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    Autumn Season 2024

    Image: Chris Schwagga

    Multibuy Offer: 25% off if you book more than one show at the check out.

    Mr WIPpy: A season pass to all works-in-progress (WIPs). Only a limited amount of passes available.

    Season highlights include: Why A Black Woman Will Never Be Prime Minister / The State We're In Festival / I Am Leah / Sh!t Theatre / The Spectacular / This is What Utopia Looks Like / I Dream In Colour.

    A young black woman with bra strap length passion twists and swirly edges in a black tracksuit stands outside of what appears to be 10 Downing Street. She is looking in one direction whilst her fingers are pointing in opposing directions.

    Why a Black Woman Will Never Be Prime Minister

    Tue 22 Oct - Sat 9 Nov 7pm (+ 3pm Matinee on 9 Nov)
    Parties, Trimesters and Labour - a lot can happen in nine months.
    A cubistic collage of different faces.

    The Mute Messiah

    Tue 22 - Wed 23 Oct at 9pm
    A Blend of verbatim theatre and dark comedy that explores the range of absurd, heartfelt, comical, humiliating, cruel, and uplifting encounters of young people within the benefits system.
    Four people in hoodies and caps sit and stand on a metal staircase inbetween 2 brick walls. They all have straight sturn expressions looking at the camera. The view is angled to the side.
    Beats & Elements presents

    Beats & Elements 10 year birthday - Kinda. Not really. Things can only get better

    Thu 24 Oct at 9pm
    Almost 10 years since Beats & Elements debut hit show, No Milk For The Foxes, they will perform songs and scenes from both their acclaimed shows as well as brand-new material. Expect beats, bars, dialogue, class-chat and laughs.
    A mixed race man with black hair and beard, wearing a black suit, white shirt and blue tie, looks down at his suit pocket, which contains a much smaller, white man, who has brown hair, wearing a white shirt.

    It's the Economy, Stupid

    Fri 25 - Sat 26 Oct at 9pm
    Joe and Dylan uncover how economics wins elections, and why it's is so bloody complicated! A bold new show from the Fringe First winning creators of Labels and Fanboy.
    a messy room. pieces of paper litter the floor, a black box, and wooden benches in the background. a flipchart contains the numbers 4761. bunting is hung across the ceiling, and a pinata hangs by a rope. the room looks cold and bare.
    Theatre Tapas presents

    Theatre Tapas: Politiclowns

    Mon 28 Oct at 7.15pm
    Politics is full of clowns, but ours are better. Scratch performances from 3 of London's top clowns.
    A male figure stands central with a microphone, a gust of wind surrounds him, carrying detritus, including food items-cans, fish, bottles etc, and writing implements-pieces of paper, a laptop etc. The style is of a pencil sketch, all in black and white.

    The Food Bank Show

    Thu 31 Oct - Sat 2 Nov at 9pm
    Carmen Collective return with a searing new piece of documentary theatre, piecing together the personal and political stories of food poverty in the UK
    Cartoons of halloween themed objects with the words

    Halloween Family Day

    Sat 2 Nov, 1pm - 4pm
    Can't get enough of the spooky season? Drop by Camden People's Theatre for a free family day of tricks and treats.
    A person holds an orange placard that says A CITIZENS' ASSEMBLY

    A Citizens' Assembly

    Tue 5 Nov at 7.30pm
    We are the citizens! This is our assembly! We are the actors in this story!
    Princess Bestman (Black person with afro and glasses) standing on stage against a black background. They are mid performance speaking into into a standing mic.
    Princess Bestman presents

    The Daisy Chain

    Wed 6 - Fri 8 Nov at 9pm
    What makes foster kids so “naughty”? Asharn Prior, trouble maker turned independent young person. How did they do it?
    A woman with glasses and curly brown hair wears white headphones and looks up towards a white box with purple lights hanging from it.
    SHYBAIRN presents

    This is What Utopia Looks Like

    Sat 9 - Sun 10 Nov at 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm, 7pm, 8pm, 9pm
    From mushroom bricks and earthships, to teleportation in the blink of an eye, join us to visualise a liveable future, only then can we fight for it.
    Black graphic of a balaclava on a green & orange background. In the left of eye of the balaclava is a Virgin Mary Statue, in the right the floating head of Gerry Adams. In the mouth, there are small blue ghost shaped pills made to look like teeth.

    The Spectacular

    Tue 12 - Sat 16 Nov at 9pm
    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 together in a theatre.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A black and white photograph of someone's neck, from the collarbone to the chin; with a skeleton skull drawn on the surface of the throat area, in black marker
    Popsie Theatre presents

    The Triumph of Death

    Tue 12 - Wed 13 Nov at 7.15pm
    A bunch of artists with no funding, the ultra-wealthy, and one very sexy Death present to you a show about the healthy relationship between Art and Money.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    Two white people in front of a light bluey grey background. Calum is on the left and has short red hair and is looking into the distance. Jenny is on the right and has a shaved head and is wearing a red blazer. She is looking into the camera.

    I, Symbiont & Untitled A double-bill

    Fri 15 - Sat 16 Nov at 7pm
    Artists and collaborators Calum Perrin and Jenny Witzel present two work-in-progress performances: one exploring bureaucratic systems in relation to precarious lives; the other, symbiotic living in uncertain times.
    A black and white portrait image of Stefan Zweig with text reading
    Anya Ostrovskaia presents

    The World of Yesterday

    Tue 19 - Wed 20 Nov at 7pm
    Culture, chaos, cabaret! Step into the memories of Austrian Jewish writer Stefan Zweig, where an increasingly fractured 20th century mirrors the world of today.
    A woman, wearing a white veil, alluding to the Virgin Mary, smiling, standing behind a table. On top of the table, a bible and an opened bag of crisps.
    Maria Machado presents

    Now, and at the Hour of Our Death, Amen

    Tue 19 - Wed 20 Nov at 9pm
    Maria’s Catholic, homophobic, sweet grandmother is about to pass. During a night spent at the hospital, Maria, a very guilty lesbian, wonders if she should to come out to gran.
    A statue of a huge soldier bust wearing a high viz jacket, emergiubg from a pile of rubble. Two builders in high viz vests in the forground: one with his back to us, the second facing us with his face hidden in his hands.

    The Monument

    Thu 21 - Fri 22 Nov at 9pm
    A one-woman performance with audience participation using drag, spoken word and comedy. A story of Bogdan - an Eastern European builder working on a mysterious construction site.
    A woman and a man smile at the audience. On the man's t-shirt are the words 'Thou silent form dost tease us out of thought'.

    The Writing of Stones

    Thu 21 - Fri 22 Nov at 7.15pm
    A reverie on the reality-altering nature of attention, the limits of language, and humanity’s place in the natural world inspired by the ideas and stones of Roger Caillois.
    A commemorative plate for princess Diana with an Irish blessing written on it.

    Don’t Tell Dad About Diana

    Sat 23 - Sun 24 Nov at 7pm
    Dublin, 1997. Two friends worship Princess Diana under the nose of their nationalist families. A show that asks, Can a republican rock a revenge dress?
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    An illustration of an East Asian older woman resembling a grandmother riding a moped with Chinese dim sum stacked neatly on the back. She is riding through a rural town with generic traditional Chinese housing and onlookers.

    Ancestral Time Travel Agency

    Sat 23 - Sun 24 Nov at 8:45pm
    Using parkour and clowning to take apart the constructs of an honourable Chinese lady, this work-in-progress explores the artists' identities and memories within both East and West cultures.
    A dark haired woman peers out from a red velvet stage curtain and points at a star which she is desperate to reach.
    Tahira Dar presents

    Unpopular Culture

    Tue 26 - Wed 27 Nov at 7.15pm
    How does it feel when popular culture both influences and ignores you? A new show about raising children, following your dreams and the importance of representation.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A woman with fangs, dressed in a black dinner jacket and red shirt. A man wearing a pink dress. They are sat back to back looking at the camera. Behind them is a brick wall.
    Ofthejackel presents

    Countess Dracula

    Tue 26 Nov at 9pm
    From the forgotten depths something truly awful is coming. Lurking in the shadows, A parasite, A monster, A woman. Countess Dracula.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    Black and white banner reading 'London Gay Switchboard' and the number '01-837-7324' on each side.

    The Switchboard Project

    Wed 27 - Thu 28 Nov at 9pm
    The nightshift, 1987. Switchboard is a 24 hour helpline, the AIDS epidemic is on the rise, and four lesbians have answered the call.
    James (white blond, bearded man) stands in the wash of waves from the sea wearing a medical gown with his bum out. next to him is an empty chair and a table with a record player on it. On the ground are discarded records, the sea and sky are grey
    James Rowland presents

    James Rowland Dies at the End of the Show

    Thu 28 - Sat 30 Nov at 7.15pm
    A desert island disc spun from threads of the future. About life, humanity and of course James Rowland will die at the end of the show.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A layered image collage of stock image couples, androids, screens, books, and Dirty Dancing, mostly grey and blue toned. Blurred vibrant television colour bars form the borders of the image. Overturned Barbie and Ken dolls in the corners.
    Burning Attic presents

    Why Dirty Dancing is My Favourite Film

    Fri 29 - Sat 30 Nov at 9pm
    A work-in-progress interrogating asexuality and media representation, challenging the societal script about our romantic and sexual connections.
    An ominous hospital waiting room lined with red chairs. A young girl with black hair in a surgical gown faces towards a window. We can only see the back of her head.

    I Dream in Colour

    Tue 3 - Fri 6 Dec at 7.15pm
    Jasmine is preparing for the surgery she has wanted all her life: the removal of her remaining cancerous eye. The eye her parents fought so hard to keep.
    A textured burgundy background with a pink National Lottery ticket, two scratch cards and a brown envelope.
    Nathan Charles presents

    When the Fun Stops, Try Again?

    Tue 3 - Fri 6 Dec at 9pm
    An interactive and audience-led show about gambling addiction. ‘There’s a one in fifty-one chance you’ll win £500. There’s also a one in fifty-one chance you’ll end the show immediately. '
    Two performers in a white facepaint with moustaches drawn on, playing keyboards and drums. They're wearing christmas vests over christmas shirts. Because why not?
    Sh!t Theatre presents

    Sing-A-Long-A Muppet Christmas Carol

    10, 11, 19, 20, 21 Dec at 7pm
    Join ‘anarchic performance legends’ (Time Out) Sh!t Theatre & friends this December for this cult Christmas miracle. Perfect for office parties, romantic dates and literally anything else.
    Two performers in xmas jumpers and boxers with white facepaint and moustaches painted on doing what can only be described as Christmas shennanigans.
    Sh!t Theatre presents

    Sh!t Actually

    12, 13, 14, 17, 18 Dec at 7pm
    WE ARE YOUR NEW TRADITION. WE ARE YOUR WEIRD FAMILY. A two-woman 100% faithful, word-by-word (not really) remake of the Christmas film we all hate to love: ‘Love Actually’.
    A man in a robe with black thick rimmed glasses and a moustache looks fed up in a giant DIY cauldron with a folk-ish spooky wicker hat on his head. In the background is a wood of trees with a dark blue background.
    Edy Hurst presents

    Edy Hurst’s Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Himself

    Thu 12 - Fri 13 Dec at 9pm
    Hark! Grab your broomsticks and join Edy Hurst on a spirit journey following remarkable revelations about his relations, combining The Lancashire Witches, Neurodivergence and the Venga Boys.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A crop out of Fraser in a blue bucket with his feet sticking out. They look really big because they're in the foreground. Against a hot pink background.

    DESPERATE WEE GAY BOY

    Sat 14 Dec at 9pm
    ‘DESPERATE WEE GAY BOY’ started as a vent, an agitation towards the London dating scene and then more specifically gay dating and hookup culture.
    Paul and Laura look cool holding lollipops

    Paul & Laura Don't Give a Sh*t (sorry)

    Tue 17 - Wed 18 Dec at 9pm
    Paul and Laura are extremely edgy performers who are very edgy actually and don't care if you like their show (sorry).