THE GUEST

PRESENTED BY COCKAHOOP THEATRE
WRITTEN BY STEPHANIE JACOB
DIRECTED BY LUCY RICHARDSON
“The pile’s getting taller than me, taller than the house, a teetering pile of stranger children wearing little backpacks, looking at me, waiting for me to do something, but what?”

Ricky and Joe have lived here forever. They love a glass of wine in their garden sitting under Ricky’s beautiful vine. But it’s getting hotter, the cracks are starting to show, and a stranger comes knocking.

What does she want? Why choose them? No one invited her! Should they open the door?

Each time Ricky and Joe think they’ve sorted it, the Guest comes knocking again. The results are painful, funny and all beg the question: what would you do?

Set in the near future, this serious comedy asks will the cracks between Ricky and Joe widen? And what does their mysterious Guest really want?

Cockahoop Theatre creates new plays for our times.

Cockahoop is actor/writer Stephanie Jacob (Small Island and Nye at the National Theatre, Writers’ Guild Award Winner) and director/dramaturg Lucy Richardson (Offie-nominated Mid Life at the Barbican).

Winner of the Origins Award for Outstanding New Work, Cockahoop are delighted to return to Omnibus in April 2025 after Boudica, a poem series reimagining that ferocious queen, and the Strongbox Workshops, exploring homelessness in relation to our production of The Strongbox.

8-26 APR
7:30PM (TUES-SAT), 4PM (SUN 20 APR), 2:30PM & 7:30PM (SAT 12 & 26 APR)
£18 STANDARD, £16 CONCESSION, £10 PREVIEWS

THE GUEST

PRESENTED BY COCKAHOOP THEATRE
WRITTEN BY STEPHANIE JACOB
DIRECTED BY LUCY RICHARDSON
“The pile’s getting taller than me, taller than the house, a teetering pile of stranger children wearing little backpacks, looking at me, waiting for me to do something, but what?”

Ricky and Joe have lived here forever. They love a glass of wine in their garden sitting under Ricky’s beautiful vine. But it’s getting hotter, the cracks are starting to show, and a stranger comes knocking.

What does she want? Why choose them? No one invited her! Should they open the door?

Each time Ricky and Joe think they’ve sorted it, the Guest comes knocking again. The results are painful, funny and all beg the question: what would you do?

Set in the near future, this serious comedy asks will the cracks between Ricky and Joe widen? And what does their mysterious Guest really want?

Cockahoop Theatre creates new plays for our times.

Cockahoop is actor/writer Stephanie Jacob (Small Island and Nye at the National Theatre, Writers’ Guild Award Winner) and director/dramaturg Lucy Richardson (Offie-nominated Mid Life at the Barbican).

Winner of the Origins Award for Outstanding New Work, Cockahoop are delighted to return to Omnibus in April 2025 after Boudica, a poem series reimagining that ferocious queen, and the Strongbox Workshops, exploring homelessness in relation to our production of The Strongbox.

8-26 APR
7:30PM (TUES-SAT), 4PM (SUN 20 APR), 2:30PM & 7:30PM (SAT 12 & 26 APR)
£18 STANDARD, £16 CONCESSION, £10 PREVIEWS

★★★★

“Moving, funny, infinitely relatable, … with an ingenious theatrical twist

LondonTheatre

★★★★

“Thrilling theatre”

WestEnd Wilma

★★★★

“Witty and poignant”

StageTalk Magazine

★★★★

“Tough and touching…fitting wit into the anguish”

Time Out

The Guest | Trailer

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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

Find out more here.

Age Recommendation

TBC

Duration

120m

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