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    • Why a Black Woman Will Never Be Prime Minister

    Tue 22 Oct - Sat 9 Nov 7pm (+ 3pm Matinee on 9 Nov)

    Whats On

    Autumn Season 2024

    Image: Chris Schwagga

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

    Early Bird Offer: 3-for-2 tickets to any show if you book before 31st August (Standard tickets only. Excludes Sh!t Theatre.)

    Mr WIPpy: Keep an eye on this page for our new £30 season pass to all works-in-progress, going live in August.

    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.

    WORK IN PROGRESS
    Kelly is sitting on a bed with a gold mug in a messy teenage girls bedroom. Kelly has pink hair & is smiling uncomfortably. She wearing a black t-shirt with a yellow smiley face, its eyes spelling out
    Kelly Green presents

    MILF The Musical

    Mon 16 - Tue 17 Sep at 7.15pm
    A playful work-in-progress about being a mum and 17 years of learning on the job.
  • Comedy
  • Feminist
  • Music/Musical
  • Queer
  • Work In Progress
    • Rupert Bevan, writer and performer, gazing through a glass window
    Rupert Bevan presents

    Darling Boy

    Wed 18 - Thu 19 Sep at 7.15pm
    Direct from acclaimed, sold-out shows in Edinburgh, Dublin, Melbourne and Sydney. A hilarious and heartbreaking ode to first love, sweaty clubs, family and growing up (whenever that happens...)
  • Comedy
  • International
  • Queer
  • Solo Performance
    • A woman in a cloak jumps into the air, in front of a graffitied wall.
    Sarah Malin presents

    Not Dead Yet

    Wed 18 - Thu 19 Sep at 9pm
    Sarah Malin is NOT DEAD YET. In this unsolicited birthday retrospective she returns to her theatrical roots to play all the parts she would have been been brilliant at.
  • Comedy
  • Feminist
  • Solo Performance
    • LINDA is shrouded in folds of pink fabric. They wear dark pink gloves and have bright pink lipstick on. They are biting into a small pink cupcake. Their teeth are on show tearing off a piece of sponge.
    Ellie Brewster presents

    Linda(?)

    Fri 20 - Sat 21 Sep at 9pm
    Pure Panic. Pure Cake. Pure Joy. This joyful comedy looks at how far women have been taught to cater to other people's needs whilst looking good in pink.
  • Comedy
  • Feminist
  • Solo Performance
    • An illustration of a black woman, dressed in a pink shirt. She looks up with concern at her right hand corner at 2 hearts which represent her lives.
    Corinne Walker presents

    The Fight Well Project

    Fri 20 - Sat 21 Sep at 7pm
    Ella becomes caught between 2 worlds when she begins to play The Fight Well Project, a hyper-realistic video game with sky-high stakes.
  • Feminist
    • High Priestexx (Maya Williams) standing in a coffin and holding on to a brass stripper pole. Their back is to the audience and they have titled their head towards the ceiling. They are wearing a maroon leather jacket and lace underwear. A spotlight falls
    Covered in Jam High Priestexx (Maya Williams) Tatum Swithenbank present

    Big Bang: Seed Commission Scratch Night

    Mon 23 Sep at 7.15pm
    Join us for a special Seed Commissioned Artist edition of CPT’s Big Bang scratch night: an explosion of performance from which new universes of theatre may one day emerge.
  • Big Bang
  • Feminist
  • Live Art
  • Physical Theatre
  • Poetry
  • Queer
  • Solo Performance
    • In the woods, a woman with hair in pigtail plaits sits on the arm of a chair eating crisps.
    Dora Colquhoun presents

    The Lodger

    Tue 24 - Wed 25 Sep at 9pm
    4 humans and 1 hoofed mammal, all on a mission to find home. This hilarious and sometimes tragic tale follows a lodger's journey as she encounters a menagerie of characters.
  • Comedy
  • Music/Musical
  • Solo Performance
    • WORK IN PROGRESS
    Illustration of a boy sitting at a drumkit, holding drumsticks, his arms raised. At his feet is a loop station and to his left is an electric guitar. He wears platform boots, torn skinny jeans, a baggy tee, a beanie, wristbands and a choker.
    Laurie Stevens presents

    Sticky Floors

    Tue 24 Sep at 7.15pm
    A wild mashup of character comedy, clown, drag & live music. Oh and peak 2006 teen angst.
  • Comedy
  • Music/Musical
  • Solo Performance
  • Work In Progress
    • A womens face with her hait up in between two pineapples.
    Marianne Tuckman presents

    The Dirt

    Wed 25 - Thu 26 Sep at 7.15pm
    Combining voice, movement and text, this pulsing tragicomedy reduces the climate crisis to the metaphor of a filthy house. When home becomes contaminated, how do we dream about the future?
  • Climate Change
  • Comedy
  • Feminist
  • Physical Theatre
  • Solo Performance
    • Alexis, the performer, wears a white tank top and poses with their arms above their head, their hair draped in all directions, in front of a white wall, their head tilted and a bright smile on their face.
    Alexis Sakellaris presents

    Alexis Sakellaris: A STAN IS BORN!

    Thu 26 - Sat 28 Sep at 9pm
    If you can't be the star... be the STAN! Fresh off the Edinburgh Fringe, this queer musical comedy with 10 original songs is bound to dazzle you!
  • Comedy
  • International
  • Music/Musical
  • Queer
    • Man with long hair sat in a photographic studio in front of a pink screen and bunting.
    Tom Marshman presents

    Section 28 and Me

    Fri 27 - Sat 28 Sep at 7pm
    What was the impact of growing up under section 28? This is a heartfelt show exploring stories and reflections on past invisibility and shame.
  • History
  • Live Art
  • Queer
  • Solo Performance
    • Woman sitting in pillow fort. The fort is surrounded by sketches, including phones, drugs, a teddy bear and a boat.
    Guy Rapacioli presents

    Beautiful Nothing

    Tue 1 - Wed 2 Oct at 7.15pm
    Sam, alone in a hotel room, is this year’s breakout box office star, a sex symbol, and a social media sensation. She’s built a pillow fort and won’t come out.​
  • Aimed at Young People
  • Comedy
  • Feminist
  • Technology
    • On a black background, three versions of the same blonde woman overlap over each other. Her bare shoulders and faces combine in a grotesque way with red ribbon looping over her.
    Dreambite presents

    Consumed

    Tue 1 - Sat 5 Oct at 9pm
    A woman who can’t get enough of gummies, of wet dreams, of herself. Three women, three writers, three insatiable appetites. Join us for Dreambite Collective’s CONSUMED.
  • Feminist
  • Queer
    • The head of a young man on a black backdrop covering his mouth with a handkerchief.
    Cie L'Oeil Episse Sur Ame Pure presents

    Vanya is Alive

    Thu 3 - Fri 4 Oct at 7.15pm
    A powerful new play from today’s Russia gives a look at the country grappling with the reality of war and repressions. Presented by artists in exile.
  • International
  • Solo Performance
    • WORK IN PROGRESS
    A person peeking through a tear in a large pink sheet of paper.
    Doug Crossley presents

    No More Mr Nice Gay

    Sat 5 Oct at 7.15pm
    Doug Crossley is diving into his villain era in this confessional comedy with songs that sashay between hard and soft themes for a dark funny pause for thought.
  • Comedy
  • Queer
  • Solo Performance
  • Work In Progress
    • Side profile silhouette of someone, infront of a yellow background
    Jessica Hagan Jo Ingabire Moys present

    I am Leah

    Tues 8 - Sat 12 Oct at 7.15pm
    Fictional narrative and dark humour meet real-life testimony in this unflinching look at intergenerational trauma and the constant redefinition of self and home.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A drawing of a large pink elephant staring straight at you- it's standing in a mess of rubble and what looks like blood. Detectives lurk in the background, and crime scene tape stretches across the scene.
    Eloise Heath presents

    PULSE

    Tue 8 - Wed 9 Oct at 9pm
    ‘PULSE’ is a true story: it is also a pack of lies. Built around a series of verbatim interviews, this true-crimedy asks the audience to think the unthinkable.
  • Comedy
  • Solo Performance
  • Work In Progress
    • WORK IN PROGRESS
    Bert at the picket line holding a banner which says
    Bert Roman presents

    Who Cares

    Fri 11 - Sat 12 Oct at 9pm
    Bert is a Queer Belgian nurse. He likes connecting with people. But recently, everything has become difficult. Post-pandemic, fighting to claim better rights and pay his profession is turned upside-down.
  • International
  • Physical Theatre
  • Queer
  • Solo Performance
  • Work In Progress
    • 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.
    Camden People's Theatre Zakiyyah Deen present

    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.
    Aesthetics of Hope and Other Nonsense presents

    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.
  • Comedy
  • Feminist
  • History
    • 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.
  • Music/Musical
    • 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.
    Worklight Theatre presents

    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 28th Oct at 7:15pm
    Don't fill yourself up on a whole play, just have some nibbly bits.
  • Comedy
    • 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.
    Carmen Collective presents

    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
  • History
  • Live Art
  • Solo Performance
  • Spoken Word
    • A person holds an orange placard that says A CITIZENS' ASSEMBLY
    Andy Smith presents

    A Citizens' Assembly

    Tue 5 Nov at 7.30pm
    We are the citizens! This is our assembly! We are the actors in this story!
  • Climate Change
    • 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?
  • Poetry
  • Spoken Word
    • 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.
  • Aimed at Young People
  • Climate Change
    • 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.
    LightMovingCompany presents

    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.
  • Comedy
  • History
  • International
    • 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.
  • Comedy
  • International
  • Music/Musical
  • Puppetry
  • Queer
  • Work In Progress
    • 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.
    Calum Perrin Jenny Witzel present

    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.
  • Climate Change
  • Live Art
  • Solo Performance
  • Technology
  • Work In Progress
    • A black and white drawing of a human figure, staring at its' shadow, drawn on a book page.
    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.
  • History
  • International
    • 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.
  • Comedy
  • Feminist
  • International
  • Queer
  • Solo Performance
    • 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.
    Margot Przymierska presents

    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.
  • Comedy
  • International
  • Poetry
  • Queer
  • Solo Performance
  • Spoken Word
    • 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'.
    Emballage Ensemble presents

    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.
  • Climate Change
  • International
  • Live Art
  • Physical Theatre
  • Poetry
    • A commemorative plate for princess Diana with an Irish blessing written on it.
    Conor Murray Hannah Power present

    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?
  • Comedy
  • History
  • International
  • Queer
    • 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.
    Isabella Leung Louiseanne Wong present

    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.
  • Comedy
  • Feminist
  • History
  • International
  • Physical Theatre
  • Poetry
  • Queer
  • Spoken Word
  • Work In Progress
    • 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.
  • Solo Performance
    • 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.
  • Comedy
  • Feminist
  • History
  • Live Art
  • Physical Theatre
  • Work In Progress
    • WORK IN PROGRESS
    Black and white banner reading 'London Gay Switchboard' and the number '01-837-7324' on each side.
    Doubletake Theatre present

    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.
  • Feminist
  • History
  • Queer
  • Work In Progress
    • 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.
  • Comedy
  • Music/Musical
  • Solo Performance
  • Spoken Word
    • 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.
  • Feminist
  • History
  • Physical Theatre
  • Queer
  • Technology
  • Work In Progress
    • 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.
    Jasmin Thien presents

    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.
  • Solo Performance
    • 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. '
  • Live Art
  • Technology
    • 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 a white facepaint with moustaches drawn on.
    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’.
  • Comedy
  • Feminist
  • Queer
    • 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.
  • Comedy
  • Music/Musical
    • 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.
    Iona Bremner Productions and Sláinte! Theatre presents

    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.
  • Queer
  • Solo Performance
  • Work In Progress
    • Paul and Laura look cool holding lollipops
    Hello Strawberry / Laura Mugridge & Paul Macauley presents

    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).
  • Comedy
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