFT FESTIVALTo mark the 100th anniversary of the publication of Lovecraft’s seminal tale, performance storyteller Robert Lloyd Parry offers this dramatized reading,...
PART OF THE LONDON LOVECRAFT FESTIVALA rural town. A dark summoning. A hunger that destroys all. Can you survive the Dunwich Horror?Performed in near total darkness, The...
PART OF THE LONDON LOVECRAFT FESTIVALWe all know the world is broken. Worse than broken: irreparable. Infested. We need oblivion.You are coming here tonight to summon...
PART OF THE LONDON LOVECRAFT FESTIVALIn Pickman’s Supermodel, a young woman striving for success as a model agrees to a portfolio shoot with a photographer known...
PART OF THE LONDON LOVECRAFT FESTIVALOne night, two master storytellers, it's the cosmic horror you've been dreaming of ... unwillingly!Poppy Liqueur and Ben Adam Sohawon join forces with experimental...
PART OF THE LONDON LOVECRAFT FESTIVALAn online post prompts an attempt to enter a mysterious dimension, confront enigmatic entities, and resolve the fundamental disharmony of human...
PART OF THE LONDON LOVECRAFT FESTIVALA London Lovecraft Festival fan favorite returns at last!From the creators of the Olivier Award-winning Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, a fresh new take...
PART OF THE LONDON LOVECRAFT FESTIVALMagic Lantern Call of Cthulhu and the "Night of 1000 Tentacles" - a celebration of New Weird and Decadent, the London...
PART OF THE LONDON LOVECRAFT FESTIVALMagic Lantern Call of Cthulhu and the "Night of 1000 Tentacles" - a celebration of New Weird and Decadent, the London...
PART OF THE LONDON LOVECRAFT FESTIVALWORLD PREMIEREThe omens are dire. Pestilence has struck these lands. You have been summoned to Court where, according to tradition, a...
PART OF THE LONDON LOVECRAFT FESTIVAL“Honourable members of this court… and the prosecution.Apparently, I stole a dangerous book. The Necronomicon, did you say? My my, you’d...
One man. One button. 19,999 hours of failure-free living.Daniel Moore does not fail. His task? Pressing a single red button whenever it lights up. For...
By Chandler Hubbard“Such is the case with most empires – nothing like that lasts forever.”In the near future, two “compatible” strangers are brought together in...
Written by, produced by & starring Michael Hughes The Last Bantam tells the story of Britain's Great War 'bantam' soldiers, 30,000 men between 5'-5'3'' who signed up...
Mirror Up return for their 4th Reflections scratch event, showcasing a range of dynamic new writing.Cast and creatives to be announced...
Join us for a nerve-tingling festive treat and fear your senses this Christmas as you step into the haunted railway cutting at Clayton signal box.In...
By James TurnerAfter their afternoon lectures are unceremoniously cancelled, three philosophy students in Ancient Athens find themselves at a loose end. Will they spend the...
By Bernardo Santareno Translated & Directed by Sebastião Marques LopesIt’s Christmas Eve at a convent of contemplative nuns, where the Mother Superior lies bedridden. Over the course...
Written & Directed by Finella Waddilove “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...
Written & performed by Oscar Brudenall-Jones‘Yes, he's in a celebrations tub. No, he's not in with the bounties.’Aaron, an unemployed entertainer, has stolen his dad's...
Clown Funeral Collective presents Fires, a new writing night in support of Medical Aid for PalestiniansClown Funeral Collective is a playwriting group formed in 2023, born...
By Oscar Brudenall-JonesAlderbrook North has declared independence. The borders are closed, the ale is flowing, and smoking indoors is back. What could possibly go wrong?When a...
Diaspora Inferno: From My Grandmother’s Kitchen is a devised physical theatre work inspired by Dante’s Inferno and reimagined through the lens of diaspora survival, generational silence, and womanhood. The...
An evening of monologues and duets, presented by Shoreside ProductionsStream of consciousness meets physical storytelling in this evening of new writing and choreography. Mirror Speeches...
Written, Directed & Produced by Miranda LapworthLove isn’t always easily understood.Least of all by those suffering from it. Lou and Jack have a long history with their...
Have you ever wanted to critique the critics? LPTM has run a competition amongst its reviewers for one full length play and three short plays to...
Written & performed by Mark RyderA 60-min one-man show about masculinity and the terrifying power of softness. (Work in Progress)When finance bro Felix has struggles in...
Written and Directed by Simon BeyerTalking To DadSometimes the generational gap is a blessing and a curse - Susannah and her father Peter, attempt to...
Written & Performed by Nathaniel JonesSurrounded by couples, Noah has a tough journey ahead of him on the ark, and must find ways to keep existential...
A three hand horror-comedy pot boiler about what happens when the power of belief goes awry.Join writer Jack Elverstone for an exclusive script-in-hand preview of...
by Madeleine GeorgeWatson: trusty sidekick to Sherlock Holmes; loyal engineer who built Bell’s first telephone; unstoppable super-computer that became reigning Jeopardy! champ; amiable techno-dweeb who,...
Playwright Kevin Lee returns to the Drayton Arms Theatre to present a collection of new short stories.The theme is ‘Misunderstood’...
Playwright Kevin Lee returns to the Drayton Arms Theatre to present a collection of new short stories.The theme is ‘Misunderstood’...
Written by Dan BlickCastles is an intense examination of a romantic relationship over time. The play follows Jonny and Rain as they embark on their romantic...
Castles is a play about individual self-discovery through the lens of a romantic relationship. Theplay begins with Jonny and Rain as they embark on their...
Written, Directed & Produced by Heather DavisAt 50, Cheryl thought life might slow down. What she didn’t expect was the rollercoaster of Perimenopause - a baffling...
Paradigm Presents: A Mini-Festival of Rehearsed Readings and Semi-Staged Performances2nd – 4th October | Drayton Arms Theatre | Tickets £5Step into the future of theatre...
How does one overcome the daily nibbles, gnawings, and slashes of the heart?You call your mom. You get possessed by a Leopard. You call your...
By Megan PeaceA twenty-four year old woman is faced with adult life after graduating from university, but the question she faces is unusual - how do...
Sheridan is having a bad day. Her church is closing, Adult Social Care are on her case, and she can’t work out which ingredients she...
By Rose LewensteinPresented by Mary Rose ProductionsCougar is a play about climate change, sex, power dynamics, and corruption. It is extremely pertinent to our current global state...
By Jade AlvaraPresented by Climate Action Productions & Drayton Arms TheatreIt’s 1890. The textile factory workers are all women. They are overworked, underpaid, and fed up...
Written & Directed by Jade WintersBrooke’s friends can tell something’s off — they just don’t know what.One night out, one too many questions, and the...
A new play by Melissa AinsworthThree women, from three different centuries, find each other at their worst hour. Janet is accused of witchcraft in 1661 Edinburgh,...
An evening of new writing from 7 new writers from all over the world. Pending is a programme run by Car Crash Productions, since 2019, to bring new...
An evening of new writing from 7 new writers from all over the world. Pending is a programme run by Car Crash Productions, since 2019, to bring new...
Written & performed by Gabrielle BeasleyPART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS'Every woman is a killer. You just haven't met the right guy yet.'Lily has...
Written & performed by Gabrielle BeasleyPART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS'Every woman is a killer. You just haven't met the right guy yet.'Lily has...
Written & performed by Gabrielle BeasleyPART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS'Every woman is a killer. You just haven't met the right guy yet.'Lily has...
Written & performed by Gabrielle BeasleyPART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS'Every woman is a killer. You just haven't met the right guy yet.'Lily has...
Written & performed by Gabrielle BeasleyPART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS'Every woman is a killer. You just haven't met the right guy yet.'Lily has...
Written & performed by Gabrielle BeasleyPART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS'Every woman is a killer. You just haven't met the right guy yet.'Lily has...
Written & performed by Gabrielle BeasleyPART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS'Every woman is a killer. You just haven't met the right guy yet.'Lily has...
Written & performed by Gabrielle BeasleyPART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS'Every woman is a killer. You just haven't met the right guy yet.'Lily has...
Written & performed by Gabrielle BeasleyPART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS'Every woman is a killer. You just haven't met the right guy yet.'Lily has...
Written & performed by Gabrielle BeasleyPART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS'Every woman is a killer. You just haven't met the right guy yet.'Lily has...
PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWSFragen Network is proud to present a preview evening of two brand new shows we are taking to the...
Pistachio Theatre presents an evening of Nutty Tales. Following their sold out ‘Out The Shell’ scratch night series, Pistachio Theatre presents the funniest and nuttiest...
A world fragmented. A City disrupted.Two souls reach for connection. Two friends face an urgent decision. With You portrays a bond that forms in a time where...
By Imogen StrachanPART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWSAll In is a gripping, tense two-hander about love, power and the fallout of addiction. Before the new...
Hideout Theatre & Stoke The Embers present a new dark Comedy written by Ellis GreenPART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWSIn a far-off kingdom, King Diadon spends...
GIMME A SIGN! is an autobiographical comedy written and performed by Bailey Swilley, based on a family tragedy and the strange but funny antics that...
Written & performed by Bailey SwilleyPART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWSGIMME A SIGN! is an autobiographical comedy written and performed by Bailey Swilley, based...
Written & performed by Bailey SwilleyPART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWSGIMME A SIGN! is an autobiographical comedy written and performed by Bailey Swilley, based...
Written & performed by Bailey SwilleyPART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWSGIMME A SIGN! is an autobiographical comedy written and performed by Bailey Swilley, based...
Written & performed by Bailey SwilleyPART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWSGIMME A SIGN! is an autobiographical comedy written and performed by Bailey Swilley, based...
Written & performed by Bailey SwilleyPART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWSGIMME A SIGN! is an autobiographical comedy written and performed by Bailey Swilley, based...
Written & performed by Bailey SwilleyPART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWSGIMME A SIGN! is an autobiographical comedy written and performed by Bailey Swilley, based...
PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWSA gloriously frenetic hour of physical comedy.Bursting with all the whacky dynamism and giddy joy of a Roadrunner cartoon,...
PART OF DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE EDINBURGH PREVIEWS'People can be strange and scary and complicated, up and down like the tides…'Zodwa and Malcolm, two Zimbabweans in...
People in Cages introduces us to a giggle of a killer, a scream of a happy couple, and adorable kids in a deplorable cult. Presiding over...
1880s Afghanistan: Against a backdrop of colonial wars and espionage, Atkinson, a young British cartographer embarks on an affair with Virginia, the estranged wife of...
A Terrible Show for Terrible People is a raunchy, feminist physical theatre clown show with one performer and two spoken words.Described by Fest as “Benny...
“How do you deal with knowing you’ll never get something you desperately want?”Nat and Fin need your help. Since Nat got pregnant by Fin’s (kind...
Arriving at his latest theatre, long-standing pantomime dame Harold Thropp finds that he’s been moved to a dilapidated dressing room. As he paints himself and...
Young and trendy, Spencer leaves home and hits Soho for a whirlwind journey of love, laughter,happiness... and heartbreak. Working in a clothes store, busking on...
DAVINA scouts scallies. Working for the TINA TICKLE EMPIRE shes on the lookout for some good lookers to compete in the sport of ENDURANCE TICKLING....
Players Theatre Company presents Twelfth Night. Fresh from their successful London run of Macbeth, they breathe new life into Shakespeares comedy of mistaken identity, music,...
Young, trendy Spencer leaves home and hits Soho like a whirlwind in a journey of love, laughter, heartbreak and happiness. Working in a clothes store,...
Ricochet Theatre presents a double bill of monologues navigating grief: Intricate Rituals by Seth Douglas and The Same Rain That Falls on Me by Logan...
An alternative to a traditional pantomime, with adult themes, Boys in the Buff is the perfect festive show for having some fun with friends. A...
This #queertrilogy at the Drayton Arms Theatre brings together three radically different shows by recent Mountview grads Jack Donald, Katie Paterson and Alexandra Christle. All...
Entertainment blogger Devin hosts a housewarming at his new, luxury apartment. But when the evening is derailed by the intrusion of some uninvited guests, he...
Videos