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At CPT we are committed to ensuring the best possible experience for all artists, audience members and other visitors to our space. We welcome customers and artists with disabilities and are pleased to assist you in your visit.

If you have any questions or enquiries, please do get in touch by phone at 020 7419 4841 or email at foh@cptheatre.co.uk.

iMelania (digital)

Tues 3 March at 8pm

Events with Access Features

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All events at CPT are wheelchair accessible and guide dog friendly.

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Assistance dogs welcome

Assistance dogs are welcome at all CPT shows.

Audio Description

The process of utilising a voice to describe the actions happening on stage.

BSL Performance

These performances will have a BSL interpreter present at the show.

Captioned Performance

These performances are assisted with captions. Please check the events page to confirm how to access the captions.

Relaxed Performance

Relaxed performances are safe, calm and friendly to all ages and access needs.

Touch Tour

Wheelchair Accessible

The CPT building is accessible for wheelchair users with a lift available for access to the basement. Please see Our Venue - Access page for dimensions

Accessible Events

UCL Drama Society presents

UCL Pride 2026

Fri 13 Feb at 7:15pm and Sat 14th Feb at 3pm and 7:15pm

UCL Drama Society’s 9th annual PRIDE festival is back at the CPT! Join us for an hour of short pieces by our student writers, directors, producers and actors.

Hire

Queer

Student Showcase

Deafinitely Youth Theatre presents

Deafinitely Youth Theatre

Fri 20th Feb at 3pm and 7pm

A bold, original performance created by Deafinitely Youth Theatre. Devised from scratch by young deaf artists and presented in British Sign Language with creative captions.

Hire

WORK IN PROGRESS

Camden People's Theatre presents

Big Bang Scratch Night - 3rd March 2026

Tues 3rd March at 7pm

Big Bang is CPT’s regular scratch night: an explosion of performance from which new universes of theatre may one day emerge. These jam-packed platforms are highlights of the CPT programme: the place to see wild and wonderful new projects take their first steps.

Work In Progress

WORK IN PROGRESS

Benji Paget presents

BOGGIN (WIP)

Wed 4th March at 9PM

What if the VHS spat itself back out, the boogyman strangled us with the tape and sent us down the river? BOGGIN aims to help us navigate this low road.”

Living Museum of HIV Collective presents

El Gran Varón (WIP)

Weds 4 March at 7:15pm

A politically urgent performance blending testimonies, humour, and archives to confront HIV stigma, colonial legacies, and institutional violence among Latin American migrants in Europe.

Queer

Solo Performance

Work In Progress

ShotbyTrendy (photgrapher) Irina Anghel (designer)

Verity Sharpe presents

Verity Sharpe: Landlord's Wet Dream

Thurs 5th March at 7:15pm

An anarchic punk gig meets protest meets stand-up hour. Landlord's Wet Dream is a hilarious deep dive into the absurdities of the UK housing crisis.

Karla Shacklock presents

Niplash

Thurs 5 and Fri 6 March at 9pm

Liberation via lactivism! Both healing balm and urgent battle cry, Niplash blows open the societal pressures and insane mixed messaging around infant feeding. Expect to see milk, tears and confetti.

Untethered presents

Am I Losing My Mind Or Just My Figure?

Fri 6th March at 7:15pm

Inventive, physical and achingly human the play captures the millennial female zeitgeist. Comically exploring life, pregnancy & parenthood it's a "must-see for anyone navigating the complexities of modern womanhood."

Fallow presents

Fieldfare (WIP)

Sat 7th March at 7:15pm

Fieldfare is a queer folktale for the forests of modern Britain – boldly dissolving borders between us and nature in a kaleidoscope of poetry, storytelling, archive footage and folk song.

Lloyd Hickman Productions presents

Sam Hickman: First Woman

Sat 7th March at 9pm

A Comedy Harp show! What an original premise; maybe come for that!?

Mad Jacks presents

This Swollen Thing (WIP)

Tues 10th March at 7:15pm

Abundant sensation collides with tumbling dissocia in this surreal and poetic new play about the feelings that compose a life, presented by award-winning company Mad Jacks Theatre.

Work In Progress

WORK IN PROGRESS

Fruit Bowl Theatre presents

Who Gave You The Mic (WIP)

Tues 10th March at 9pm

Five Mikes. One Mic. May the best Mike win. A genre-blending night of sketch comedy, centring queer joy, gender politics and everyones favourite alpha male, Mike!

Celeste Cahn presents

Drag me to Communion (WIP)

Weds 11th March 2026 at 9pm

A drag-cabaret exploration of religion, Communion, interfaith marriage, divorce and the Bible.

Elastic Fantastic presents

Shallowspace

Wed 11 and Fri 13 March at 7:15pm

Frozen blood. Coolant in your veins. Every moment of human history preserved in digital hyperspace. Memories become data. Routine becomes regimen, yet somehow, your limbs feel... wrong?

Holly Gifford presents

Big Little Sister

Thurs 12th March at 7:15pm

A darkly funny, surreal solo show about growing up beside a disabled sibling

Cecily Nash Lil Wenker present

Lil Wenker: BOYKING (WIP)

Thurs 12th March at 9pm

ALL HAIL BOYKING! Joffrey (no relation) seeks power at all costs. His crown is mighty, his word is law, his favourite snack... Mummy’s Milk. Bow down—this coronation’s a killer.

DUM presents

The Man Who Was Thursday

Fri 13 March at 9pm

A poet seeks revenge on the anarchists who destroyed her home. As chaos unfolds into twists upon turns, nothing (and no one) is quite what (who) it (they) seems (seem)!

Comedy

Physical Theatre

Pear Shaped Theatre presents

Reclaim The Streets (audio version)

Sat 14 March at 3pm

‘Prepare to be immersed (literally) in the forgotten protest movement 'Reclaim the Streets' that brought the spirit of rave to the roads. Bring your headphones, it’s time to party!’

Aimed at Young People

The Pyramid Group presents

ASMR Queer Experience

Sat 14 March at 7:15pm

Neurodivergent queerness creates a gentle storm onstage. We relish in awkward, celebrate our quirks and have fun like 6-year-olds.

Theo Chen presents

Pretty Ugly

Sat 14 March at 9pm

Military service, Sondheim, and family history intertwine in this cabaret to determine why Theo feels so ugly, and whether it matters that they do?

Camden People's Theatre presents

Big Bang Scratch Night - 17th March 2026

Tuesday 17th March at 7pm

Work In Progress

WORK IN PROGRESS

Carla Ng presents

HUG PIECE (WIP)

Wed 18 March at 6:30pm

“What's close enough, but not really the real thing, but sometimes exactly what you need?” Carla attempts to solve the great mystery of human contentment, one hug at a time.

Charlie Wood presents

The Devil’s Eyelash (WIP)

Wed 18th March at 20:15

A work in progress staging of The Devil's Eyelash. A high-octane queer apocalypse play combining storytelling, live scoring, cosmic nuns and surrealist myth. A comedy/tragedy, anti-Adam and Eve epic poem.

Queer

Spoken Word

Work In Progress

BOY Theatre presents

CAMPITALISM: Three Gays Try To Fix The Economy (WIP)

Thurs 19th March at 7:15pm

A Ted X talk meets a drag brunch meets the Lehman Trilogy: three queers battle entrenched bureaucracy in an earnest attempt to understand and demystify the economy.

WORK IN PROGRESS

Open Floor at Studio Theatre by Andrew Perry

Amina Aaliya Beg presents

My Mum Told Me Not To Marry An Atheist (WIP)

Thurs 19 and Tues 24th Mar at 9pm

My Mum Told Me Not To Marry An Atheist is a play / DJ set exploring DADI and her granddaughter KAMAL’s relationship about love, marriage & being intergenerational trouble-makers.

Aimed at Young People

Kerensa Diball Stoness Verda present

That Song From Rocky Horror (Toucha, Toucha, Touch Me)

Fri 20th March at 7:15

Stoness embraces their experience as a sex worker and together we answer, is sex work care work? A playful, provocative twirl through touch, community building and the commodification of intimacy.

Ray Productions presents

That’s Ace (WIP)

Fri 20 March at 9pm and Sat 21 March at 3pm

Ace tries to figure out if her feelings for her school crush, Sasha, are romantic or platonic. Is it friendship? Is it love? What’s the difference?

Aimed at Young People

Unboxing Theatre presents

Net Cafe Refugee 2.0

Sat 21 March at 6:45pm

A young man drifts through Tokyo unseen—living in a net café, speaking only to the void online. Until two strangers crack open the solitude he chose to survive.

Aimed at Young People

International

Physical Theatre

Nathaniel Jones presents

2 BY 2

Sat 21 March at 9pm

Noah's in charge, and you're all animals!! A Noah's Ark character comedy about politics, polyamory, and being singled out by God as the most perfect person to ever exist.

The Fever Kinetic presents

Bayangkan Bayang (Imagine a Shadow)

Tues 24th Mar at 7:15pm

What happens to migrant children as they mature into societies that fail to acknowledge them?

Mahshid Alavi presents

Torang (WIP)

Weds 25th Mar at 7:15pm

Torang moves between Iran and the UK, inviting you into a shared space where two friends and the audience connect through dance, text, and digital storytelling.

International

Work In Progress

WORK IN PROGRESS

Mild Peril presents

Asian Folx Stories (WIP)

Wed 25 March at 9PM

A trans reworking of Mulan and bloody hilarious exploration of what it means to be trans and Asian through folklore & drag – the version Disney would never dare make.

Drift Theatre presents

Untitled Indian Political Prisoner Show (WIP)

Thurs 26 March at 7:15pm

A multi-media WIP performance based on the writings and first-person accounts of Indian political prisoners and activists

Work In Progress

WORK IN PROGRESS

Snap the Arrow presents

A Very Difficult Person (WIP)

Thurs 26th March at 9pm

A darkly comic true story reimagined as a modern fairytale about trust, danger, and what happens when the place you call home stops feeling safe.

Gait Productions presents

Poppies

Fri 27th March at 7pm

Best friends address what the Poppy represents to their respective heritage and navigate their way through this historic subject matter and the British Empire’s devastating, lasting impact in Ireland.

Comedy

Alex Robins presents

Meet Mayor Max

Fri 27th March at 9pm

He isn’t afraid of the RUFF questions! He won’t ROLL OVER on the big issues! Vote for him to SIT in office!

Comedy

Solo Performance

WORK IN PROGRESS

Lobster Frock presents

Canine [Starting Blocks 26]

Sat 28th March at 7:15

Canine is an interactive ritual about hunger. We’ll talk about desire, loneliness, and what happens when women bite back. Join her for the feast – if you dare.

Ros Watt presents

Trans People are Awful [Starting Blocks 26]

Sat 28th March at 9pm

Transitioning’s hard, finding the right parts is harder. In a garage in North-East Scotland, a young trans guy invites you to witness his genius in hunting cis-men for body parts.

Francesca D'Souza Hope Wishart present

How to Create a Life [Starting Blocks 26]

Sun 29 March at 4pm

No womb at the inn? Starting Blocks 2026 gives birth to How to Create a Life: a newborn verbatim show with a big heart, asking the big questions.

Joy Tan Undone Theatre present

SAINTMAKING / FEAR KNOT [Starting Blocks 26]

Sun 29 March at 6pm

Two new shows from our Starting Blocks artist support scheme

Zishen Gao presents

Visa, Drama and Other Disasters

Sat 4th Apr at 7pm and 9pm

To stay, what must we become? A migration rehearsal turns into a survival test as five birds struggle to perfect their formation. When the wind shifts, who is sacrificed?

Astraea Theatre presents

Rajiv's Starry Feelings

Weds 7 - Thurs 9 April at 10am, 1pm and 3pm (no 10am show on the 7th)

Rajiv's Starry Feeling's is a sparkly storytelling experience that explores those complex emotions we feel but cannot always name. Ages 2+. Based on the picture book by Niall Moorjani.

Aimed at Young People

Solo Performance

LightMovingCompany presents

The Spectacular

Wed 8 - Sat 11 April at 7:15pm (3pm matinee on Sat)

THE SPECTACULAR is an experiment in the performance of (Irish)nationalism, interrogating how to engage with contentious history when the descendants of colonised and coloniser are forced together in room.

Donna Oblongata presents

The Van Gogh Shogh

Wed 8 and Thurs 9 April at 9pm

Welcome to the true "Van Gogh Immersive Experience": One part Paint and Sip, one part karaoke night and one part Sotheby's with the greatest painter to ever live.

Thea Melton presents

BLAXIT MEANS BLAXIT (WIP)

Tues 14 April at 7:15pm

Black, British and fed up with your life in the UK? Choose BLAXIT

Aimed at Young People

Aarian Mehrabani presents

How's Your Head? (WIP)

Tues 14 April at 9pm

Critically acclaimed, multi award-winning Writer and Comedian Aarian Mehrabani, co-writer and actor of the 2023 smash hit play “It’s a MotherF**king Pleasure”, brings his debut hour of stand up to life.

Fuse Theatre presents

Pray For Me (WIP)

Wed 15 - Sat 18 April at 7:15pm (3pm on Sat)

Pray For Me is a powerful new work-in-progress exploring faith, Deafness and identity, as a Black Deaf woman confronts ideas of cure, belief and belonging through poetry, movement and music.

Music/Musical

Poetry

Work In Progress

Nadeem Islam presents

Nadeem Islam: An hour of stand up

Weds 15 April at 9pm and Tues 5 May at 7pm

A cool dude but yet not so cool headed, Nadeem Islam talking about how f**ked up the world is at the moment, nothing new right?

Comedy

Solo Performance

WORK IN PROGRESS

Theo Burns presents

Apex (WIP)

Tues 21 April at 7:15pm

How are we meant to act as young men today? A darkly comedic exploration of masculinity, digital delusion and the fragile egos hiding behind alpha male influencing.

The Black Smock Band presents

Queer Revolutionary Singalong

Weds 22 April at 8:30pm

Join the Black Smock Band for fiery folk tunes and leftie singalong classics, from 'Bread and Roses' to 'Solidarity Forever'. Bring your singing voice (if you want) and your revolutionary fervour!

Music/Musical

Queer

Emmerson & Ward Productions presents

RUM

Wed 22 - 25 Apr at 7.15pm

Plasterer Danny has been up all night. Now he's got to give the speech of his life. RUM is a funny and powerful play wrestling with masculinity, mental health and addiction.

Solo Performance

Red Biscuit presents

Little Town Blue

Thurs 23 - Sat 25 April at 9pm

The "Weird and Wacky and Wonderful" Red Biscuit are back with another "Pythonesque physical comedy".

Comedy

WORK IN PROGRESS

Ryan Dre Sinclair presents

No Photos (WIP)

Tues 28 April at 7:15pm

No Photos is a spoken word show that explores social anxiety, self-image, and visibility through the lens of a man who never wants to be in the picture.

Fruit Box Theatre presents

Suga (WIP)

Tues 28 April at 9pm

Drowning in debt, Harry signs up to a website connecting struggling individuals with wealthy ‘sugar daddies’ and begins a seemingly straightforward and initially transactional relationship with ‘Daddy’.

Work In Progress

Bobak Champion presents

I'm Muslamic Don't Panik

Wed 29 April - Sat 2 May at 7pm (3pm Sat matinee)

Story telling meets dance, live music meets clowning. An intimate spectacle of identity, where being British, Iranian, and a Hip-Hop head collide.

Arden Fitzroy presents

CVNTCLAVE (WIP)

Weds 6 May at 9pm

A one-Cardinal-show exploring power, faith, hypocrisy, and how much tea can go in that cup before it runneth over. Inspired by the hottest film of recent times: Conclave. But queer(er).

Queer

Solo Performance

Work In Progress

Emmerson & Ward Productions presents

BUFF

Weds 6 - Sat 9 May at 7:15pm (with 3pm matinee on Sat)

A plus-sized gay man rents out his spare room to a buff Instagram model in this funny and poignant story of body image and learning to love yourself.

Solo Performance

Ontroerend Goed presents

Handle With Care

Thurs 7 - Sat 9 May at 9pm

Handle with Care is a theatre performance in a box. No actors, no technicians. Just a box. And you.

International

Live Art

WORK IN PROGRESS

Selina Thompson Limited presents

Bad Lesbians (WIP)

Tues 12 May at 7:15pm

Bad Lesbians is a messy exploration of intimate partner violence in queer relationships, it interrogates our roles as witness, perpetrator and victim.

Vera Majoor presents

The Undesirable Mx. PLOP (WIP)

Tues 12 May at 9pm

Meet PLOP, the digital self you never knew you needed. (Wanted. Asked for.) A peak panic tech-xperiment of gender chaos and reimagination, PLOP is always watching. PLOP will never leave.

Jenny Witzel presents

Work While They Sleep

Wed 13 - Sat 16 May at 7:15pm (3pm on Sat)

A new Brazilian play about the working lives of women in late capitalism and the relentless pressure to succeed.

Zhōu Níng presents

This Time is Different (WIP)

Wed 13 May at 9pm

This Time Is Different is a one-hour comedy show by Zhou Ning, blending stand-up, live music and storytelling to trace a tender, awkward journey from wanting love to learning how to give it to yourself.

Frankie Thompson presents

Frankie Thompson - Horrible Things (Works in Regress)

Thurs 14 - Sat 16 May at 9pm

Not a work in progress. No progress will be made. This is a work in regress. Please do not come if you’re expecting content, plot and/or structure.

Chiara Vascotto presents

Stuffed (WIP)

Tues 19 May at 7:15pm

Is stuff good? Bad? As a market researcher, Chiara should know. But it’s complicated. Based on true stories, Stuffed wonders how best to handle consumerism, when there’s no Planet B.

Karen Cecilia presents

Doorway To Perception (WIP)

Tues 19 May at 9pm

Where Music Meets Memory. Doorway To Perception asks the audience to consider music as memory and as part of their story.

Music/Musical

Solo Performance

Work In Progress

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