About Us
Founded as the first open-shelf library in Clapham, Omnibus Theatre today is a thriving creative and cultural space that champions new voices and community development.
Our Story
Omnibus Theatre is a multi-award-winning independent theatre in Clapham, South London. Finalist in the Fringe Theatre of the Year 2020 and 2023 The Stage Awards, Off-West End Award winner 2018 and 2020, and recipient of the Peter Brook/Royal Court Theatre Support Award in 2016. The heart of the organisation’s ambitious programme lies in classics re-imagined, modern revivals and new writing. Omnibus Theatre also provides a platform for LGBTQ+ work and aims to give voice to the underrepresented and challenge perceptions.
Since opening in 2013 notable in-house productions include Woyzeck (2013), Macbeth (2014), Colour (2015), Mule (2016), Spring Offensive (2017), Zeraffa Giraffa (2017), Queens of Sheba (2019), The Little Prince (2019), RICE! (2021), The Human Connection (2021), The Girl Who Was Very Good At Lying (2021), FIJI (2022), SAD (2022), DRUM (2022), Compositor E (2023), Ice at the end of the World (2024), DRUM Tour (2025)
Patrons include His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT GCVO, Dame Judi Dench, Lord Michael Cashman, Paulette Randall MBE, Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE
