Young Minja’s innocence is shattered when she is deceived and kidnapped by the Japanese Army during World War II. The Comfort Woman is a powerful portrayal of one woman’s resilience, shedding light on a dark chapter of history that demands remembrance and recognition.
THE COMFORT WOMAN
3 - 7 MAR
SO, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED
6 MAR | 3 APR
So, This Is What Happened is back! Our popular storytelling night returns.
Connection is more important than ever, so we invite you to laugh, cry and celebrate stories from the lives of real people.
THE MIGHTY GODDESS - STORIES, SPELLS, SONGS
8 MAR
Bewitching spoken-word from goddess of storytelling Sally Pomme Clayton. Spectacular stories mix myth, memory, comedy, ceremony and everyone gets a message from the goddess to take home!
IMPROPERA
8 MAR
Opera invented on the spot from your suggestions. No Script. No score. No safety net.
ENGINE ROOM
9 MAR | 20 APR | 28 SEP
Our regular scratch programme, where dynamic and talented theatre makers present daring, new work in the first stages of development.
Engine Room puts you, the audience, at the heart of the creative process. Following the sharing you will be asked to complete a feedback form, with your comments directly influencing the next development of the pieces. Give feedback, offer ideas and discover the next generation of theatre before anyone else.
THE COLLECTED LIVE DRAWING SHOWS OF LISA GORNICK
11 - 14 MAR
Lisa Gornick brings us DIY cinema and live drawing shows in this unique week-long residency. Blending theatre, live drawing, and cinema, these original new works and classics reimagined explore identity, relationships, queerness, and figuring out our place in the world.
THE UNFORTUNATE ADVENTURES OF PIERROT
12 MAR
During a Commedia dell’Arte performance, Pierrot rebels against the script. Tired of never being loved, he steps into the audience to change his ending and seek love in the real world. Comedy and melancholy collide as theatrical rules meet everyday life, making room for existential worries that touch us all.
SLIPPERY
17 MAR - 11 APR
The world premiere of a Tony Craze award-winning play about ghosts, sex, and spaghetti. Written by “rising star playwright” (Time Out) Louis Emmitt-Stern (I F**ked You in My Spaceship) and directed by Off-West End Award winner Matthew Iliffe (FOAM, Bacon).
PRETEND NIGHT
20 MAR
Each month The Pretend Company bring together three of the funniest, most theatrical improv shows in the UK for a night of unscripted theatre.
With no scripts, and no pre-planning, the actors will create scenes and shows based on what you – the audience – want to see!
IN CONVERSATION WITH POLLY TOYNBEE, VICKY PRYCE AND ANDY ROSS
22 MAR
Mismanaged Decline: What Politicians Won’t Tell You About the Economy.. by economists Vicky Pryce and Andy Ross, in conversation with the esteemed political and social commentator and Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee.
FRIDAZE
27 MAR | 24 APR
A monthly Cabaret style night featuring the best emerging musicians, comedians, drag performers and everything in between!
Where every month unites Creativity, Community, and Celebration.
LOST THE PLOT: AN IMPROVISED MUSICAL
28 MAR | 25 APR
You are invited to the premiere of the World’s Newest Musical!
Lost The Plot: An Improvised Musical is a brand new all-singing, all-dancing production every night. Warning: this show is entirely made up on the spot. Every line of dialogue, note on the piano and catchy chorus is fully improvised.
THE OTHER MOZART
14 - 18 APR
The forgotten story of Nannerl Mozart, the genius sister of Amadeus, who performed with her brother to equal acclaim. Inspired by the Mozart family’s funny and heartbreaking letters, featuring award-winning original music. Following a ★★★★★ success at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, The Other Mozart makes its London debut at Omnibus Theatre.
SMOKE + YOU ARE LOVED PANEL
21 - 25 APR
SMOKE is a new queer thriller meets savage comedy from acclaimed queer creatives Alexis Gregory (“Riot Act”) and directed by award-winning filmmaker Campbell X (“Stud Life”, “Low Rider”).
Post the performance, LGBTQ+ organisation You Are Loved hosts a public panel discussion exploring the key themes from the play.
BRIEF PLAY ABOUT RAGE
28 APR - 2 MAY
Returning to the stage after its ★★★★★ Camden Fringe debut
Val and Hugh are hosting Nell tonight: Val’s oldest friend, and the most obnoxious house guest imaginable.
As Nell’s bizarre provocations, backhanded compliments, and tales of absurd violence pile on over the course of the evening, her visit becomes a mission of disruptive spiritual truth-seeking, exposing parts of Val and Hugh’s lives that are usually kept in darkness.
DINNER
6 - 24 MAY
Paige is celebrating the publication of her husband’s self-help bestseller. Her menu is dramatic and deliberate, all served with the deeply attentive assistance of a vigilant waiter. An artist, a scientist and a “news babe” arrive as planned, then an unexpected stranger is disgorged from the darkness. Sweet, spicy, bitter, sour, umami… and that’s just the guest list.
Welcome to Dinner.
ALBATROSS
26 - 30 MAY
What does one generation owe the next? Award-winning Martha Loader’s stunning new play takes us to the very boundaries of love in the age of climate catastrophe. Alice returns from an Antarctic research trip to her mother and daughter. Explosive, tender and hilarious – often simultaneously -Albatross is a fight about the future.
FRIDAZE
27 MAR | 24 APR
A monthly Cabaret style night featuring the best emerging musicians, comedians, drag performers and everything in between! Where Every Month Unites Creativity, Community, and Celebration.
LOST THE PLOT: AN IMPROVISED MUSICAL
28 MAR | 25 APR
You are invited to the premiere of the World’s Newest Musical!
Lost The Plot: An Improvised Musical is a brand new all-singing, all-dancing production every night. Warning: this show is entirely made up on the spot. Every line of dialogue, note on the piano and catchy chorus is fully improvised.
MARK AND SHAN
8 MAR | 12 APR
Mark and Shan perform acoustic versions of soft rock/pop/blues, blue-grass, country, and soul covers as well as original music. They enjoy adding their personal twist to the covers.
1-3PM
IMPROPERA
8 MAR
Opera invented on the spot from your suggestions. No Script. No score. No safety net.
BATTERSEA JAZZ COLLECTIVE
15 MAR | 19 APR
Playing jazz standards from the ’20s up to the present, the Battersea Jazz Collective is formed from members of the Battersea Jazz Workshop in southwest London.
1-3PM
THE EAST WEST SEXTET
22 MAR | 26 APR | 24 MAY | 28 JUN | 26 JUL | 23 AUG
The East West Sextet perform a relaxing and varied mix of classic jazz standards, ranging from latin and bossa nova tunes written by the likes of Carlos Jobim to familiar jazz ballads and swing numbers from the 1940’s onwards. The regular line-up includes Pete Lyons (tenor sax), Mark Phillips (trumpet), Nikash Hurkoo (guitar), Harriet Hu (piano), Rob Miller (double bass) and Felix Schott (drums). Just perfect for a leisurely Sunday lunchtime’s entertainment in the Café Bar!
1-3PM
ENSEMBLE
29 MAR | 31 MAY | 30 AUG
ENSEMBLE is a loose collective of London and Winchester jazz musicians doing their own unique take on standards, sambas, swing, ballads, bossas and bebop.
1-3PM
SCHOOL OF DESIRE
5 APR | 3 MAY | 7 JUN | 5 JUL | 2 AUG
School of Desire consists of jazz vocalist Arzu Kibris and her accompanying international group of jazz musicians. The mainstays of the band are:
Pete Lyons (Tenor Saxophone)
Peter Dews (Piano)
Daniele Bortolotti (Electric Bass)
Chris Bloomfield (Drums)
School of Desire performs songs from the classic American songbook of the mid-twentieth century (classics by composers such as George Gershwin, Jerome Kern and Cole Porter), as well as some well-known and not so well-known bossa nova numbers from Brazil. They play in a relaxed and approachable style.
The name “School of Desire” refers to the fact that so many of these songs are about love, loss, and longing – but, of course, they also have their moments of exhilaration and joy.
1-3PM
THE SKY IS A MULTICOLOUR
PRESENTED BY AMBER HILL
10 FEB - 9 MAR
The sky is a multicolour is a visual exploration of our perception of the sky through a series of digital paintings and photographs. This body of work was created during a period of daily sky-gazing rituals simulating Tibetan Buddhist traditional rituals. During these rituals the individual looks at the sky as a focal grounding point for meditation, using breathing techniques to guide the meditation.
Through this framework, The sky is a multicolour poses the re-examination of colour as a solid unchanging entity to a fluid state. Not only does the sky change colour every second, phenotypes can be observed through light exposure from the sky. An example of a phenotype is the light imprint that results from burning our eyes by looking at the sun. The phenotypes formed from looking at the sky become a different colour to what was originally there, for example the yellow of the sun will become a blue phenotype in our eyes, showing an alternative colour to the sky.
RACHEL JOY BAILEY
7 MAR
Rachel Bailey is a contemporary fine artist whose work explores the fierce, vibrant energy that lives within womanhood and motherhood. Classically trained, she obtained a BA (Hons) with the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. A mother to seven, she draws from the depth, complexity and wild beauty of her own lived experience, translating it into portraits that radiate emotion, power and unapologetic femininity.
Her work is known for its bold colour, luminous neon undertones and evocative imagery. Each painting captures the raw emotional landscape of a woman in transformation: tender, wild, resilient and endlessly creative.
Join us in the common room on the 7th March from 8pm where Rachel’s paintings will be available to buy. All proceeds raised go towards Omnibus Theatre and it’s development.
TOP GUNCHAINED
13 MAR
This uplifting comedy brings you a jet-powered tour through your favourite characters, and all the romance and action of Tom Cruise’s aerial blockbuster, alongside the heartfelt story of father and son superfans. Marking 40 years since Top Gun’s release, this unauthorised parody celebrates the iconic film and its enduring fandom.
LET'S GET QUIZZY
19 MAR
It’s time to get quizzy!
Join us at Omnibus Theatre for a fun-filled quiz and help us raise funds for our building repairs. You can expect fizz, food, and fun prizes!
LIFE DRAWING
SELECTED THURSDAYS
Whether you’re the next Tracey Emin or if you haven’t picked up a pencil since school, our life drawing class is for anyone who wants to have a relaxed, fun alternative night out.
CLAPHAM COMMON BOOK CLUB
FIRST THURSDAY EVERY MONTH
6:30PM
Find new books, authors and maybe some friends at this friendly and welcoming monthly book club, which takes place in our café-bar. Please contact Rhiannon Croker below for more information about the club and the current books being read. Free to join!
CLAPHAM COMMON FILM CLUB
MONTHLY
Clapham Common Film Club presents diverse films from internationally acclaimed and award-winning directors on a large screen in a friendly community setting.
