THE ARCOLA

by Kat Mokrynski - December 16, 2024

Created by Recent Cutbacks, Hold On To Your Butts is a “shot for shot” parody of the iconic Jurassic Park film, with three actors taking on the movie in only seventy minutes (the original film has a runtime of two hours and seven minutes). Jack Baldwin and Laurence Pears take on nearly all of the ch...

by Cindy Marcolina - December 03, 2024

Now at its second run and presented in an updated version, Cutting the Tightrope puts together a list of brilliant playwrights (Hassan Abdulrazzak, Mojisola Adebayo, Phil Arditti, Sonali Bhattacharyya, Nina Bowers, Roxy Cook, Ed Edwards, Afsaneh Gray, Dawn King, Ahmed Masoud, Joel Samuels, Sami Abu ...

by Robert Vesty - October 10, 2024

Two young women, Gigi and Dar, are dressed in khaki and clutch machine guns. They are guarding a roadblock and out to kill time. With just six of their 730 days of conscription to go until they can return to Civvy Street, their fantasies about the future (travels, marriage and internships) are begin...

by Blair Ingenthron - August 31, 2024

Black Kohl Productions And Barons Court Theatre will present Not in the mood for quiche anymore from 22nd – 26th October, 2024. Performances on the 22nd, 24th & 26th will be at 9.15pm. Performances on the 23rd & 25th will be at 7.30pm....

by Franco Milazzo - August 22, 2024

It’s not every show that hands out party poppers as you go in. Aimed at young audiences, Mr Punch At The Opera whips together the iconic hand-puppets with a musical amuse-bouche....

by Gary Naylor - August 18, 2024

With Far Right terrorism and toxic masculinity defacing the summer, this 2015 play's UK premiere could no be more timely...

by Matthew Paluch - July 24, 2024

Bangers, written by Danusia Samal was first performed at the Soho Theatre in 2022, and in Edinburgh in 2023. It returns for a third stint at the Arcola Theatre and one can understand why. ...

by Cindy Marcolina - July 18, 2024

Friends with benefits. Casual lovers. Non-romantic sexual partners. They’re all terms that Google feeds you if you’re trying to define a relationship where one will undoubtedly end up catching feelings. Him and Her are attempting to circumnavigate the exact same situation(ship). She likes that he’s ...

by Blair Ingenthron - June 30, 2024

Watch a trailer for SURRENDER at the Arcola Theatre in the video here!...

by Niamh Jones - June 26, 2024

A woman’s story is a valuable thing, the trials of experience typically being viewed as under discussed even within modern literature. Amongst these trials are the very real challenges that come with raising a baby, especially when a single parent....