“I’m sorry, I’ve said too much….”
Sky Arts Award winning comedian Elf Lyons is The Woman on the Edge. After spending nearly a decade pretending to be animals, Elf now shows that she is in fact a woman, and thus presents a traditional, honest exploration of what it means to not recognise yourself when you look in the mirror.
A very normal observational stand-up show. Inspired by Vertigo, Sunset Boulevard and the opera Pagliacci Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
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.
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.
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!
An experimental musical theatre piece about daughterhood, memory, loss, and the invisible bond between father and daughter.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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).
“I’m sorry, I’ve said too much….”
Sky Arts Award winning comedian Elf Lyons is The Woman on the Edge. After spending nearly a decade pretending to be animals, Elf now shows that she is in fact a woman, and thus presents a traditional, honest exploration of what it means to not recognise yourself when you look in the mirror.
A very normal observational stand-up show. Inspired by Vertigo, Sunset Boulevard and the opera Pagliacci Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
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.
Opera invented on the spot from your suggestions. No Script. No score. No safety net.
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.
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!
Clapham Common Film Club presents diverse films from internationally acclaimed and award-winning directors on a large screen in a friendly community setting.
