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Puck: A Fairy's Tale

Puck: A Fairy's Tale

Join Puck, Shakespeare’s most mischievous fairy, on a comedic and heartfelt ride through his magical origin story. 

The Old Dagger

The Old Dagger

In a beloved local boozer, shadows of Macbeth emerge as the landlord grapples with gentrification’s grip, fighting to preserve the heart of his community in a forgotten corner of C… 

KING LEAR IS DEAD

KING LEAR IS DEAD

“The wheel is come full circle. 

OpheliaOpheliaOphelia

OpheliaOpheliaOphelia

When Lizzie Siddal stepped into the bath to model for Millais’ famous painting, she handed her fate over to Ophelia. 

(Un) Shakespearean Nightmares

(Un) Shakespearean Nightmares

This show is a remix featuring Shakespeare’s underdogs. 

MACBETH (solo)

MACBETH (solo)

Shakespeare’s great poetic tragedy, distilled into a thrilling monodrama that charts Macbeth’s psychological and moral disintegration. 

A Two Women Hamlet

A Two Women Hamlet

It’s Hamlet, but not as you know it. 

The (much shorter) Comedy of Errors

The (much shorter) Comedy of Errors

If all the worlds a stage, and all the men and women merely players, putting on one of the Bard’s plays should be a doddle, right? The Penge West Queer (+ allies!) over 30’s (in s… 

The Tempestuous: A Shrew'd New Comedy by Will Shakespeare & Penny Ashton

The Tempestuous: A Shrew'd New Comedy by Will Shakespeare & Penny Ashton

Sicily’s beloved King Enzo is dead. 

LIV: Sapphic Shakespeare

LIV: Sapphic Shakespeare

Twelfth Night Fanfiction: a reimagining of Shakespeare’s classic. 

Watch Me Die

Watch Me Die

Crack out the pre-drinks for Shakespeare after dark. 

too much of water

too much of water

“Are you the people Hamlet has been talking to?” Ophelia asks the audience. 

Sweet Meat

Sweet Meat

Exploring sadistic desires fueled by online echo chambers, childhood trauma and gay loneliness, this new dark drama from a queer-led team combines elements of verbatim theatre and … 

Apologia

Apologia

Apologia is the first stage play that seeks to honestly answer the question, ‘Who was Alessandro Cagliostro’? Was he a charlatan and con man, or the greatest mage of all time? … 

Apologia

Apologia

Apologia is the first stage play that seeks to honestly answer the question, ‘Who was Alessandro Cagliostro’? Was he a charlatan and con man, or the greatest mage of all time? … 

My Female Husband

My Female Husband

Witness the scandalous case of one woman’s Female Husband! In a courtroom in 1767 east London, Eliza Williams accuses her husband Henry of being a woman. 

My Female Husband

My Female Husband

Witness the scandalous case of one woman’s Female Husband! In a courtroom in 1767 east London, Eliza Williams accuses her husband Henry of being a woman. 

Anti-Heroine

Anti-Heroine

Join Anti-Heroine through several encounters with Manchester’s night-life and dating scene as she teeters on the edge of adulthood. 

Anti-Heroine

Anti-Heroine

Join Anti-Heroine through several encounters with Manchester’s night-life and dating scene as she teeters on the edge of adulthood. 

Jacob Lovick: Jagol Bloso

Jacob Lovick: Jagol Bloso

Jagol Bloso is a little boy from nowhere in particular, and he’s really pleased to meet you. 

Jacob Lovick: Jagol Bloso

Jacob Lovick: Jagol Bloso

Jagol Bloso is a little boy from nowhere in particular, and he’s really pleased to meet you. 

Stage Fright

Stage Fright

It is 1952 and Lady Iris Bungle and her jolly spiffing, theatrical cousin Dicky Hardwick are embarking on a rather splendid mystery! While Dicky is rehearsing his brand new, never … 

Stage Fright

Stage Fright

It is 1952 and Lady Iris Bungle and her jolly spiffing, theatrical cousin Dicky Hardwick are embarking on a rather splendid mystery! While Dicky is rehearsing his brand new, never … 

Body Count

Body Count

“Every woman is a killer. 

Not F***ing Hamlet

Not F***ing Hamlet

Hamlet is about to tell her story to you. 

Not F***ing Hamlet

Not F***ing Hamlet

Hamlet is about to tell her story to you. 

Body Count

Body Count

“Every woman is a killer. 

RANK.

RANK.

RANK A debut play from Goldie Majtas, Gemma and Jane couldn’t be closer, the type of friendship that could survive through anything, I mean anything. 

RANK.

RANK.

RANK A debut play from Goldie Majtas, Gemma and Jane couldn’t be closer, the type of friendship that could survive through anything, I mean anything. 

Prototype

Prototype

If you are reading this, you have been granted access to the following confidential information: Are you tired of lobbying governments? Are you bored of dinners with bumbling, inc… 

Prototype

Prototype

If you are reading this, you have been granted access to the following confidential information: Are you tired of lobbying governments? Are you bored of dinners with bumbling, inc… 

pornsick

pornsick

“Spit, ‘Gasm, backwash, the very viscera of you. 

pornsick

pornsick

“Spit, ‘Gasm, backwash, the very viscera of you. 

Anticlimax

Anticlimax

You hit your mid 30s and all you really need is a husband, a new build, a driveway, at least one child which you solely breast feed and feel nothing but gratitude for, a healthy cr… 

Anticlimax

Anticlimax

You hit your mid 30s and all you really need is a husband, a new build, a driveway, at least one child which you solely breast feed and feel nothing but gratitude for, a healthy cr… 

TRANSMITTED

TRANSMITTED

Experience the sublime chaos of everyday life transformed through an absurdist lens in this bold new production. 

TRANSMITTED

TRANSMITTED

Experience the sublime chaos of everyday life transformed through an absurdist lens in this bold new production. 

Blackheath

Blackheath

After a troubled year away, Eddie returns to South London to discover his brother is dating his oldest friend. 

Blackheath

Blackheath

After a troubled year away, Eddie returns to South London to discover his brother is dating his oldest friend. 

Helen Prior: The Pussy from the USSR

Helen Prior: The Pussy from the USSR

The Pussy from the USSR is coming to make you laugh hysterically, bask in the joys of surreal and outrageous comedy, and make you question everything you thought you knew, This sho… 

The Book of Margery Kempe

The Book of Margery Kempe

After a sold out run and a 5 star review, The Book of Margery Kempe is coming to London! ‘I may be a creature, but I am God’s creature!’ Margery Kempe is a normal housewife… 

The Book of Margery Kempe

The Book of Margery Kempe

After a sold out run and a 5 star review, The Book of Margery Kempe is coming to London! ‘I may be a creature, but I am God’s creature!’ Margery Kempe is a normal housewife… 

Helen Prior: The Pussy from the USSR (Work-in-Progress)

Helen Prior: The Pussy from the USSR (Work-in-Progress)

The Pussy from the USSR is coming to make you laugh hysterically, bask in the joys of surreal and outrageous comedy, and make you question everything you thought you knew, This sho… 

The Silliad: Improvised Myths and Legends

The Silliad: Improvised Myths and Legends

Why do geese fly south for the winter? What’s really inside an Oreo? You suggest the question, then watch it be answered through myth, mayhem and madness! From the roaring thunde… 

The Silliad: Improvised Myths and Legends

The Silliad: Improvised Myths and Legends

Why do geese fly south for the winter? What’s really inside an Oreo? You suggest the question, then watch it be answered through myth, mayhem and madness! From the roaring thunde… 

Magpie

Magpie

Ireland, 1923. 

Magpie

Magpie

Ireland, 1923. 

Black Velvet

Black Velvet

‘Wishes are they? You know, I never really liked flowers for graves. 

Black Velvet

Black Velvet

‘Wishes are they? You know, I never really liked flowers for graves. 

Gloria's Gift?

Gloria's Gift?

“In a world where we’re all so connected, how can we be more disconnected than we’ve ever been?” Gloria’s Gift? is an innovative new play, reminding us the importance of human con… 

Gloria's Gift?

Gloria's Gift?

“In a world where we’re all so connected, how can we be more disconnected than we’ve ever been?” Gloria’s Gift? is an innovative new play, reminding us the importance of human con… 

The Greatest Play Of All Time

The Greatest Play Of All Time

‘The Greatest Play Of All Time’ tells the story of 1&2, characters in the mind of a Writer trying to create a career defining play. 

If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You

If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You

Casey and Mikey cannot escape: not from who they are, not from how their lives have moulded them and, more immediately, from the rooftop onto which they have just clambered. 

Rachel's Café

Rachel's Café

“Everyone is Welcome – No Exceptions” is the motto of Rachel’s Café in Bloomington, Indiana, a university town with a liberal and artistic ambience and pretensions. 

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