- March 2026
‘Queene Knight, eh? Hm. Derivative.’
From the macho courts of Camelot, to the bizarre castle in the woods: an epic adventure awaits. Gawain’s spur-of-the-moment participation in a dazzlingly violent game leads him on a whirlwind journey of extravagant soul-searching as he is tasked with finding the mysterious Queene Knight. But discovering the reason behind his quest, while also trying to figure out who on earth turned that music on, proves to be much harder than he expected.
An adaptation of the medieval poem ‘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight’, this new play is a celebration of all things odd. Perfect for the drag queen or medieval jester in your life.
- March 2026
Every Tuesday, in the comforting glow of a London Pub, Anya and Mary cling to their
weekly quiz while the rest of their lives spin out in different directions. One freezes at every
choice; the other runs from every anchor. What begins as small talk dissolves into the quiet
truths you only admit between sips of beer and scribbles on an answer sheet, persistently
interrupted by the Quizzmaster’s voice. Tuesdays Are for Pub Quizzes is a tender, funny,
quietly introspective play about spiralling, surviving, and the rituals that save us without us
noticing.
- March 2026
Taken verbatim from the transcript whistleblower Reality Winner’s interrogation, Is This a Room is a theatrical experience unlike any other. Reconstructed from recently declassified audio recorded at the scene, the play documents the landmark leak of a dossier pertaining to Russia’s interference in the 2016 US Elections and the ensuing repercussions. Blisteringly hot to the touch, Is This a Room is a bold piece at the cutting edge of experimental theatre which asks whether the personal can ever really escape the political.
- March 2026
When podcaster Terri Day reappears after her infamous public breakdown, she shocks her listeners by claiming to be an alien... and she’s stolen the only DNA test that can prove it.
Hiding out in a custom-built bunker after escaping the FBI at Area 51, Terri begins a chaotic livestream that captivates millions. But she’s not alone underground. Sharing her hideout is Alexis, an actual alien who chose to remain on Earth after an intergalactic exchange program- and they’re not thrilled about being held hostage.
Meanwhile, FBI Chief Spacial Investigator Cressida Womp leads the manhunt, driven not only by duty but by revenge: Terri also stole her painfully earnest teenage diary from Area 51’s “humanity capsule.” As Terri’s broadcast unravels into confession and conspiracy, she’s forced to confront her identity, her guilt, and the terrifying possibility that she might not be an alien at all.
Alien Breakdown Play is a darkly funny sci-fi thriller about loneliness, identity, and undiagnosed neurodivergence.
- February 2026
Paris. Late 17th century.
When fifty-three year old Sganarelle begins to doubt his decision to marry a woman less than half his age, he is plunged into crisis. His scepticism takes him on an absurd journey through Paris, seeking advice from philosophers and fortune tellers before finally summoning the courage to talk with the father of the bride…
Molière’s rarely staged comédie-ballet is brought to life with a live baroque string quartet and fiercely physical comedy.
This production of Le Mariage forcé will be performed in the original French with plot synopses provided to audience members upon arrival.
- February 2026
Written by Federico García Lorca and brought to life with a new student translation, Yerma tells the story of a young couple struggling with the pressures of having a child in a small rural town in southern Spain, where the townsfolk watch and whisper about their every move. The young woman, Yerma, becomes increasingly desperate to fulfil the duty society has assigned her, while her husband, Juan, a hard-working man of the fields, hates to have his or his wife’s honour called into question. In this eerie, dream-like retelling of the classic play, be transported back to Andalusia of the early 20th century, where honour, tradition and reputation rule above all.
- February 2026
This is a student written, absurd and very municipal comedy. Think Succession meets Jacky Weaver's parish council meeting.
Set in a small northern town, staff training day at the council-run leisure centre descends into a chaotic power vacuum when the longstanding manage announces his retirement. A community institution spirals into a mass of petty rivalries and bureaucratic lunacy in a battle to see who will claim the chlorine-stained thrown.
On his first day as a trainee, Daniel, must learn the ropes, the bureaucratic red tape, and the 70-page long safety procedure from his whacky co-workers, who are less interested in training the new guy than they are in sabotaging one another’s chances of getting the vacant managerial position. In the meantime, retiring manager, Michael, and council head, Vinnie, meet to pass their sinister judgement on the potential candidates.
- February 2026
On the eve of their mother’s funeral, three estranged sisters gather at their childhood home.
As memories clash, old conflicts resurface and secrets emerge, The Memory of Water is a relentless exploration of grief, love and how we make sense of the people we care about. Each sister burdened with her own version of the past, Mary, Catherine and Teresa try to make sense of the childhood they thought they shared and what it means for their futures.
As witty comedy blends with quiet tenderness, Stephenson examines the ways in which families rewrite the past in order to survive it, and what happens when those stories finally start to unravel.
- February 2026
Frankie Teardrop is forced to choose between giving birth to eggs or going to war. What will Frankie choose? We can only find out once the egg is cracked.
‘Red + White’ is Gaia’s debut one clown show where she decides whether it’s:
Eggs or War
Red or White
Tragedy or Comedy
- February 2026
Footlight Grace Wakeman has never made a decision in her life. Comedy or degree? Breakfast or breakdown? Boys or girls? She's made herself comfortable sitting on the proverbial fence. But this time, the decisions aren't up to her. They're down to you. Varsity claim there's a puppet in every Footlights show: this time, it's Grace herself. You control the narrative, she faces the consequences. Join her for her debut stand-up-hour-cum-choose-your-own-adventure-game as she explores pitfalls of free will, regret and terrible decision-making. One woman. Infinite possibilities. What could go wrong?
- February 2026
Until you live the things you're dreaming they'll stay private, behind eyelids. So let it call your name - that thing inside you screaming.
Ted, Danny and Charlotte were thirteen once, with fists full of beer, feeling godlike. But they got older and realised - this is all there is. There really isn’t more. In a city where nothing much happens except everything, the worst of us thrive, and the rest of us stride on and on through the mess, the rust, the flesh, the lust, the lies, the breath, the dust…
Kae Tempest's Wasted navigates the nostalgia and disillusionment of a generation paralysed in a fast-paced world, exploring grief and wasted potential in a fierce, poetic journey through the night. Blending spoken word poetry with theatre, Tempest ultimately asks whether it’s ever too late to change, and what it means to live fully before time runs out.
- February 2026
It is the rather historically inaccurate “Medieval period” and twin princes Alexander and Leonard have never known who is the oldest and therefore has the right to be King. Their mother died shortly after their birth and their father was too busy watching the Medieval football highlights to notice who was born first. Supposed to tell them who he thinks should succeed him, the King dies before he gets his word out, leaving the battle for the crown wide open for these two rather incompetent brothers and their far more competent, cunning and witty wives, Alicent and Lorraine. Plots, schemes, slapstick fights, verbal battles, outrageous insults and a devious accomplice appear in this ridiculous 24 hour race for the throne.
A new comedy about sibling rivalry, a struggle for power and the women behind it, the true 'kingmakers'.
- February 2026
- February 2026
"I love this y’ know. I love it when we're all out together an’ havin’ a laugh. It's good isn't it? It's great."
On the night of their hen and stag parties, bride-to-be Linda and her fiancé Dave unwittingly end up celebrating in the same crowded nightclub. Neon lights, cheap lager, and thundering disco beats blur the two groups together. But the night shifts when Peter - Linda’s charming, impossible-to-forget ex - appears out of nowhere. Old feelings collide with new commitments, and tensions flare as the past fights for a place in the present.
- January 2026
“To love. To be loved. Difficult things”.
In the haze of a late summer in a London garden, the apples have all fallen to the ground. It is the day of Daddy’s funeral, and two orphans find themselves suddenly alone, with nobody to cling to but each other.
Embracing the painful uncertainties that often characterise our closest relationships, A Breakfast of Eels paints a delicate and heartbreaking portrait of two young men desperately trying to navigate themselves, one another, and the world, in a time of grief.
From the duo company that brought you Being Friends, we are delighted to present the next instalment in our Robert Holman series: A Breakfast of Eels. Nominated for Two Off West-End awards, Holman’s beautiful two-hander was first performed in 2015 at the Coronet Theatre, in London, to critical acclaim.
“There is a shimmering through-line of unspoken hurt and non-alignment which positively aches” - British Theatre.
- January 2026
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- December 2025
- December 2025
“Innovation at any cost. Consequences TBD.”
An improvised comedy of tech issues…and summoning the IT guy won’t fix it. Triumphant new technology—sleek, smart, life-changing, chosen by you for you. But progress has a price. As the tech takes hold, the cracks begin to show. Join us on an expedition into the world of new technology, we’ll guide you through all the joys it can bring—but perhaps that shiny new toy has just the tiniest crack in its surface.
What if all your devices could show you only good news, and filter out all the bad? What if an implant could always tell you when someone is lying? What if your AI dating coach secretly wanted to keep you single and using its services forever?
Every night you will be pitched the next big billion-dollar tech breakthrough and get to bear witness to how it falls apart.
- November 2025
‘What good is theory? What good is an idea without the smallest inkling of relief?’
Raymond, an unemployed and vaguely paranoid man, is commissioned to write a manifesto for the suspiciously corporeal ghost of Russian politician Pavel Milyukov, founder of the Constitutional Democratic Party. Hijinks ensue. Love might just be in the air.
Weird, ominous, and oddly jolly, PERIPETEIA invites the audience to believe, if only for a moment, in ghosts, supercomputers, and the possibility of utopia.
- November 2025
The women of Athens have a problem. It's big. It's huge. And, by god, it's really really hard.
Lysistrata is a classic ancient Greek comedy about a group of women, sick of their husbands neglecting them and making ridiculous decisions. Led by Lysistrata, they join forces across Greece to propose a daring solution to their collective problem: a sex strike. It might seem mad at first, but soon they are causing chaos across all of Greece. With a design vision which shifts the play to the early 2000s, the WAGs of Athens in this production have decided enough is enough. 💋💋💋
- November 2025
This term, DNA takes over the Corpus Playroom as the Week 6 Freshers Late Show. Dark, gripping, and razor-sharp, this production dives into the unsettling world of teenage complicity and the spiralling consequences of one terrible decision.
Written by Dennis Kelly, DNA follows a group of teenagers who commit a violent act—and then attempt to cover it up. As guilt and fear take hold, the group fractures, revealing shifting power dynamics, moral ambiguity, and the terrifying ease with which truth can be manipulated. Tense, fast-paced, and disturbingly funny, DNA is a chilling exploration of peer pressure, group psychology, and the thin line between order and chaos.
- November 2025
This term, Ruckus in the Garden bursts onto the Corpus Playroom stage as the Main Show for Week 6, brought to life by a vibrant cast and creative team of freshers. Expect a high-energy, sharply funny production that blends teenage chaos with a touch of Shakespearean mischief.
Written by David Farr, Ruckus in the Garden is a fast-paced exploration of teenage life, following two rival schools—Riverdale Comprehensive and St. Nectan's Grant Maintained—on a disastrous school trip to the idyllic garden of Cecil Fortescue. As tensions rise and old grudges flare, magical forces intervene, drawing inspiration from A Midsummer Night’s Dream to spark unexpected romance, comic confusion, and total mayhem.
- November 2025
Operation Market Garden is a powerful new piece of verbatim theatre, inspired by the wartime diary of a Welsh paratrooper captured during the 1944 operation of the same name. Blending real testimony with dramatic interpretation, the show centres the often-overlooked voice of a footsoldier—offering a raw, personal perspective on war, identity, and survival as a prisoner of war. This is a story of resilience and remembrance, told from the ground up.
- November 2025
"The drama critics won't go along with that - I mean we can't have the ultra-left hooligan winning hands down like that!"
Defenestration, freudian impersonation, and police corruption. This shockingly funny fast-paced show based on a true story is sure to make you laugh, cry, and question what's really going on in police headquarters. Set in an unnamed police station, we witness the farcical reenactment of the fatal interrogation-gone-wrong of an anarchist and its explosive consequences. Written 55 years ago, but still just as pertinent, Fo's masterpiece is a political farce for the ages.
- November 2025
A trampoline. A jigsaw puzzle. An orange peel. Which one of these ends a relationship?
Sophie and Leah have been happy together for a long, long time. But now there’s a problem. As their relationship fractures, lines are drawn, crossed and redrawn as the two attempt to navigate how to love someone you no longer understand. At times comic, at times tragic, ‘Lands’ is an absurdist exploration of obsession, apathy and the hills we’re willing to die on.
- November 2025
What would you do for freedom?
Classical tragedy meets Shakespearean love comedy in an intricate web of conflict, sex and betrayal.
War is coming. Sophonisba, a young noblewoman, is caught at the heart of a conflict between two mighty powers. Plans to wed her beloved are scuppered when she is sent away to marry a political enemy. Isolated and far away from both the man and country she loves, Sophonisba must do what it takes to fight back.
- October–November 2025
Join sketch comedy group Lukewarm Goo (Footlights James Allen, Dom Andrew, and Will Boyce) for a gooey sketch show. Following the success of their debut show (no one came to review it so you will just have to take our word that it was a success. Will's dad seemed to enjoy it at any rate) the guys are back with new sketches of largely the same quality. As they make their way to the zoo for a day out at the zoo, a funny thing happens to them (on their way to the zoo). Expect surreal sketches, goo, wacky characters, romance, action, singing, heartfelt confessions, and goo.
- October 2025
- October–November 2025
“As I often say to myself, in order to make a story, or indeed, a life, one must surely ask oneself, at least to start with… who am I?”
Finding the courage to be yourself. A play of radical acceptance, following the life of young Orlando as they navigate growing up, love, life and loss all the way from the court of Elizabeth I, right up until the 1920s. If a life lived for hundreds of years was not enough, Orlando goes from living life as a man, to living life as a woman.
Written for, and based on, Woolf’s lover, the enigmatic Vita Sackville-West, Orlando is a lyrical love letter to queerness and self-discovery. A tender portrait of a person who lives as much as the world has to offer and more.
Bartlett’s bold adaptation celebrates the continuing importance of Orlando’s story, in a new and inclusive, whimsical and moving tale.
- October 2025
Welcome to the Royal Court! As members of the court you will watch and judge three comedians as they are forced to be Jesters for their Monarch. Over a number of fun and chaotic rounds the jesters will have to prove their abilities to the Monarch, but also to the court, as at any time audience members can vote to stop the current game and move on to the next.
Court Jesters is a chaotic panel show that promises big laughs, chaos and feudalism!
- October 2025
Footlight Lorna Beal has never gotten over anything ever. But why would she? She's perfectly happy the way she is. Mostly. Sometimes. Join her for her debut hour of side-splitting stand-up where she'll unpack nostalgia, girlhood and maybe some emotional baggage. Maybe.
- October 2025
Norway. The fjords. 1881.
Helene Alving has been living in the shadow of her husband’s death for ten years. When her son, Oswald, returns home from Paris, she is forced to confront the ghosts of her past from which she had tried so desperately to escape.
- October 2025
- August 2025
Trapped indoors by torrential rain, legendary writers Byron, Percy and Mary Shelley and their friends, Polidori and Claire, search for inspiration by the gloomy Lake Geneva. But things fall apart the longer they are stuck together... Polidori’s diary is brought to life in the 1816 Year Without a Summer musical.
