SMOKE
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YOU ARE LOVED PANEL

PRESENTED BY ALEXIS GREGORY AND YOU ARE LOVED
A new queer thriller savage comedy from Alexis Gregory and Campbell X, plus panel hosted by LGBTQ+ org You Are Loved
SMOKE 
Created and performed by Alexis Gregory 
Directed by Campbell X
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You Are Loved panel.
Alex wakes one morning to a new message on Insta from his boyfriend Ben. But Ben died two years ago. What appears to be an everyday hack soon turns into something else as Alex’s life spirals out of control.
SMOKE is the newest play from acclaimed queer theatre-maker Alexis Gregory (“Riot Act”) whose work has appeared in the West End, across London, the UK, and internationally, and is directed by the award-winning filmmaker Campbell X (“Stud Life”, “Low Rider”).
Raw, and stripped back, the conversational SMOKE is a hard-hitting, savage comic-thriller about another dead gay guy on social media, drugs, the Demon Twink in Starbucks, and Mariah Carey.
Non-profit organisation You Are Loved (YAL), created in response to disproportionately high rates of premature deaths from suicide and drugs in the LGBTQ+ community, focuses on addressing the root causes, including stigma, shame and loneliness.  
Post each SMOKE performance, YAL will host a specially curated forty-five minute panel, unique to each town and city on the tour, involving local LGBTQ+ figures, exploring how SMOKE’s themes crossover with YAL’s work, in mobilising the community to get better at talking, sharing and supporting each other.
SMOKE and You Are Loved tour in a unique partnership combining culture and community, presenting two interlinked events for audiences.
April 21st Panel discussion focus: The role of Community
Tim Spoor OBE, Co-founder & CEO, Queerwell
Connor Minney, Founder, Gayns
Owain Evans, Founder, Big Gay Out (BGO)
Samuel Douek, Founder & CEO, HOWL Worldwide
April 22nd Panel discussion focus: Chemsex & Connection
Simon Blake, CEO, Stonewall
Ben Kaye, Chemsex Lead, Researcher, & Harm Reduction Advocate, CGL
Ignacio Labayen de Inza, Founder & CEO, Controlling Chemsex
Dr Mauricio Alvarez, Clinical Psychologist, ALL EAST Sexual Health
April 23rd Panel discussion focus: Intersecting Minority Identities
Femi Otitoju, Founder of Challenge Training & Chair of Queerwell
Giulio Spatola, Mr Gay World (2025)
Pat Caldwell, Antidote Recovery Worker, London Friend
Andrew Akuruka, Gay Men’s Mental Health Advocate
April 24th Panel discussion focus: Self Worth and Ageing
Dr Paul Taylor-Pritt. Coach, Activist & Author
Marc Thompson, Lead Commissioner of the London HIV Programme
Simon Blake, Chief Executive, Stonewall
Jake O’Dwyer, Head of Fundraising & Communications, Switchboard
April 25th (matinee) Panel discussion focus: The role of Shame
Jaron Soh, Co-founder & CEO, Voda
Richard Angell, Chief Executive, Terrence Higgins Trust (THT)
Helen Corkin, Sexual Health & HIV Lead, UKHSA
Del Beach-Campbell, Founder of Delversity & Chemsex Programme Lead at Survivors UK
April 25th (evening) Panel discussion focus: Connection vs Loneliness 
Monty Moncrieff MBE, Chief Executive, London Friend
Daniel O’Shaughnessy, Nutritionist & Author
Dr Alessandro Tridico, Sen Lecturer in Psychology & President of Impulse London
Rosie Wilby, Comedian, Author & Broadcaster
SMOKE image by Tyler Kelly.
Smoke is funded by Arts Council England

21 - 25 APR
7:30PM
2:30PM (SAT)
£20 STANDARD
£18 CONCESSION

SMOKE
+
YOU ARE LOVED PANEL

PRESENTED BY ALEXIS GREGORY AND YOU ARE LOVED
A new queer thriller savage comedy from Alexis Gregory and Campbell X, plus panel hosted by LGBTQ+ org You Are Loved
SMOKE 
Created and performed by Alexis Gregory 
Directed by Campbell X
+
You Are Loved panel.
Alex wakes one morning to a new message on Insta from his boyfriend Ben. But Ben died two years ago. What appears to be an everyday hack soon turns into something else as Alex’s life spirals out of control.
SMOKE is the newest play from acclaimed queer theatre-maker Alexis Gregory (“Riot Act”) whose work has appeared in the West End, across London, the UK, and internationally, and is directed by the award-winning filmmaker Campbell X (“Stud Life”, “Low Rider”).
Raw, and stripped back, the conversational SMOKE is a hard-hitting, savage comic-thriller about another dead gay guy on social media, drugs, the Demon Twink in Starbucks, and Mariah Carey.
Non-profit organisation You Are Loved (YAL), created in response to disproportionately high rates of premature deaths from suicide and drugs in the LGBTQ+ community, focuses on addressing the root causes, including stigma, shame and loneliness.
Post each SMOKE performance, YAL will host a specially curated forty-five minute panel, unique to each town and city on the tour, involving local LGBTQ+ figures, exploring how SMOKE’s themes crossover with YAL’s work, in mobilising the community to get better at talking, sharing and supporting each other.
SMOKE and You Are Loved tour in a unique partnership combining culture and community, presenting two interlinked events for audiences.
April 21st Panel discussion focus: The role of Community
Tim Spoor OBE, Co-founder & CEO, Queerwell
Connor Minney, Founder, Gayns
Owain Evans, Founder, Big Gay Out (BGO)
Samuel Douek, Founder & CEO, HOWL Worldwide
April 22nd Panel discussion focus: Chemsex & Connection
Simon Blake, CEO, Stonewall
Ben Kaye, Chemsex Lead, Researcher, & Harm Reduction Advocate, CGL
Ignacio Labayen de Inza, Founder & CEO, Controlling Chemsex
Dr Mauricio Alvarez, Clinical Psychologist, ALL EAST Sexual Health
April 23rd Panel discussion focus: Intersecting Minority Identities
Femi Otitoju, Founder of Challenge Training & Chair of Queerwell
Giulio Spatola, Mr Gay World (2025)
Pat Caldwell, Antidote Recovery Worker, London Friend
Andrew Akuruka, Gay Men’s Mental Health Advocate
April 24th Panel discussion focus: Self Worth and Ageing
Dr Paul Taylor-Pritt. Coach, Activist & Author
Marc Thompson, Lead Commissioner of the London HIV Programme
Simon Blake, Chief Executive, Stonewall
Jake O’Dwyer, Head of Fundraising & Communications, Switchboard
April 25th (matinee) Panel discussion focus: The role of Shame
Jaron Soh, Co-founder & CEO, Voda
Richard Angell, Chief Executive, Terrence Higgins Trust (THT)
Helen Corkin, Sexual Health & HIV Lead, UKHSA
Del Beach-Campbell, Founder of Delversity & Chemsex Programme Lead at Survivors UK
April 25th (evening) Panel discussion focus: Connection vs Loneliness 
Monty Moncrieff MBE, Chief Executive, London Friend
Daniel O’Shaughnessy, Nutritionist & Author
Dr Alessandro Tridico, Sen Lecturer in Psychology & President of Impulse London
Rosie Wilby, Comedian, Author & Broadcaster
SMOKE image by Tyler Kelly.
Smoke is funded by Arts Council England

21 - 25 APR
7:30PM
2:30PM (SAT)
£20 STANDARD
£18 CONCESSION

“A whirlwind of suspense…unsettling and thought-provoking….

Gregory is writing straight from the soul”

The Reviews Hub

“Riveting…will have you wholeheartedly captivated from beginning to end…Gregory is a compelling performer…the audience hang on his every word…a masterful storyteller”

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Concessions

Concessions apply to students, under-18s, over-60s and more. For more info on our concession policy click here→

Accessibility

All performance spaces and facilities are fully wheelchair-accessible. For more info please contact Box Office on 0207 498 4699.

Ticket Collection

We operate a paperless box office system. You will be emailed a receipt once you have booked in advance. There is no need to print this off, just state your name at the box office on arrival.

Café Bar

Serving a menu of hot drinks, craft beers, wine and seasonal cocktails before and after every show and a full home-made food menu including freshly baked pastries, delicious cakes and savoury light bites from Friday – Sunday.

Content Warnings

SMOKE and the YAL panel contain adult language, homophobic language, references to; homophobic assault, drug misuse, sexual abuse and grooming, grief, mental health issues, psychosis, stalking, suicide.

Find out more here.

Age Recommendation

16+

Duration

SMOKE: 60 mins

YAL panel: 45 mins

10 min break in between