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  • Whats On

    Work In Progress

    Image: Hector Manchego
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    British flag with a tear going down the middle
    Thea Melton presents

    BLAXIT MEANS BLAXIT (WIP)

    Tues 14 April at 7:15pm
    Blaxit Means Blaxit is a striking exploration of young Black Brits search for a better life outside the UK, Caribbean identity, and alienation. Winner of the Mustapha Matura Award 2025.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    An image of Aarian on stage holding a microphone.  He is a clean shaven Middle Eastern man with thick black hair.
    Aarian Mehrabani presents

    How's Your Head? (WIP)

    Tues 14 April at 9pm
    Critically acclaimed, multi award-winning Writer and Comedian Aarian Mehrabani, co-writer and actor of the 2023 smash hit play “It’s a MotherF**king Pleasure”, brings his debut hour of stand up to life.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A young black woman stands with her right hand on her forehead and her left hand held above her head.
    Fuse Theatre presents

    Pray For Me (WIP)

    Wed 15 - Sat 18 April at 7:15pm (3pm on Sat)
    Pray For Me is a powerful new work-in-progress exploring faith, Deafness and identity, as a Black Deaf woman confronts ideas of cure, belief and belonging through poetry, movement and music.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    Man with sunglasses looking serious. Background of an explosion, red pills flying everywhere, a shark and a lion in mid air either side of him mid-fight. APEX Podcast on a red sign above him.
    Theo Burns presents

    Apex (WIP)

    Tues 21 April at 7:15pm
    How are we meant to act as young men today? A darkly comedic exploration of masculinity, digital delusion and the fragile egos hiding behind alpha male influencing.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A short, white masculine presenting person with short brown hair stands in the light of a street light wearing a white vest and blue jeans spattered with blood. They are holding an axe with blood on the blade and staring vacantly in to the camera.
    Ros Watt presents

    Trans People Are Awful (WIP)

    Tues 21st April 9pm and Tues 5th May at 9pm
    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.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    The palm of a man's hand close to the camera partially concealing his face

    No Photos (WIP)

    Tues 28 April at 7:15pm
    No Photos is a spoken word show that explores social anxiety, self-image, and visibility through the lens of a man who never wants to be in the picture.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    The side of a man's head, with short hair, stubble and an earring. In the background is a block of flats.

    Suga (WIP)

    Tues 28 April at 9pm
    Drowning in debt, Harry signs up to a website connecting struggling individuals with wealthy ‘sugar daddies’ and begins a seemingly straightforward and initially transactional relationship with ‘Daddy’.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    the work SQUINT in large black, painted letters against a pink background, twice, on eon top of the other.. Curated by Ellis Buckley is written in white below the first SQUINT.
    Ellis Buckley presents

    Squint

    Sat 2 May and Sat 23rd May at 9pm
    SQUINT is back at CPT! What's my idea of a great night out? Babe, watching some F*cking ART. Work in progress/evolving work from two thrilling queer artists. Ain't you lucky?
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    Arden, a light skinned person with blonde hair, is being offered a communion wafer. They are wearing a red hat, and red lipstick, and the background is red. Their mouth is open, ready to accept the wafer. There's an odd sexy sensuality to the image.
    Arden Fitzroy presents

    CVNTCLAVE (WIP - Ed Fringe Preview)

    Weds 6 May at 9pm
    A one-Cardinal-show exploring power, faith, hypocrisy, and how much tea can go in that cup before it runneth over. Inspired by the hottest film of recent times: Conclave. But queer(er).
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    2 Black women, 1 White non-binary person, in a digitally painted image. The floor is red with a carpet a black woman holds the edges of, whilst a white non-binary person pulls them towards the second woman, who shines a lamp beaming light at the other 2.

    Bad Lesbians (WIP)

    Tues 12 May at 7:15pm
    Bad Lesbians is a messy exploration of intimate partner violence in queer relationships, interrogating our roles as witness, perpetrator and victim.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A pink and purple close-up of a person's face on a glitchy background. They look to the right with surprise/concern. They are wearing a pair of thin-framed glasses on the edge of their nose, which contains a green pair of eyes looking straight forward.
    Vera Majoor presents

    The Undesirable Mx. PLOP (WIP)

    Tues 12 May at 9pm
    Meet PLOP, the digital self you never knew you needed. (Wanted. Asked for.) A peak panic tech-xperiment of gender chaos and reimagination, PLOP is always watching. PLOP will never leave.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A Chinese woman crying while sitting in the driver’s seat of a car.
    Zhōu Níng presents

    This Time is Different (WIP)

    Wed 13 May at 9pm
    This Time Is Different is a one-hour comedy show by Zhou Ning, blending stand-up, live music and storytelling to trace a tender, awkward journey from wanting love to learning how to give it to yourself.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    Woman wearing leopard-print sunglasses and red lipstick poses against a bright pink background, holding multiple shopping bags, swamped by consumer goods—playful yet overwhelmed.
    Chiara Vascotto presents

    Stuffed (WIP)

    Tues 19 May at 7:15pm
    Is stuff good? Bad? As a market researcher, Chiara should know. But it’s complicated. Based on true stories, Stuffed wonders how best to handle consumerism, when there’s no Planet B.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    A picture of a black high heel
    Karen Cecilia presents

    Doorway To Perception (WIP)

    Tues 19 May at 9pm
    Where Music Meets Memory. Doorway To Perception asks the audience to consider music as memory and as part of their story.
    WORK IN PROGRESS
    White woman with wet ginger hair and smoky makeup on emerging through drapes that appear like water.
    Charlotte Eyres presents

    Dani's Inferno (WIP)

    Weds 20 and Thurs 21 May at 9pm
    London is flooding. Dani is at a party. Anger, ambivalence and ASOS hauls collide in the space between our desire to live and the realisation that our desires might be the thing that’s killing us.