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96 FESTIVAL 2022

PRESENTED BY OMNIBUS THEATRE
A glittering celebration of queerness and theatre under one roof, 96 Festival is back for a 7th year!

96 Festival is back by popular demand! A glittering line-up of artists will set up camp at Omnibus Theatre for a spectacular celebration of queerness and theatre.

A no holds barred extravaganza of theatre, comedy, cabaret, music, art and activism; now in its 7th year, 96 Festival has been conceived in remembrance and celebration of the iconic Pride party on Clapham a Common in 1996.

Stay tuned see this year’s jam-packed festival programme.

26 JUN - 17 JUL
#96FEST2022

COMMON PEOPLE

26 JUN

It’s Midsummers Day and the hottest day of the year. No wonder everyone is so thirsty.

In the hospice on Clapham Common Gregory is fading away, doing crosswords, and dreaming of hot sex. As night draws in, so the siren call from the chorus of Nuns and leather Daddies over the fence grow stronger – will he ever go cruising again?

ENGINE ROOM

27 JUN

Dynamic theatre makers present work for the very first time in front of a live audience. Discover the next generation of theatre before anyone else.

TINY LGBTQ+ SHOWS

3 JUL

Tiny LGBTQ+ Shows is all about taking chances. A building full of LGBTQ+ theatre makers will spontaneously create tons of tiny little pieces of theatre, with people they have probably only just met.

THE FAIRYTALE LIBRARY

9 JUL

Come and have a quiet chat with The Librarian about how stories stay with us and connect us to our everyday lives. A peaceful half hour of considering and reflecting on your favourite fairytale moment. 

SONGS FOR SCATTERED TIMES

9 JUL

An imperfect and lighthearted exploration of how queer experience informs our response to a changing climate. Using musical theatre numbers written, performed, or reclaimed by LGBTQ+ people, this cabaret is a provocation to musical theatre creatives and environmental activists

CONCHA

9 JUL

Concha is a semi-autobiographical show that explores the intersectionality of the queer experience from the perspective of a non-binary Latinx person.

In this collection of monologues, we find out about Concha, who has just discovered they’ve contracted an STI– which takes them on a journey of past and current relationships, friends, love, family, anal sex and the importance of the use of condoms.

YERMA

10 JUL

Leorna wants to get pregnant. Two problems: her partner hates the idea, and she was born without a womb.

A new adaptation of Lorca’s 1934 masterpiece, transposed into the queer kink scene of modern Britain.

OVER TO YOU

10 JUL

An open and artist-led series of free events, created in response to the conversations we have along the way. Our next Over to You is a 96 Festival special! As part of our annual celebration of queerness and theatre we’ll be occupying the Café Bar to explore the intersectionality of audiences of queer theatre, the meaning of inclusivity and how we may achieve it.

HELL YEAH!

10 JUL

Fun, femxle, fearless and completely improvised. A supHer group of London’s hottest queer improv talent. Prepare for a completely unscripted night of laughs, laments and liberation.

THIRST

11-13 JUL

Two girls falling through water and time – a love story spanning from the dawn of time to the end of it. Flora is the heiress to a bottled water fortune. Nell wants to blow her up.

HOW DISABLED ARE YOU?

14-16 JUL

This powerful and experimental piece of theatre explores the challenge for the disabled community to be heard in the face of broad stroke Daily Mail prejudice and aggressive, institutionalised opinions. This isn’t a show for the community, it’s for those who sit outside it.