lenny’s not even the main character in his own life and he’s tired of waiting for it to start. But tonight, he’s on a mission. One dream changes everything. Tonight, his queer second adolescence begins – someone is going to love him. But as the night unfolds, it’s not long before things start to go horribly wrong…

So, This Is What Happened is back! Our popular storytelling night returns.

Connection is more important than ever, so we invite you to laugh, cry and celebrate stories from the lives of real people.

Our regular scratch programme, where dynamic and talented theatre makers present daring, new work in the first stages of development.

Engine Room puts you, the audience, at the heart of the creative process. Following the sharing you will be asked to complete a feedback form, with your comments directly influencing the next development of the pieces. Give feedback, offer ideas and discover the next generation of theatre before anyone else.

Work In Progress Comedy From Award Winning Idiot Ed Gaughan!   

Standup! Characters! Live Music! Lies!  

Keep your expectations low and nobody gets hurt. 

An Unnaturalistic Life is a genre-defying theatrical odyssey — part wild autobiography, part punk séance, part mythic fever dream. With his signature blend of explosive physicality, story telling, biting wit, and emotional roller coasting , Glass unravels a family legacy soaked in art, rebellion, and outrageous coincidence. 

Myra, an undervalued employee at The Endless Hotel — a place between the ordinary and dreaming worlds — is the only one awake after a mysterious outsider puts everyone to sleep. To save them, she must find an all-powerful key before the doors to dreaming close forever.

In Soviet Moscow, wearing a yellow tie is an act of rebellion. Dancing to jazz could cost you everything. This is the story of the stilyagi — young people who chose colour over conformity, music over safety, and love over ideology.

A monthly Cabaret style night featuring the best emerging musicians, comedians, drag performers and everything in between!
Where every month unites Creativity, Community, and Celebration.

You are invited to the premiere of the World’s Newest Musical!

Lost The Plot: An Improvised Musical is a brand new all-singing, all-dancing production every night. Warning: this show is entirely made up on the spot. Every line of dialogue, note on the piano and catchy chorus is fully improvised.

This is a big one! Join poetry powerhouse Off The Chest for an extra special edition of Poetry @ Omnibus, celebrating 6 years of creating spaces for poetry.  

Tangle’s fast-moving adaptation of Julius Caesar drives through the political chaos, power struggles and friendship betrayals at the heart of Shakespeare’s greatest thriller. Adapted and directed by Anna Coombs with John Pfumojena’s original music performed live on stage, this high-energy production brings African-inspired storytelling into the heart of ancient Rome.

 Thrills & laughs with our 1940’s style “Radio Theatre.” In our comic romance The Mummy; or, the Elixir of Life, boy meets girl, father meets mummy, and mummy meets…well, you get the idea! And in The Green House, quirky characters from a real estate agency specializing in haunted houses solve a spooky mystery.

Landlordism has run rampant through the UK. Rents have flown up above inflation and house prices have followed. So, when Jack’s girlfriend leaves him and he faces eviction, his first idea (after the breakdown) is to…sublet his cupboard to pay his rent. That’s a mistake…. 

 A Suffocating Choking Feeling is a razor-sharp, satirical deep-dive into the warped world of Insta-“truth”, where fact and fiction blur and what wins is having a story worth telling. Inspired by Australian cancer-con Belle Gibson (Netflix’s Apple Cider Vinegar & BBC’s Bad Influencer), this Award-winning explosive show smashes together live theatre with interactive social media experiments, inviting you to scroll, troll and cancel Simone Hamilton.

A bold new performance blending poetry, music, dance, and visual art.  Mountains and Seas – Song of Today 山海 · 今日之歌 confronts the climate crisis, rising fascism, and existential dread with fierce creativity and urgency.  

Don’t miss this electrifying collaboration from Xie Rong (aka Echo Morgan) and Daniel York Loh. 

MEAT is an electrifying roar of fury, a rallying cry of protest, a unifying celebration of strength packed with heroism & heart. A playful and poignant exploration of identity. Written by multi-award winner Elle Dillon-Reams. A dirty dive into the foundations of power, an injection of a new narrative – MEAT is a theatrical hybrid of poetry, clowning, cabaret and dance featuring original music.

One winter, Oldilocks finds a teddy bear in the park and remembers a delicious bowl of porridge she tasted years ago in the woods. Something else happened but she can’t quite remember what… so she sets off for the forest. Will she find the bears house and what will happen then?

A riotous new dark comedy. London, 1970. A Vampire lurks in Highgate Cemetery. More of this is true than we would like.

Engine Room: Next Page is a season of rehearsed readings, staged for a public audience, allowing writers to share their work and receive crucial feedback to help the development of their work.

Submissions are open until 17 OCT

Work In Progress Comedy From Award Winning Idiot Ed Gaughan!   

Standup! Characters! Live Music! Lies!  

Keep your expectations low and nobody gets hurt. 

A monthly Cabaret style night featuring the best emerging musicians, comedians, drag performers and everything in between! Where Every Month Unites Creativity, Community, and Celebration. 

You are invited to the premiere of the World’s Newest Musical!

Lost The Plot: An Improvised Musical is a brand new all-singing, all-dancing production every night. Warning: this show is entirely made up on the spot. Every line of dialogue, note on the piano and catchy chorus is fully improvised.  

A talented but cynical teacher accidentally opens a portal to The Endless Hotel, a magical place where artists find inspiration. When she discovers it’s on the brink of collapse, she embarks on a dangerous quest to recover an all-powerful key – or the doors of creativity will close forever.

This December, the Seven Steps Big Band returns with a bang to the Omnibus Theatre to present a raucous jamboree of big band bangers to knock your Christmas socks off. 

Now in its 14th year, this dynamic ensemble has grown to become one of the most engaging and entertaining bands performing on the London circuit. 

At the beginning of the 1980s, writer Colin Welland famously said “the British are coming” as he picked up his Oscar for Chariots of Fire original screenplay. They never quite arrived in the way they were expected. Instead, the industry and audience went into near terminal decline. However, amidst these turbulent times and against the political and social upheaval of Thatcherism seeds of renewal could be seen dotted across the independent film community; from the arrival of Channel 4 to the rise of maverick distributor/producer Palace Pictures and the emergence of new filmmaking voices. This season presents some of these ambitious and now influential films and filmmakers who redefined British independent cinema and who went against the grain of the decade.  

This year’s Book Festival brings the best in writing to Clapham. Novelist Oyinkan Braithwaite discusses her latest book with best-selling author Elizabeth Buchan; blockbuster novelist Joanne Harris is in conversation with former Booker nominee Michèle Roberts and award-winning documentary maker and author, Tim Tate, dissects the story of the Spycatcher scandal of the 1980s with writer, TV presenter and journalist, Gavin Esler. Add in the ever-popular Clapham Literary Walk and enjoy a day of books and bookish conversation, meet the authors and have your books signed (books will be on sale).

Ageing well doesn’t mean behaving yourself. Just ask Nana Funk, the great-great grandmother of good times and star of An Evening with Nana Funk, an hour-long One Nana cabaret studio show with stadium ambitions coming to Lambeth Fringe Festival 2025.

Whether you’re the next Tracey Emin or if you haven’t picked up a pencil since school, our life drawing class is for anyone who wants to have a relaxed, fun alternative night out.

Find new books, authors and maybe some friends at this friendly and welcoming monthly book club, which takes place in our café-bar. Please contact Rhiannon Croker below for more information about the club and the current books being read. Free to join!