Shows at The Space

You Wake Up/Octopus

You Wake Up/Octopus

An interactive, immersive journey where you play a newly conscious octopus on a quest to find your missing mother. 

The 'S' is Silent

The 'S' is Silent

The ‘S’ Is Silent is a theatre piece about womanhood during Franco’s 40-year-long fascist regime, recovering those female voices that were silenced during this dark era of re… 

Lady Inger

Lady Inger

Ibsen’s Lady Inger is a powerful play. 

Rachel

Rachel

Rachel works hard. 

The New Moon Monologues

The New Moon Monologues

Grace O’Keefe & Erin Holland (aka the Queens of Cups) launched New Moon Monologues as a platform for emerging artists back in 2020 as a digital new writing night. 

Our Last First

Our Last First

The universal love story. Where you fall in love with someone for the first time but also for the last. Four Actors, cast live, whose story will you see? 

DREAM SCHOOL

DREAM SCHOOL

When is a story ready to tell? Inspired by the ongoing real events of a college cult, DREAM SCHOOL is a thriller about who wins and who loses when we cash in on trauma. 

Unlocked

Unlocked

During the first stages of the Covid-19 pandemic and our first experiences of life in lockdown, professional dancers of Nova Grace Productions collaborated with Maidstone choreogra… 

Unlocked

Unlocked

  • Listing
    • Dance Physical Theatre and Circus
  • UK Regional & Tours
  • Multiple Venues
  • 5th May - 11th Jun 2023

From bedroom to stage. 

Working For Crumbs

Working For Crumbs

Meet outrageous office admins: Grace and Amy, stuck in a soul-sucking job slogging their way through the working week. 

The Wedding Speech

The Wedding Speech

Rosemary is about to do a speech at her mother’s wedding. 

CabarADHD

CabarADHD

Rachael has recently been diagnosed with ADHD. 

Morveren

Morveren

The siren’s song is calling Keren’s name, drawing her back to her roots. 

Morveren

Morveren

Morveren. 

Ten Days

Ten Days

Political Chaos. Economic crises. War ravages Europe. Revolution erupts. In secret, another revolution begins. Welcome to Russia, 1917 as you’ve never seen it before. 

Ten Days

Ten Days

Matthew Jameson embarked on a major project ten years ago. 

The Wolves

The Wolves

A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, The Wolves is a liberating coming-of-age drama focused on nine adolescent female athletes in a contemporary society. 

The Blue Whale

The Blue Whale

Loser-in-love Lewis has met a girl online. 

Notre Dame

Notre Dame

Stuart Crowther’s adaptation of Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame is proof that streamed performances can bring the magic of theatre and then some into our homes, diffe… 

Six Plays One Day

Six Plays One Day

Literally what it says on the tin: ‘Six Plays One Day’ offers a wide variety in a short space of time. 

Permanent Tenancy

Permanent Tenancy

A sitcom gone very wrong:Five student flatmates navigate the highs and lows of life and love as a near ‘grown ups’ at the end of university; brimming with the crippling angst a… 

Chicken Pasta

Chicken Pasta

Chicken Pasta follows a couple as they navigate the complexities of a relationship plagued by a deadline; George has Bowel Cancer. 

Ophelia

Ophelia

“A woman is missing… I don’t know when we stopped noticing her, but she’s gone. 

Unstitching

Unstitching

An awkward woman stands on a stage because she wants to be seen, she wants to express herself authentically, but it’s a lot harder than she thought. 

At Eternity’s Gate

At Eternity’s Gate

When Theo finds himself in a wheat field one evening, he’s not sure how or why he’s there. 

Pill

Pill

“Depression and anxiety from hormonal contraceptives may not be the experience of every woman, but that doesn’t mean it’s not the experience of your friend, your daughter or … 

The Masks of Aphra Behn

The Masks of Aphra Behn

  • Listing
    • Theatre
  • London Fringe
  • Multiple Venues
  • 29th Nov 2022 - 22nd Feb 2023

It’s 1677 and an audience getting ready to watch Aphra Behn’s The Rover are in for a surprise. 

Post Sex Spagbol

Post Sex Spagbol

After being handed a job as counsellor and sex-ed teacher, Krissy, purposely leads a classroom full of goggle-eyed-girls down a motorway of mistakes. 

Siblings

Siblings

C. 

S.O.E.

S.O.E.

Th WW2 Special Operations Executive is tasked with espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance. 

The Collab

The Collab

The #MeToo movement is losing momentum, but its work is not done. 

Abigail

Abigail

Most of us will be familiar with Arthur Miller’s character Abigail; the seductress who caught John Proctor’s eye and led a group of girls that sent innocent women to their demi… 

Casterbridge

Casterbridge

This reimagining of Thomas Hardy’s tragic novel charts the lives of two women growing up, growing old and growing into obsessive rivalry. 

Room

Room

It is 1929. 

Tartarus & Other Stories / Livestream

Tartarus & Other Stories / Livestream

An unnamed man realises that he is part of the third gender and escapes to live on the planet Uranus, the only place that he can find happiness. 

Tartarus & Other Stories

Tartarus & Other Stories

An unnamed man realises that he is part of the third gender and escapes to live on the planet Uranus, the only place that he can find happiness. 

Evidence / Livestream

Evidence / Livestream

What happens when you introduce experts at the forefront of the sustainability debate and today’s most exciting theatre makers? Rising Tides create four exciting partnerships and… 

Evidence

Evidence

What happens when you introduce experts at the forefront of the sustainability debate and today’s most exciting theatre makers? Rising Tides create four exciting partnerships and… 

Accidental Birth of An Anarchist / Livestream

Accidental Birth of An Anarchist / Livestream

An anarchist – activist or terrorist? A darkly funny play by Luke Ofield. 

Accidental Birth of An Anarchist

Accidental Birth of An Anarchist

Luke Oldfield’s Accidental Birth of an Anarchist at The Space on the Isle of Dogs tells of two novice activists from The People’s Movement to Protect the Planet who get jobs on… 

2040

2040

Concerned about his young daughter’s future, filmmaker Damon Gameau travels the world in search of new approaches and solutions to climate change. 

2040 / Livestream

2040 / Livestream

Concerned about his young daughter’s future, filmmaker Damon Gameau travels the world in search of new approaches and solutions to climate change. 

Letters

Letters

The largest creative response to the climate and ecological emergency the world has yet seen, Letters to the Earth is the first book to chronicle how humankind is collectively proc… 

To be a bat / Livestream

To be a bat / Livestream

Moi’s brother Jo is dead and it’s probably all Moi’s fault. 

To Be A Bat

To Be A Bat

Moi’s brother Jo is dead and it’s probably all Moi’s fault. 

To Be A Bat

To Be A Bat

Moi’s brother Jo is dead and they think it’s all their fault. 

To Be a Bat

To Be a Bat

Moi’s brother Jo is dead and it’s probably all Moi’s fault. 

Stop It

Stop It

Cascade down a meta horror hole as you invite yourself into an abandoned immersive show that is begging to be stopped. You should question every fringe of reality.  

Nightmares Watch Party

Nightmares Watch Party

Nightmares is a horror musical that tells the story of a man, plagued with nightmares and visions who wakes up with no memory of who he is or what he has done…And what is going o… 

Tales of the Crypt Cabaret / Livestream

Tales of the Crypt Cabaret / Livestream

Tales of the Crypt Cabaret is a fusion of burlesque, puppetry and art performance. 

Tales of the Crypt Cabaret

Tales of the Crypt Cabaret

Tales of the Crypt Cabaret is a fusion of burlesque, puppetry and art performance. 

Tales of the Crypt Cabaret

Tales of the Crypt Cabaret

Tales of the Crypt cabaret is fusion of burlesque, puppetry and art performance, packed into a hour of full on entertainment for your darkest delights…  

Irving Undead / Livestream

Irving Undead / Livestream

Henry Irving is dead. 

Birdwatching / Livestream

Birdwatching / Livestream

At the centre of a forest, in a bitingly cold winter, three young people make a horror film. 

Irving Undead

Irving Undead

The life and death of Henry Irving, the haunted man who inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula, as told by award-winning actor James Swanton (Host).  

Birdwatching

Birdwatching

In a forest, in the dead of winter, three people make a horror film. As the temperature drops and the light dies, old hates and fears are uncovered – and ignited.  

Irving Undead

Irving Undead

Henry Irving is dead. 

Birdwatching

Birdwatching

At the centre of a forest, in a bitingly cold winter, three young people make a horror film. 

One Man Poe / Livestream

One Man Poe / Livestream

Online event. 

One Man Poe

One Man Poe

A marathon of gothic horror masterpieces. One actor performs Edgar Allan Poe’s most spine-chilling classics 

One Man Poe

One Man Poe

Renowned as the ‘Godfather of Gothic Horror’, Poe was a pioneer in establishing the horror genre. 

Autumn Rose Garden

Autumn Rose Garden

Welcome to “Autumn Rose Garden” – student’s talent showcase of Cairo Rose belly dance studio at The Space theatre in London. 

Nne and the Obanje Child / Livestream

Nne and the Obanje Child / Livestream

This is the online livestreamed event. 

Nne and the Obanje Child

Nne and the Obanje Child

This beautiful magical and majestic story told by 4 storytellers ensemble style. 

Nne and the Obanje Child

Nne and the Obanje Child

The price a mother pays when she makes a deal with the mystical energies of mother earth Ani and magical powers of rivergeniOshimiri, to keep her spirit child alive.  

Music @ the Space

Music @ the Space

Live music makes its first steps back to the Space Theatre! Three solo artists share their unique perspective and take on guitar-based rock music, from grungy existentialism to … 

Timeless / Livestream

Timeless / Livestream

This is the online livestreamed event. 

Timeless

Timeless

If you can’t trust your memory what can you trust? Martin has a problem, he can’t make new memories. 

One Man Poe

One Man Poe

What’s scarier than a slice of gothic horror? Four slices, that’s what. 

Helium

Helium

The Space on the Isle of Dogs continues its practice of supporting new talent with Helium, an original work by Grumble Pup Theatre, a fledgling company founded in the Black Country… 

The Cloak of Visibility

The Cloak of Visibility

Amy cannot socialise with the other mums after the school run because she is needed in the office. 

Lovefool

Lovefool

What if the last time you dated, you were doused in Impulse Body Spray and The Spice Girls were at number one? Finding a phwoar-some trouser-shape to replace her ex-husband won’t… 

Don't Ask Don't Get, Baby

Don't Ask Don't Get, Baby

“Donor Conceived Person? Honestly I think I prefer Test Tube Baby” Alice has always been told she was special, but as she reaches adolescence she can’t help but think it’… 

RAFT

RAFT

The piece is centred around four women, who are seemingly trapped on a raft in the middle of the ocean, hunted by a mystical sea-monster. 

A Blue Something Livestream

A Blue Something Livestream

Chris, Lucy, Hervey and Mandy are stuck in a waiting room. 

A Blue Something

A Blue Something

Chris, Lucy, Hervey and Mandy are stuck in a waiting room. 

The Black Cat

The Black Cat

The notion of a man becoming particularly attached to a handsome black cat may initially feel a familiar experience, especially as around 3. 

The Black Cat

The Black Cat

Tickets must be booked no later than 1 hour before the start. 

Aaron and Julia

Aaron and Julia

Caerleon, a small harbour town in the south of Wales, feels very far indeed from the epicentre of the vast, sprawling Roman Empire. 

Soldiers’ Arts Academy Showcase

Soldiers’ Arts Academy Showcase

This Showcase is the culmination of the first International 10-Minute Play Competition organised by the Soldiers’ Arts Academy which attracted submissions from across the UK, Eur… 

The Fantastical Tale of the Boy on the Run

The Fantastical Tale of the Boy on the Run

All ticket bookers will have access to the performance ‘on demand’ for a period after the premiere. 

Scratching the Servers

Scratching the Servers

Associate company of the Space theatre, The UnDisposables, are back with yet another jam packed night of exciting and thought provoking new writing. 

A Game Not Lost

A Game Not Lost

Sit down for a game of Mahjong with one of the most feared and powerful women of all time, Ching Shih. 

Try Harder Livestream

Try Harder Livestream

Tickets must be booked no later than 1 hour before the start. 

Outside Livestream

Outside Livestream

Tickets must be booked no later than 1 hour before the start. 

A Place To Fall To Pieces

A Place To Fall To Pieces

You are on an island. 

The Saving of Santa

The Saving of Santa

Oh no! There’s something wrong with Santa. 

The Saving of Santa

The Saving of Santa

Oh no! There’s something wrong with Santa. 

Myles and Me

Myles and Me

‘Myles and Me’ explores how a person deals with being diagnosed with a lifelong, currently incurable medical condition, and the importance of living with rather than suffering … 

How to Survive...Cherpocalypse

How to Survive...Cherpocalypse

Tickets must be purchased in advance How does Cher remain so ageless and incredible? What wisdom can she bestow that will help us survive the next seven decades? The masterminds… 

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Your world and your climate are struggling under the weight of humanity, but your leader is a tyrant, blind to the forces of nature working against him. 

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.

She engulfs him. 

Us Two

Us Two

Lizzy & Beth have been friends for as long as anyone can remember. 

The Prince of Homburg

The Prince of Homburg

The night before going into battle the Prince of Homburg goes sleepwalking: dreaming of love, ambition and victory. 

The Prince of Homburg

The Prince of Homburg

The night before going into battle the Prince of Homburg goes sleepwalking: dreaming of love, ambition and victory. 

There's A Man In The Woods

There's A Man In The Woods

There is a limit to how much you can love your child. 

ADAJHYO - THE UNBURNABLE

ADAJHYO - THE UNBURNABLE

In the border area, in the middle of the night, Rehana, missing her daughter, sung a haunting lullaby. 

Like A Rambling Stone

Like A Rambling Stone

This show was cancelled. 

Get Happy

Get Happy

Join Anna and four madcap characters, old and new, each on a heroic quest to find happiness; an overly competitive vicar, a social media influencer, a mischievous granny and a retr… 

Gasping

Gasping

Gasping is Elton’s first play and was written in the late eighties as a satire on bottled water. 

Between Two Waves

Between Two Waves

Between Two Waves was premiered at Griffin Theatre Company in Sydney seven years ago. 

Luke Warm: Behind the Bulge

Luke Warm: Behind the Bulge

Luke Warm is inviting you into his dressing room of Drag King dreams. Bring rolled up socks, eyeliner and prepare for a one man show that’s a masterclass in ‘smoulder’. 

The Play at 8: The Monkey’s Paw

The Play at 8: The Monkey’s Paw

A live radio play within a play! Based on W. 

Chekhov in Moscow

Chekhov in Moscow

Summer 1897. 

The Jailer's Daughter

The Jailer's Daughter

In a world obsessed with looks, money and ‘good’ TV, Julia battles for her voice to be heard. 

Two Clowns Suffer an Existential Crisis

Two Clowns Suffer an Existential Crisis

After the appearance of a mysterious flashing red light two clowns decide that an audience awaits them. 

Tropez!

Tropez!

In chic Saint-Tropez, a failed cat burglar and a gentle gigolo form an unlikely pair and take aim at the top of St-Trop! Their plan? To pull off the biggest jewel heist in history. 

Nathan and Ida’s Hot Dog Stand

Nathan and Ida’s Hot Dog Stand

Nathan and Ida Hardwerker leave the old country to build a better life for themselves in the New World: With nothing but a will to succeed and a secret recipe for sauce, they disco… 

Come Fly with Fred

Come Fly with Fred

Meet Fred. 

Parenthood

Parenthood

From conception right through to school, *deep breaths*… teenagers, empty nest and grandparenting this comedy musical will take you a journey through the highs and lows of parent… 

sexy Lamp

sexy Lamp

Ever since Katie was cast as the lead in her primary school Christmas show “Santa’s Snow Mobile” she believed there was a place for her in show business. 

Holy Land

Holy Land

Three stories of online escapism and revolt interweave in this new show from Elegy Theatre. 

Lovers Anonymous

Lovers Anonymous

What does love mean to you? Not sure? Too afraid to ask? Well don’t worry – Lovers Anonymous is here to help. 

Lovers Anonymous

Lovers Anonymous

What does love mean to you? Not sure? Too afraid to ask? Well don’t worry – Lovers Anonymous is here to help. 

Spitfire Sisters

Spitfire Sisters

1940s Britain – a 19-year-old Northern lass takes to the air in a fighter plane, armed with only a compass. 

Fall Prettier

Fall Prettier

It’s about Medea, the woman who killed her children. 

Who I Could've Been

Who I Could've Been

Beth and Danny were soulmates, then they got lost wanting other things. 

Four O Clock Flowers

Four O Clock Flowers

There’s a shrine outside Anna’s door. 

Sink

Sink

The current offering at The Space’s Foreword Festival, which champions new and upcoming playwrights, is Sink, by Tobias Graham. 

Mycorrhiza

Mycorrhiza

The Space is currently running its Foreword Festival, a wonderful scheme giving playwrights the chance to submit early drafts of scripts. 

Delicacy

Delicacy

When it’s reported in the press that the Gibson family have been embroiled in a gruesome neighbourhood murder, their lives are thrown into turmoil. 

We Need to Talk About Bobby (off Eastenders)

We Need to Talk About Bobby (off Eastenders)

12-year-old Annie has hit the big time – but she’s no idea how hard it is going to be. 

Me and My Doll

Me and My Doll

One night workaholic Kate is “gifted” a blow-up-boyfriend by her colleagues and decides to keep it in an act of defiance. 

Me and My Doll

Me and My Doll

One night workaholic Kate is “gifted” a blow-up-boyfriend by her colleagues and decides to keep it in an act of defiance. 

The Wasp

The Wasp

After not speaking for 20 years, Heather and Carla meet at a café to reminisce about their not-so-perfect past. 

The Wasp

The Wasp

After not speaking for 20 years, Heather and Carla meet at a café. 

Post Mortem

Post Mortem

It’s not just a dead body that can be the subject of a post mortem. 

The Conductor

The Conductor

The tragedy of World War II is remembered in many ways, but The Conductor, at The Space, takes a highly focussed look at just one small event in Russia’s window on the west in 19… 

The Conductor

The Conductor

In 1941, troops surrounded the city of Leningrad, in what would come to be known as the Leningrad Blockade, a siege of more than 2 years, and one that would claim the lives of more… 

We Know Now Snowmen Exist

We Know Now Snowmen Exist

Five women go camping in a remote mountain range. 

Love and Information

Love and Information

Someone sneezes. 

FFS!

FFS!

After a number sell-out shows of a 5-Star A Womb of One’s Own Wonderbox brings you three plays in one new show. 

FFS! (A Feminist Fable Series)

FFS! (A Feminist Fable Series)

One show, three comedy tales of women facing the world. 

Portents

Portents

The air hums with static. A black car idles across the street. Paul McCartney has been dead for 51 years. A show about looking for meaning, and watching for signs. 

The South Afreakins

The South Afreakins

Helene and Gordon are stuck. 

The South Afreakins

The South Afreakins

Helene and Gordon are stuck in South Africa and in their same rut. 

Feel More

Feel More

Proforça Theatre Company presents the next generation of “Feel More”, Seven more stories from the universe of our main production of "Feel" returning in Spring 2019. 

Feel

Feel

Jamie and Naomi collide on a weekend that will cause them to question everything they ever thought they knew about themselves. 

The Dip

The Dip

Upon collecting my tickets for The Dip I was also given a pair of earplugs. 

A Womb of One's Own

A Womb of One's Own

Babygirl is eighteen, a student, and has just discovered SEX – in spite of her strict Catholic upbringing by two crotchety old women. 

Brawn

Brawn

Meet Ryan. 

Brawn

Brawn

Meet Ryan. 

Little Fools

Little Fools

The autumn/winter season at the Space on the Isle of Dogs got off to a punchy start this week with Little Fools. 

Science Fiction Double Feature

Science Fiction Double Feature

Five glorious days of Sci-Fi, Theatre and Talks with science fiction experts featuring ReGen, Horatio Productions’ newest show. 

Grab 'Em by the Pussy

Grab 'Em by the Pussy

A new comedy musical about grabbing pussy. 

Freud The Musical

Freud The Musical

Sigmund is drowning in debt, crippled by cocaine addiction and surrounded by madness. 

Tartuffe

Tartuffe

Amo Theatre presents a southern speakeasy setting for Moliere’s classic comedy, directed by Chris Lawson. 

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