Yasmina Reza's play Art is a witty, award-winning comedy about three friends whose relationships are tested when one buys an expensive, all-white abstract painting, sparking hilarious and profound debates on friendship, modern art, masculinity, and the subjective nature of truth and beauty, forcing them to confront their egos and betrayals.

East to West is a queer love story told in rhymed spoken word, whose protagonists are based on opposite sides of London. Nell, an aspiring poet and part-time teacher, looks through dating apps for a balm for the isolation induced by chronic illness. Asha sizes up East London’s cool trendiness against her native Mumbai and misses the family she left behind there, from whom her queer identity remains a secret. When Asha and Nell connect on a dating app, mutual excitement and a whirlwind date create a pull to spend more together. Yet the pressures they each face are stacking up in a city whose fabric is becoming increasingly tense, frayed and hostile. As the political climate seeping in via their Instagram feeds triggers despair, can love be a safe space from the world’s bared teeth? And what will love do when those forces are no longer felt merely as soundbites, but come knocking at the door?

Suzie Depreli – not a typically Jewish name, is it? – brings you one woman's passive aggressive mission to educate the world about what it means to have an orthodox family that ate sausages, an Asian Catholic husband that uses more Yiddish words than her Nana, and celebrate Passover without believing in God. And that this is all ok! With original songs performed live and anecdotes that will have Jewish and gentile audiences alike feeling like they were present for it all, this is a heartfelt, humorous musical journey through the pressures and pitfalls of understanding your identity in a world full of prejudice. This is how to be Jew-ish in Britain today.  

Unloving is a dramatic deconstruction of Anna’s love life, baggage included. Hannah and Daniel take it upon themselves to re-enact their friend’s relationship from finish to start, and they want answers: how does love end? Why do we love each other the way we do? Is a theatre even the right place to tell this story?

For anyone who has found themselves ‘out of character’ in love, Unloving lifts the veil on how intimacy can make us come undone, the lasting ripple effects of lost love, and whether there is hope for any of us in the end.

Starring Hannah Chandler & Daniel Krmpotic

Written by Laura Derpic Burgos

Directed & Translated from the original Spanish by Miriam Price

A new work in development from Loan Word Theatre

Yasmina Reza's play Art is a witty, award-winning comedy about three friends whose relationships are tested when one buys an expensive, all-white abstract painting, sparking hilarious and profound debates on friendship, modern art, masculinity, and the subjective nature of truth and beauty, forcing them to confront their egos and betrayals.

LA is burning. When a pair of old Angelenos lose everything, they must navigate overwhelming grief, toxic ash and paperwork purgatory, surrounded by clueless celebs, soulless politicians and insurance vampires.
6000 miles away, their (very) anxious daughter is trying hard not to unravel.

Fringe Theatre Awards 2x nominee Burn Baby Burn: LA Inferno is a stripped-back, sharp-witted mix of storytelling, satire, and songs, exploring the human cost of climate change and the humans fanning the flames. Asking questions that nobody wants to answer like: why was LA’s biggest reservoir empty? What the hell is a ‘firenado’? And how did 80s icon Steve Guttenberg become a low-key hero?

“A retelling of an environmental and social catastrophe, with a dash of Californian whimsy.” - The Reviews Hub

In a hole in the woods, a young woman awakens, having fled a life she can no longer bear. As she becomes a mother, she grapples with the collapse of the world around her and slowly becomes a vessel for Mother Earth, delivering a message to humanity about the consequences of overconsumption, environmental destruction, and societal neglect.

Part psychological odyssey, part poetic reflection, The Hole is a one-woman show that confronts audiences with urgent questions: What legacy are we leaving for future generations? How do we care for the vulnerable in a world saturated by media and consumerism?

Written, directed and performed by Poppy Winter and produced by Next Minute Productions, this one-woman show is unflinching, innovative, and socially conscious. This immersive performance transforms grief, trauma, and revelation into a call to action—a mirror for our times and a meditation on responsibility, connection, and the fragile beauty of life.

Collect The Hearts is a post punk live music and spoken word performance by Rachel Mayfield Group. It is written and devised by the group’s front person, alt rock singer and literary artist, Rachel Mayfield, who has maintained a cult following since her 90s debut with the band delicious monster. Her uncompromising art documentary style music, film and writing is released as seasons, and her latest, ‘Collect the Hearts’ looks at ways to get lost to ultimately find ourselves, in an age

of technological reliance, economic structures, and land grabs. It explores the scope for freedom for the outsider character who seeks personal autonomy and mental freedom with likeminded travellers. Is the lived experience of the individual, the only way back to truth, peace and pleasure for the whole community?

Yasmina Reza's play Art is a witty, award-winning comedy about three friends whose relationships are tested when one buys an expensive, all-white abstract painting, sparking hilarious and profound debates on friendship, modern art, masculinity, and the subjective nature of truth and beauty, forcing them to confront their egos and betrayals.

Known for her online sketches and comedy characters, come and watch Imogen’s debut WIP. See if she can hold your attention for more than 30 seconds. Featuring her hard to watch characters, some new ideas, and a bit of cheeky stand up. Maybe bullying the audience a little too. Don’t worry there’ll be some screen time involved.

“First I want you to understand that this is not a love story.” Isabel and Sophie became joined at the hip the moment they laid eyes on each other. Anyone who saw them together would think they were best friends. But when feelings start to emerge and boundaries get blurry even music can’t save this sinking ship. “Who to call when the world starts to implode (and You’re Crying at Tesco at 11am) is a messy play full of music, uncontrollable word vomit, and a kiss that changed everything. Disclaimer: no keyboards were harmed in the making of this production.

No One’s Land is a Forum Theatre performance following Bahar, a Turkish woman in her mid-thirties who flees years of domestic abuse and death threats from her ex-husband. Hoping to survive and reunite with her young daughter, she escapes to the UK hidden in a lorry arranged by smugglers.

Debt quickly traps her again. Forced to work for those who brought her, Bahar is unknowingly drawn into a criminal network and accused of carrying drug money. Arrested, she is detained in an immigration centre, where the play begins.

Inside detention, Bahar is reduced to a case number. A tense scene unfolds between Bahar, an interpreter, and a lawyer, exposing distance, procedure, and power.

As a Forum Theatre piece, No One’s Land invites the audience to intervene directly, offer suggestions, and change the dialogue between the characters. By stepping in, spectators are asked to imagine alternatives: What could have been done differently, who is truly listening, and how might systems be transformed to protect rather than punish people like Bahar?

Join Nick Bain and Martina O’Sullivan for a split-bill of sharp, affectionate standup comedy that will enable anyone to claim their very own Irish passport. From the joys of Catholicism to the realities of 90s Ireland this hour of comedy will indulge those born and bred, while gifting anyone else the skills to successfully defect. Expect big laughs as two homesick, and occasionally sick of home, comedians bring the best of Ireland to Camden Town.  

In this dark, fast-paced comedy, an ensemble cast — from kit men and canteen staff to kids and parents chasing Academy dreams — are caught up in the unpredictable, ever-shifting chaos of life in a Premier League Club, where loyalties unravel faster than transfers, sacrifices are made, and giving your best doesn’t always mean success. This eye-opening journey behind the scenes of The Beautiful Game is compelling, heart-breaking and – at times – very funny indeed.

DAT REN WE BIT BITA-LIF SOTE I BITA, NA-IN BIT SHUGA KEN SOTE I SWIT – Krio Proverb

(Translation: The same rain that beats bitter-leaf until its bitter, beats sugar cane until it’s sweet.)

Fatu is in search of a new life and a fresh start. Leaving London behind, she makes her way to Coventry. There she forms a friendship with fellow members of her new church, Aunty Blessing and Aunty Ama – a fiery, entertaining and sharp-witted duo of West African women in their prime, navigating changes and transitions in their own lives.

At Ama’s whim, the three of them embark on a watery challenge.

What begins as light-hearted fun and a distraction from the mundane routine of life and church, becomes a ritual of healing and rebirth, after a season of grieving.

Set where West Africa meets the West Midlands, ‘Swim, Aunty, Swim!’ is a profound, poetic story of friendship, loss, sisterhood, motherhood, ageing, starting again, and the sublime power of water.

Brought to you by Siana Bangura Productions, join us for two special staged readings of Siana Bangura’s critically acclaimed multi-award winning play. Premiering at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre in 2024, ‘Swim, Aunty, Swim!’ makes its London debut at Etcetera Theatre’s Women Writers Festival 2026 and is not to be missed!

Written and directed by Siana Bangura.

Social media:

@sianaarrgh

@sianabanguraproductions

1797. It’s wedding day in a small coastal town in Pembrokeshire – but three French revolutionary ships are spotted on the horizon.
They’re done for… right?

A historical comedy about resistance, myth-making, and the women who took up arms.

Written by Grace Haydn & Solenn Mara-Lewis

Directed by Vassilis Awad

With:
Oliver Byng
Grace Haydn
Marina Johnson
Solenn Mara-Lewis
Nay Murphy

This show has received support from The London Welsh Centre.

Set behind closed doors during the filming of Cleopatra, Beyond the Frame is an intimate, emotionally charged exploration of the moment Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton’s legendary affair begins. Two of the world’s most famous actors collide — not as icons, but as flawed, grieving, intoxicatingly alive human beings. As desire intensifies and private wounds surface, love becomes both refuge and threat, blurring the line between performance and truth. This rehearsed reading focuses on language, chemistry, and emotional tension, offering a stripped-back encounter with a love story that would scandalise the world — and change them forever.

Join Nick Bain and Martina O’Sullivan for a split-bill of sharp, affectionate standup comedy that will enable anyone to claim their very own Irish passport. From the joys of Catholicism to the realities of 90s Ireland this hour of comedy will indulge those born and bred, while gifting anyone else the skills to successfully defect. Expect big laughs as two homesick, and occasionally sick of home, comedians bring the best of Ireland to Camden Town.  

Jess is young….ish and she getting married!... Probably. Life is good but her ADHD brain has bashed down the door and invited her down a tunnel of questions! Only she isn't totally sure if this is an annoying tunnel or actually a necessary exploration of self...

Is getting married uncool? Does she even want to be married? What does it mean to have a wedding and can you be a badass whilst living a simple life?

Should she be aiming for more.... or bigger?

As she tries on her wedding dress, Jess takes us down her unstoppable and hilarious curiosity spiral including thoughts on going to Bali, nice men, dancing and most importantly, cream carpets.

DAT REN WE BIT BITA-LIF SOTE I BITA, NA-IN BIT SHUGA KEN SOTE I SWIT – Krio Proverb

(Translation: The same rain that beats bitter-leaf until its bitter, beats sugar cane until it’s sweet.)

Fatu is in search of a new life and a fresh start. Leaving London behind, she makes her way to Coventry. There she forms a friendship with fellow members of her new church, Aunty Blessing and Aunty Ama – a fiery, entertaining and sharp-witted duo of West African women in their prime, navigating changes and transitions in their own lives.

At Ama’s whim, the three of them embark on a watery challenge.

What begins as light-hearted fun and a distraction from the mundane routine of life and church, becomes a ritual of healing and rebirth, after a season of grieving.

Set where West Africa meets the West Midlands, ‘Swim, Aunty, Swim!’ is a profound, poetic story of friendship, loss, sisterhood, motherhood, ageing, starting again, and the sublime power of water.

Brought to you by Siana Bangura Productions, join us for two special staged readings of Siana Bangura’s critically acclaimed multi-award winning play. Premiering at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre in 2024, ‘Swim, Aunty, Swim!’ makes its London debut at Etcetera Theatre’s Women Writers Festival 2026 and is not to be missed!

Written and directed by Siana Bangura.

Social media:

@sianaarrgh

@sianabanguraproductions

In a hole in the woods, a young woman awakens, having fled a life she can no longer bear. As she becomes a mother, she grapples with the collapse of the world around her and slowly becomes a vessel for Mother Earth, delivering a message to humanity about the consequences of overconsumption, environmental destruction, and societal neglect.

Part psychological odyssey, part poetic reflection, The Hole is a one-woman show that confronts audiences with urgent questions: What legacy are we leaving for future generations? How do we care for the vulnerable in a world saturated by media and consumerism?

Written, directed and performed by Poppy Winter, and produced by Next Minute Productions, this one-woman show is unflinching, innovative, and socially conscious. This immersive performance transforms grief, trauma, and revelation into a call to action—a mirror for our times and a meditation on responsibility, connection, and the fragile beauty of life.

1797. It’s wedding day in a small coastal town in Pembrokeshire – but three French revolutionary ships are spotted on the horizon.
They’re done for… right?

A historical comedy about resistance, myth-making, and the women who took up arms.

Set inside a high-stakes audition, Natty Takes a Breath follows one actor as direction, expectation, and pressure begin to close in.

As notes shift and comparisons surface, the audition fractures into memory, rivalry, and self-scrutiny. Performance becomes survival, and control starts to slip.

Funny, raw, and emotionally precise, the play explores ambition, identity, and the private cost of staying visible in an industry built on judgement.

What happens when holding yourself together becomes the thing that finally breaks you?

Written by: Sara Amanda

Directed by: Sara Amanda and Jasmine Skeete

Performed by: Veronica Lewis

Set inside a high-stakes audition, Natty Takes a Breath follows one actor as direction, expectation, and pressure begin to close in.

As notes shift and comparisons surface, the audition fractures into memory, rivalry, and self-scrutiny. Performance becomes survival, and control starts to slip.

Funny, raw, and emotionally precise, the play explores ambition, identity, and the private cost of staying visible in an industry built on judgement.

What happens when holding yourself together becomes the thing that finally breaks you?

Written by: Sara Amanda

Directed by: Sara Amanda and Jasmine Skeete

Performed by: Veronica Lewis

Can you seduce someone, even if they know you sleep with a weighted blanket?

That’s the question we all ask, whilst laying alone under our "Silent Night Washable Weighted Blanket" with removable cover. Now available in grey.

In his latest absurd outing, silly and surreal comedian Ben O’sullivan will try desperately to avoid talking about his intimacy issues, whilst allowing the full burden of his romantic failings to land on the, already heavy, weighted blanket.

Similar to a bed at your nans house, this show consists of many incomprehensible layers. We find out if pigeons are underrated and consider the potential jeopardy of getting a piercing at 31. Could it be a cry for help?

Together, we will finally uncover the truth hidden beneath the tog ratings.

‘Ben reminds me of a young James Acaster and look what he achieved’

Everything theatre

‘Side splittingly brilliant’

welovebrighton

'Amusingly quirky’

Chortle

Set inside a high-stakes audition, Natty Takes a Breath follows one actor as direction, expectation, and pressure begin to close in.

As notes shift and comparisons surface, the audition fractures into memory, rivalry, and self-scrutiny. Performance becomes survival, and control starts to slip.

Funny, raw, and emotionally precise, the play explores ambition, identity, and the private cost of staying visible in an industry built on judgement.

What happens when holding yourself together becomes the thing that finally breaks you?

Written by: Sara Amanda

Directed by: Sara Amanda and Jasmine Skeete

Performed by: Veronica Lewis

Set inside a high-stakes audition, Natty Takes a Breath follows one actor as direction, expectation, and pressure begin to close in.

As notes shift and comparisons surface, the audition fractures into memory, rivalry, and self-scrutiny. Performance becomes survival, and control starts to slip.

Funny, raw, and emotionally precise, the play explores ambition, identity, and the private cost of staying visible in an industry built on judgement.

What happens when holding yourself together becomes the thing that finally breaks you?

Written by: Sara Amanda

Directed by: Sara Amanda and Jasmine Skeete

Performed by: Veronica Lewis

Set inside a high-stakes audition, Natty Takes a Breath follows one actor as direction, expectation, and pressure begin to close in.

As notes shift and comparisons surface, the audition fractures into memory, rivalry, and self-scrutiny. Performance becomes survival, and control starts to slip.

Funny, raw, and emotionally precise, the play explores ambition, identity, and the private cost of staying visible in an industry built on judgement.

What happens when holding yourself together becomes the thing that finally breaks you?

Written by: Sara Amanda

Directed by: Sara Amanda and Jasmine Skeete

Performed by: Veronica Lewis

Last year after a series of hospitalisations(likely an extended effect of Leicester’s extended lockdown) Nayonica read Matthew McConaughey's memoir Greenlights,which was marketed as a manual to turn life's "red lights" into "Greenlights". Only it turned out the red lights in Matthew's' life were that he was too handsome, too successful and had too many millions of dollars. So Nayonica, has created this hour of stand up in response for her fellow uglies and undesirables,looking back at all the red lights in her life.

During this comedy show Nayonica revisits all the times in her life when planning and doing the sensible thing ended up going wrong (like when she tried to eat healthily she got food poisoning from vegetables), then eventually turned out really well. Now, she’s left wondering if she should continue being logical and planning things or if she should just surrender to the chaos. This is definitely a far too philosophically and esoterically complex question for a stand up comedian to answer.

Set inside a high-stakes audition, Natty Takes a Breath follows one actor as direction, expectation, and pressure begin to close in.

As notes shift and comparisons surface, the audition fractures into memory, rivalry, and self-scrutiny. Performance becomes survival, and control starts to slip.

Funny, raw, and emotionally precise, the play explores ambition, identity, and the private cost of staying visible in an industry built on judgement.

What happens when holding yourself together becomes the thing that finally breaks you?

Written by: Sara Amanda

Directed by: Sara Amanda and Jasmine Skeete

Performed by: Veronica Lewis

Technology and humanity are the themes of Animal Sense. This immersive poetic performance in video and sound addresses the impact and influence of the acceleration of digital technology and artificial intelligence on daily life, and its personal and political implications. The poems are based on the bilingual chapbook Animal Sense/Tino animal, released in January 2026 by the Brazilian and British poet Rosane Carneiro (via Lunar Sheep). The author experiments with the power of poetry to expose a current moment of transition – the result is a disturbing debate about the relationship between society and digital resources, and subjective and/or collective attitudes that resist and/or incorporate contemporary technological offerings.

Poems: Rosane Carneiro
Music and Graphics: Ian Pakes

Come. Sit close. Sing along.
"Lyric Dragonfly" arrives in London for the first time at the Women Writers Festival.
It's a lyrical and clowning piece with its corset undone: a woman appropriates iconic tenor arias, glides between virtuosity and clown, and turns failure into an act of rebellion.
Raw, intimate, and unapologetic, the play breaks the mold and invites the audience to cross the line: to breathe together and risk emotion with a perspective of equality.
A bold, intimate and poetic piece that challenges the classical canon and celebrates women’s voices on stage.

The tenor arrives, as always, late.
But a crisis can be the perfect moment to discover your own potential and... FLY!
Vulnerability finds unexpected ways to fuel courage.

“What’s the point if we don’t really know each other?”

Over a series of evenings in a one bedroom apartment that used to belong to just one of them, Blake and Evie dance around the details of their personal histories as they come closer and closer to finding out who each other really are. 

Side by Side explores love, commitment and honesty in a relationship, asking whether to be known is to be loved, or if to be known is to be unlovable. It’s also Stump’d Theatre Company’s debut production! 

Co-directed by Robin Halliday & Dexter Robinson

Written by Dexter Robinson

Cast: Theo Taylor, Alex Wilson, Robin Halliday, Jay-Jay Alexander

@stumpdtheatre.co

After 25 years of marriage, Maggie Callahan finds herself newly single and thrown into the chaotic world of modern dating. Armed with nothing but a martini and a sense of humor, she endures 10 wildly different first dates, from a narcissist obsessed with selfies to a spiritual guru who won’t stop trying to balance her chakras. As Maggie faces the absurd realities of dating apps, mismatched personalities, and midlife crises, she begins to realize that love is more complicated—and hilarious—than she ever imagined. 10 First Dates is a comedic exploration of relationships, self-discovery, and the unexpected joys of being single.

Praise for playwright Christine Rose’s previous work:
“Powerful and honest” London Fringe Theatre Reviews (4 stars)
“Gripping and thought-provoking” Theatre and Tonic (4 stars)

Praise for Gooper Dust Productions previous work:
“Bitingly witty” Theatre and Arts Review (4.5 stars)
“Raw and current” My View from the Stalls (4 stars)
“High-quality, the casting is exemplary” The Reviews Hub (4 stars)

Share a word or a memory and watch a poem come to life. Throughout the day, poet Emily Holtom will be creating bespoke poems live on a vintage typewriter, inspired by conversations with festival-goers. Visitors are invited to sit for a moment, share a word, a memory or a thought, and watch as a poem is typed in real time - each one a unique keepsake to take home and treasure.

Pop-Up Poetry offers a gentle pause within the festival - a chance to slow down, reflect and connect through words. Suitable for all ages, this drop-in experience welcomes anyone curious about poetry, creativity, or simply taking a moment to be present.

After 25 years of marriage, Maggie Callahan finds herself newly single and thrown into the chaotic world of modern dating. Armed with nothing but a martini and a sense of humor, she endures 10 wildly different first dates, from a narcissist obsessed with selfies to a spiritual guru who won’t stop trying to balance her chakras. As Maggie faces the absurd realities of dating apps, mismatched personalities, and midlife crises, she begins to realize that love is more complicated—and hilarious—than she ever imagined. 10 First Dates is a comedic exploration of relationships, self-discovery, and the unexpected joys of being single.

Praise for playwright Christine Rose’s previous work:
“Powerful and honest” London Fringe Theatre Reviews (4 stars)
“Gripping and thought-provoking” Theatre and Tonic (4 stars)

Praise for Gooper Dust Productions previous work:
“Bitingly witty” Theatre and Arts Review (4.5 stars)
“Raw and current” My View from the Stalls (4 stars)
“High-quality, the casting is exemplary” The Reviews Hub (4 stars)

Come. Sit close. Sing along.
"Lyric Dragonfly" arrives in London for the first time at the Women Writers Festival.
It's a lyrical and clowning piece with its corset undone: a woman appropriates iconic tenor arias, glides between virtuosity and clown, and turns failure into an act of rebellion.
Raw, intimate, and unapologetic, the play breaks the mold and invites the audience to cross the line: to breathe together and risk emotion with a perspective of equality.
A bold, intimate and poetic piece that challenges the classical canon and celebrates women’s voices on stage.

The tenor arrives, as always, late.
But a crisis can be the perfect moment to discover your own potential and... FLY!
Vulnerability finds unexpected ways to fuel courage.

“What’s the point if we don’t really know each other?”

Over a series of evenings in a one bedroom apartment that used to belong to just one of them, Blake and Evie dance around the details of their personal histories as they come closer and closer to finding out who each other really are. 

Side by Side explores love, commitment and honesty in a relationship, asking whether to be known is to be loved, or if to be known is to be unlovable. It’s also Stump’d Theatre Company’s debut production! 

Co-directed by Robin Halliday & Dexter Robinson

Written by Dexter Robinson

Cast: Theo Taylor, Alex Wilson, Robin Halliday, Jay-Jay Alexander

@stumpdtheatre.co

Known for her online sketches and comedy characters, come and watch Imogen’s debut WIP. See if she can hold your attention for more than 30 seconds. Featuring her hard to watch characters, some new ideas, and a bit of cheeky stand up. Maybe bullying the audience a little too. Don’t worry there’ll be some screen time involved.

“What’s the point if we don’t really know each other?”

Over a series of evenings in a one bedroom apartment that used to belong to just one of them, Blake and Evie dance around the details of their personal histories as they come closer and closer to finding out who each other really are. 

Side by Side explores love, commitment and honesty in a relationship, asking whether to be known is to be loved, or if to be known is to be unlovable. It’s also Stump’d Theatre Company’s debut production! 

Co-directed by Robin Halliday & Dexter Robinson

Written by Dexter Robinson

Cast: Theo Taylor, Alex Wilson, Robin Halliday, Jay-Jay Alexander

@stumpdtheatre.co

Come. Sit close. Sing along.
"Lyric Dragonfly" arrives in London for the first time at the Women Writers Festival.
It's a lyrical and clowning piece with its corset undone: a woman appropriates iconic tenor arias, glides between virtuosity and clown, and turns failure into an act of rebellion.
Raw, intimate, and unapologetic, the play breaks the mold and invites the audience to cross the line: to breathe together and risk emotion with a perspective of equality.
A bold, intimate and poetic piece that challenges the classical canon and celebrates women’s voices on stage.

The tenor arrives, as always, late.
But a crisis can be the perfect moment to discover your own potential and... FLY!
Vulnerability finds unexpected ways to fuel courage.

After 25 years of marriage, Maggie Callahan finds herself newly single and thrown into the chaotic world of modern dating. Armed with nothing but a martini and a sense of humor, she endures 10 wildly different first dates, from a narcissist obsessed with selfies to a spiritual guru who won’t stop trying to balance her chakras. As Maggie faces the absurd realities of dating apps, mismatched personalities, and midlife crises, she begins to realize that love is more complicated—and hilarious—than she ever imagined. 10 First Dates is a comedic exploration of relationships, self-discovery, and the unexpected joys of being single.

Praise for playwright Christine Rose’s previous work:
“Powerful and honest” London Fringe Theatre Reviews (4 stars)
“Gripping and thought-provoking” Theatre and Tonic (4 stars)

Praise for Gooper Dust Productions previous work:
“Bitingly witty” Theatre and Arts Review (4.5 stars)
“Raw and current” My View from the Stalls (4 stars)
“High-quality, the casting is exemplary” The Reviews Hub (4 stars)

Technology and humanity are the themes of Animal Sense. This immersive poetic performance in video and sound addresses the impact and influence of the acceleration of digital technology and artificial intelligence on daily life, and its personal and political implications. The poems are based on the bilingual chapbook Animal Sense/Tino animal, released in January 2026 by the Brazilian and British poet Rosane Carneiro (via Lunar Sheep). The author experiments with the power of poetry to expose a current moment of transition – the result is a disturbing debate about the relationship between society and digital resources, and subjective and/or collective attitudes that resist and/or incorporate contemporary technological offerings.

Poems: Rosane Carneiro
Music and Graphics: Ian Pakes

Pardis, a land stuck girl, longs for freedom of the sea and the alluring song of Ayda, a mused mermaiden. In an attempt for the girl to exchange her skin for scales, the two meet at the shoreline to escape conformed ways and distrusting waves, dealing with rising tensions for a transformation that may break them.

The play TROUBLED LOVE has a serious and timely theme about tyranny and terror played out in the unlikely love affair between the Nazi academic and cult figure, Martin Heidegger, and his later very famous Jewish student, Hannah Arendt, just before and after WWII.  It is a shortened version of a longer large-cast play which won two international open-entry and blind-reviewed play-script competitions, one in Ireland (The Eamon Keane Full Length Play Award) and one in Italy (the Premio Colline di Torino, Testo Teatrale). This production will be its world premiere.

After 25 years of marriage, Maggie Callahan finds herself newly single and thrown into the chaotic world of modern dating. Armed with nothing but a martini and a sense of humor, she endures 10 wildly different first dates, from a narcissist obsessed with selfies to a spiritual guru who won’t stop trying to balance her chakras. As Maggie faces the absurd realities of dating apps, mismatched personalities, and midlife crises, she begins to realize that love is more complicated—and hilarious—than she ever imagined. 10 First Dates is a comedic exploration of relationships, self-discovery, and the unexpected joys of being single.

Praise for playwright Christine Rose’s previous work:
“Powerful and honest” London Fringe Theatre Reviews (4 stars)
“Gripping and thought-provoking” Theatre and Tonic (4 stars)

Praise for Gooper Dust Productions previous work:
“Bitingly witty” Theatre and Arts Review (4.5 stars)
“Raw and current” My View from the Stalls (4 stars)
“High-quality, the casting is exemplary” The Reviews Hub (4 stars)

The play TROUBLED LOVE has a serious and timely theme about tyranny and terror played out in the unlikely love affair between the Nazi academic and cult figure, Martin Heidegger, and his later very famous Jewish student, Hannah Arendt, just before and after WWII.  It is a shortened version of a longer large-cast play which won two international open-entry and blind-reviewed play-script competitions, one in Ireland (The Eamon Keane Full Length Play Award) and one in Italy (the Premio Colline di Torino, Testo Teatrale). This production will be its world premiere.

After 25 years of marriage, Maggie Callahan finds herself newly single and thrown into the chaotic world of modern dating. Armed with nothing but a martini and a sense of humor, she endures 10 wildly different first dates, from a narcissist obsessed with selfies to a spiritual guru who won’t stop trying to balance her chakras. As Maggie faces the absurd realities of dating apps, mismatched personalities, and midlife crises, she begins to realize that love is more complicated—and hilarious—than she ever imagined. 10 First Dates is a comedic exploration of relationships, self-discovery, and the unexpected joys of being single.

Praise for playwright Christine Rose’s previous work:
“Powerful and honest” London Fringe Theatre Reviews (4 stars)
“Gripping and thought-provoking” Theatre and Tonic (4 stars)

Praise for Gooper Dust Productions previous work:
“Bitingly witty” Theatre and Arts Review (4.5 stars)
“Raw and current” My View from the Stalls (4 stars)
“High-quality, the casting is exemplary” The Reviews Hub (4 stars)

The play TROUBLED LOVE has a serious and timely theme about tyranny and terror played out in the unlikely love affair between the Nazi academic and cult figure, Martin Heidegger, and his later very famous Jewish student, Hannah Arendt, just before and after WWII.  It is a shortened version of a longer large-cast play which won two international open-entry and blind-reviewed play-script competitions, one in Ireland (The Eamon Keane Full Length Play Award) and one in Italy (the Premio Colline di Torino, Testo Teatrale). This production will be its world premiere.

1999. Summer. Portugal. Rafaela is ready to go. Faced with the ghosts of the past, the present and her uncertain future she has a big decision to make.

1999 explores a world that’s run by men but the repercussions are dealt by the women. Rooted in Portuguese beginnings, 1999 seeks to shed light on a true story, a sad, a family story.

“Isto não é 1974, eu posso dizer o que eu quero.”

Content warnings: 

The play speaks on themes of rape, abortion, domestic violence, child sexual abuse, and strong language. 

The play TROUBLED LOVE has a serious and timely theme about tyranny and terror played out in the unlikely love affair between the Nazi academic and cult figure, Martin Heidegger, and his later very famous Jewish student, Hannah Arendt, just before and after WWII.  It is a shortened version of a longer large-cast play which won two international open-entry and blind-reviewed play-script competitions, one in Ireland (The Eamon Keane Full Length Play Award) and one in Italy (the Premio Colline di Torino, Testo Teatrale). This production will be its world premiere.

'Would you trust AI with your love life? Spiralling over a guy who ghosted her, Em turns to ChatGPT for help. She just wants to feel better (and maybe get a text back). But when none of its suggestions for emotional closure land, the AI launches a Beta version: generating a series of 'Romantic Accountability Avatars'.

Soon, past matches, situationships, and exes begin materialising in her bedroom, forcing Em to confront her own attachment patterns.

So… sort of like A Christmas Carol, Hinge edition?

Exactly.

You Matched With… is a surreal rom-com about online dating in the age of apps and AI, the commodification of emotion, and the messy search for genuine connection.'

The play TROUBLED LOVE has a serious and timely theme about tyranny and terror played out in the unlikely love affair between the Nazi academic and cult figure, Martin Heidegger, and his later very famous Jewish student, Hannah Arendt, just before and after WWII.  It is a shortened version of a longer large-cast play which won two international open-entry and blind-reviewed play-script competitions, one in Ireland (The Eamon Keane Full Length Play Award) and one in Italy (the Premio Colline di Torino, Testo Teatrale). This production will be its world premiere.

'Would you trust AI with your love life? Spiralling over a guy who ghosted her, Em turns to ChatGPT for help. She just wants to feel better (and maybe get a text back). But when none of its suggestions for emotional closure land, the AI launches a Beta version: generating a series of 'Romantic Accountability Avatars'.

Soon, past matches, situationships, and exes begin materialising in her bedroom, forcing Em to confront her own attachment patterns.

So… sort of like A Christmas Carol, Hinge edition?

Exactly.

You Matched With… is a surreal rom-com about online dating in the age of apps and AI, the commodification of emotion, and the messy search for genuine connection.'

Meet the Booming Lovelies! 

Boomers – Sharron Green, Trisha Broomfield and Heather Moulson – are brimming with nostalgic tales and bursting to share their impressions of modern life. All set to poetry, their verses on everything from lost loves, the menopause and gin, to the joys and complexities of life today, will have you nodding in recognition and rippling with laughter.

Since their first performance at the Guildford Fringe Festival in 2023, they’ve graced the stage at the Cranleigh and Farnham Literary Festivals, the Guildford Institute, and also appeared at The Spice of Life Soho, receiving stellar reviews… 

                         “Poignant, charming and laugh out loud funny! A real triumph”

All welcome – there’s something for everyone – so take your seats, relax and enjoy a wonderful performance. 

There will be an opportunity to meet the Booming Lovelies and purchase poetry souvenirs after the show.  https://rhymesnroses.com/the-booming-lovelies/

The play TROUBLED LOVE has a serious and timely theme about tyranny and terror played out in the unlikely love affair between the Nazi academic and cult figure, Martin Heidegger, and his later very famous Jewish student, Hannah Arendt, just before and after WWII.  It is a shortened version of a longer large-cast play which won two international open-entry and blind-reviewed play-script competitions, one in Ireland (The Eamon Keane Full Length Play Award) and one in Italy (the Premio Colline di Torino, Testo Teatrale). This production will be its world premiere.

'Would you trust AI with your love life? Spiralling over a guy who ghosted her, Em turns to ChatGPT for help. She just wants to feel better (and maybe get a text back). But when none of its suggestions for emotional closure land, the AI launches a Beta version: generating a series of 'Romantic Accountability Avatars'.

Soon, past matches, situationships, and exes begin materialising in her bedroom, forcing Em to confront her own attachment patterns.

So… sort of like A Christmas Carol, Hinge edition?

Exactly.

You Matched With… is a surreal rom-com about online dating in the age of apps and AI, the commodification of emotion, and the messy search for genuine connection.'

Six friends. Three secrets. One yearning hope. In a tangled web of love, loyalty, shame, and survival, as six women discover their world isn’t what it seems. Beneath the surface of three “ordinary” lives lie stories of reproductive health struggles, sexual violence, and addiction — stories so familiar they could belong to us, our sisters, our mothers. As their masks fall away, we’re invited to recognise our own hidden truths, tucked deep into our bodies and away from those we love most.

These women call us into their circle — into song, dance, movement, breathwork, and collective release — as they fight to loosen trauma’s grip on the body. With irresistible energy and magnetic charm, Matty, Lala, Laure, Wrinkles, Z, and Chlo remind us healing is never a solo act. It’s messy, communal, vulnerable, and profoundly human.

At a time when isolation is the norm and intimacy outsourced to screens, Eyes See Song insists we return to each other — loudly, joyfully, in full-bodied presence. It’s two parts a warm hug from your favourite aunt, one part your best friend shaking you into your senses, and three parts what your nervous system has been craving.

🎬 Film Buzz Festival London – Official Screening
29 March | 2:00–4:00 PM | London

Join us for an electrifying afternoon of bold independent cinema at Film Buzz Festival London. This year’s Official Selection brings together an exciting mix of emerging voices, sharp storytelling, and unforgettable short films — all showcased on the big screen.

From intimate character studies to high-concept genre pieces, this curated programme celebrates the very best of this year’s Film Buzz selections.

🎥 Official Selections:
Small I’s (Dir. Tonie OW)

Maple (Dir. Adam Gorry)

Angry Cars (Dir. Shaun Clark)

Time in a Bottle (Dir. Harry Sweetnam)

This Will Make You Sleep Instantly (Dir. Michalis Langas)

Holy Rollers (Dir. Jake Goddard)

Spectacle (Dir. Shantelle-Ellysé English)

Wheel Gone Kid 4 – Crash Course (Dir. Wayne Kelly)

Gold Fish (Dir. Jamie Davis)

All the Kings Horses (Dir. Kiel Robinson)

Dream Car Wash (Dir. Edoardo Brighenti)

Miss Canton (Dir. Robyn Chi-Man Norwood)

The Shore of Promises (Dir. Joy Shi)

✨ Total runtime: approximately 2 hours

🎟️ Limited seating available

Whether you’re a filmmaker, industry creative, or passionate film lover, this is your chance to discover fresh talent and experience the unmistakable buzz of a live festival screening.

Book early and be part of the celebration. 🎬✨

The play TROUBLED LOVE has a serious and timely theme about tyranny and terror played out in the unlikely love affair between the Nazi academic and cult figure, Martin Heidegger, and his later very famous Jewish student, Hannah Arendt, just before and after WWII.  It is a shortened version of a longer large-cast play which won two international open-entry and blind-reviewed play-script competitions, one in Ireland (The Eamon Keane Full Length Play Award) and one in Italy (the Premio Colline di Torino, Testo Teatrale). This production will be its world premiere.

A show for anyone who has been afraid to dip their toe in or felt all at sea. A true story about feeling exposed and learning to love both people and pond life. A ‘highly relatable’ true story that will leave you feeling ‘seen’. This is a show about the transformative power of chucking yourself in the deep end.
Naomi Wood (Gobbess) is ‘A force of nature’ who will reconnect you with the ferocious and ravenous within. This one woman show is funny, life affirming and many-tentacled and is for anyone who has ever been afraid.

Unloving is a dramatic deconstruction of Anna’s love life, baggage included. Hannah and Daniel take it upon themselves to re-enact their friend’s relationship from finish to start, and they want answers: how does love end? Why do we love each other the way we do? Is a theatre even the right place to tell this story?

For anyone who has found themselves ‘out of character’ in love, Unloving lifts the veil on how intimacy can make us come undone, the lasting ripple effects of lost love, and whether there is hope for any of us in the end.

Starring Hannah Chandler & Daniel Krmpotic

Written by Laura Derpic Burgos

Directed & Translated from the original Spanish by Miriam Price

A new work in development from Loan Word Theatre

1999. Summer. Portugal. Rafaela is ready to go. Faced with the ghosts of the past, the present and her uncertain future she has a big decision to make.

1999 explores a world that’s run by men but the repercussions are dealt by the women. Rooted in Portuguese beginnings, 1999 seeks to shed light on a true story, a sad, a family story.

“Isto não é 1974, eu posso dizer o que eu quero.”

Content warnings: 

The play speaks on themes of rape, abortion, domestic violence, child sexual abuse, and strong language. 

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
After two hugely successful runs in 2024, 'You Won't Help Me' is back.

’You Won‘t Help Me’ truly is a play like no other. This is not just a play about domestic violence. The script was written by Phoenix Benham, who has created the play, based on her own experiences from three separate abusive relationships.

’You Won’t Help Me’ doesn’t just tackle domestic violence, it forces the audience to be completely immersed within the lives of the leading couple, watching their relationship evolve, and all of the very real situations they find themselves in.

This play is not just about the lead couple though, ’You Won’t Help Me’ also focuses on the people closest to the couple - Their best friends and allows them to speak for how society often reacts to domestic violence relationships.

’You Won’t Help Me’ is a captivating, raw, very real look into domestic violence relationships, and how they REALLY happen, aside from what you usually see them depicted as on the TV.

This play will make you reassess how you, and society thinks about, reacts to, and feels about Domestic Violence.

Knowing that you’re watching someone’s real life experiences, in front of your eyes, really hits home just how serious this subject matter is.

Trigger warnings - 

Domestic violence, swearing, manipulation, coercive control, attempted suicide, substance abuse and sexual assault. 

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
After two hugely successful runs in 2024, 'You Won't Help Me' is back.

’You Won‘t Help Me’ truly is a play like no other. This is not just a play about domestic violence. The script was written by Phoenix Benham, who has created the play, based on her own experiences from three separate abusive relationships.

’You Won’t Help Me’ doesn’t just tackle domestic violence, it forces the audience to be completely immersed within the lives of the leading couple, watching their relationship evolve, and all of the very real situations they find themselves in.

This play is not just about the lead couple though, ’You Won’t Help Me’ also focuses on the people closest to the couple - Their best friends and allows them to speak for how society often reacts to domestic violence relationships.

’You Won’t Help Me’ is a captivating, raw, very real look into domestic violence relationships, and how they REALLY happen, aside from what you usually see them depicted as on the TV.

This play will make you reassess how you, and society thinks about, reacts to, and feels about Domestic Violence.

Knowing that you’re watching someone’s real life experiences, in front of your eyes, really hits home just how serious this subject matter is.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
After two hugely successful runs in 2024, 'You Won't Help Me' is back.

’You Won‘t Help Me’ truly is a play like no other. This is not just a play about domestic violence. The script was written by Phoenix Benham, who has created the play, based on her own experiences from three separate abusive relationships.

’You Won’t Help Me’ doesn’t just tackle domestic violence, it forces the audience to be completely immersed within the lives of the leading couple, watching their relationship evolve, and all of the very real situations they find themselves in.

This play is not just about the lead couple though, ’You Won’t Help Me’ also focuses on the people closest to the couple - Their best friends and allows them to speak for how society often reacts to domestic violence relationships.

’You Won’t Help Me’ is a captivating, raw, very real look into domestic violence relationships, and how they REALLY happen, aside from what you usually see them depicted as on the TV.

This play will make you reassess how you, and society thinks about, reacts to, and feels about Domestic Violence.

Knowing that you’re watching someone’s real life experiences, in front of your eyes, really hits home just how serious this subject matter is.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
After two hugely successful runs in 2024, 'You Won't Help Me' is back.

’You Won‘t Help Me’ truly is a play like no other. This is not just a play about domestic violence. The script was written by Phoenix Benham, who has created the play, based on her own experiences from three separate abusive relationships.

’You Won’t Help Me’ doesn’t just tackle domestic violence, it forces the audience to be completely immersed within the lives of the leading couple, watching their relationship evolve, and all of the very real situations they find themselves in.

This play is not just about the lead couple though, ’You Won’t Help Me’ also focuses on the people closest to the couple - Their best friends and allows them to speak for how society often reacts to domestic violence relationships.

’You Won’t Help Me’ is a captivating, raw, very real look into domestic violence relationships, and how they REALLY happen, aside from what you usually see them depicted as on the TV.

This play will make you reassess how you, and society thinks about, reacts to, and feels about Domestic Violence.

Knowing that you’re watching someone’s real life experiences, in front of your eyes, really hits home just how serious this subject matter is.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
After two hugely successful runs in 2024, 'You Won't Help Me' is back.

’You Won‘t Help Me’ truly is a play like no other. This is not just a play about domestic violence. The script was written by Phoenix Benham, who has created the play, based on her own experiences from three separate abusive relationships.

’You Won’t Help Me’ doesn’t just tackle domestic violence, it forces the audience to be completely immersed within the lives of the leading couple, watching their relationship evolve, and all of the very real situations they find themselves in.

This play is not just about the lead couple though, ’You Won’t Help Me’ also focuses on the people closest to the couple - Their best friends and allows them to speak for how society often reacts to domestic violence relationships.

’You Won’t Help Me’ is a captivating, raw, very real look into domestic violence relationships, and how they REALLY happen, aside from what you usually see them depicted as on the TV.

This play will make you reassess how you, and society thinks about, reacts to, and feels about Domestic Violence.

Knowing that you’re watching someone’s real life experiences, in front of your eyes, really hits home just how serious this subject matter is.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
After two hugely successful runs in 2024, 'You Won't Help Me' is back.

’You Won‘t Help Me’ truly is a play like no other. This is not just a play about domestic violence. The script was written by Phoenix Benham, who has created the play, based on her own experiences from three separate abusive relationships.

’You Won’t Help Me’ doesn’t just tackle domestic violence, it forces the audience to be completely immersed within the lives of the leading couple, watching their relationship evolve, and all of the very real situations they find themselves in.

This play is not just about the lead couple though, ’You Won’t Help Me’ also focuses on the people closest to the couple - Their best friends and allows them to speak for how society often reacts to domestic violence relationships.

’You Won’t Help Me’ is a captivating, raw, very real look into domestic violence relationships, and how they REALLY happen, aside from what you usually see them depicted as on the TV.

This play will make you reassess how you, and society thinks about, reacts to, and feels about Domestic Violence.

Knowing that you’re watching someone’s real life experiences, in front of your eyes, really hits home just how serious this subject matter is.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
After two hugely successful runs in 2024, 'You Won't Help Me' is back.

’You Won‘t Help Me’ truly is a play like no other. This is not just a play about domestic violence. The script was written by Phoenix Benham, who has created the play, based on her own experiences from three separate abusive relationships.

’You Won’t Help Me’ doesn’t just tackle domestic violence, it forces the audience to be completely immersed within the lives of the leading couple, watching their relationship evolve, and all of the very real situations they find themselves in.

This play is not just about the lead couple though, ’You Won’t Help Me’ also focuses on the people closest to the couple - Their best friends and allows them to speak for how society often reacts to domestic violence relationships.

’You Won’t Help Me’ is a captivating, raw, very real look into domestic violence relationships, and how they REALLY happen, aside from what you usually see them depicted as on the TV.

This play will make you reassess how you, and society thinks about, reacts to, and feels about Domestic Violence.

Knowing that you’re watching someone’s real life experiences, in front of your eyes, really hits home just how serious this subject matter is.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!
After two hugely successful runs in 2024, 'You Won't Help Me' is back.

’You Won‘t Help Me’ truly is a play like no other. This is not just a play about domestic violence. The script was written by Phoenix Benham, who has created the play, based on her own experiences from three separate abusive relationships.

’You Won’t Help Me’ doesn’t just tackle domestic violence, it forces the audience to be completely immersed within the lives of the leading couple, watching their relationship evolve, and all of the very real situations they find themselves in.

This play is not just about the lead couple though, ’You Won’t Help Me’ also focuses on the people closest to the couple - Their best friends and allows them to speak for how society often reacts to domestic violence relationships.

’You Won’t Help Me’ is a captivating, raw, very real look into domestic violence relationships, and how they REALLY happen, aside from what you usually see them depicted as on the TV.

This play will make you reassess how you, and society thinks about, reacts to, and feels about Domestic Violence.

Knowing that you’re watching someone’s real life experiences, in front of your eyes, really hits home just how serious this subject matter is.

Two best friends stand on the edge of adulthood in their final year of sixth form. As they navigate first love, identity, and the pressure to fit into a world that doesn't always accept difference, their friendship becomes both a lifeline and a test of who they are becoming.

Told through intimate conversations, shifting memories, and moments of magical realism, this coming-of-age play explores mental health, belonging, and the fragile passage of time.

Recommended age: 16+
Content / trigger warnings:Depression, suicidal ideation, profanity, mild sexual content, alcohol use, emotional distress

Two best friends stand on the edge of adulthood in their final year of sixth form. As they navigate first love, identity, and the pressure to fit into a world that doesn't always accept difference, their friendship becomes both a lifeline and a test of who they are becoming.

Told through intimate conversations, shifting memories, and moments of magical realism, this coming-of-age play explores mental health, belonging, and the fragile passage of time.

Recommended age: 16+
Content / trigger warnings:Depression, suicidal ideation, profanity, mild sexual content, alcohol use, emotional distress

Two best friends stand on the edge of adulthood in their final year of sixth form. As they navigate first love, identity, and the pressure to fit into a world that doesn't always accept difference, their friendship becomes both a lifeline and a test of who they are becoming.

Told through intimate conversations, shifting memories, and moments of magical realism, this coming-of-age play explores mental health, belonging, and the fragile passage of time.

Recommended age: 16+
Content / trigger warnings:Depression, suicidal ideation, profanity, mild sexual content, alcohol use, emotional distress

Airing the dirty laundry, one stained panty at a time.

House of Shame is an electric show about the dirty things women are told to keep to themselves. Framed by the experience of growing up as a girl in Brazil, the show is, ultimately, a collective experiment in raw vulnerability. Join in for a liberating journey through a messy, irreverent, tropical ritual of soap and sweat.

*You can expect cringy memories, ass-shaking and slutty nuns all in one little show, performed by one little Brazilian.

A one woman stand up comedy show on assimilation, aging and authenticity.
Sharp, sentimental, sincere and hilarious. Join for the jokes, stay for the storytelling and laugh-out-loud humour.

Love musical theatre? Or just love a great night of live music?

A Night at the West End is an uplifting concert of iconic songs from the world’s most loved musicals, performed live by Nancy May.

From powerful ballads to joyful classics, expect songs from Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, My Fair Lady, Oliver! and beyond - all delivered with warmth, passion and stunning vocals in an intimate theatre setting.

The year is 2108. Two stagehands, Mani and Kid, get stuck in a rundown New York City theatre as part of a standard nuclear warfare drill. As the threat of the world's end closes in on them, they debate the purpose of living in a world that’s poisoned the human experience, seeking answers to an impossible question: what is the point of trying if there’s nothing left to live for?

Don’t Panic is a bold, two-hander dark comedy that explores the purpose of living within a society that’s doomed to fail. Set in a corrupt, near future dystopia, our two characters take us on a journey full of comedy, drama, and magical realism.

Love musical theatre? Or just love a great night of live music?

A Night at the West End is an uplifting concert of iconic songs from the world’s most loved musicals, performed live by Nancy May.

From powerful ballads to joyful classics, expect songs from Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, My Fair Lady, Oliver! and beyond - all delivered with warmth, passion and stunning vocals in an intimate theatre setting.

The year is 2108. Two stagehands, Mani and Kid, get stuck in a rundown New York City theatre as part of a standard nuclear warfare drill. As the threat of the world's end closes in on them, they debate the purpose of living in a world that’s poisoned the human experience, seeking answers to an impossible question: what is the point of trying if there’s nothing left to live for?

Don’t Panic is a bold, two-hander dark comedy that explores the purpose of living within a society that’s doomed to fail. Set in a corrupt, near future dystopia, our two characters take us on a journey full of comedy, drama, and magical realism.

The year is 2108. Two stagehands, Mani and Kid, get stuck in a rundown New York City theatre as part of a standard nuclear warfare drill. As the threat of the world's end closes in on them, they debate the purpose of living in a world that’s poisoned the human experience, seeking answers to an impossible question: what is the point of trying if there’s nothing left to live for?

Don’t Panic is a bold, two-hander dark comedy that explores the purpose of living within a society that’s doomed to fail. Set in a corrupt, near future dystopia, our two characters take us on a journey full of comedy, drama, and magical realism.

The year is 2108. Two stagehands, Mani and Kid, get stuck in a rundown New York City theatre as part of a standard nuclear warfare drill. As the threat of the world's end closes in on them, they debate the purpose of living in a world that’s poisoned the human experience, seeking answers to an impossible question: what is the point of trying if there’s nothing left to live for?

Don’t Panic is a bold, two-hander dark comedy that explores the purpose of living within a society that’s doomed to fail. Set in a corrupt, near future dystopia, our two characters take us on a journey full of comedy, drama, and magical realism.

The year is 2108. Two stagehands, Mani and Kid, get stuck in a rundown New York City theatre as part of a standard nuclear warfare drill. As the threat of the world's end closes in on them, they debate the purpose of living in a world that’s poisoned the human experience, seeking answers to an impossible question: what is the point of trying if there’s nothing left to live for?

Don’t Panic is a bold, two-hander dark comedy that explores the purpose of living within a society that’s doomed to fail. Set in a corrupt, near future dystopia, our two characters take us on a journey full of comedy, drama, and magical realism.

The year is 2108. Two stagehands, Mani and Kid, get stuck in a rundown New York City theatre as part of a standard nuclear warfare drill. As the threat of the world's end closes in on them, they debate the purpose of living in a world that’s poisoned the human experience, seeking answers to an impossible question: what is the point of trying if there’s nothing left to live for?

Don’t Panic is a bold, two-hander dark comedy that explores the purpose of living within a society that’s doomed to fail. Set in a corrupt, near future dystopia, our two characters take us on a journey full of comedy, drama, and magical realism.

A father and daughter’s fractured history erupts in one room over one night. ‘I dreamt you differently’ moves from a naturalistic family drama to dream-like moments of absurdism with song exploring the relationship between money, the arts, precarity and control.

Soho, 1977, in the historic underbelly of London. 
The vice trade, punk rock, addiction, obsession, violence, street humour.
This is the World of Stickin’ Boy.
 
A punk rock n’ roll musical, written by Martin Muscatt with additional material by Mick Jones (The Clash).

Eddy is a 20 year old punk rocker with a gambling habit.
Wishing to escape his mundane existence, Eddy quits his day job.
He meets Candy, a sex worker, who invites him to be her ‘Sticking Boy’, advertising her services with cards in telephone boxes.

Eddy is schooled in his new career by vibrant sex workers, Mandy, Tuesday, Wendy and Madame O.
 
Psycho Jack, a rival sticking boy, poses a threat to Eddy.

After a chance meeting with his punk hero, opportunities are in the air for Eddy, but he faces many obstacles, from within and without.

The play has an accompanying double album of songs, performed by London band Taurus Trakker, cast members and Special Guests.

Soho, 1977, in the historic underbelly of London. 
The vice trade, punk rock, addiction, obsession, violence, street humour.
This is the World of Stickin’ Boy.
 
A punk rock n’ roll musical, written by Martin Muscatt with additional material by Mick Jones (The Clash).

Eddy is a 20 year old punk rocker with a gambling habit.
Wishing to escape his mundane existence, Eddy quits his day job.
He meets Candy, a sex worker, who invites him to be her ‘Sticking Boy’, advertising her services with cards in telephone boxes.

Eddy is schooled in his new career by vibrant sex workers, Mandy, Tuesday, Wendy and Madame O.
 
Psycho Jack, a rival sticking boy, poses a threat to Eddy.

After a chance meeting with his punk hero, opportunities are in the air for Eddy, but he faces many obstacles, from within and without.

The play has an accompanying double album of songs, performed by London band Taurus Trakker, cast members and Special Guests.

Soho, 1977, in the historic underbelly of London. 
The vice trade, punk rock, addiction, obsession, violence, street humour.
This is the World of Stickin’ Boy.
 
A punk rock n’ roll musical, written by Martin Muscatt with additional material by Mick Jones (The Clash).

Eddy is a 20 year old punk rocker with a gambling habit.
Wishing to escape his mundane existence, Eddy quits his day job.
He meets Candy, a sex worker, who invites him to be her ‘Sticking Boy’, advertising her services with cards in telephone boxes.

Eddy is schooled in his new career by vibrant sex workers, Mandy, Tuesday, Wendy and Madame O.
 
Psycho Jack, a rival sticking boy, poses a threat to Eddy.

After a chance meeting with his punk hero, opportunities are in the air for Eddy, but he faces many obstacles, from within and without.

The play has an accompanying double album of songs, performed by London band Taurus Trakker, cast members and Special Guests.

Soho, 1977, in the historic underbelly of London. 
The vice trade, punk rock, addiction, obsession, violence, street humour.
This is the World of Stickin’ Boy.
 
A punk rock n’ roll musical, written by Martin Muscatt with additional material by Mick Jones (The Clash).

Eddy is a 20 year old punk rocker with a gambling habit.
Wishing to escape his mundane existence, Eddy quits his day job.
He meets Candy, a sex worker, who invites him to be her ‘Sticking Boy’, advertising her services with cards in telephone boxes.

Eddy is schooled in his new career by vibrant sex workers, Mandy, Tuesday, Wendy and Madame O.
 
Psycho Jack, a rival sticking boy, poses a threat to Eddy.

After a chance meeting with his punk hero, opportunities are in the air for Eddy, but he faces many obstacles, from within and without.

The play has an accompanying double album of songs, performed by London band Taurus Trakker, cast members and Special Guests.

Soho, 1977, in the historic underbelly of London. 
The vice trade, punk rock, addiction, obsession, violence, street humour.
This is the World of Stickin’ Boy.
 
A punk rock n’ roll musical, written by Martin Muscatt with additional material by Mick Jones (The Clash).

Eddy is a 20 year old punk rocker with a gambling habit.
Wishing to escape his mundane existence, Eddy quits his day job.
He meets Candy, a sex worker, who invites him to be her ‘Sticking Boy’, advertising her services with cards in telephone boxes.

Eddy is schooled in his new career by vibrant sex workers, Mandy, Tuesday, Wendy and Madame O.
 
Psycho Jack, a rival sticking boy, poses a threat to Eddy.

After a chance meeting with his punk hero, opportunities are in the air for Eddy, but he faces many obstacles, from within and without.

The play has an accompanying double album of songs, performed by London band Taurus Trakker, cast members and Special Guests.

Soho, 1977, in the historic underbelly of London. 
The vice trade, punk rock, addiction, obsession, violence, street humour.
This is the World of Stickin’ Boy.
 
A punk rock n’ roll musical, written by Martin Muscatt with additional material by Mick Jones (The Clash).

Eddy is a 20 year old punk rocker with a gambling habit.
Wishing to escape his mundane existence, Eddy quits his day job.
He meets Candy, a sex worker, who invites him to be her ‘Sticking Boy’, advertising her services with cards in telephone boxes.

Eddy is schooled in his new career by vibrant sex workers, Mandy, Tuesday, Wendy and Madame O.
 
Psycho Jack, a rival sticking boy, poses a threat to Eddy.

After a chance meeting with his punk hero, opportunities are in the air for Eddy, but he faces many obstacles, from within and without.

The play has an accompanying double album of songs, performed by London band Taurus Trakker, cast members and Special Guests.

A classic with a twist, this comedy-drama follows a pair of feuding actors who find themselves forced to put on a production of Sense and Sensibility entirely on their own. With shenanigans, petty arguments, a healthy dose of Austonian dialogue, and more than a little heart, audiences will no doubt fall in love with Samantha and Bartholomew as they slip, slide, and stumble their way through this beloved classic story.

A classic with a twist, this comedy-drama follows a pair of feuding actors who find themselves forced to put on a production of Sense and Sensibility entirely on their own. With shenanigans, petty arguments, a healthy dose of Austonian dialogue, and more than a little heart, audiences will no doubt fall in love with Samantha and Bartholomew as they slip, slide, and stumble their way through this beloved classic story.

A classic with a twist, this comedy-drama follows a pair of feuding actors who find themselves forced to put on a production of Sense and Sensibility entirely on their own. With shenanigans, petty arguments, a healthy dose of Austonian dialogue, and more than a little heart, audiences will no doubt fall in love with Samantha and Bartholomew as they slip, slide, and stumble their way through this beloved classic story.

A classic with a twist, this comedy-drama follows a pair of feuding actors who find themselves forced to put on a production of Sense and Sensibility entirely on their own. With shenanigans, petty arguments, a healthy dose of Austonian dialogue, and more than a little heart, audiences will no doubt fall in love with Samantha and Bartholomew as they slip, slide, and stumble their way through this beloved classic story.

A classic with a twist, this comedy-drama follows a pair of feuding actors who find themselves forced to put on a production of Sense and Sensibility entirely on their own. With shenanigans, petty arguments, a healthy dose of Austonian dialogue, and more than a little heart, audiences will no doubt fall in love with Samantha and Bartholomew as they slip, slide, and stumble their way through this beloved classic story.

A classic with a twist, this comedy-drama follows a pair of feuding actors who find themselves forced to put on a production of Sense and Sensibility entirely on their own. With shenanigans, petty arguments, a healthy dose of Austonian dialogue, and more than a little heart, audiences will no doubt fall in love with Samantha and Bartholomew as they slip, slide, and stumble their way through this beloved classic story.

Paranoia

Inspired by The Horla by Guy de Maupassant

Directed and performed by Nikolas Vagion

An autobiographical story, presented
worldwide for the first time as an irrational tragedy.
(Also described as a horror/ghost story)

Inspired by Maupassant’s The Horla, and thought to have been based on his experience of deteriorating mental health due to syphilis, the narrator drifts into a surreal everyday life, in an unexplored world shaped by anxiety and existential crisis. Presented in the form of a diary, he explores in a dramatised format, his life and travels over several months as his sanity declines and he is increasingly disturbed by delusions and hallucinations.

Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a French author, master of the short story and representative of the naturalist school. His stories often portrayed a very pessimistic picture of life and destiny. In his later years he developed a fear of death and paranoia of persecution caused by syphilis, which he explored in some of his writing.

Disclaimer: this performance includes the portrayal of scenes of mental illness that some may find disturbing.

The performance will be in Greek with English surtitles.

Trailer: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AVbm7053NKo

Paranoia

Inspired by The Horla by Guy de Maupassant

Directed and performed by Nikolas Vagion

An autobiographical story, presented
worldwide for the first time as an irrational tragedy.
(Also described as a horror/ghost story)

Inspired by Maupassant’s The Horla, and thought to have been based on his experience of deteriorating mental health due to syphilis, the narrator drifts into a surreal everyday life, in an unexplored world shaped by anxiety and existential crisis. Presented in the form of a diary, he explores in a dramatised format, his life and travels over several months as his sanity declines and he is increasingly disturbed by delusions and hallucinations.

Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a French author, master of the short story and representative of the naturalist school. His stories often portrayed a very pessimistic picture of life and destiny. In his later years he developed a fear of death and paranoia of persecution caused by syphilis, which he explored in some of his writing.

Disclaimer: this performance includes the portrayal of scenes of mental illness that some may find disturbing.

The performance will be in Greek with English surtitles.

Trailer: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AVbm7053NKo

Making its fifth appearance, and third at the Etcetera Theatre in Camden, Noli is the festival for short films too experimental, too daring, too ‘amateur’, too cheap or simply too long for the mainstream circuit. We want to establish an independent network of our own that values cinema and creativity, outside of the corporatised events that have come to dominate the scene. With this event, you are buying into cinema culture, which means having an atmosphere to be part of, a place to hang out, your own corner of London that works for you and you work for it (ie. you enjoy it!). Find out more: nolishortfilmfestival.co.uk

Ghosts of West Hollywood is a solo performance exploring the pursuit of an acting career in Hollywood and the personal cost of reinvention. Drawing on experiences of drama school expulsion, immigration, coming out, addiction, and recovery, the show blends confessional storytelling with dark humour and theatrical flair.

Set against the neon-lit mythology of Los Angeles, the piece examines ambition, identity, and survival—asking what we leave behind when chasing a dream, and what continues to haunt us when we finally stop running.

The performer’s work spans theatre and screen, including a cameo as “Banksy” in Ted Lasso.

Ghosts of West Hollywood is a solo performance exploring the pursuit of an acting career in Hollywood and the personal cost of reinvention. Drawing on experiences of drama school expulsion, immigration, coming out, addiction, and recovery, the show blends confessional storytelling with dark humour and theatrical flair.

Set against the neon-lit mythology of Los Angeles, the piece examines ambition, identity, and survival—asking what we leave behind when chasing a dream, and what continues to haunt us when we finally stop running.

The performer’s work spans theatre and screen, including a cameo as “Banksy” in Ted Lasso.

Ghosts of West Hollywood is a solo performance exploring the pursuit of an acting career in Hollywood and the personal cost of reinvention. Drawing on experiences of drama school expulsion, immigration, coming out, addiction, and recovery, the show blends confessional storytelling with dark humour and theatrical flair.

Set against the neon-lit mythology of Los Angeles, the piece examines ambition, identity, and survival—asking what we leave behind when chasing a dream, and what continues to haunt us when we finally stop running.

The performer’s work spans theatre and screen, including a cameo as “Banksy” in Ted Lasso.

Ghosts of West Hollywood is a solo performance exploring the pursuit of an acting career in Hollywood and the personal cost of reinvention. Drawing on experiences of drama school expulsion, immigration, coming out, addiction, and recovery, the show blends confessional storytelling with dark humour and theatrical flair.

Set against the neon-lit mythology of Los Angeles, the piece examines ambition, identity, and survival—asking what we leave behind when chasing a dream, and what continues to haunt us when we finally stop running.

The performer’s work spans theatre and screen, including a cameo as “Banksy” in Ted Lasso.

Ghosts of West Hollywood is a solo performance exploring the pursuit of an acting career in Hollywood and the personal cost of reinvention. Drawing on experiences of drama school expulsion, immigration, coming out, addiction, and recovery, the show blends confessional storytelling with dark humour and theatrical flair.

Set against the neon-lit mythology of Los Angeles, the piece examines ambition, identity, and survival—asking what we leave behind when chasing a dream, and what continues to haunt us when we finally stop running.

The performer’s work spans theatre and screen, including a cameo as “Banksy” in Ted Lasso.

Ghosts of West Hollywood is a solo performance exploring the pursuit of an acting career in Hollywood and the personal cost of reinvention. Drawing on experiences of drama school expulsion, immigration, coming out, addiction, and recovery, the show blends confessional storytelling with dark humour and theatrical flair.

Set against the neon-lit mythology of Los Angeles, the piece examines ambition, identity, and survival—asking what we leave behind when chasing a dream, and what continues to haunt us when we finally stop running.

The performer’s work spans theatre and screen, including a cameo as “Banksy” in Ted Lasso.

Set in a dystopian future, the Fairy RightMother invites you to a live broadcast of the execution of the last left-handed Alien. Take a seat and enjoy as we explore the life of this individual for your entertainment, showcasing to the world and you the consequences of being different.

Set in a dystopian future, the Fairy RightMother invites you to a live broadcast of the execution of the last left-handed Alien. Take a seat and enjoy as we explore the life of this individual for your entertainment, showcasing to the world and you the consequences of being different.

Your loved one just came out as a (GASP!) fan fiction writer. How do you respond to that? What will the neighbours think? What is Omega slick, anyway? Don't worry because fan fiction veteran MinaRoseTook is here to answer all your questions. Join us on an eclectic, hilarious, and heartfelt journey where we’ll explore transformative works: how fan fiction came to be, why people like it, why people hate it, and why it's a valid form of art. But this isn't going to be your usual lecture. It's part theatre, part puppet show, part writing exercise, and so much more. Who knows...maybe you'll even write something!

A one-woman show that celebrates storytellers.

“Deanna Strasse…has created a brilliant piece that is not only interesting but educational in a fun way.” — GJD Review, Colchester Fringe Festival
“Truly beautiful...I laughed until I cried.” - The Cockpit Audience Member (June 2025)

“This show SLAPS!” - The Cockpit Audience Member (June 2025)

“I’ve been thinking a lot about this show. It’s stuck with me.” - Lambeth Fringe Audience Member (October 2025)

“A joy to watch!” - Colchester Fringe Audience Member (October 2025)

Your loved one just came out as a (GASP!) fan fiction writer. How do you respond to that? What will the neighbours think? What is Omega slick, anyway? Don't worry because fan fiction veteran MinaRoseTook is here to answer all your questions. Join us on an eclectic, hilarious, and heartfelt journey where we’ll explore transformative works: how fan fiction came to be, why people like it, why people hate it, and why it's a valid form of art. But this isn't going to be your usual lecture. It's part theatre, part puppet show, part writing exercise, and so much more. Who knows...maybe you'll even write something!

A one-woman show that celebrates storytellers.

“Deanna Strasse…has created a brilliant piece that is not only interesting but educational in a fun way.” — GJD Review, Colchester Fringe Festival
“Truly beautiful...I laughed until I cried.” - The Cockpit Audience Member (June 2025)

“This show SLAPS!” - The Cockpit Audience Member (June 2025)

“I’ve been thinking a lot about this show. It’s stuck with me.” - Lambeth Fringe Audience Member (October 2025)

“A joy to watch!” - Colchester Fringe Audience Member (October 2025)

Your loved one just came out as a (GASP!) fan fiction writer. How do you respond to that? What will the neighbours think? What is Omega slick, anyway? Don't worry because fan fiction veteran MinaRoseTook is here to answer all your questions. Join us on an eclectic, hilarious, and heartfelt journey where we’ll explore transformative works: how fan fiction came to be, why people like it, why people hate it, and why it's a valid form of art. But this isn't going to be your usual lecture. It's part theatre, part puppet show, part writing exercise, and so much more. Who knows...maybe you'll even write something!

A one-woman show that celebrates storytellers.

“Deanna Strasse…has created a brilliant piece that is not only interesting but educational in a fun way.” — GJD Review, Colchester Fringe Festival
“Truly beautiful...I laughed until I cried.” - The Cockpit Audience Member (June 2025)

“This show SLAPS!” - The Cockpit Audience Member (June 2025)

“I’ve been thinking a lot about this show. It’s stuck with me.” - Lambeth Fringe Audience Member (October 2025)

“A joy to watch!” - Colchester Fringe Audience Member (October 2025)

Set in a dystopian future, the Fairy RightMother invites you to a live broadcast of the execution of the last left-handed Alien. Take a seat and enjoy as we explore the life of this individual for your entertainment, showcasing to the world and you the consequences of being different.

Award winning comic Stephen Catling brings you his new WIP featuring some up and coming acts providing support.

When clowns can't breathe water and fish can't breathe air- what's a poor clownfish to do in this cruel world?
In 2025, Catling (Malcolm Hardee Award Nominee 2023 & 2025) lost his slug mask. It was an essential part of his hit show ‘Moving on...really really slowly.’

This time, Stephen explores his life now that Autism has been “unmasked,” as well as his fin flapping rage against an increasingly soulless entertainment industry who knows what is going to be in store? A burlesque performing cabbage/lettuce? A rendition of Robbie Williams musical biopic Betterman but they casted a real chimp? Rage against the machine (Generative AI)?
Disclaimer: The show is not going to be about a literal clownfish or finding nemo. A colleague back in his lab days described him lovingly as psychotic Mighty Boosh and The British comedy guide called him “A bucking bronco of surrealism and scruffiness” if this sounds like your bag welcome aboard the crazy train.

"His delivery is brilliantly playful" Everything Theatre

“This is a very different voice on the comedy circuit and one it is important to hear from.” Brighton and Hove news

"Very unique act in a strange but absolutely hilarious way had audience howling. " The Stand

"Magnificently irreverent...charming and utterly bonkers " The Review Hub
"Everything from silly one-liners, to props, to a surprisingly raw honesty that cuts through the surrealness like a knife" Fringe Fry Up

"He’s an interesting performer....I’d definitely like to see him again" Beyond the Joke (Bruce Dessau)

"I found myself at different times laughing out loud, staring wide-eye’d, gushing with joy & wondering what the damninnit was going on!" Mumble

This Machine Kills Fascists

By David Dunn

Songs by David Dunn 

This Machine Kills Fascists is a stage spectacle inspired by the life and work of Woody Guthrie, the legendary American folk singer and civil rights activists.

In the style of all Nuworks productions, it is Epic and as as one critic wrote: “an electrifying hybrid - a protest-song dressed in a theatrical form.” Its a faithful portrayal of Guthrie’s life and times. Woody was never known to compromise. He was as awkward and as flawed as he was committed to the cause of civil rights and working class people, no matter their ethnicity, colour or religion.

The force of the performance is the dramatic threads from Woody Guthrie's biography. His disdain of self seeking politicians, big corporations, and all those who sought to undermine the American Dream.

It was in this fight, led not by a rifle, but by song that his famous ‘war cry’ was born: ‘This machine kills fascists’, scrawled across Woody’s guitar.

The musical arrangements and choreography ( the songs, all originals by David Dunn in the style of Woody Guthrie ) recreate the sentiment of American protests in the 1940s. and 50. They may be read, at times, as  a commentary on modern politics and the fight for the rights of ordinary people today.

REVIEW: ’The atmosphere of this remarkable performance is perfectly captured in the intensity of emotion, light and energy of the actors. The production creates images that stay in your memory. This Machine Kills Fascists by Nuworks is ‘a spectacle that is not just performed, it's a show that is lived’.

1 hour 15minutes duration

Punk defines the politics and fashion of an era, it was brief, a phenomenon that burst like a storm of protest on an unsympathetic, uncompromisingly brutal political system and leader, devoid of compassion in pursuit of greatness and material gain.

Britain, not so Great….1970 and 80’s Margaret Thatcher…the iron lady….garbage strikes, miner closures, police brutality, unemployment, the IRA, race riots. All in response to what John Lydon aka Jonny Rotten of the Sex Pistols  called the ‘shitsdom’.

Nuworks, A Punk Opera is a reimagining of Bertolt Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera which in itself is a reworking of John Gay’s The Beggars’ Opera 1728.

The basic story and characters belong to John Gay, Elizabeth Hauptmann and Brecht adding their Marxist doctrine. There’s no such overt political agenda in our reimagining. Nuworks is closer to John Gay with some sorry reflections on human foibles and hypocrisy than ideology. It’s not even a criticism of Thatcher, of whom, in fairness, it has been said was the leader Britain needed at the time. Debatable.

We’ve set the scene in Camden because that’s where it all began and we’re thrilled to be performing it in the deep heart of Camden, at Etcetra Theatre, in July 2026 as part of our Fringe tour.

In summary…its a great tale with all of the usual suspects…Macheath ( Mac the Knife ) the thoroughly dysfunctional Peachum family, Copper Green, not one of them with a single redeeming feature!

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes

Some course contemporary language in dramatic context

This Machine Kills Fascists

By David Dunn

Songs by David Dunn 

This Machine Kills Fascists is a stage spectacle inspired by the life and work of Woody Guthrie, the legendary American folk singer and civil rights activists.

In the style of all Nuworks productions, it is Epic and as as one critic wrote: “an electrifying hybrid - a protest-song dressed in a theatrical form.” Its a faithful portrayal of Guthrie’s life and times. Woody was never known to compromise. He was as awkward and as flawed as he was committed to the cause of civil rights and working class people, no matter their ethnicity, colour or religion.

The force of the performance is the dramatic threads from Woody Guthrie's biography. His disdain of self seeking politicians, big corporations, and all those who sought to undermine the American Dream.

It was in this fight, led not by a rifle, but by song that his famous ‘war cry’ was born: ‘This machine kills fascists’, scrawled across Woody’s guitar.

The musical arrangements and choreography ( the songs, all originals by David Dunn in the style of Woody Guthrie ) recreate the sentiment of American protests in the 1940s. and 50. They may be read, at times, as  a commentary on modern politics and the fight for the rights of ordinary people today.

REVIEW: ’The atmosphere of this remarkable performance is perfectly captured in the intensity of emotion, light and energy of the actors. The production creates images that stay in your memory. This Machine Kills Fascists by Nuworks is ‘a spectacle that is not just performed, it's a show that is lived’.

1 hour 15minutes duration

Punk defines the politics and fashion of an era, it was brief, a phenomenon that burst like a storm of protest on an unsympathetic, uncompromisingly brutal political system and leader, devoid of compassion in pursuit of greatness and material gain.

Britain, not so Great….1970 and 80’s Margaret Thatcher…the iron lady….garbage strikes, miner closures, police brutality, unemployment, the IRA, race riots. All in response to what John Lydon aka Jonny Rotten of the Sex Pistols  called the ‘shitsdom’.

Nuworks, A Punk Opera is a reimagining of Bertolt Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera which in itself is a reworking of John Gay’s The Beggars’ Opera 1728.

The basic story and characters belong to John Gay, Elizabeth Hauptmann and Brecht adding their Marxist doctrine. There’s no such overt political agenda in our reimagining. Nuworks is closer to John Gay with some sorry reflections on human foibles and hypocrisy than ideology. It’s not even a criticism of Thatcher, of whom, in fairness, it has been said was the leader Britain needed at the time. Debatable.

We’ve set the scene in Camden because that’s where it all began and we’re thrilled to be performing it in the deep heart of Camden, at Etcetra Theatre, in July 2026 as part of our Fringe tour.

In summary…its a great tale with all of the usual suspects…Macheath ( Mac the Knife ) the thoroughly dysfunctional Peachum family, Copper Green, not one of them with a single redeeming feature!

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes

Some course contemporary language in dramatic context

In the stormy summer of 1816, Lord Byron invites famed poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, his lover Mary and her stepsister Claire to holiday with him and his physician, John Polidori. One night, Byron proposes that they each write a ghost story to pass the time. Two years later, “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley is published. This play imagines what the conversations had on that pivotal night might have sounded like…

In the stormy summer of 1816, Lord Byron invites famed poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, his lover Mary and her stepsister Claire to holiday with him and his physician, John Polidori. One night, Byron proposes that they each write a ghost story to pass the time. Two years later, “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley is published. This play imagines what the conversations had on that pivotal night might have sounded like…

An engaging drama of disguise, adventure, and conspiracy set between London and Paris, during the height of the French Revolution in 1792. Combining drama and humour, this is a production of pure escapism and suspense.
In 1792, at the height of the French Revolution, in Paris, aristocrats destined for the Guillotine, begin to be rescued, by a mysterious figure, who always eludes capture. This rescuer can never be found or identified, except by little slips of paper featuring the image of a small English flower, the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Meanwhile, in London, Sir Percy Blakeney; who is widely known to be the leader of London fashion, and a carefree, whimsical fop, marries Marguerite, a beautiful, intelligent French actress and friend of the revolutionary government in France, while Citizen Chauvelin, an agent of the French government, arrives in London, seeking the identity of the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel.
This theatre production combines adventure, and humour, and in a fast-moving, entertaining period drama based on the novel by Baroness Orczy and including wider historical and cultural research of the time. It features a stunning collection of roles for all actors involved.

Friends. Comrades. Enemies...

Caillte Lighthouse. The coast of Angus, North Sea, just after WW1.
Follow Mac and Morgan, two experienced keepers and their training of James, before things occur that question their loyalty, friendship and ultimately, their sanity. LIGHTHOUSE is a gripping piece that delves into the human psyche of trust, paranoia and greed with stylish, well-placed humour, jeopardy, suspense and a stellar cast.
Listed by The Herald as one of the Top 20 Must-See Shows of EdFringe 2022, LIGHTHOUSE will take you on a 55 minute journey to hell and back like no other.

‘Rock solid performances and a great sense of atmosphere go a long way to illuminate this new murder mystery thriller. Boasting simple effects which add greatly to the dread-filled atmosphere’
★★★★ The Scotsman

...real friends help you move a body.
An award winning black comedy about two inept Irish criminals who have dreams of pulling off a heist far beyond their minimal abilities. They plan to enlist the help of a local crime boss with a fearsome reputation for violence. What could possibly go wrong? Well, more or less everything.
Ambition, folly, violence, murder, revenge and... redemption? Friends Help You Move is a dark comedy thriller in one act written by John Ward.

Friends. Comrades. Enemies...

Caillte Lighthouse. The coast of Angus, North Sea, just after WW1.
Follow Mac and Morgan, two experienced keepers and their training of James, before things occur that question their loyalty, friendship and ultimately, their sanity. LIGHTHOUSE is a gripping piece that delves into the human psyche of trust, paranoia and greed with stylish, well-placed humour, jeopardy, suspense and a stellar cast.
Listed by The Herald as one of the Top 20 Must-See Shows of EdFringe 2022, LIGHTHOUSE will take you on a 55 minute journey to hell and back like no other.

‘Rock solid performances and a great sense of atmosphere go a long way to illuminate this new murder mystery thriller. Boasting simple effects which add greatly to the dread-filled atmosphere’
★★★★ The Scotsman

...real friends help you move a body.
An award winning black comedy about two inept Irish criminals who have dreams of pulling off a heist far beyond their minimal abilities. They plan to enlist the help of a local crime boss with a fearsome reputation for violence. What could possibly go wrong? Well, more or less everything.
Ambition, folly, violence, murder, revenge and... redemption? Friends Help You Move is a dark comedy thriller in one act written by John Ward.

“I used to be seventeen.”

Lucy, Cara and Faye, three freshly graduated university students are getting ready for their final night out together before they all go their separate ways into the adult world.
A night like any other, that will leave the girls changed for good.
A story about growing up, the power of choices, and the fact that nothing ever stays the same.

A brand new Irish play which speaks to the challenges that come with the bridge to adulthood. ‘Getting Ready’ shines a light on the culture of female friendships, the question of permanence of youth vs the impending nostalgia that comes with getting older. While being told through a modern lens, this story still manages to resonate with all those who have crossed this space before, resulting in a universal story for all ages to enjoy.
A play full of humour and heart, ‘Getting Ready’ is bound to leave audiences reminiscence of a time that once was, and hopeful for a time yet to come.

Event Details

Genre: Theatre

Duration: 50 mins

Price: £10

Social Media

Instagram Gettingreadyplay

TikTok: @gettingreadyplay

Information

Suitable for ages: 16 and over

See venue page for accessibility information.

...real friends help you move a body.
An award winning black comedy about two inept Irish criminals who have dreams of pulling off a heist far beyond their minimal abilities. They plan to enlist the help of a local crime boss with a fearsome reputation for violence. What could possibly go wrong? Well, more or less everything.
Ambition, folly, violence, murder, revenge and... redemption? Friends Help You Move is a dark comedy thriller in one act written by John Ward.

After debuting at the Lambeth Fringe in 2024 Abigail is finally coming back at the Camden Fringe. Abigail is a one-act monologue play by Nelma Vapaa-Jää that reimagines the relationship between Abigail Williams and John Proctor from Arthur Miller's The Crucible. The play offers a raw and unflinching exploration of Abigail's inner world. Through a series of confessions, reflections, and justifications, Abigail confronts the complex emotions and traumatic experiences that shaped her actions during the Salem witch trials. The play delves deep into themes of power, fear, love, and sexual assault, challenging both historical and contemporary perceptions of victims and perpetrators.
Abigail invites the audience to reconsider how stories of sexual violence are told and understood, both in the past and today. The play highlights the ongoing struggle for victims to have their voices heard and their pain acknowledged in a world that often prefers to dismiss or vilify them.

Nelma Vapaa-Jää, the creator and performer of Abigail, is a 28-year-old actor from Finland. Nelma graduated from the MFA Acting International course from East 15 Acting School in 2024. She is currently based in London and representing herself. She wants to create art that touches you and makes you think. Finland has a strong theater tradition and there are 73 professional theaters in Finland. Nelma draws from both Finnish and English traditions when creating theatre.

Friends. Comrades. Enemies...

Caillte Lighthouse. The coast of Angus, North Sea, just after WW1.
Follow Mac and Morgan, two experienced keepers and their training of James, before things occur that question their loyalty, friendship and ultimately, their sanity. LIGHTHOUSE is a gripping piece that delves into the human psyche of trust, paranoia and greed with stylish, well-placed humour, jeopardy, suspense and a stellar cast.
Listed by The Herald as one of the Top 20 Must-See Shows of EdFringe 2022, LIGHTHOUSE will take you on a 55 minute journey to hell and back like no other.

‘Rock solid performances and a great sense of atmosphere go a long way to illuminate this new murder mystery thriller. Boasting simple effects which add greatly to the dread-filled atmosphere’
★★★★ The Scotsman

...real friends help you move a body.
An award winning black comedy about two inept Irish criminals who have dreams of pulling off a heist far beyond their minimal abilities. They plan to enlist the help of a local crime boss with a fearsome reputation for violence. What could possibly go wrong? Well, more or less everything.
Ambition, folly, violence, murder, revenge and... redemption? Friends Help You Move is a dark comedy thriller in one act written by John Ward.

“I used to be seventeen.”

Lucy, Cara and Faye, three freshly graduated university students are getting ready for their final night out together before they all go their separate ways into the adult world.
A night like any other, that will leave the girls changed for good.
A story about growing up, the power of choices, and the fact that nothing ever stays the same.

A brand new Irish play which speaks to the challenges that come with the bridge to adulthood. ‘Getting Ready’ shines a light on the culture of female friendships, the question of permanence of youth vs the impending nostalgia that comes with getting older. While being told through a modern lens, this story still manages to resonate with all those who have crossed this space before, resulting in a universal story for all ages to enjoy.
A play full of humour and heart, ‘Getting Ready’ is bound to leave audiences reminiscence of a time that once was, and hopeful for a time yet to come.

Event Details

Genre: Theatre

Duration: 50 mins

Price: £10

Social Media

Instagram Gettingreadyplay

TikTok: @gettingreadyplay

Information

Suitable for ages: 16 and over

See venue page for accessibility information.

After debuting at the Lambeth Fringe in 2024 Abigail is finally coming back at the Camden Fringe. Abigail is a one-act monologue play by Nelma Vapaa-Jää that reimagines the relationship between Abigail Williams and John Proctor from Arthur Miller's The Crucible. The play offers a raw and unflinching exploration of Abigail's inner world. Through a series of confessions, reflections, and justifications, Abigail confronts the complex emotions and traumatic experiences that shaped her actions during the Salem witch trials. The play delves deep into themes of power, fear, love, and sexual assault, challenging both historical and contemporary perceptions of victims and perpetrators.
Abigail invites the audience to reconsider how stories of sexual violence are told and understood, both in the past and today. The play highlights the ongoing struggle for victims to have their voices heard and their pain acknowledged in a world that often prefers to dismiss or vilify them.

Nelma Vapaa-Jää, the creator and performer of Abigail, is a 28-year-old actor from Finland. Nelma graduated from the MFA Acting International course from East 15 Acting School in 2024. She is currently based in London and representing herself. She wants to create art that touches you and makes you think. Finland has a strong theater tradition and there are 73 professional theaters in Finland. Nelma draws from both Finnish and English traditions when creating theatre.

Friends. Comrades. Enemies...

Caillte Lighthouse. The coast of Angus, North Sea, just after WW1.
Follow Mac and Morgan, two experienced keepers and their training of James, before things occur that question their loyalty, friendship and ultimately, their sanity. LIGHTHOUSE is a gripping piece that delves into the human psyche of trust, paranoia and greed with stylish, well-placed humour, jeopardy, suspense and a stellar cast.
Listed by The Herald as one of the Top 20 Must-See Shows of EdFringe 2022, LIGHTHOUSE will take you on a 55 minute journey to hell and back like no other.

‘Rock solid performances and a great sense of atmosphere go a long way to illuminate this new murder mystery thriller. Boasting simple effects which add greatly to the dread-filled atmosphere’
★★★★ The Scotsman

“I used to be seventeen.”

Lucy, Cara and Faye, three freshly graduated university students are getting ready for their final night out together before they all go their separate ways into the adult world.
A night like any other, that will leave the girls changed for good.
A story about growing up, the power of choices, and the fact that nothing ever stays the same.

A brand new Irish play which speaks to the challenges that come with the bridge to adulthood. ‘Getting Ready’ shines a light on the culture of female friendships, the question of permanence of youth vs the impending nostalgia that comes with getting older. While being told through a modern lens, this story still manages to resonate with all those who have crossed this space before, resulting in a universal story for all ages to enjoy.
A play full of humour and heart, ‘Getting Ready’ is bound to leave audiences reminiscence of a time that once was, and hopeful for a time yet to come.

Event Details

Genre: Theatre

Duration: 50 mins

Price: £10

Social Media

Instagram Gettingreadyplay

TikTok: @gettingreadyplay

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Suitable for ages: 16 and over

See venue page for accessibility information.

“I used to be seventeen.”

Lucy, Cara and Faye, three freshly graduated university students are getting ready for their final night out together before they all go their separate ways into the adult world.
A night like any other, that will leave the girls changed for good.
A story about growing up, the power of choices, and the fact that nothing ever stays the same.

A brand new Irish play which speaks to the challenges that come with the bridge to adulthood. ‘Getting Ready’ shines a light on the culture of female friendships, the question of permanence of youth vs the impending nostalgia that comes with getting older. While being told through a modern lens, this story still manages to resonate with all those who have crossed this space before, resulting in a universal story for all ages to enjoy.
A play full of humour and heart, ‘Getting Ready’ is bound to leave audiences reminiscence of a time that once was, and hopeful for a time yet to come.

Event Details

Genre: Theatre

Duration: 50 mins

Price: £10

Social Media

Instagram Gettingreadyplay

TikTok: @gettingreadyplay

Information

Suitable for ages: 16 and over

See venue page for accessibility information.

A Uruguayan model. Diana Spencer. The Doors. Elton John. Tótem.
La Figurita. Montevideo.

The future as longing. Collapse as an inevitable destiny.
“Come on, baby, light my fire.”

An exploration of what we once imagined we would become — and never did.
Between image, memory and fracture, Los años maravillosos moves through the illusion of storytelling and confronts us with what remains when everything we once believed in begins to collapse.

Event Details

Genre: Theatre

Duration: 60 mins

Price: £14

Social Media

Facebook: bearesteatro

Instagram bearesteatro

Information

Suitable for ages: 14 and over

World premiere

See venue page for accessibility information.

What if the dinner was the play?

Maria-Rapaz (Tomboy) unfolds around a table, where food is the plot and eating is the dramaturgy. This is not theatre about food — it is theatre through food.

Set between a pristine fine-dining kitchen and the warm chaos of a home kitchen, this work follows two women as they cook, eat, talk, and reveal what often goes unseen.

Drawing on Portuguese family recipes and queer experience, Maria-Rapaz asks: what counts as art? Who gets recognised? And what kinds of knowledge travel when we share a meal? The audience is invited to sit, to taste, and to witness a story about what it means to be sustained — not just fed — in a world that rewards spectacle over care.

Tickets are available at two prices: one includes light bites served as part of the performance (not a full meal), and a lower-priced option is available for audiences who wish to watch without food.
Event Details

Genre: Theatre

Duration: 60 mins

Price: £9

Social Media

Web: joanapereiradacosta.com/

Instagram onthetipofhertongue.jpc

Information

Suitable for ages: 16 and over

World premiere

See venue page for accessibility information.

What if the dinner was the play?

Maria-Rapaz (Tomboy) unfolds around a table, where food is the plot and eating is the dramaturgy. This is not theatre about food — it is theatre through food.

Set between a pristine fine-dining kitchen and the warm chaos of a home kitchen, this work follows two women as they cook, eat, talk, and reveal what often goes unseen.

Drawing on Portuguese family recipes and queer experience, Maria-Rapaz asks: what counts as art? Who gets recognised? And what kinds of knowledge travel when we share a meal? The audience is invited to sit, to taste, and to witness a story about what it means to be sustained — not just fed — in a world that rewards spectacle over care.

Tickets are available at two prices: one includes light bites served as part of the performance (not a full meal), and a lower-priced option is available for audiences who wish to watch without food.
Event Details

Genre: Theatre

Duration: 60 mins

Price: £9

Social Media

Web: joanapereiradacosta.com/

Instagram onthetipofhertongue.jpc

Information

Suitable for ages: 16 and over

World premiere

See venue page for accessibility information.

A Uruguayan model. Diana Spencer. The Doors. Elton John. Tótem.
La Figurita. Montevideo.

The future as longing. Collapse as an inevitable destiny.
“Come on, baby, light my fire.”

An exploration of what we once imagined we would become — and never did.
Between image, memory and fracture, Los años maravillosos moves through the illusion of storytelling and confronts us with what remains when everything we once believed in begins to collapse.

Event Details

Genre: Theatre

Duration: 60 mins

Price: £14

Social Media

Facebook: bearesteatro

Instagram bearesteatro

Information

Suitable for ages: 14 and over

World premiere

See venue page for accessibility information.

A Uruguayan model. Diana Spencer. The Doors. Elton John. Tótem.
La Figurita. Montevideo.

The future as longing. Collapse as an inevitable destiny.
“Come on, baby, light my fire.”

An exploration of what we once imagined we would become — and never did.
Between image, memory and fracture, Los años maravillosos moves through the illusion of storytelling and confronts us with what remains when everything we once believed in begins to collapse.

Event Details

Genre: Theatre

Duration: 60 mins

Price: £14

Social Media

Facebook: bearesteatro

Instagram bearesteatro

Information

Suitable for ages: 14 and over

World premiere

See venue page for accessibility information.

“I am a remarkable woman - always was, though none of you seemed to think so.”

May Morris steps out from the shadow of her father William Morris in an actor-musician odyssey from Isabella Javor. THREADS OF MAY weaves together live music and storytelling to stitch together the intricate life of the woman who designed some of the most iconic Arts and Crafts patterns.
The play traverses her journey from her bohemian childhood, stepping up to continue her father’s legacy managing the embroidery department of Morris & Co, to her later years falling in love with her gardener Mary Lobb.
A blend of original music and feminist history, THREADS OF MAY is a vivid tapestry of legacy, politics, and hidden queer love.

Event Details

Genre: Theatre

Duration: 50 mins

Price: £15

Social Media

Web: isabellajavor.com

Instagram threadsofmay

Information

Suitable for ages: 12 and over

World premiere

See venue page for accessibility information.

“I am a remarkable woman - always was, though none of you seemed to think so.”

May Morris steps out from the shadow of her father William Morris in an actor-musician odyssey from Isabella Javor. THREADS OF MAY weaves together live music and storytelling to stitch together the intricate life of the woman who designed some of the most iconic Arts and Crafts patterns.
The play traverses her journey from her bohemian childhood, stepping up to continue her father’s legacy managing the embroidery department of Morris & Co, to her later years falling in love with her gardener Mary Lobb.
A blend of original music and feminist history, THREADS OF MAY is a vivid tapestry of legacy, politics, and hidden queer love.

Event Details

Genre: Theatre

Duration: 50 mins

Price: £15

Social Media

Web: isabellajavor.com

Instagram threadsofmay

Information

Suitable for ages: 12 and over

World premiere

See venue page for accessibility information.

In Our Broken Hours is an intimate one act play about a father living with alcoholism and the adult daughter who finds herself slipping into the role of his carer. Through frantic phone calls, raw monologues and a painful meeting, the play explores a relationship shaped by love, frustration and addiction.

Mack, once charismatic, now drifts between warmth and withdrawal, unable to face the depth of his dependency. When his daughter Emma arrives unexpectedly, both are forced to confront the truths they’ve avoided.

What emerges is a portrait of two people who care deeply about each other but can no longer meet in the middle. A story of responsibility, exhaustion and the quiet heartbreak of watching someone you love slowly disappear.

Starring Simon Ashton, an actor, director and producer whose work spans stage and screen, and Giulia Rose, winner of Best Supporting Actress at the New York International Film Awards and the Oniros Film Awards.

Event Details

Genre: Theatre

Duration: 60 mins

Price: £15

Social Media

Web: falstafftheatrical.carrd.co/

Instagram falstafftheatrical

Information

Trigger/content warning: contains strong language, references to addiction; descriptions of death; deals with grief

Suitable for ages: 18+

See venue page for accessibility information.

Just Elsie: Mariarch The Musical – A Story of Every Family
​Experience a heartwarming journey following Elsie and her three daughters - Florence, Violet and Sandra. This soaring musical captures a lifetime of resilience and the unbreakable bond of family through the decades.
It celebrates the woman who holds it all together.
Don’t miss this timeless story of legacy and devotion. Because, after all, everyone has an Elsie.

Just Elsie: Mariarch The Musical – A Story of Every Family
​Experience a heartwarming journey following Elsie and her three daughters - Florence, Violet and Sandra. This soaring musical captures a lifetime of resilience and the unbreakable bond of family through the decades.
It celebrates the woman who holds it all together.
Don’t miss this timeless story of legacy and devotion. Because, after all, everyone has an Elsie.

In Our Broken Hours is an intimate one act play about a father living with alcoholism and the adult daughter who finds herself slipping into the role of his carer. Through frantic phone calls, raw monologues and a painful meeting, the play explores a relationship shaped by love, frustration and addiction.

Mack, once charismatic, now drifts between warmth and withdrawal, unable to face the depth of his dependency. When his daughter Emma arrives unexpectedly, both are forced to confront the truths they’ve avoided.

What emerges is a portrait of two people who care deeply about each other but can no longer meet in the middle. A story of responsibility, exhaustion and the quiet heartbreak of watching someone you love slowly disappear.

Starring Simon Ashton, an actor, director and producer whose work spans stage and screen, and Giulia Rose, winner of Best Supporting Actress at the New York International Film Awards and the Oniros Film Awards.

Event Details

Genre: Theatre

Duration: 60 mins

Price: £15

Social Media

Web: falstafftheatrical.carrd.co/

Instagram falstafftheatrical

Information

Trigger/content warning: contains strong language, references to addiction; descriptions of death; deals with grief

Suitable for ages: 18+

See venue page for accessibility information.

In Our Broken Hours is an intimate one act play about a father living with alcoholism and the adult daughter who finds herself slipping into the role of his carer. Through frantic phone calls, raw monologues and a painful meeting, the play explores a relationship shaped by love, frustration and addiction.

Mack, once charismatic, now drifts between warmth and withdrawal, unable to face the depth of his dependency. When his daughter Emma arrives unexpectedly, both are forced to confront the truths they’ve avoided.

What emerges is a portrait of two people who care deeply about each other but can no longer meet in the middle. A story of responsibility, exhaustion and the quiet heartbreak of watching someone you love slowly disappear.

Starring Simon Ashton, an actor, director and producer whose work spans stage and screen, and Giulia Rose, winner of Best Supporting Actress at the New York International Film Awards and the Oniros Film Awards.

Event Details

Genre: Theatre

Duration: 60 mins

Price: £15

Social Media

Web: falstafftheatrical.carrd.co/

Instagram falstafftheatrical

Information

Trigger/content warning: contains strong language, references to addiction; descriptions of death; deals with grief

Suitable for ages: 18+

See venue page for accessibility information.

I wonder what happens on a date with Death? Some talk about a white light or a tunnel. Imagine it. Perfect brightness, like looking into the sun. But my mind doesn’t work that way. It always picks and picks and looks and picks and what if the tunnel is black? What if it has beady red eyes? What if it has long sharp teeth? What if it has been waiting all this time to eat me alive so that other things can then eat me too? A girl is a haunted house - the horror of being a woman.

I wonder what happens on a date with Death? Some talk about a white light or a tunnel. Imagine it. Perfect brightness, like looking into the sun. But my mind doesn’t work that way. It always picks and picks and looks and picks and what if the tunnel is black? What if it has beady red eyes? What if it has long sharp teeth? What if it has been waiting all this time to eat me alive so that other things can then eat me too? A girl is a haunted house - the horror of being a woman.

Experience the vocal event of the season. Lovemore, the powerhouse vocalist with unapologetic diva energy, takes you on a soaring journey through pop and soul in this intimate yet explosive one-night-only show. An evening of glamour, vocal prowess, and pure entertainment.

Experience the vocal event of the season. Lovemore, the powerhouse vocalist with unapologetic diva energy, takes you on a soaring journey through pop and soul in this intimate yet explosive one-night-only show. An evening of glamour, vocal prowess, and pure entertainment.

Experience the vocal event of the season. Lovemore, the powerhouse vocalist with unapologetic diva energy, takes you on a soaring journey through pop and soul in this intimate yet explosive one-night-only show. An evening of glamour, vocal prowess, and pure entertainment.