What’s On
Presented by: Dynamite Island
Miriam and her granddad are making a cabaret together. They’re the perfect double act: He’s got the stories, she loves telling them, and they both have a flair for the theatrical. The only problem is - they’ve never met. And he’s been dead for 39 years.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Richard Popple
Uncle Tony had an idea. His nephew Richard decided to make it. Welcome to the world of the Popple’s. An off-beat solo exploration of loneliness, family and connection.
Tickets £8 (work-in-progress)
Presented by: The Same, But Different
Once you were a hero, the protagonist of an epic drama. You knew your act and you knew your role. Until, one day, the story stopped. making. sense...
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Artistic Rebellion
Fiercely honest, inventive, and deft, Artistic Rebellion combine interactive, physical and visual theatre to challenge taboos and expectations surrounding pregnancy, gender roles and choice.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Antonia Beck and Lucy Nicholls
Let’s talk about the D word. Climb aboard the coffin as we laugh, cry & stick two fingers up at the grim reaper in this funny, surreal, life affirming show about death!
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Glyn Maxwell & Hannah Maxwell
A weekly podcast, a quiz show, a surreal flight of fancy, BEST DAY EVER is the perfect antidote to whatever this country’s ON…
Tickets £10
Presented by: UCL Shakespeare Society
Usurped and exiled Prospero waits. Using his magic, he wreaks the King’s ship, scattering the sailors. Lost and bewitched they wander. When the spells are lifted, can love reconcile betrayal?
Tickets £10/7 (conc.)
Presented by: Camden Youth Theatre
With everything from recollections of being arrested to choosing to eat all of your advent calendar chocolates in one day, join CYT as they interrogate and explore the need for small and big acts of rebellion
Tickets £8/£5 (conc.) Free for U19s
Presented by: UCL Drama Society
Exploring the power of an idea and the idolisation of a leader, Faithful Creatures tells the story of a brief but radical movement in 1649, the man who led it, and the people who adored him.
Tickets £8/6 (conc.) £5 (UCL Students)
Presented by: UCL European Theatre Project
An ironic performance based on Ferite a morte by Serena Dandini and Maura Misiti on domestic violence. Seventeen women come back to life to tell the stories of their own death.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Supporting Theatre Artists and Makers of Performance (STAMP) Network
A large-scale event for up to 400 artists to come and meet London venues and organisations and gain an understanding of how they work to support artists and produce new work.
Tickets £5
Presented by: UCL Comedy Club
King Percival was not a popular man…cruel, tyrannical, responsible for the murder of at least 1 in 8 men. But who could want him dead? Disgraced historical presenter Lucy Cumber is back to uncover the mystery of his remarkable disappearance.
Tickets £7/5 (conc.)
Presented by: Imprology
Love Explosion: Take part or observe a string of courageous people improvising for two minutes with a random partner. Crunch: Watch unusual, enchanting, tragicomic, dramatic or absurd stories coming to life from your suggestions.
Tickets £5 (£3 Love Explosion participants)
Presented by: Improbable Dolls/Nataly Lebouleux
An experimental reworking of Paper Thin, Lebouleux’s award-winning animated film, this piece uses an innovative cross-art language and style to explore conversion therapy and gay exorcisms
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Nathan Powell and 20 Stories High
A new play about goals, brotherhood and the football academy system. Kyle, Liam and Hakeem dream of football, fame and fortune... Now the Premier League is at their fingertips
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Stumble Trip Theatre
Welcome to the Cabaret... You're invited to the fancy, farcical and frivolous world of Frills and Spills. 'An hour of excellently timed, infectiously funny, joyous clowning'. (A Younger Theatre)
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Beats & Elements and Remix Dance
A Day In The Life, is a collaboration between hip-hop theatre company Beats & Elements and Remix Dance. Created and performed by a community cast of 30, 6-16 year olds.
Tickets £5
Presented by: Emma Gannon & Bryony Harris
Aqua were wrong, “life in plastic” it ain’t fantastic. Plastica Galactica explores plastic pollution, the effects on marine wildlife and the importance of YOU!
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Avital Raz
A solo performance derived from a song. A politically charged tale of a drunken one night stand, infused with stories of growing up in 80s Israel exploring politics of division.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Liv Ello
We over-populate. We spread disease. We eat a load of shit. We are flies. Swarm explores the connections between toxic expressions of white privilege and the behaviour of flies.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Shepard Tone
‘Mr Brightside’ hasn’t left the UK charts in 16 years. How did it end up like this? An interactive investigation with karaoke, lip syncing and absolute bangers.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Nina Bowers and Dirty Rascals Collective
This is the story of The Mantis from Atlantis. It’s a myth from the future, it’s a blast from the past, it’s about what comes last and it’s going to be fast….
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Jasmine Kahlia and Juju Guyver, in collaboration with Michael Knight Theatre
An interdisciplinary performance piece about being girls growing up around road culture from the 2000s. Jasmine & Juju take you through their Camden – and around a lot of crazy times
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Emilia Stawicki / BOX. Theatre Company
“So, why do you think you’re single?” From a Catholic girls school, to Mormon country, to looking for love abroad, anything that can go wrong, will.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: ‘Sarah’ Company
Real women pretend to be fake women, so that real men continue to pay a monthly subscription. Inspired by the work of David Lynch, Frances Stark and Fritz Lang, Sarah deploys the bare tools of the theatre in an attempt to make those fake women real.
Tickets £8 (work-in-progress)
Presented by: Isabelle Farah
An autobiobiographical show about performing, standup comedy, and life, that explores how to deal with grief, be authentic, and still be funny.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Luke Rollason and Frankie Thompson
A wordless show about the nation's favourite talking point, in the form of a live weather report performed by two clowns who wish they were green screens
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Channie B with sounds by Curtis Arnold Harmer
Surge is a spoken word piece about race, identity and police brutality which follows the story of a purple rose that wants to rebuild communities free from stereotypes.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Nathan Ellis
This is a show about work. But the worker isn’t here, so it’s down to you. A new play about getting stuff done, performed entirely by the audience.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Dip the Nib
Weaving together handwriting analysis, fanfiction and conspiracy theories, this audio-described, semi-auto-biographical, one (and a bit) woman show sifts through the facts and fictions of adolescence to interrogate where guilt ends, and innocence begins.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Tina Hofman
Ever wondered how palpable is the space we come to inhabit between normality and chaos, when sudden, shocking loss occurs?
Tickets £7
Presented by: anorak
A show about imagining the future, reimagining the present, and what we really want.
Tickets £5
Presented by: Frankie Thompson, directed by Luke Howarth
In an ethereal multimedia circus, tiny worlds, each intricately hand-crafted from human rubbish, appear and vanish live on stage in a mesmerising journey through space, scale and perspective.
Tickets £7
Presented by: Dapertutto
A darkly comic story about a struggling writer told with "compelling, fascinating and unique" style, imagery and physicality. (Number 9 Reviews).
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Cheeky Chin
It is a personal sharing, a collective experience, a silent protest. Part slideshow presentation, part visual installation, Money Funny Sunny explores the financial struggles of international artists working in theatre.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Curious Furious
From preppy popular girl to raging rebellion, this is a playful and punk autobiographical account of being branded a teen slut, growing up closeted and unlearning sexual shame.
Tickets £8 (work-in-progress)
Presented by: Genevieve Carver & The Unsung
Innovative gig theatre using verbatim interviews with women in the music industry. A tale of growing up, finding a voice and listening to Joni Mitchell, fusing poetry, music and teenage diaries.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Pound of Flesh
An explosive piece of original gig theatre which follows siblings Jay and Saskia as they travel through a city like London with nothing but dreams and a stolen blade.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: That Matt Rogers Project
This is about being wrong, more specifically it's about me being wrong... All the time. You are invited to be part of an experiment, as I outsource some decisions about my life, that I'm not equipped to make.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Various artists
The first of two explosive nights of performance from which new universes of theatre may one day emerge.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Carys Wright
Based on writer/performer Carys Wright’s own experiences, How To Catch A Bear is a redemptive, funny and mythical journey through trauma to healing.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Luis Amália
Luis is sick of living in a world that tells him he's a loser. Tonight - in a show embroiling female gymnastics, Ingrid Bergman and body hair - he's going to smash it.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Lydia Hirst
Arrested and kicked out of France, this is a show about the misadventures of a comedian in the Calais Jungle. Like Orwell with Jokes Techno and Vodka. 'One to watch' (Chortle.co.uk).
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Callum Berridge
Welcome to The Socialist Republic of Desmond, the greatest imaginary micro-nation in the world. Help performer Callum Berridge make a pot of stew to share in the darkness as he tells you the story of Storm Desmond.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Charlotte McShane
From the big to the little, why do we lie, where’s the limit and will the truth really set us free? A one-woman show about the intentional false statements we make.
Tickets £7
Presented by: Sebastian H-W
An interactive, multimedia, documentary theatre project that maps out intersectional struggles of different generations of residents from Stratford & Coventry as they attempt to resist regeneration, social cleansing, and displacement.
Tickets £7
Presented by: Sophie Bentinck
Ever read your grandmother’s suicide note? Sophie has. Join her hilariously honest adventure unpacking 50 years of family silence to ask ‘Mum, can we talk about this?’
Tickets £7
Presented by: Melody Sproates
This one-person non-binary cabaret performance explores gender identity, self-discovery and acceptance, using the personal experiences of writer and performer Melody Sproates.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Josephine Starte x Live Beasts
The Actress is auditioning. The Actress is acting. The Actress is attending the Prestigious Film Festival. A Feminist Film by a Very Nice Guy! The audience is filming.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Smith & Sveen
A meeting of two people from different countries in search of some common ground. It’s a performed conversation that asks questions about nationality, internationality, theatre and politics.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Edith Alibec
A candid, funny and bittersweet story of growing up on the road, without knowing what home is.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Ellandar Productions & 45North
Melania Trump, an architect of new America or “Donny’s” prisoner? The people’s revolution has ended with Trump blood in the streets. In hiding, the FLOTUS speaks for the first time.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Various artists
The second of two explosive nights of performance from which new universes of theatre may one day emerge.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Elinor Rowlands
A hymn to womanhood, childbirth and old age, this poetic story tells of survival and courage weaved alongside film and soundscape, to disseminate timely truths from an autistic body and feminine gaze
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Stewart Taylor
You have a presentation to deliver. Time is running out. And then you spill your coffee. All over your clean white shirt. What would you do? SPILLAGE! is about control, and what happens when we lose it.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Simon Panayi
A new show weaving storytelling, urgent research and music to explore our individual humanity, alongside that of our species.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Notes from Underground
An exploration of the dangers of perfectionism, the alienating effects of depression and the restorative powers of... the inexplicable? Expressed through music, movement and storytelling.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: by James Nash and Nikhil Vyas
Transfer Protocol is a durational performance about the history of our relationship with the internet, how we experience it, how it's changed our lives, and warped our memories.
Tickets Pay What You Can
Presented by: Performance Anxiety
Part anthology horror, part live reconstruction: Performance Anxiety dissect ‘video nasties’, moral panics and censorship.
Tickets £7
Presented by: The Strange Names Collective
The Strange Names Collective offer you an invitation to imagine something murderous, and how to get away with it.
Tickets £7
Presented by: The Queer Historian
Three disabled people without performance backgrounds read a script infront of you for the first time. What happens when they’re stripped of their voices and confronted with aggression and violence?
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Guttersnipe Theatre
One girl band against the satanic inner circle. A satirical black comedy featuring original pop bangers, uber-femme-trash costume and ancient lizards.
Tickets £8 (work-in-progress)
Presented by: Various artists
A showcase of the brand new work created and developed by artists on our trailblazing Starting Blocks scheme.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: UCL European Theatre Project
An adaptation of Federico Garcia Lorca’s play, it tells the story of a woman struggling with infertility in a contemporary setting. Yerma will have to accept her destiny of never carrying a child.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Vanessa Macaulay
Made Not Born is my personal story of growing up in Hertfordshire, trying to fit in. From Swan Lake to the Spice Girls via a bodybuilder mother, Made Not Born is a search for belonging.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Tom Cassani and Peader Kirk
I Promise You That Tonight collides showmanship, deception, almost miracles and live art. Switching this box for that box, a burst of flames, drowning in broken glass.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Prickly Pear Productions
The immigrant experience through the perspective of five young women dealing with their move to a new country, city, house and navigating through the current social climate.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: House of Blakewell
Comedy musical about anxiety disorders, caring and trying to keep going. ★★★★★ “A packed and very rewarding experience” – Britishtheatre.com.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Vijay Patel
Pull the Trigger is a show set in an Indian corner shop. Here Vijay Patel explores his own queer discovery whilst surrounded by family conflicts and the Ugandan-Asian shop-keeping legacy.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: HISSYFIT
Best friends Sophia and Charlie are losing their virginity. It’s happening. They’re doing it. No, really. They can prove it right now. They’ll see you at The Clinic.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Vincent Gambini
The world is in turmoil. Can magic tricks provide much-needed solace for these difficult times? Critically acclaimed magician Vincent Gambini conjures a show of disillusions, dreams within dreams, and theatrical artifice
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: HighRise Theatre
The return of HighRise’s 5* grime concept-concert dissecting the future of Britain post-Brexit - with MP rap battles, tactics for revolution and a weed dealers’s guide to inflation
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Kill The Cat
A unique game based experience tackling eco-anxiety and humanity’s inaction. Enter the casino and roll the dice as the planet collapses.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Do Not Adjust Your Stage
Comedy inspired by expert guest speakers. Award-winning improvised troupe Do Not Adjust Your Stage revive their sell-out hit, The Wunderkammer, creating a comedy show inspired by TED-style talks.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Paul Cree
A humorous and introspective journey through one man's low-wage employment history. A mix of storytelling, rap, live-looping and beatbox from one-half of CPT favourites Beats & Elements
Tickets £8 (work-in-progress)
Presented by: Amelia Stubberfield
Bonkers combines big standup-style laughs with a nuanced and honest account of navigating mental health and queer identities, treading the line between belly-laugh comedy and realism
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Edith Tankus
An intimate and absurd one-person exploration of motherhood, exile and transformation. Part storytelling, part standup, part myth, it asks the question: How does an urban Canadian raising children in rural Kent, with declining parents back home, learn the codes of survival?
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: dangerously loose
April 2019. The Searcher is facing an existential crisis, but so is the world. In the paralysing epicentre of personal, political and ecological collapse, can love lend us a hand?
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Scott Turnbull
An absurd, sci-fi comedy-noir with live animation and spooky stories. And a multi-dimensional alien invasion that will make your eyes water and your nose bleed.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Steven Vevers-Webb and D-Live! Theatre
A brand new series of monologues/dialogues/short scenes exploring Deaf world perspective in languages, Deaf images, discriminations and experiences
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Hannah Greenstreet and Charlotte Vickers
What happens when you get stuck between a myth and a hard place? Hannah Greenstreet reimagines a lost play, constellating ancient fragments with a modern queer love story.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Joseph Morgan Schofield
A new queer myth, charged with eroticism, possibility and violence. This poetic performance art work considers queer desires for futurity
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
Presented by: Roshi Nasehi
Roshi Nasehi’s encounters with bigotry have shown her that while racism is no laughing matter, it is risible. Through storytelling and music, she recounts her experiences, which have often been as funny as they are awful.
Tickets £12/£10 (concession)
