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  • Whats On

    Solo Performance

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    Man with notes coming out of his head

    Keith...

    Wed 26th and Thu 27th of Feb at 8pm
    A story about neurodiversity, Shakespeare and working-class voices, told by an Irish man.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A pen drawing of a protestor wearing a keffiyeh (scarf) wearing handcuffs held up by two police officers, one officer has the text 'metropolitan police' printed on his uniform.
    Queen of Arts presents

    THE PIGS ARE COMING

    Tue 11th Mar at 7:15pm
    An urgent performance about protest, policing, and resistance, THE PIGS ARE COMING is born from Tasnim’s arrest in Peckham last May to explore a new, unsettling era in Britain.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    Text reads SPRINT 2025 with 2 blue socks and white runnning shoes at the bottom. One of socks has a plant growing out of it.

    Big Bang Scratch Night - 12th Mar 2025

    Wed 12th Mar at 7:15pm
    Big Bang is CPT’s regular scratch night: an explosion of performance from which new universes of theatre may one day emerge.
    A caucasian woman in a leopard print top looks to the side. She has DIY sheep ears and a painted sheep's nose
    Ruth Berkoff presents

    The Beauty of Being Herd

    Sat 15 March at 7:15pm
    Ever get overwhelmed and wish life was simpler? Hannah's decided to live as a sheep. Comedy, original songs and heartfelt sharing. Bonkers!
    A childlike and abstracted painting of a nude person with various gendered elements in bright colours. They have heels, 6 breasts, a penis, moustache, a red crown, and a blonde bob on one side of their head and orange spiky hair on the other.

    Portrait of a Queer in Panic

    Sun 16 March at 7:15pm
    Portrait of a Queer in Panic is a messy, euphoric exploration of living as someone that doesn’t colour within the lines.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    fish in a dress presents

    The City for Incurable Women

    Mon 17 March at 7:15pm
    An outrageous tale of misogyny and mistreatment based on the true story of patients performing their ‘hysteria’ onstage in 19th century Paris.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    Two people, a man and a woman, the man in the foreground wearing a backwards cap and the woman leaning on his shoulder behind him. There is a blue hue over the image.

    TwinBond.

    Wed 19 March at 7:15pm
    Smoldering tensions rise as Simi interrogates Kayode on his silence, revelations about their unravelled bond is brought to the surface.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    Woman half-asleep holding a cigarette

    were you in terror? did you know? did you feel the claw that cleaned you?

    Thu 20 March at 7:15pm
    Bennie really puts the ghost in ghostwriter. She writes suicide notes for a living. A thorny solo comedy about death, jobs, and Anthony Bourdain. Sort of.
    A woman in a colourful dress stands on a stage, her arms extended, casting a shadow. A stuffed toy lies on the floor in front of her. Vibrant rainbow effects form a phoenix shape around her.

    Beyond Unity

    Thu 20 March at 9pm
    Beyond Unity invites you on a disjointed dive into dissociation. Comedy, movement, sound, art and lived experiences collide and flip every five minutes, reshaping how we understand dissociative minds!
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    An illustrated figure in blue is superimposed in front of an orange circle, which itself is in front of a larger beige circle. The image has a dark blue background and a colourful patterned border on the top and bottom.
    boilingfrogs presents

    Glossolalia

    Fri 21 March at 9pm
    A woman sits with a life-sized puppet woman on her knee. Both are blonde and wearing long leopard print gloves. The puppet wears a red bra and smiles at the camera. The woman behind her wears all black and looks panicked, reaching towards the viewer.

    Kitty Dollparts & Other Performing Objects

    Sat 22 March 7:15pm
    A very serious show about porn... with puppets! A camp, silly, sexy piece of theatre which shines a light on the topic we love to clear from our browsing history.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    Somebody in a flower costume holding a yellow flower hat.

    The Word Is On Your Lips, Say the Word

    Mon 24 March at 7:15pm
    We live on fascination. Cameron Sinclair Harris, performer, writer & gender menace, presents new ideas. Witness their birth in real time. The word is on your lips. Say the word.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A pond lifeguard in black and white, wearing a dark cap and white t-shirt, gets ready to dive towards the camera with a determined facial expression and both hands gripping a bright red float.
    Sinéad Brady presents

    Sepondment

    Tue 25 March at 7:15pm
    Sweaty and overwhelmed surviving summers in London? Wade in with lifeguard Nikki for an evening of cabaret as she cracks the secret to surviving London life, pondlife that is.
    A blonde woman with wet hair stands on a roof wearing a dress made from plastic bags. She looks directly into the camera. Purple and green smoke creep into the edges of the picture.

    UnTethered

    Tue 25 March at 9pm
    UnTethered is an autobiographical comedy that follows a queer, demisexual woman with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder as she attempts to transcend her irrational fears.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A drawing of a person strangling a skeleton with a halo above their head.
    Toto Bruin presents

    BO(DIES)

    Wed 26 March at 9pm
    Bo is a party-loving 'rent-a-mourner', someone hired to attend empty funerals.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A woman with a red head covering stares directly into the camera lense infront of a blue background with a light gradient.
    Halima Habil presents

    Baba

    Thu 27 March at 7:15pm
    From the high mountains of Transylvania, dry desert of Sahara and the wet red sea comes... Baba, an hour of professional silliness by solo clown act Halima.
    Black outline of a dog with a Yamaka and a Star of David on a yellow background
    Shahaf Beer presents

    The Jewish Dog

    Thu 27 March at 9pm
    The performance filters the darkest period of Jewish history through the naive perspective of a dog, offers a view of the subject as never seen before.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    An image of a rider on horseback decorated with American patriotic elements, including the US flag. The rider and horse appear in a silhouette or cutout style against a dramatic blue sky. The composition suggests themes of freedom and frontier spirit.

    Untitled Bruce Rowley Project

    Fri 28 March at 7:15pm
    The doors swing open and the room falls silent. A storyteller begins the story of a cowboy, an archetype, a man as hard as the country they’ve crossed.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A smiling person in a pink shirt stands in front of a cartoon microphone. The microphone stand is in the shape of a walking stick. The background is blue with rows of chairs that go into the distance, and soft pink circles float above.
    Arthur Moss presents

    Stand Up (Comedy)

    Thu 29 March at 9pm
    Stories, minigames, cardio, and consequences – What more could you want? Arthur Moss pushes their body to the limits, not stopping until the audience says they can.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    Shimmering CD, four hands reach towards it.
    Ellie Higgins presents

    The Best Of

    Sat 29 Mar at times between 5pm and 9pm
    I've made you a mixtape – do you want to listen? A compilation of my favourite tracks, a selection of memories spinning round. Press play and take a pause.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    An image of a man with glasses, a beard and a baseball gap that has been cut up into vertical slices and reflected and glitched. It seems to suggest a man at conflict with himself who has been cut into pieces and seeks to put them back together.
    Adam Lenson presents

    IS IT TOO LATE NOW TO SAY SORRY? (WIP)

    Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd April at 9:00pm
    Acclaimed theatre-maker Adam Lenson’s new solo show fuses gig, memoir, and journalistic exposé to ask how we apologise for the things we've broken before it's too late.
    A woman stands on a beach. Around her in the sand there is a circle of flames. The ocean is the background. She is holding a large stick/staff looking into the camera.
    Emma Spearing presents

    Whole

    Tues 15th and Wed 16th April 7:00pm
    Whole is an intimate peek into the journeys we take to re-find ourselves in our darkest moments - exploring sibling joy & the healing power of a creative mission.
    A performer dressed with their head poking out of a cardboard cut out of a rocket ship.
    Lucy Mellors presents

    It is I, Seagull

    Tues 15th and Weds 16th April 9:00pm
    What would you sacrifice to achieve something extraordinary? Explore searing truths about current and historical sexism in this hilarious celebration of joy, failure, opera & the first woman in space.
    A line drawing in black ink of many people holding wine glasses
    Lisa Gornick presents

    Drawing on the Bottle

    Thurs 17th - Saturday 19th April 7:15pm
    Live projected drawing, music, comedy and pathos about the seduction of alcohol; the reality of ethanol. A unique performance about a toxic life partner and ways to step away.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    Lachlan poses as Jack Hammer, a circus strongman - with curled blonde hair in a 1920s style, wearing a blue singlet with white feather shoulders and blue sequined abs, he lifts a huge barbell with weights above his head with one hand.
    Lachlan Werner presents

    Wondertwunk (WIP)

    Thurs 17th - Saturday 19th April 9:00pm
    The Twunk: Body of a Hunk, Head of a Twink Award-winning ventriloquist clown, Lachlan Werner, builds a super strong genre-bending tale of stunts, sea-lions, sci-fi and secrets...
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A churning sea of teal and cobalt blue
    Simon Marshall presents

    Below Decadence (WIP)

    Tues 22nd to Thursday 24th April 7pm
    Seb's sinking in customer service. When a yacht-guest offers him a taste of the high-life, he takes it. But what's the price of a white lie to the filthy rich?
    A slightly grainy photo of two young sisters sitting on either end of a see-saw in a park. Each of their figures has been cut out of the picture, leaving tears paper, and stuck nearby to leave a gap where they once were.
    Claire Leith presents

    Igloos Don't Melt

    Tues 22nd to Thurs 24th April 9pm
    How do we know who we are when the place that made us melts away? New performance art fusing space, self, and stability.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    Lorna leans over a green sofa and Jonathan is kneeling, leaning against it

    Lorna Rose Treen and Jonathan Oldfield: Make Non-Sense

    Fri 25th and Sat 26th April 7:30pm
    Lorna Rose Treen and Jonathan Oldfield: Make Non-sense. A Work-in-Progress Double Bill from the Dave Best Joke of the Fringe Winner 2023 and the BBC New Comedy Finalist 2024.
    Shoulders up portrait of drag king: 'Dad'. Dad wears a grey t-shirt and a bright blue gilet, he is holding a thin hammer lovingly in his hands. Dad looks dreamily off camera, he has short dark hair and painted on facial hair. Light blue background.
    Bertie Hodd presents

    Bertie Hodd: Dad Jokes

    Mon 29th April - Saturday 3rd May 7:15pm
    Chuck the gender binary aside and join award-winning drag-king Dad on a queer reparenting extravaganza. Dad Jokes is a coming-of-middle-age story about one regular dad's attempt to understand his child.
    A girl with long blonde hair is looking at the camera. Her head is covered with a white veil. She has one painted black tear on her cheek. She is wearing a white t-shirt. The background of the picture is yellow.

    Sad Bride

    Wed 30 April and Thurs 1st May 9pm
    A new dark solo comedy exploring compulsory heterosexuality, the industrial wedding complex and what happens when you meet 'the one' but you're still the troll under the bridge.
    Sara, an Iranian women with light olive skin is dressed in a dark blue Iranian girls school uniform (blazer, trousers & headscarf). She smiles like a cheshire cat, dancing, with her arms out to her side. Behind is a bright yellow costume on a rail.
    Seemia Theatre presents

    Saria Callas

    Tues 6th - Saturday 17th May (not 12th) 7:15pm
    Saria Callas is a new multimedia play about aspiring to be a singer while growing up in a place where it is forbidden for women to sing.
    A pink and purple pop art princess picture of Kat, a bleach blonde babe with aviator sunglasses and a leather choker, giving rock hands against a galactic sky.
    Kat Rose-Martin presents

    Pocket Rocket

    Fri 16th and Sat 17th May 9:00pm
    She's shorter than 5ft. and funnier than a 10ft. badger. She's got more energy than a Duracell bunny. It's that Bradford Pocket Rocket: Kat Rose-Martin.