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Dead jobs. Dead hopes. Dead Dreams An overflow of dreams and violence undercuts Fagbreaks outside a hotdog street food kitchen in the back of a  South Bermondsey trading estate. During a summer’s season four co-workers fight and unpick their fears, hopes and dreams. How did they arrive here? Can they escape the cycle? A new play exploring the dreams, delusion, despair and desires of four people wh...

A dancer in a banker's suit. A "good Indian boy" gone spectacularly off-script. Raised to be the success story everyone wanted, Saaj Raja chose double lives instead: forbidden loves, an unconventional dream, and a talent for talking his way into rooms he had no business being in. From suburban Britain to the trading floors of Hong Kong, Bad Indian is a funny, fearless and deeply personal solo show...

The world has ended. But not for everyone. There is still one man left. Cain is stuck adrift at sea and he has to change his fate, in three visits from Jesus Christ. But the devil has other plans for him.  Out of Place Theatre presents “The Third Coming of Jesus Christ”, an absurdist comedy tackling the themes of free will, human nature, christianity and human adversity. The tale of Cain and Abel...

A couple in love, a positive pregnancy test and a long-avoided conversation. An intimate new play exploring love, expectation and the hidden assumptions we hold onto in relationships. Told through a non-linear structure moving between memories and the present, the story follows Sky and Noah as an unexpected pregnancy forces them to confront a conversation they've spent years avoiding. As past and...

Step inside a magical world where everything is made of sweets! When fun-loving Louisa discovers a mysterious jar in her uncle’s forbidden study, she is whisked away to Sweetland – a colourful world of lemonade seas, toffee valleys and peppermint mountains. But the wicked Sugar King threatens the land, and only Louisa can stop him. Joined by Choco, a wonderfully imperfect chocolate friend, Louisa...

Best friends Gabi and Fiona impulsively purchase a mysterious Time Machine that can send them back to any moment within the last 24 hours. At first, the device becomes a shared escape: an endlessly replayed day where the two can dodge consequences, redo mistakes, and savor their favorite moments. Each loop feels like an inside joke they never have to stop telling. But after countless resets, crack...

"I love and that's all there is. There is nothing wrong or right with anyone. We just love." Betty, Lillie and Michelle, a family of three women, are all fed up with love and it just not going their way. With Betty’s husband suffering with dementia, Michelle separating from her partner and Lillie fearful of the next rejection around the corner; Michelle decides to throw a Galentine’s day to cure h...

This is a hugely energetic but skilfully controlled character comedy show which reveals the hilarious dynamics between three women who find themselves in a therapy session led by a therapist who never seems to get past the warm up. These women are street smart parkour-enthusiast Cheryl; genteel widow Janet; Bonnie, the wannabe Aussie yogi influencer and ineffective therapist Linda who - try as she...

I Will Survive is a darkly funny solo show about grief, estrangement, and the complicated experience of losing a parent you didn’t really like. Featuring a deeply overambitious PowerPoint presentation (given Hari's technical prowess), the show blends humour and storytelling to take audiences through the messier side of mourning. It looks at what it means to lose someone you didn’t feel close to, h...

Change starts small, with small acts of rebellion. Most people go through life being polite, even with the closest friends, too scared of speaking their minds, too boxed in, resigned to live life in circles. But when every choice we make every day has become political, it's time to reassess one's life and start making changes. But what if it comes too late? What would you choose? Speak up and face...

London's premier comedy power couple Karyna Aslanova and Mike Pigskin (Mikaryna) present a brand new split bill stand up show: Double Fantasy. Karyna is a Ukrainian comedian, actor, filmmaker, and artist. Her stand up is all about story telling and observations about identity, cultural differences, sex, some bodily fluids, and childhood experiences. Mike is a stand up and character comedian from u...

The world premiere of DAD by David Solomon, starring Ivan Kaye ( Vikings, Gunpowder Milkshake, The Borgias, Layer Cake ) and Nigel Betts ( Dr Who , Killing Eve, Toast of Tinseltown, Boy Meets Girl ) opens this September at The Golden Goose Theatre. Nathan reaches out to his two brothers Aaron and Karl to help him find their father who has been missing for two days. In an afternoon full of surprise...

This moving and powerful one-man play is a timely portrait of a writer whose words remain a warning - and a hope. George Orwell is perhaps the most influential English writer of the twentieth century.  His classic tales Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four which warn of the dangers of totalitarianism - erosion of free speech, abuse of power, increasing control of all aspects of our everyday lives...

In Our Broken Hours is a play about the cost of caring for someone you love. Mack, a middleaged, unemployed alcoholic, drifts through life from one bottle to the next, unable to confront the damage his dependency has caused. His daughter Emma increasingly finds herself in the role of carer; a role she never asked for and cannot easily step away from. As the play unfolds, their relationship strains...

A story about identity, belonging and the spaces in between. BEIGE is a bold, darkly funny and deeply personal two-woman performance about the violence of being "easy to consume”.  A woman stands before an audience and tries to explain who she is. Not because she wants to, but because she has learned that clarity is currency. Caught between cultures, expectations and labels, she finds herself perf...

"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 audience’s hands as they navigate their way through The Forest. Imagine the Fighting Fantasy books come to life, or as one a...

C is an Asian American woman and a history professor’s assistant, now living and working in the UK. She comes from immigrants, is an immigrant herself, and is very eager to please. But just how eager?  Despite her nervous and intellectual demeanor, C’s past and emotions run deep. From show business aspirations to fleeing political instability, C has left a lot behind in America. And she still has...

Definitely-Not-A-Cult Productions presents… “Harmonise Or Die” a dark, side-eyed, comedy, sci-fi set in a post-scarcity utopia where citizens must maintain strict emotional regulation in order to retain their citizenship.  Trapped in a high-tech correctional facility, Gabriel (Joel Stern) and Lyra (Mila Michael), face the consequences of their “deviant outbursts”. Now, in order to return home, the...

The basic idea is to use the toy kitchen (I got as a toddler) to act as a metaphorical play area in which to explore, create and entertain, whilst also demonstrating that the kitchen is being used as a form of masking for a woman aka myself growing up with autism. I’m using the new show to be truly raw with the audience and daring them to validate my experiences (both good and bad). I’m looking to...

Falling Out is a comedy-drama that brings together two polar-opposite personalities in the form of estranged brothers, trapping them in a nuclear fallout shelter at the end of the world. Will they see eye to eye, or try to scratch them out? The play is written by Kalum Wilson and Liam Bull , both born and raised in Essex, with their upbringing being reflected throughout the play—for better and wor...

Time flies when you have no idea what you're doing! DNT WAIT UP, a theatre company focused on new writing, returns with One Time for the Birthday Girl! You're cordially invited to a one-woman show celebrating the story of a woman on the cusp of a new decade, as she reflects on her journey into adulthood and the challenges that have shaped her along the way. Join our Birthday Girl on a trip down me...

ARiot Theatre is a bold, queer-led theatre company dedicated to creating work that is psychologically driven, narrative-based, and unapologetically chaotic. Exploring modern queer neuroses, social friction, and the messy realities of human connection, it challenges safe and predictable storytelling through a blend of cerebral dialogue, bittersweet humour, and visceral performance. Earworm is an an...

Stewart Nutting is a London-based stand-up comedian whose work blends anecdotal, observational and philosophical comedy with dry humour, awkward honesty and quietly absurd reflections on modern life. His debut solo hour, Nutting Really Matters , is a story-led stand-up show about nihilism, burnout, depression and the strange things we choose to care about anyway. Moving from overthinking childhood...

John Callaghan's Cabaret Electro is a showcase of John's thoughtful electronic songs, illustrated with costumes, surreal visuals, lighting effects and live electronics. The songs are autobiographical and involve topics such as neurodivergence, asexuality and timewasting. They're always optimistic and positive, and humour is as an important a part of the show as it is of John's life. Born in Birmin...

Step into the dazzling yet dangerous world of "THIEVES IN SATIN", the electrifying new production from Moving Stories Dance Company. Inspired by the infamous all-female UK crime syndicate, The Forty Elephants, this breathtaking dance spectacle unravels the story of Diamond Alice, The Bobbed Hair Bandit, and Baby-Faced Maggie—women who stole more than just riches; they stole the spotlight. Born in...