Name: When We Strike
Start: 2024-08-31T19:30:00
Location: Southwark Playhouse Elephant

Jane McMurtrie

Francesca Goodridge

Southwark Playhouse

Buckle up for the ride of a lifetime.

Darkly funny, wildly imaginative, and surprisingly heartfelt, Ride the Cyclone is the international musical phenomenon crashing into Southwark Playhouse Elephant.

When a freak roller coaster accident claims the lives of six teens, they find themselves trapped in limbo and offered one last shot at life. One by one, they step into the spotlight to prove why they deserve a second chance at life.

Ride The Cyclone

UNCLE Elephant and Castle

London, 1964. Shaun and Robert are trying to get through another dull day as undertakers in the East End, but on the day they’re due to fit deceased murderer, Jackie Gallagher for his coffin, and with strange happenings afoot, all is not as it seems…

Following a sold-out Edinburgh Fringe debut and a critically acclaimed run at London’s Old Red Lion Theatre, this hilariously horrifying comic thriller is now bound for a two week run at Southwark Playhouse Borough.

The Grim

Southwark Playhouse Borough

After five sell-out runs, London’s ★★★★★ “screamingly funny” (The Prickle) smash-hit comedy COCKFOSTERS returns to Southwark Playhouse Borough.

Strangers James and Tori meet at Heathrow and take the Piccadilly Line across London on a journey they’ll never forget. Perfectly capturing our love-hate relationship with the tube, COCKFOSTERS is a brilliantly off-the-rails comedy that will change your commute forever.

So top up your Oyster, mind the gap and hop aboard the tube journey of a lifetime!

Please note that ticket prices may change due to demand and we recommend early booking.

Cockfosters

Everyone knows Patti Boo Rae is a shoo-in for the coveted Candy Cane Crown. That’s why, this year, she’s competing unopposed—or so she thinks.

Following an acclaimed 2024 run at Alphabetti Theatre, Little Miss Christmas is jingling all the way to Southwark Playhouse Borough.

Prepare to be swept away by a madcap beauty pageant with a festive twist on all the classic categories: Interview, Swimsuit, Evening Wear, Talent, and of course, Coronation.

Little Miss Christmas

It’s tough being fifteen, right?

Imagine what happens when your raging teenage hormones are further complicated by the sudden death of your mother and the reappearance of your absent father.

Based on Ollie Maddigan’s real life story, the olive boy is forced to change schools and move in with a man he barely knows. In a hopeless attempt to stay sane, he decides that the only way to move forward is to pursue the chances of finally getting a real girlfriend.

The Olive Boy

“My parents were for a long time mainly famous for being excellent partiers”

Told through the eyes of their adult daughter Scottie, Beautiful Little Fool tells the story of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald: brilliant, tempestuous and infamous.

Years on from the Roaring Twenties, with the party long over, the lives and writings of Scottie’s legendary parents are brought vividly to life in this new musical.

Beautiful Little Fool

Three generations. Timeless ballads. One unforgettable story.

From award-winning singer-songwriter Finn Anderson (‘Islander’ (Southwark Playhouse Borough, Off Broadway), ‘Streets’) and West End director Tania Azevedo (‘&Juliet’, ‘But I’m a Cheerleader’), Ballad Lines is a heart-opening new musical that shines a light on identity, belonging and the stories we choose to carry with us.

Sarah thought she’d left her childhood behind. A queer woman living in New York City, she’s long severed ties with the folk traditions of her upbringing. But when old ballads resurface, so do the voices of her ancestors — pulling her on a life-changing journey across time.

Ballad Lines

Following an acclaimed sell-out run at Edinburgh Fringe 2025, the newly extended version of MILES. transfers to Southwark Playhouse Borough – arriving in 2026, marking 100 years since the birth of Miles Davis.

This powerful play traces the life and legacy of jazz icon Miles Davis, diving into the soul of an artist and exploring the influence of the greatest jazz album of all time, ‘Kind of Blue’.

Miles.

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 

In Victorian London, industry moguls assumed they could exploit a group of working-class girls to death, unopposed. They were wrong.