Name: FLYBY
Start: 2026-05-16T19:00:00
Location: Southwark Playhouse Borough

Poppy Gilbert

Stuart Thompson

Rupert Young

Gina Beck

Simbi Akande

Eleanor Bull

Ben Jacobs

Libby Todd

Kelsh Buckman-Drage

Southwark Playhouse

Originally developed in 2025 by the National Theatre, FLYBY is a captivating and heartfelt new musical fusing an exhilarating love story with the vastness of space.

FLYBY

Southwark Playhouse Borough

Heather and Carla haven’t seen each other since school. Their lives have taken very different paths – Carla lives a hand-to-mouth existence while Heather has a high-flying career, husband and a beautiful home. And yet, here they are in a café having tea and making awkward conversation. That is until Heather presents Carla with a bag containing a significant amount of cash and an unexpected proposition…

The Wasp

A mysterious virus spreads across the globe. Cities fall silent. The undead roam.

The Last Man

UNCLE Elephant and Castle

Following eight sold out workshop performances at The Other Palace in 2024, new musical Redcliffe, written and performed by Jordan Luke Gage (‘Bonnie & Clyde’, ‘Heathers’, ‘&Juliet’) will run for a limited time, fully staged, at Southwark Playhouse Borough from May 2026.

Set against the backdrop of 18th Century England, the new musical is based on the haunting true story of William Critchard and Richard Arnold in Redcliffe, Bristol and is an epic tale of forbidden love during the persecution people faced for hundreds of years.

Redcliffe 

Following eight sold out workshop performances at The Other Palace in 2024, new musical Redcliffe, written and performed by Jordan Luke Gage (‘Bonnie & Clyde’, ‘Heathers’, ‘&Juliet’) will run for a limited time, fully staged, at Southwark Playhouse Borough from May 2026.

Redcliffe

After a record shattering sold out run, it’s back for round two. Ready to ride again?

Ride The Cyclone

This new production commemorates 30 years since Larson’s death on the very eve of his greatest success.

The Jonathan Larson Project

From creatives John Caird (‘Les Misérables’ (RSC,West End and International), ‘Children of Eden’ (West End and International)) and Paul Gordon (‘Daddy Long Legs’, ‘Pride & Prejudice’), this musical telling of Charlotte Brontë’s revolutionary novel makes its UK premiere.

Jane Eyre

London, 1929. In the seedy Midnight Bell pub, barman Bob dreams of becoming a writer, while barmaid Ella dreams of being with Bob. When Bob becomes obsessed with alluring prostitute Jenny Maple, he fritters his life’s savings on trying to rescue her. But there is more to the intriguing Jenny than meets the eye…