This electrifying fusion of beatboxing, spoken word and hip-hop dance both challenges and is hugely affecting. Inspired by the shocking true story of 19-year-old black woman Tyisha Miller who was shot dead by four California police officers while she lay unconscious in a car, Dreamscape re–imagines her final living moments.
DREAMSCAPE
10 - 28 FEB
THE SOUND OF ABSENCE
24 - 28 FEB
An experimental musical theatre piece about daughterhood, memory, loss, and the invisible bond between father and daughter.
FRIDAZE
27 FEB | 27 MAR | 24 APR
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.
LOST THE PLOT: AN IMPROVISED MUSICAL
28 FEB | 28 MAR | 25 APR
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.
THE COMFORT WOMAN
3 - 7 MAR
Young Minja’s innocence is shattered when she is deceived and kidnapped by the Japanese Army during World War II. The Comfort Woman is a powerful portrayal of one woman’s resilience, shedding light on a dark chapter of history that demands remembrance and recognition.
MEAT
1, 2 & 4 MAR
Back by popular demand- 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.
SO, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED
6 MAR | 3 APR
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.
THE MIGHTY GODDESS - STORIES, SPELLS, SONGS
8 MAR
Bewitching spoken-word from goddess of storytelling Sally Pomme Clayton. Spectacular stories mix myth, memory, comedy, ceremony and everyone gets a message from the goddess to take home!
IMPROPERA
8 MAR
Opera invented on the spot from your suggestions. No Script. No score. No safety net.
ENGINE ROOM
9 MAR | 20 APR | 28 SEP
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.
THE COLLECTED LIVE DRAWING SHOWS OF LISA GORNICK
11 - 14 MAR
Lisa Gornick brings us DIY cinema and live drawing shows in this unique week-long residency. Blending theatre, live drawing, and cinema, these original new works and classics reimagined explore identity, relationships, queerness, and figuring out our place in the world.
THE UNFORTUNATE ADVENTURES OF PIERROT
12 MAR
During a Commedia dell’Arte performance, Pierrot rebels against the script. Tired of never being loved, he steps into the audience to change his ending and seek love in the real world. Comedy and melancholy collide as theatrical rules meet everyday life, making room for existential worries that touch us all.
SLIPPERY
17 MAR - 11 APR
The world premiere of a Tony Craze award-winning play about ghosts, sex, and spaghetti. Written by “rising star playwright” (Time Out) Louis Emmitt-Stern (I F**ked You in My Spaceship) and directed by Off-West End Award winner Matthew Iliffe (FOAM, Bacon).
PRETEND NIGHT
20 MAR
Each month The Pretend Company bring together three of the funniest, most theatrical improv shows in the UK for a night of unscripted theatre.
With no scripts, and no pre-planning, the actors will create scenes and shows based on what you – the audience – want to see!
IN CONVERSATION WITH POLLY TOYNBEE, VICKY PRYCE AND ANDY ROSS
22 MAR
Mismanaged Decline: What Politicians Won’t Tell You About the Economy.. by economists Vicky Pryce and Andy Ross, in conversation with the esteemed political and social commentator and Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee.
THE OTHER MOZART
14 - 18 APR
The forgotten story of Nannerl Mozart, the genius sister of Amadeus, who performed with her brother to equal acclaim. Inspired by the Mozart family’s funny and heartbreaking letters, featuring award-winning original music. Following a ★★★★★ success at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, The Other Mozart makes its London debut at Omnibus Theatre.
SMOKE + YOU ARE LOVED PANEL
21 - 25 APR
SMOKE is a new queer thriller meets savage comedy from acclaimed queer creatives Alexis Gregory (“Riot Act”) and directed by award-winning filmmaker Campbell X (“Stud Life”, “Low Rider”).
Post the performance, LGBTQ+ organisation You Are Loved hosts a public panel discussion exploring the key themes from the play.
BRIEF PLAY ABOUT RAGE
28 APR - 2 MAY
Returning to the stage after its ★★★★★ Camden Fringe debut
Val and Hugh are hosting Nell tonight: Val’s oldest friend, and the most obnoxious house guest imaginable.
As Nell’s bizarre provocations, backhanded compliments, and tales of absurd violence pile on over the course of the evening, her visit becomes a mission of disruptive spiritual truth-seeking, exposing parts of Val and Hugh’s lives that are usually kept in darkness.
ALBATROSS
26 - 30 MAY
What does one generation owe the next? Award-winning Martha Loader’s stunning new play takes us to the very boundaries of love in the age of climate catastrophe. Alice returns from an Antarctic research trip to her mother and daughter. Explosive, tender and hilarious – often simultaneously -Albatross is a fight about the future.
FRIDAZE
27 FEB | 27 MAR | 24 APR
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.
LOST THE PLOT: AN IMPROVISED MUSICAL
28 FEB | 28 MAR | 25 APR
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.
IMPROPERA
8 MAR
Opera invented on the spot from your suggestions. No Script. No score. No safety net.
THE SKY IS A MULTICOLOUR
PRESENTED BY AMBER HILL
10 FEB - 9 MAR
The sky is a multicolour is a visual exploration of our perception of the sky through a series of digital paintings and photographs. This body of work was created during a period of daily sky-gazing rituals simulating Tibetan Buddhist traditional rituals. During these rituals the individual looks at the sky as a focal grounding point for meditation, using breathing techniques to guide the meditation.
Through this framework, The sky is a multicolour poses the re-examination of colour as a solid unchanging entity to a fluid state. Not only does the sky change colour every second, phenotypes can be observed through light exposure from the sky. An example of a phenotype is the light imprint that results from burning our eyes by looking at the sun. The phenotypes formed from looking at the sky become a different colour to what was originally there, for example the yellow of the sun will become a blue phenotype in our eyes, showing an alternative colour to the sky.
RACHEL JOY BAILEY
7 MAR
Rachel Bailey is a contemporary fine artist whose work explores the fierce, vibrant energy that lives within womanhood and motherhood. Classically trained, she obtained a BA (Hons) with the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. A mother to seven, she draws from the depth, complexity and wild beauty of her own lived experience, translating it into portraits that radiate emotion, power and unapologetic femininity.
Her work is known for its bold colour, luminous neon undertones and evocative imagery. Each painting captures the raw emotional landscape of a woman in transformation: tender, wild, resilient and endlessly creative.
Join us in the common room on the 7th March from 8pm where Rachel’s paintings will be available to buy. All proceeds raised go towards Omnibus Theatre and it’s development.
LET'S GET QUIZZY
19 MAR
It’s time to get quizzy!
Join us at Omnibus Theatre for a fun-filled quiz and help us raise funds for our building repairs. You can expect fizz, food, and fun prizes!
LIFE DRAWING
SELECTED THURSDAYS
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.
CLAPHAM COMMON BOOK CLUB
FIRST THURSDAY EVERY MONTH
6:30PM
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!
CLAPHAM COMMON FILM CLUB
MONTHLY
Clapham Common Film Club presents diverse films from internationally acclaimed and award-winning directors on a large screen in a friendly community setting.
