What's On

Beth Sitek Camden People's Theatre Ros Watt present

Trans People Are Awful

Thurs 8 - Sat 17 Oct at 7:15pm (3pm matinees on Sat)

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.

Solo Performance

Tessa Parr presents

I AM JOHNNY

Thurs 8 & Fri 9 Oct at 9pm

Fresh off the FlixBus from Edinburgh Fringe, white thirty-something poet-manchild Johnny returns to Camden People's Theatre for two more chances to battle the absurdities of his complex existence.

THE BLACK SMOCK BAND AND DAEDALUS THEATRE COMPANY presents

Queer Revolutionary Singalong

Sat 10 Oct 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

Yaren-Medine Kesen presents

Default (WIP)

Tues 13 Oct at 9pm

mundane. human. questions. probably no answers.

Solo Performance

ANTS Theatre presents

Eat Me (WIP)

Tues 13 Oct at 7.15pm

The Royal Tastebuds™ will now determine your right to remain. What will you cook? The King is waiting. He’s salivating. Ready? Steady? COOK!

Theo Chen presents

Pretty Ugly

Wed 14 - Fri 16 Oct at 9pm

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

Francisco Díaz Pacheco presents

SIGH (WIP)

Tues 20 Oct at 7:15pm

SIGH is a bold physical theatre piece where one phone call brakes Patíco's routine, exposing queer identity, family rejection, desire, and the enduring legacy of unresolved trauma.

Amina Aaliya Beg James Baker present

Deen over Dunya (WIP)

Tues 20 Oct at 9pm

'Deen Over Dunya' is a musical exploring the commercialisation of Islam and environmentalism from an Islamic point of view.

Climate Change

Music/Musical

Camden People's Theatre Fuse Theatre Mercury Theatre Colchester present

The Only Brown Deaf Man in England

Wed 21 Oct - Sat 7 Nov at 7:15pm (3pm matinee on Sat)

From 1970s Bangladesh - to Brick Lane - to the post-9/11 present, The Only Brown Deaf Man in England follows Rajkumar, a Deaf Bengali amateur batsman, as he navigates the chaos, comedy and contradictions of life in Britain - one ball at a time.

Solo Performance

Rosa Garland presents

Trash Salad

Fri 23 & Sat 24 Oct at 9pm

Sex. Love. Lettuce. Join gorgeous clown Trash Salad in her quest for connection: a genre-bending burlesque adventure, using lip sync, strip tease and song on a mission to understand intimacy.

Ruby Glyne presents

Dottie

Sun 25 and Mon 26 Oct at 7:15pm

A new Jazz musical about Dorothy Dandridge, and Lola, a young mixed-race actress today, who finds out just how far she’ll go to make it big.

Miranda Prag presents

Chicken Girl (WIP)

Tues 27 Oct at 9pm

This is a show about chickens. Part story, part slideshow, this is a surreal comedy for the eco-conscious, the eco-confused and anyone who’s ever loved - or eaten - a chicken

Functional Delusion Productions presents

Bubbly (WIP)

Tues 27 Oct at 7:15pm

Bubbly is a darkly funny pop musical about three sisters and their internal battles with self-image and identity.

EggGen presents

RAT RAT RAT

Wed 28 - Sat 31 Oct at 9pm

Fresh from two sold-out performances, three strangely adorable rat students invite you to this Halloween’s most unsettling lesson in movement theatre, creature costumes, obedience and systemic cruelty.

Physical Theatre

Len Gwyn presents

The Show I Feel I Cannot Do (WIP)

Tues 3 Nov at 7:15pm

It’s a solo show, we’re all doing it. I’m getting top surgery... we’re all doing it? A WIP with music, interviews with friends and the myth of trans warrior Caeneus.

Tasnim Siddiqa Amin presents

She Was There (WIP)

Tues 3 Nov at 9pm

A playful exploration of the lives and hidden histories of women who resisted racism in 1970s and 80s London.

presents

Sketchy Muslims

Wed 4 & Thurs 5 Nov at 9pm

An all-Muslim women comedy sketch show which answers the age old question: are Muslim women funny or is that just BBC propaganda?

Comedy

Niall Moorjani presents

Ramayana and Other Indian Folk Tales

Fri 6 & Sat 7 Nov at 9pm (11am Saturday kids show)

Join award winning and critically acclaimed storyteller Niall Moorjani for an evening of the Raymana and other Indian folk tales to celebrate Diwali.

Imogen Frances Messy Theatre present

Lover. Worker. Mother. (WIP)

Tues 10 Nov at 7:15pm

Three selves venture beyond the boundaries of womanhood. A throbbing piece of gig theatre about identity, queerness, and the cost of becoming free.

Zac Hamilton Wancke presents

Sharp Edges

Wed 11 Nov - Sat 14 Nov at 7pm (3pm matinee on Sat)

A gripping, one-woman, darkly comedic drama inspired by a Greek tragedy. For every child forced to become a fighter. Every woman living with the aftershocks. Everyone wondering how to choose a different path.

Carla Ng presents

HUG PIECE

Fri 13 & Sat 14 Nov at 9pm

HUG PIECE is a participatory performance, inviting the audience into a shared dance, from the big bang, to the world's largest hug ceremony, to how the universe ends.

Beko Wood Dilip Kumar present

Washed Ashore (WIP)

Tues 24 Nov at 7:15pm

Two men, Nigerian and Pakistani end up stranded on an island whilst on a journey to find a better life.

Eliza Jean Scott presents

This Offers No Solutions (WIP)

Tues 24 Nov at 9pm

A surreal fracturing of IT worker Luke, who encounters a glitch he cannot rectify.

BLACKRIOT presents

Boys Beware (WIP)

Wed 25 & Thurs 26 Nov at 9pm

An examination of Jamaican queer youth, folk-horror, young love, and the pursuit of freedom under the homophobic structures of the Caribbean state.

Larisa Faber presents

White Gold

Wed 25 - Sat 28 Nov at 7:15pm (3pm mat)

One white asparagus and her roots. One seasonal veg picker and her daughter left behind. Clowning, ballet and Beethoven about the price of perfection and waiting to be picked.