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12/12 - 12/1/2025


Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by John Weidman Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick 12 December 2024 – 12 January 2025 Tuesdays - Saturdays 7.30pm ...


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Lauren Ward and Josie Benson Will Lead STALLED at The King's Head Theatre


by Stephi Wild - October 22, 2024

West End and Broadway star Lauren Ward (Stranger Things: The First Shadow,  Dear Evan Hansen) and Josie Benson (Kiss Me Kate, Mamma Mia!) will lead the cast in the world premiere of STALLED, a new musical about mothers, daughters and moving on, at the King's Head Theatre....

Farnham Maltings Reveals Cast and Creative Team For CHRISTMAS IN EXETER STREET


by Stephi Wild - October 22, 2024

Farnham Maltings has announcedthe cast and creative team for its upcoming production of Christmas in Exeter Street. Bringing Diana Hendry and John Lawrence's children's book to life, Christmas in Exeter Street will be performed at Farnham Maltings from Fri 13 - Tue 24 December....

Cast Announced For Mark Giesser's THE DEVIL MAY CARE At Southwark Playhouse Borough


by A.A. Cristi - October 21, 2024

Callum Woodhouse leads the cast in Mark Giesser's THE DEVIL MAY CARE, a new production exploring themes of morality and consequence. Discover the full cast and creative team behind this intriguing play....

WHAT THE DICKENS? Comes to OSO Arts Centre, Barnes Next Month


by Stephi Wild - October 03, 2024

A new show What the Dickens? by award-winning playwright/singer Clare Norburn, her company The Telling and BAFTA-nominated director Nicholas Renton (Mrs Gaskells' Wives & Daughters, Lewis, Musketeers) exposes the private life of Charles Dickens: with an estranged wife and teenage mistress, he doesn'...

Cast Set For THE BOYS FROM SYRACUSE at Upstairs at the Gatehouse


by Stephi Wild - July 24, 2024

Rodgers and Hart’s classic 1938 musical comedy adaptation of The Comedy of Errors will return to the London stage for the first time in over ten years in a madcap tale of mistaken identity, danger and romance in ancient Greece! ...

Cast Set For LONGITUDE at Upstairs at the Gatehouse


by Stephi Wild - May 24, 2024

The cast has been announced for Longitude, a new musical premiering at Upstairs at the Gatehouse this June. ...

Full Cast Revealed For the UK Première of SAPPHO at Southwark Playhouse Elephant


by Stephi Wild - April 04, 2024

Casting has been announced for the UK and English language première of Wendy Beckett's Sappho. Sappho premières at Southwark Playhouse Elephant on 8 May, with previews from 3 May, and runs until 25 May....

Louise Gold Will Lead A WORD FOR MOTHER at Upstairs at the Gatehouse


by Stephi Wild - March 19, 2024

Tim McArthur’s newest play A Word For Mother premieres this spring with an all-female cast and creative team.  Performances run Dates Wednesday 1st – Sunday 26th May 2024....

Cast Set For CASSIE AND THE LIGHTS at Southwark Playhouse Borough


by Stephi Wild - March 12, 2024

Casting has been announced for Cassie and the Lights, coming to Southwark Playhouse Borough this spring. Learn more about who is starring in the show here!...

Paul Bogaev Brings NO SURRENDER to Upstairs at The Gatehouse This Weekend


by Stephi Wild - February 12, 2024

Grammy and Emmy award-winning musician Paul Bogaev, Musical Director of the highly-acclaimed revival of Sondheim's Pacific Overtures at the Menier Chocolate Factory and Trevor Nunn's Fiddler on the Roof, brings NO SURRENDER, an evening of songs from legendary songwriters Bruce Springsteen and Tom Wa...

Past Shows

The Jive Aces Not Quite Christmas Show


Get ready to swing into the holidays with the UK's No. 1 jive and swing band, the Jive Aces!   The band has been touring ...

Entertaining Murder
Entertaining Murder
26/11 - 1/12/2024


The sensational court case of Edith Thompson in 1923 was a  cause célèbre  with people queuing outside The Old Bailey for days to get tickets. ...

Fast
Fast
29/10 - 17/11/2024


Stephen Leslie Productions presents FAST by Kate Barton and Stephen Bennett “ How far would you go to find the perfect cure? ” Celebrity influencers, ...

That Boy Has No Shoes Share this show Dates


Voila! Festival 2024 and Lara van Huyssteen present THAT BOY HAS NO SHOES. Following a four-star run at Camden Fringe 2024, THAT BOY HAS NO SHOES, “an immersive and emotional” ...

The Piaf Story


After a sold out performance Upstairs at the Gatehouse in February, Susan Black returns with THE PIAF STORY to relate the anecdotes and sing the ...

Lionesses 110%


Maybury Productions and Chromolume present LIONESSES 110% The Women's Football Musical A rehearsed reading with songs.   Three generations of passionate women battle for the right ...

Jon Ronson's Psychopath Night


Do psychopaths rule the world? How do we define normal? Are you friends with a psychopath? Are you worried YOU might be one?   Fifteen years has passed ...

Magic at the Gatehouse


Join us, once a season, for an evening of Magic at the Gatehouse presented by an exciting line-up of top magicians. Witness miracles manifest before your ...

The Boys from Syracuse
The Boys from Syracuse
5/9 - 29/9/2024


Rodgers and Hart’s classic 1938 musical comedy adaptation of The Comedy of Errors returns to the London stage for the first time in over ten ...

Vodka with Stalin
Vodka with Stalin
16/10 - 27/9/2024


In 1917 their world was full of love, hope, and the certainty of an end to poverty and hatred. Things didn’t turn out like that.  ...

Jeremy Sassoon's MOJO


Jeremy Sassoon's MOJO Saturday 31st August 7.30pm A foot-stomping, barn-storming celebration of some of the most iconic and best-loved Jewish popular songwriters. Internationally renowned singer-pianist ...

GO! The Musical
GO! The Musical
23/7 - 28/7/2024


With rhyme and rhythm comes this musical retelling of the lesser-known part of Exodus. Ancient Egypt arrives in London this summer, with a cast including ...

LONGITUDE
LONGITUDE
13/6 - 7/7/2024


  World premiere of a new musical: crashing waves, swelling music and an emotional storm across the 18th century that will make you wish you’d ...

Magic at the Gatehouse


Join us, once a season, for an evening of Magic at the Gatehouse presented by an exciting line-up of top magicians. Witness miracles manifest before your ...

A Birthday for Bear
A Birthday for Bear
21/5 - 9/6/2024


Bear doesn’t like birthdays He doesn’t like birthday parties or balloons He doesn’t like birthday cards or songs or candles  In fact, Bear is quite ...

Tom Lehrer Is Teaching Math and Doesn’t Want to Talk to You


In 1960, at the height of his fame, singer, songwriter, and satirist Tom Lehrer gave it all up. He spent the rest of his career ...

No Surrender: Songs by Bruce Springsteen & Tom Waits


After a sold-out, SIX STAR(!) performance, Grammy and Emmy Award Winning musician Paul Bogaev is  back by popular demand  with an evening of songs from ...

The Boys From Syracuse
The Boys From Syracuse
5/9 - 29/4/2024


"If it’s good enough for Shakespeare, it’s good enough for us." Rodgers and Hart’s classic 1938 musical comedy adaptation of  The Comedy of Errors  returns ...

The Malarkey Chronicles


What if people actually said what they really meant?’    Autistic actor & dramaturg Joseph Beach sets out to investigate what it actually means to ...

Silver Lining
Silver Lining
18/4 - 21/4/2024


Silver Lining  is a hilarious comedy by beloved TV host, comedian, and writer;  Sandi Toksvig . It's a funny and heartfelt story of a group ...

In Clay
In Clay
13/3 - 7/4/2024


Upstairs at the Gatehouse and Design & Canvas Co. present IN CLAY After a five-star, sellout run at VAULT Festival 2023, IN CLAY, a “perfectly ...

The Jive Aces


Join us for an evening with the UK's No.1 Jive & Swing band! The Jive Aces strive to spread smiles and cheer with their swinging music ...

Magic at the Gatehouse


Join us, once again, for an evening of Magic at the Gatehouse presented by an exciting line-up of top magicians. Witness miracles manifest before your ...

The Lady With a Dog
The Lady With a Dog
13/9 - 8/10/2023


The renowned short story by Anton Chekhov returns to the UK stage and is transported to Jazz Age Britain in a full-length bittersweet romantic comedy. ...

Night Light
Night Light
30/5 - 10/6/2023


Night Light  is a 1-hour, 3-act, fast-paced, conversational comedy. 3 children in their mid-20s put off growing up until they're forced to let go of ...

Blood Gold and Oil
Blood Gold and Oil
25/4 - 30/4/2023


Blood Gold and Oil by Jan Woolf From the Arab revolt of the First World War, a modern hero is constructed: the complex, flawed figure ...

Summer In The City
Summer In The City
14/12 - 15/1/2023


Ovation presents Summer In The City Written by  Jennifer Selway   Musical Supervisor  Kevin Oliver Jones Directed by  John Plews  Ovation’s festive season show is ...

How To Build A Better Tulip
How To Build A Better Tulip
2/11 - 20/11/2022


Two plant scientists feud over flora in a modern comic twist on an Alexandre Dumas novel. Loosely based on Alexandre Dumas’ The Black Tulip, two ...

Trump L’Oeil
Trump L’Oeil
7/9 - 2/10/2022


Blending cabaret, queer theatre and circus, this tongue-in-cheek musical is inspired by surrealist pieces of art such as Eschers stairwell, Magrittes apples and Dalis melting ...

FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE
FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE
15/12 - 16/1/2022


Five Guys Named Moe is an explosion of entertainment using the great music of Louis Jordan. Nomax is our Hero he's broke, his girlfriends left ...

The Funny Girls
The Funny Girls
26/10 - 21/11/2021


New what if comedy The Funny Girls has announced an extended run at Upstairs at The Gatehouse this October, following their upcoming premiere with New ...

Gustav Holst - The Idea
Gustav Holst - The Idea
1/7 - 2/7/2021


Gustav Holsts The Idea a UK Premier.Irrational Theatre freshly fuses an exuberant band and singers with this unseen early Holst to create a family fun, ...

FOREVER PLAID
FOREVER PLAID
6/1 - 27/6/2021


When most of us think of the 1950s, we think of Rock n Roll, Hot Rods, Elvis, D.A. haircuts and teenage rebellion. But there was ...

FOREVER PLAID
FOREVER PLAID
16/12 - 24/1/2021


Francis, Jinx, Smudge and Sparky loved to sing. They all met in high school around 1956, and, as Forever Plaid, dreamed of becoming like their ...

Once Upon A Mattress
Once Upon A Mattress
5/3 - 29/3/2020


Alces Productions presents5th 29th March 2020So begins Once Upon a Mattress, a magical musical comedy journey into the world of Hans Christian Andersons beloved story ...

The Jury
The Jury
4/2 - 16/2/2020


Twelve strangers collide in a controversial case that will change them forever. The pressure is on to unanimously decide on a verdict but they are ...

42nd Street
42nd Street
11/12 - 26/1/2020


Ovation is delighted to present the London Fringe premiere of 42nd Street the all-singing, all-dancing Broadway musical. One of show businesss most classic and beloved ...

42nd Street
42nd Street
11/12 - 26/1/2020


Ovation is delighted to present the London Fringe premiere of 42nd Street the all-singing, all-dancing Broadway musical. One of show businesss most classic and beloved ...

The Lady in the van
The Lady in the van
21/11 - 24/11/2019


The Lady in the Van tells the true story of playwright Alan Bennetts friendship with Miss Mary Shepherd. Though she is a crabby, eccentric and ...

I DO! I DO!
I DO! I DO!
29/10 - 16/11/2019


I Do! I Do! chronicles the highs and lows of a couples marriage spanning over fifty years. This new production will feature all-new and updated ...

A MODEST LITTLE MAN
A MODEST LITTLE MAN
9/10 - 13/10/2019


A comedy about the creator of the welfare stateBy Francis BeckettMay 1945. Britain celebrates victory and cheers Winston Churchill. The people who fought the war ...

a life twice given
a life twice given
3/10 - 6/10/2019


MARRIAGE CHILDREN CLONINGDavid and Lisa lead a blessed life in rural Virginia; children, a summer-house by the river, warmth and laughter. Then their worst nightmare ...

Madam Butterfly
Madam Butterfly
26/9 - 29/9/2019


Opera Loki cuts right to the soulful heart of Puccinis world famous tale of love and desire whilst showcasing opera talent of tomorrow.Featuring world class ...

WORKING
WORKING
10/9 - 22/9/2019


Nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Score, Working features songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton), Stephen Schwartz and James Taylor. Working celebrates our search for ...

PERICLES
PERICLES
28/8 - 31/8/2019


Pericles is a Shakespearean epic an exciting and exotic adventure of mystery, marvels, and mayhem now brought to life in a bold new production by ...

PERICLES
PERICLES
28/8 - 31/8/2019


Pericles is a Shakespearean epic an exciting and exotic adventure of mystery, marvels, and mayhem now brought to life in a bold new production by ...

PERICLES
PERICLES
28/8 - 31/8/2019


Pericles is a Shakespearean epic an exciting and exotic adventure of mystery, marvels, and mayhem now brought to life in a bold new production by ...

ODDBALL
ODDBALL
20/8 - 24/8/2019


Six anorexics walk into a sandwich bar! Putting the 'logical' in 'Pathological,' Francesca Forristal's one woman show invites audiences into the brain of a person ...

ODDBALL
ODDBALL
20/8 - 24/8/2019


Putting the 'logical' in pathological, this one woman show invites audiences into the brain of a personwith an eating disorder, to explore thought processes which ...

Flat Out
Flat Out
31/5 - 30/6/2019


Ovation presents:A modern day comedy about real estate, mice and adultery. Written by Jennifer SelwayFrom the writer of Wallis and Odette, a new comedy set ...

Flat Out
Flat Out
31/5 - 30/6/2019


Presented by OvationWritten by Jennifer SelwayDirected by John PlewsFrom the writer of Wallis and Odette, a new comedy set in a crumbling block of SouthKensington ...

Richard III
Richard III
20/8 - 24/8/2018


Old bones ache before a storm. Within an hour trowel had hit bone, and the moment it did, the thunder rolled in. The archaeologists disturbed ...

Return to the Forbidden Planet


Winner of the 1990 Olivier Award for Best New Musical, ‘Return to the Forbidden Planet’ is a rockin’ rollercoaster ride into the future. Join Captain ...

A Night at the Oscars
A Night at the Oscars
9/2 - 4/3/2018


Presented by Katy Lipson for ARIA ENTERTAINMENT Directed by Bronagh Lagan Written by Chris Burgess Musical Arrangements by Andy Collyer Every year Hollywood pats itself ...

Top Hat
Top Hat
13/12 - 28/1/2018


Top Hat tells the story of Broadway sensation Jerry Travers who dances his way across Europe to win the heart of society girl Dale Tremont ...

Anything Gloes
Anything Gloes
14/12 - 29/1/2017


Madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to Southampton. This revival is based on the 1962 off-Broadway version which was the first ...

La Bohème
La Bohème
1/10 - 3/10/2015


In the shadows of the newly-built Eiffel Tower and Moulin Rouge, the Parisian bohemian community flourishes. Four young men have been trying to make their ...

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