What's On

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

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.

Ros Watt presents

Trans People Are Awful (WIP)

Tues 21st April 9pm and Tues 5th May 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.

Queer

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 (with 3pm matinee on Sat)

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.

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

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’.

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.

Roshi Nasehi presents

Ramalama Remix

Wed 29 April - Fri 1 May at 9pm

An exciting re-boot of Roshi Nasehi's innovative solo multimedia theatre piece, Ramalama Ding Dong, inspired by real-life experiences of funny, surreal and intimidating racism.

Ellis Buckley presents

Squint

Sat 2 May and Sat 23rd May at 9pm

SQUINT is back at CPT! What's my idea of a great night out? Babe, watching some F*cking ART. Work in progress/evolving work from two thrilling queer artists. Ain't you lucky?

Arden Fitzroy presents

CVNTCLAVE (WIP - Ed Fringe Preview)

Weds 6 May at 7:30pm

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

Ontroerend Goed presents

Handle With Care

Thurs 7 - Sat 9 May at 7:15pm

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

International

Live Art

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, interrogating 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 Futuro presents

Work While They Sleep

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

A new Brazilian sci-fi play about the working lives of women in late capitalism and the relentless pressure to increase productivity #ReprogrammeMySleep

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

Nomakhwezi Becker presents

Holding Ground

Weds 20 to Sat 23 May at 7pm (3pm on Sat)

A multilingual solo performance exploring lineage and home-making through story, song, and quilting. Holding Ground invites audiences into a tender, participatory act of remembrance, repair, and connection across distance.

Charlotte Eyres presents

Dani's Inferno (WIP)

Weds 20 and Thurs 21 May at 9pm

London is flooding. Dani is at a party. Anger, ambivalence and ASOS hauls collide in the space between our desire to live and the realisation that our desires might be the thing that’s killing us.

Lydia De La Murrãy presents

Closure?

Fri 22 May at 9pm

Do you have questions after a breakup that were left unanswered? Well Lydia did, so she sent a questionnaire to all her ex-partners and made a show out of it.

Comedy

Feminist