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), and ICE AT THE END OF THE WORLD (2024) DRUM TOUR (2025)

OUR VISION

Omnibus Theatre: reimagining our world

OUR MISSION

• To challenge perceptions through championing original stories 
• To cultivate emerging talent by developing skills and supporting innovation 
• To share art and space with our community  

OUR VALUES

To Create

We tell bold and original stories that present new perspectives and reimagined worlds.  

To welcome  

We welcome all people who show mutual respect and care for one another. This allows us to flourish as an artistic and community hub.  

To connect  

We nurture relationships and aim to be generous with our resources, networks, and creativity both locally, nationally and internationally  

To listen and act 

We work in dialogue, responding to our local community, artists and audiences.  

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

Our venue is home to our Theatre (90-110 seats) and the Studio Upstairs (80 seats), a café/bar and two performance and rehearsal spaces. To find out more about How We Programme click here. To see What’s On click here.

Our History

Omnibus Theatre was opened on the 14th November 2013 by the Mayor of Lambeth, following a seven-year community-led campaign to save the old Clapham Library from developers. Our much-loved Victorian building was transformed by locals into an arts hub, maintaining the heritage of the library as a civic space for all.

Since then Omnibus Theatre has grown from a fledgling arts centre into an award-winning independent theatre, home to an ambitious programme driven by the library’s legacy of sharing stories.

Our Mission

Omnibus Theatre is a home of storytelling – a small place to encounter big ideas. We are driven by the legacy of our former library building to tell stories, familiar and unknown, in South London and beyond. Our mission is to create theatre that has the power to inspire audiences, to change minds, to bring us together.

Our Values

Omnibus Theatre nurtures emerging artists and new voices, presenting work that is ambitious and relevant. We are committed to making our work affordable and introducing it to new audiences. You can expect a warm welcome when you step through our doors.