On January 17th 1874, Eng Bunker woke to discover his conjoined twin brother Chang was dead. This is the story of Eng’s final hours; alone for the first time in his life.
Using puppetry, music and striptease, this is a gothic horror about the brutal cost of assimilation, being entirely alone in the universe, and about waking up chained to a dead body.
Set on a tall ship, a selected group of artists voyage to The Arctic Circle. The aim? To create their finest work, inspired by life on the ‘edge of the world’.
However, not everyone is suited to the terrain: isolated from her emails and barista coffee, successful poetry translator, Alys is forced onto the creaking boat by her publisher to live with a group of strangers. While crossing the perilous ‘Devil’s Dancefloor’, all communication with the outside world is lost and the mysterious Arctic guide, Laura challenges the others to give in to the elements..
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.
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.
Join us in conversation with Doon Mackichan.
Doon is an actress and writer, known particularly for the double Emmy winning series Smack The Pony, and more recently for the character of Cathy in Two Doors Down ( 6 series on BBC1).
Join us for an evening of hosted entertainment an immersive fun. We aspire to bring people together and form new friendships. Along with creating a safe space where we can represent the unrepresented.
The Pontianak
Mythical female ghost of vengeance in Southeast Asian folklore
Join acclaimed author Sharlene Teo who will read from her award winning novel ‘Ponti’ alongside a rare screening in the UK of ‘Tiger Stripes’ writer/director Amanda Nell Eu’s ‘Lagi Senang Jaga Sekandang Lembu’ (English title: It’s Easier to Raise Cattle) – a short film about a Pontianak which premiered at Venice Biennale in 2017.
It’s Halloween Southeast Asian style!!!
Go on a different journey every month as Avocado pull an ORIGINAL ONE – ACT PLAY out of thin air; turning truth into belly laughs and
tension into surprise. Legendary music seasons each show, from soulful grooves to rare classics, leaving you dancing in your seat and rolling in the aisles.
Huvi is mixed race, born in Britain and a lifelong supporter of the three lions. But when he applies for his British Passport, he discovers he was never legally registered at birth.
Looking to his mother’s past for answers, he tries to figure out why she didn’t register him and finds himself questioning who he truly is; because if he’s not British, then who is he really?
Join us for Black History Month where Lounge Onyx present an event featuring some of the most talented and sought after Black cabaret performers in the United Kingdom.
VERA CHOK
Is Vera Chok Angry, Yellow, or a Woman? A funny, fighty show by a beautiful foreign idiot trying to fit the f*** in.
A work-in-progress comedy horror.
JENNIFER JORDAN
Take a trip inside Jennifer’s brain. It’s weird in there. But probably also familiar.
What is a brain anyway? We’ll find out!
TERRIFYING WOMEN V: GUTTED Terrifying Women are back for the fifth instalment in our popular horror series, exploring all things body horror. Expect tales of cracking bones, gushing blood, infestation, distortion and destruction…and cheese.
Featuring three brand new pieces from Sampira Al-Fihri, Morgan Lloyd Malcolm and Abi Zakarian.
Hitchcock meets Lord of the Flies in this comedy-thriller.
Three broke actresses are struggling to survive in London. But who needs Netflix? Every night through their living room window the antiheroes have a front row seat into the life of influencer Iris Montague-Willis. When the girls spot Iris in a compromising position, they see their chance to cash in!
A new musical, three years in the making, tells the story of the resilience of the Sub-Postmasters and their families, in what is now recognised as the gravest miscarriage of justice in British history.
Can the Post Office ever make good the damage they have done?
The London premiere of the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe-First-winning club/theatre immersive experience. Lemon Jelly’s Fred Deakin hosts an interactive joy-ride through his 80s/90s crazy clubland adventures
It’s 2021, and Hannah is living in Luton looking after her nan. But after seeing some big brown eyes on Eurovision, her life takes some strange and interesting turns.
Combining spoken-word, video and chanson française, NAN, ME & BARBARA PRAVI is a tragicomic memoir of grief, care, addiction, hope and coping in unprecedented times
BILL is a riotous, ridiculous, dirty, glittery romp through 70 years of conspiracy, aliens, americana, and the strange life of Milton Bill Cooper.
Go grab a beer, pull up a pew, and lend an ear to BILL. The man who made America suck first.
Strange Fish presents a dark supernatural tale for Christmas by award-winning playwright Conor McPherson.
A jaded theatre critic falls in with a group of modern-day vampires who offer him a new life-his part of the bargain is to help them feed their bloodlust.
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.
Join us for an evening of hosted entertainment an immersive fun. We aspire to bring people together and form new friendships. Along with creating a safe space where we can represent the unrepresented.
Go on a different journey every month as Avocado pull an ORIGINAL ONE – ACT PLAY out of thin air; turning truth into belly laughs and tension into surprise. Legendary music seasons each show, from soulful grooves to rare classics, leaving you dancing in your seat and rolling in the aisles.
Join us for Black History Month where Lounge Onyx present an event featuring some of the most talented and sought after Black cabaret performers in the United Kingdom.
In Songs from a Golden Age AURIC, artist Paula Rodriguez breathes new life into 17th Century Ibero-American classics through spoken word in English and Spanish, set to contemporary music by composer Arthur Astier.
A unique and mesmerising performance celebrating the universality of classics in the modern world from an inclusive and global perspective.
Elsa Jean McTaggart present the Edinburgh Fringe sell out show Hebridean Fire.
These renowned multi-instrumentalists from the Isle of Lewis take you on an eclectic musical journey through the Highlands and islands of Scotland past and present. From soulful laments to high energy, beautifully arranged sets of tunes and songs.
Clarity VA presents a night of classical music and cabaret performed by Royal College of Music singers. Join us to be entertained and inspired, laugh out loud, and maybe even cry!
After a successful debut at Omnibus Theatre presenting their newly released album, Terra Invisus comes back as a resident ensemble with 3 different shows, starting this November.
Join them for their first residency event ‘Act I: Garden Music’-a new programme that evokes the environment of a garden where intimate conversation, therapeutic solitude, and communal spirit is created.
Ready Singer One, the UK’s nerdiest vocal ensemble, lead you on a musical journey through dazzling six-part-harmony renditions of songs from video games, movies, TV series, and anime.
Prepare to be musically immersed in your favourite fictional universes such as Pokemon, The Hunger Games, Baldur’s Gate 3, and more!
This December, the Seven Steps Big Band returns with a bang presenting an exciting new programme of Swing, Vocal, Pop and (of course!) Christmas music.
This dynamic ensemble has grown to become one of the most engaging and entertaining bands performing on the London circuit.
A funny and magical Christmas treat for the very young to make you squeal with laughter, bristling with puppets, live accordion music and lots of joining in. Will the wolf succeed in climbing down the chimney? Come help the little pigs on their snowy adventure.
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!
Our lino workshops include an introduction to lino printing, etching your own lino stamp and printing your stamp onto paper.
Clapham Common Film Club presents diverse films from internationally acclaimed and award-winning directors on a large screen in a friendly community setting.
