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Why a Black Woman Will Never Be Prime Minister

Tue 22 Oct - Sat 9 Nov at 7.15pm (and 3pm matinee on 9 Nov)

Whats On

The State We're In 2024

Image: Designer: Kathryn Singleton

Three weeks of theatre and performance lifting the lid on Britain’s democracy, politics and public life at the dawn of a new government.

Headlined by Zakiyyah Deen’s extraordinary play Why a Black Woman Will Never Be Prime Minister. Features new performance by Worklight Theatre, Andy Smith, Shybairn, Hacks, and a special one-off gig by the hiphop theatre legends Beats & Elements.

25% off if you book more than one show at the check out. Or get 3-for-2 (Standard tickets only) to any show if you book before 31st August with our Early Bird Offer.

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.

Zakiyyah Deen presents

Why a Black Woman Will Never Be Prime Minister

Tue 22 Oct - Sat 9 Nov at 7.15pm (and 3pm matinee on 9 Nov)

Parties, Trimesters and Labour - a lot can happen in nine months.

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

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 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