Upcoming Shows
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
MIRRORS BY Ada Tsesmeli Edwards. Twice awarded by the Cultural Centre of Northern Greece for Playwright & Direction. About the performance: There comes a moment...
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...
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...
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...
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...
by Jo Caruana - March 03, 2026
The filter-like haze hits you first. Then the occasional lighting, the tiled ceiling, and the faint whiff of the 80s. But it's the arrival of two extraordinary performances – Madelyn Smedley's fizzing, fearless Rita and Julius D'Silva's weary, cynical Frank – that makes Reading Rep Theatre's Edu...
by Laura Jones - March 02, 2026
Staged at the cavernous Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Sea Witch arrived with the sort of fanfare usually reserved for tried-and-tested crowd-pleasers. Instead, this world premiere exposed the perils of unveiling an unpolished new musical on one of the West End’s most imposing stages....
by Matthew Paluch - March 02, 2026
Sci-fi, like most things, is an acquired taste, and not something you often find related to dance. Enter The Coronet Theatre for once again pushing the boundaries of avant-garde programming.
Last And First Men (2024) by Neon Dance is a multimedia work that definitely gets the brain working in pre-p...
by Franco Milazzo - February 27, 2026
It appears Tosca Rivola is back for a sequel of sorts. After last year’s debacle that was Diamonds and Dust - a production she co-created with Dita Von Teese that promised the moon, delivered a pebble, was 'paused' shortly after its press night and then, two months later, quietly cancelled - the A...
by Clementine Scott - February 26, 2026
“We’ve died, we’ve been reborn, but we still have our memories,” a character reflects at one point. He’s talking about the years since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and this sense of war as existential is everywhere in Ukrainian playwright Polina Polozhentseva’s understated fable....
by Debbie Gilpin - February 26, 2026
The 2026 edition of the London Handel Festival, which kicked off last week, is running under the theme of From Heavenly Harmony. The five-week event aims to “enrich lives through Handel’s music”, with concerts and recitals taking place in a variety of venues across London - last night saw The ...
by Franco Milazzo - February 26, 2026
If you have ever suspected that opera might benefit from fewer Valkyries and more vaudeville, Opera Locos is here to confirm your prejudice and then sing it at you in Italian....
by Cindy Marcolina - February 26, 2026
The sudden passing of her father kick-starts a profound identity crisis in Lenore. Why didn’t her life dramatically change when he died? She remembers witnessing what the loss of a parent did to a schoolmate when she was younger, that instant transformation into a shell of who she was beforehand. ...
by Cindy Marcolina - February 25, 2026
“What a thing to have a mother!” That’s how Anna Ziegler’s new play ends. Studies show that it takes two to five years for a blended family to become a cohesive unit, and when Jennifer marries John, his daughter Delilah refuses to cooperate. Jennifer badly wants to be in Delilah’s life. In...
by Clementine Scott - February 24, 2026
George Eliot’s Middlemarch was, and is, radical for its acknowledgement of how society places limits on even the most ambitious and idealistic of its inhabitants. In his new play, Alexi Kaye Campbell explores how that notion of compromise may have affected Eliot herself, both to her own benefit an...
Past Shows
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...
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,...
Makam Salam and Jazz in the Round together invite you to a unique evening of jazz, cross-cultural storytelling, art, and poetry. Dedicated to justice, education,...
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...
Greg Davies is bringing his show ‘Full Fat Legend’ to The Cockpit before he heads out on the road in 2026.Star of shows such as...
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 students at Associated Studios are proud to present their 2026 Play Project. Students have prepared three condensed play extracts that they are excited to...
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 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 by Marianne TuckmanCombining voice, movement and text, this pulsing tragicomedy reduces the climate crisis to the metaphor of a filthy house. When home...
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 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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
Sevgili Arsz Ölüm Dirmit - Dear Shameless Death Dirmit“The unfulfilled dreams shattered the lives of the people I grew up among...I struggled endlessly to adapt...
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 or...
Two young artists — actors, writers, directors. They are everything at once.They have almost grown up together; they are bonded, dependent, inseparable.They are life partners...
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,...
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: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...
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, 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 BakeryWritten and directed by: Mohammad RahmanianProduced by: Mehromah Art ProductionLine Producer: Laleh MousaviThis theatre production is the outcome of a workshop...
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 language to...
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CODACHROME is a party play told by two DJs and a deck.Remy, an adult, discovers their intimate partner is a [trigger warning], and must now face the...
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 friend....
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 (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 the 22nd Direkleraras...
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...
"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 to...
*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...
*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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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;...
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...
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...
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: ImprovesariosJoin The Improvesarios as they attempt to create a fully improvised, brand-new opera based on your suggestions! Sixty minutes of mayhem where...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 WorldLive literature every third SundaySunday 19 October - 5:00pmTHE RESPONDERSThree poets of different ethnicities, backgrounds, social class and...
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...
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 a...
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 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 into...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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 to...
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...
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, a...
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...
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 EldridgeDirected by Sean TurnerMarket Boy, brought to life by this brilliantly talented cast, promises to be a feast for the senses....
“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...
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 under-prepared.Every month...
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 - 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 - 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 is a brand new stage production based on the extraordinary life of Maharajah Duleep Singh — the last King of Punjab and youngest child of...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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