Old Red Lion

The Old Red Lion Pub & Playhouse is a pub and fringe theatre on St John Street in Islington, London, which opened in 1979. Its programme runs from Tuesday to Saturday evenings with weekend matinees, focusing on new plays and revivals, while Sundays and Mondays host visiting companies with work-in-progress shows, readings, music and comedy. It supports emerging and established artists and is the home of the GrimFest festival of dark and horror theatre.