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Sam See: Government Approved Sex
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 19th Jul, 2023
Relationships, and break-ups in particular, are a common focus for stand-up.
Rockstar
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 12th - 15th Jul 2023
What would you do to become a star? Rockstar is an original musical telling the story of a band’s meteoric rise from obscurity to international success.
Self Tape
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 25th Jun, 2023
Jonas (Michael Batten) would ideally like to be in full-time employment as an actor on stage.
Julie: the Musical
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 9th Jun, 2023
Five microphones and music stands, a coat rack and assorted instruments.
Naughty
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 5th - 7th May 2023
Days after Andrew ends his seven-year relationship with college sweetheart, Jake, he is messaged out of the blue by a former ‘friend’.
That's Ace
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 2nd - 6th May 2023
Ace has arrived 15 minutes before the club opens because: A) she’s never been clubbing before and B) on time is late!She must survive the whole night in this hostile new environm…
Post Traumatic Slay Disorder
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 21st - 22nd Apr 2023
A dark comedy following twenty-something waitress Kit who moves to London with a fresh diagnosis, PTSD.
Breeding
- Review
- ★★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 4th May, 2023
A fast pace and some hilarious banter about their names, how to pronounce and spell them, gets Barry McStay’s Breeding off to an immediately engaging and rip-roaring start that s…
The Q
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 10th - 16th Apr 2023
Frangipane Productions proudly presents ‘The Q’, a rapid-fire, state-of-the-nation satire written by Gavin Fleming, returning to London after a successful run at the OSO Arts Centr…
Auntie's House
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 3rd - 9th Apr 2023
Notting Hill.
Dawn Again
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 20th - 26th Feb 2023
Government special adviser Elliot has a problem - his two girlfriends are giving birth on the same day in the same hospital.
A Night Out with John Truvulva & Priya Hall
- Listing Events
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 18th Feb 2023
Join two up and coming comedy maestros, John Travulva (Jodie Mitchell) and Priya Hall for their Work in Progress shows.
The Burning Question
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 15th - 18th Feb 2023
A female pope? Dead? Holy smoke! The Burning Question is a new, comic opera about the adventures of a female pope who passes into the afterlife.
Grey Area
- Listing Theatre
- Vault Festival
- King’s Head Theatre Pub / Network Theatre
- 14th Feb - 5th Mar 2023
A fragmented, non-linear performance that details a modern queer odyssey.
And Then the Rodeo Burned Down
- Review
- ★★★★
- Katerina Partolina Schwartz
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 26th Jan, 2023
Russian Doll meets clowns in And Then the Rodeo Burned Down, a circular metaphysical piece that combines elements of dance, comedy and mystery to form a labyrinth equivalent of a s…
Dare You Say Please
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 16th Jan - 4th Feb 2023
A dark comedy drama about a heavily populated society which has been pushed to take extreme measures.
Dare You Say Please
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 16th Jan - 4th Feb 2023
A dark comedy drama about an overpopulated society pushed to take extreme measures.
The Manny
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 10th - 14th Jan 2023
The Manny is a one-man black comedy about an Irish male nanny who works for rich single mums in West London.
The Ghosting of Rabbie Burns
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 3rd - 14th Jan 2023
18th Century Romance meets 21st Century Dating in this critically-acclaimed hit comedy drama by Gillian Duffy.
One Man Poe: A Triple Bill
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 27th Dec 2022 - 7th Jan 2023
Renowned as The Godfather of Gothic Horror, Edgar Allan Poe has left a timeless mark on the horror genre.
One Man Poe
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 27th Dec 2022 - 7th Jan 2023
Renowned as the ‘Godfather of Gothic Horror’, Edgar Allan Poe has left a timeless mark on the horror genre.
Harry's Christmas
- Review
- ★★★★
- Gareth Williams
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 9th Dec, 2022
For many, Christmas is a time of togetherness and a celebration with loved ones, friends and family; yet for others it can be a seriously un-comforting occasion.
Cyanide at 5
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 15th - 26th Nov 2022
Zofia is rich, celebrated, a highly successful novelist and happily married.
Man of 100 Faces
- Listing Comedy
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 8th - 12th Nov 2022
Playing 100 distinct characters in a one hour performance, writer-performer Saul Boyer delivers the rip-roaring tale of Sir Paul Dukes, a child runaway who, after just three weeks’…
How To Have A Baby & Not Lose Your Sh*t
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 5th - 9th Oct 2022
Alice is drowning under misguided medical advice, chirpy Insta-announcements and yet another fucking miscarriage.
Freud’s Last Session
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 12th Jul - 13th Aug 2022
Freud’s Last Session returns to the King’s Head Theatre after a sell-out run in January and February 2022.
ICI: La Boheme - 17th of May
- Listing Film
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 17th May 2022
ICI’s Darren Lee Murphy has produced this retelling of Puccini’s La Boheme and he has organised a special ICI event on the 17th May at the Kings Head Theatre.
Eating Myself
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub / Theatre Peckham
- 19th Apr - 17th May 2022
A powerful female exploration about food, culture, body image and self-care…with a dash of South American flavour
Drag Queens vs. Zombies
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 12th - 16th Apr 2022
A comedy horror: the audience’s fate in the fabulously manicured hands of hapless drag queens and feuding friends Crudi Dench and Kate Butch who host a spectacular cabaret night …
Babydoll
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 5th - 9th Apr 2022
This queer love story explores the complicated boundaries between sex, intimacy and love.
Cell Outs
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Camden People’s Theatre / King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 27th Jan - 14th May 2022
“Don’t you think it’s pretty f*cked that a lot of stuff we do in the prison, like if we were to do that in the street we’d get arrested straight off” A dark comedy writt…
Tropicana
- Listing Cabaret and Variety
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 19th - 29th Jan 2022
Aidan Sadler’s runaway hit at last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, takes you on a journey through their upbringing in a show set against a backdrop of 80s synth-pop nostalgia…
Freud's Last Session
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 18th Jan - 12th Feb 2022
The first of September, 1939.
For Queen And Country
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 8th Nov, 2021
Writer/Director Paul Stone has unearthed a gem of World War II history and transformed it into a delightful monologue, now on stage at the King’s Head Theatre, Islington.
Tender Napalm
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 26th Oct - 20th Nov 2021
Philip Ridley’s seminal Tender Napalm was hailed an instant classic when it premiered in 2011.
Death and Dancing
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 10th - 14th Aug 2021
He and She, both called Max, are boxfresh on the London queer scene.
All That
- Review
- ★★★★
- Christopher James
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 4th Aug, 2021
Is there a ‘right’ way to be in a gay relationship in the modern world? In this play, written by BAFTA Racliffe-winning, Offie-nominated writer Shaun Kitchener, two gay couples…
Badgers Can't Be Friends
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 19th - 21st Jul 2021
“Mrs Kirkham comes up to my classroom at lunch and sees.
Badgers Can't Be Friends
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 19th - 21st Jul 2021
“Mrs Kirkham comes up to my classroom at lunch and sees.
Agatha Christie’s The Rats / David Hendon's Home Time
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Chapel Playhouse / King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 18th May - 29th Jun 2019
Agatha Christie’s The Rats - one of her perplexing shorter plays in all its intrigue and deceit.
La Traviata
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 27th Sep - 27th Oct 2018
England, 2018.
Did it Hurt?
- Listing Theatre
- Camden Fringe
- Camden People’s Theatre / King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 14th Jul - 11th Aug 2018
Two strangers trapped in a room.
Other People's Teeth
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- Multiple Venues
- 2nd - 15th Jul 2018
Balancing work and love is a struggle, but what if your job is killing people? A hitwoman is trying to reconcile these two aspects of her life.
The Service
- Review
- ★★★★
- Ben Munster
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 4th Apr, 2018
I went in expecting to hate FacePlant's The Service.
Boys in the Buff the Concert
- Listing Musicals and Opera
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 11th Jan - 3rd Feb 2018
Exploring subjects that affect us all: body image, bullying, photoshop, exercise, selfies, diets, weight, beauty treatments, photoshop.
Steven Berkoff's EAST
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 9th Jan - 3rd Feb 2018
Brought to you by the winners of the 2016 Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award, this new production of Steven Berkoff’s riotous masterpiece opens at the King’s Head Theatre, wh…
Coming Clean
- Review
- ★★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 31st Jul, 2017
It’s 35 years since Kevin Elyot’s first play, Coming Clean, premiered at the Bush Theatre and 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK.
PLUTO
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub / The Cockpit
- 30th Jul - 17th Aug 2017
The loneliest planet in our solar system struggles with his identity; a probe from Earth arrives bearing information that turns his world upside down.
A Boy Named Sue
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 31st Jul, 2017
Sid, struggling to become Sue, proclaims, “The great barrier between myself and the outside world is my appearance”.
Tremors
- Review
- ★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 28th Jun, 2017
An ‘incident in a hotel room’ becomes a life-changing event for Tom Crowe, a rising star of the Labour Party whose past, present and future form the basis of Tremors.
Queers
- Review
- ★★★
- Richard Beck
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 30th Jun, 2017
Queers comes with no explanation, but the title alone is enough preparation for an hour of material that is amusing and sad, historical and contemporary.
God's Waiting Room
- Listing Theatre
- UK Regional & Tours
- Multiple Venues
- 11th Jun - 3rd Sep 2017
An end of life comedy, exploring themes of status, dynamics, and changing relationships in the light of parental loss.
The Magic Flute
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 4th May - 3rd Jun 2017
Set in the heart of the South American jungle, intrepid explorer Tamino as he embarks on a journey filled with fantastical, magical creatures.
Adam & Eve and Steve
- Review
- ★★★★
- George Meixner
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 29th Mar, 2017
If you’re looking for a wholesome chapter from The Good Book then this is not the show for you.
MacDeth! - MacBeth Gone Wrong
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 3rd - 10th Sep 2016
Written entirely in rhyming iambic pentameter, Ryan J-W Smith’s ‘MacDeth!’ lovingly parodies Shakespeare’s MacBeth while asserting itself as a modern verse comedy classic in its ow…
Don't Look Down
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 20th - 24th Jul 2016
The Detectorists’ Paul Casar is Max in this one-man black comedy about the lows of ageing.
5 Guys Chillin'
- Listing Theatre
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 5th - 27th Feb 2016
A graphic, gripping, funny and frank verbatim drama exposing the gay Chill-Out scene.
The Boy Under The Christmas Tree
- Review
- ★★★★
- Christopher James
- London Fringe
- King’s Head Theatre Pub
- 17th Dec, 2018
The Kings Head Theatre is once again offering multiple seasonal shows for their audiences to enjoy.
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