An original performance of The Creation by Haydn, where music seamlessly intertwines with dance, costume, and lighting, breathing new life into this timeless masterpiece.
St John's Smith Square
ViewHide and Seek is a moving and darkly entertaining play that pits two teenage boys against each other in the face of the contagious prejudice of their small Italian town. Gio, who has never felt accepted by anyone - not by parents, teachers or peers - decides to disappear and hide out in a secluded cave.
Park Theatre
ViewCarabosse tricks her niece into pricking her finger on a spinning wheel needle, cursing her to everlasting sleep. Only true love’s kiss can break the curse and wake the princess. Now it’s up to her friends, Fairy Fizz, Dame Maris Piper and Spud to find her Prince, defeat the evil Carabosse and save Luna! Will the curse be lifted? Will true love conquer all? Join us this Christmas on an unforgettable wintery adventure to find out!
Mercury Theatre
ViewWhen some people won’t believe you’ve changed, and others don’t want to let you change, it isn’t easy to make a new start. Jay Johnson is fresh out of prison and determined never to go back, but for all his efforts to stay on track, he finds himself making a detour back in the wrong direction. Finally he’s faced with the hardest choice of his life and only then does he understand what he has to do to change things for real. The Realness has an upbeat score ranging from rap to reggae, gospel to grime.
The Big House Theatre Company
ViewIn this uplifting comedy, loosely inspired by the world-famous cheese-rolling in Gloucestershire, people plummet down a deadly hill in pursuit of a speeding Double Gloucester cheese. Anarchic and hilarious, it’s the “English Book Of Mormon”, according to one critic. With sumptuous songs by Patrick Steed and Mike Stocks, it features gorgeous and unforgettable characters who all have their deeper reasons for risking life and limb for, er, cheese. After all, eventually in life, you have to leap!
New Wimbledon Theatre Studio
ViewThe Island explores the conflict between who we are, and ‘who we ought to be’ in a haunting story about the fragility, and the resilience, of the human spirit.
Cervantes Theatre
ViewA one-woman musical which explores the life of 1960s London film star Carol White (Cathy Come Home, Poor Cow) and the nightmares that female performers faced - and still face - in the world of entertainment.
New Wimbledon Theatre Studio
View'17 minutes. That's how long it takes to die by train. I looked it up once'. Chilufya – you can call her Chili – doesn't know whether she is coming or going. Which makes perfect sense since her name literally means 'the lost one' and lost is exactly how she's felt most of her life. Struggling with low self-esteem and a waning sense of self, she finds herself being drawn into a dangerously controlling relationship. Interweaving spoken-word theatre with Zambian oral traditions this dark comedy is a solo show exploring coercive control.
Streatham Space Project / Summerhall Edinburgh
ViewIn the Purgatory of unresolved trauma, Marcelle breaks away from his usual cruxes in a bid to spend the time it takes to truly heal. Upon discovering Paradise in Penge, he realises it isn’t all it seems.
Wimbledon College of Arts
ViewThe year is 2024 and the world as we know it is in perpetual crisis. Near Denver, Colorado, a radical movement has been building. Fuelled by a desire to finally take back control, a community redefining the rules has emerged. Will they change the world and at what cost?
Wimbledon College of Arts
ViewA bloodthirsty dissection artist, Sue Meetrop, escapes beyond the Realm of Television and into the Realm of Reality. Our heroes, the hosts of a popular podcast, their live advert partner and a listener of the show set off to find Meetrop and place her back within the confines of the screen.
Wimbledon College of Arts
ViewWhat do you do when the world has already ended? 2 friends come to the surface for their government mandated 35 minutes of airtime and play a board game from before the collapse, talking about how times have changed.
Wimbledon College of Arts
ViewKitty waits alone in her kitchen. Her father is dying in the room next door. Kitty wishes he would just hurry up. Kitty wishes her boyfriend, late to accompany her to a local beauty pageant would hurry up too. Kitty in the Lane makes its London premiere with a fresh production at The Jack Studio Theatre after successful runs of the play in Ireland and the USA.
The Brockley Jack
ViewA brutally honest, hilarious and heartbreaking one-woman show navigating the impossibly confusing gender dynamics of modern love. Grace, a young woman hungry for affection and looking for love in all the wrong places, is forced to discover what healthy (self) love might look like.
Coronet Theatre / Théâtre National du Luxembourg
ViewZara lives in a perfect world. No poverty, no war. She’s even been implanted with an electronic chip that will extend her life forever. So, why does she want to end it all?To be allowed to die, Zara must debate her fate with an android therapist and overcome the human drive to survive. ‘Good Day’ is a new dark comedy that explores how we find meaning in our lives and asks whether immortality is really all it’s cracked up to be.
Network Theatre / Vault Festival
ViewAs a child, Hildegard Von Bingen began experiencing intense prophetic – and often apocalyptic – visions and communications with God. Suffering through chronic illness, she kept these hidden from those around her until her forties, fearing she would be branded a lunatic or, worse, a witch. This multigenerational female ensemble uses voice and movement in an physical opera to explore the span of a woman’s life, what it means to always live in fear, with wisdom, and if Hildegard ever felt truly free.
Vault Festival
ViewRural Ireland meets the Middle East when Irish farmer Paddy's only son dies unexpectedly, and his lust for life vanishes. A trip to the ancient city of Petra encourages him to feel a fresh wonder for the world, develop new friendships and an exciting love affair...with himself. How much time can he really spend away from his wife, farm and responsibilities back in Ireland, however?
The Brockley Jack
ViewWhy does a victim become a predator? In isolation, Ghislaine Maxwell maintains innocence whilst reliving the psychological abuse endured from her father. She unravels, fantasising that she is Hedda Gabler; both charismatic, beautiful and, above all, manipulative monsters in the female form.
The Coronet Theatre & Edinburgh Fringe
ViewInspired by the screenplay ‘Network’ and the life of prescient civil rights activist Marion Stokes, this devised piece of ensemble theatre deals with the all-pervasive prevalence of 24-hour news questioning whose stories are captured and to what end.
Wimbledon College of Arts
ViewA controversial new gaming experience is inspiring a generation. In Killology, players are rewarded for torturing victims, scoring points for “creativity”. But Killology isn’t sick. In fact it’s marketed by its millionaire creator as a deeply moral experience.
KMT Productions / Wimbledon College of Arts
ViewA poetic and delicate look into the state of grieving, following one family in their attempt to adjust to a new reality.
Psychonaut Theatre / Wimbledon College of Arts
ViewCreated and performed by Juraj Benko, the piece explores abusive parenthood and its impact on the life of an individual.
Wimbledon College of Arts
ViewThis version of Yerma, the classic written by Federico Garcia Lorca, is relocated to a village in Ghana
Wimbledon College of Arts & Lyric Hammersmith
ViewA new production highlighting the ways women in Three Sisters were trapped by the patriarchy and exploring how women remain restricted in the same ways today.
Wimbledon College of Arts & Lyric Hammersmith
ViewSamara Gannon directs a queer-lensed version of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Ernest.
Wimbledon College of Arts & Lyric Hammersmith
ViewFocusing on the psychological isolation and empowerment. This performance if Electra delves into strength of the main character and the fear of her words.
Wimbledon College of Arts & Lyric Hammersmith
ViewWhen Julius Caesar returns to Rome triumphant from the wars, his republican friends decide his dictatorship must end. But, as a new force led by Mark Antony emerges, Caius Cassius persuades Marcus Brutus that the only way to end the Emperor's reign of power is through assassination. Shakespeare's tense drama of high politics and conspiracy amongst men in power is a classic introduction for young audiences.
Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre, RADA
ViewRADA's annual light show, this time bigger than ever. With over 110 moving lights, three Hog 4 consoles, and four kilometers of cable, this is a rare opportunity for the third year lighting students to take a break from theatre and create something visually stunning in a total of three days.
Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre, RADA
ViewA romantic, tender, and playful story entangled in violence, Stop Kiss weaves between: the reality and brutality of loving the 'wrong person'; the strength in the aftermath of being a woman in the 'wrong place at the wrong time'; and the sweet awkwardness of falling in love.
GBS Theatre, RADA
ViewAlone in the classroom, a battle of wills takes place. Award winning playwright Duncan Macmillan’s ‘Monster’ is a gripping and often difficult exploration into parenthood and where responsibility and blame lie.
Gielgud Theatre, RADA
ViewA season of eight new devised works presented over two days by RADA's MA Lab graduating student body, shown and broadcast live as part of the Bloomsbury Festival.
RADA Studios
ViewUCO reimagines Smetana's Bohemian queen and her medieval court in the modern-day city, where soaring skyscrapers promise glamour and wealth at a human cost. Born into a celebrated legal dynasty, Libuše is queen of the corporate world and obliged to assert herself as its leader.
Bloomsbury Theatre
ViewJason Robert Brown's iconic song cycle Songs For A New World takes a look at people on the brink of life’s biggest decisions, through a stunning blend of musical genres.
Drayton Arms Theatre
ViewA live music showcase of well known and loved songs reimagined and brought to life entirely by UCL Students, Rhapsody 2019 will be a celebration of the power and expression of music.
Bloomsbury Theatre
ViewBritish premiere of Charles Gounod's rarely performed opera Polyeucte, based on the Corneille play ‘Saint Polyeuctus’, it tells a tragic story of Christian martyrdom in defiance of the all-powerful powerful Roman Empire.
Theatre Royal Stratford East
ViewA twisted re-imagining of Grimm's fairytales, exploring the light and dark sides of desire. Find out what happens to Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Jack and others after they get their happily ever after.
Shaw Theatre
ViewPatrick Neate's exciting text challenges the audience to reflect on the nature of language in the UK today. A kaleidoscope of sound and a cacophony of visual images generated through dance, movement and speech.
Lyric Studio, Hammersmith
ViewWhen reclusive crime writer Daniel Quinn receives a mysterious phone call from a man seeking a private detective in the middle of the night, he quickly and unwittingly becomes the protagonist in a real-life thriller of his own.
59 Productions / Lyric Hammersmith
ViewA brand new feminist scratch night showcasing stories about sex and desire spanning the sexuality spectrum.
Rich Creative, Cockpit Theatre
ViewFive new contemporary ballets commisionned by New English Ballet Theatre for their annual gala, featuring 100 pixel-mapped pendants
Peacock Theatre, Sadler's Wells
ViewEdinburgh Fringe transfer of a dark psychological thriller about young offenders and personal liberty, changing to a front-on space and repertory lighting rig.
C Venues Edinburgh
ViewA dark psychological drama involving a young offenders' institution devised by the cast and based on a scenario by Adrian Raine played in the round.
Milton Studio
ViewA new adapted version of Henry V shortened to an hour and a half and employing physical theatre to create scale
Samuel Pepys Theatre
ViewA compact and yet complex piece centring around the destruction and human loss following the bombing of Hiroshima.
Samuel Pepys Theatre
ViewA childrens' opera adaptation of the classic fairytale
The Rose Theatre, Kingston
ViewA complex musical set simultaneously in a writer's study in Hollywood and inside the world of his noir detective screenplay
Samuel Pepys Theatre
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