Chronic Insanity, the team behind the multi-award-nominated ★★★★★ fringe hit 24, 23, 22, return to Omnibus Theatre with the world premier of a potent new play.

Just keep going.
Tell yourself you’re doing your best. That’s all they need.
Right?

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! 

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.

“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.  

An experimental musical theatre piece about daughterhood, memory, loss, and the invisible bond between father and daughter. 

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.

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. 

 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).

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.  

“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 

Opera invented on the spot from your suggestions. No Script. No score. No safety net. 

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!