PLEASANCE

by A.A. Cristi - February 13, 2025

The first two shows in Relish Theatre's Spring 2025 season of queer works across theatres in North London have landed at The Pleasance Theatre in Islington. Check out photos of the show....

by Christiana Rose - August 20, 2024

For Wambaugh’s debut hour at the Edinburgh Fringe 2024, the shows premise is the offering of a top 17 set of ideas for beginning a comedy show. This provides a light-hearted exploration of varied comedic styles, of which all work superbly....

by A.A. Cristi - July 12, 2024

Lucy Hayes' acclaimed play BITTER LEMONS makes its London premiere at the Park Theatre this August, exploring poignant themes and showcasing powerful performances....

by Blair Ingenthron - May 04, 2024

Sierra Sevilla is presenting For the Love of Spam, a multi-sensory, participatory one-woman show dedicated to two things: canned meat and colonialism. Find out how this (delicious) canned meat symbolises modern-day colonialism and threatens the very livelihood of a whole civilisation in these 'West ...

by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 26, 2024

GISELLE: REMIX, created by Jack Sears and Hannah Grennell, is a captivating evening of cabaret, drag, and stunning choreography....

by Kat Mokrynski - November 20, 2023

After seeing the Voloz Collective’s incredible production of The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this past August, I was looking forward to seeing their second show, The Life Sporadic of Jess Wildgoose, which was playing at Pleasance London as a part of their “Best ...

by Stephi Wild - November 13, 2023

Award-winning queer cabaret icon and performance tour-de-force Aidan Sadler is set to take over The Main House of Pleasance Islington for a weekend of cabaret chaos.  ...

by Kat Mokrynski - November 06, 2023

The introduction of Tom Brace: A Trick Down Memory Lane is a fascinating one in which a disembodied voice recounts the time when Derren Brown played Russian Roulette live on television, creating a controversy not only in the world of magic but in general....

by Mica Blackwell - October 23, 2023

Following an acclaimed run at Edinburgh Fringe, Box Tail Soup’s puppet-based adaptation of James’ horror is now terrifying audience-goers across the UK, stopping at London’s The Pleasance Theatre....

by Stephi Wild - October 18, 2023

Tickbox 2 is semi-autobiographical one woman play which raises issues around race, perception, identity and living up to expectations growing up as a person of colour in Glasgow in the 1970s.  The production plays  the Pleasance  Theatre Islington on 27th and 28th October....