In the remote village of Mistley, Susan Edwards, step-sister of self-proclaimed Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins, has a choice to make. Does she choose to believe that the powers of Satan have found their way into their homes – or instead, search for the truth in a community torn apart by fear, intolerance, and hysteria?

The Ungodly

Southwark Playhouse Borough

1865. The United States are disunited by politics, power and race. To celebrate the end of Civil War, a victorious Abraham Lincoln goes to the theatre. Not long into the show a man walks in and shoots him. Who was he? Why did he do it? And why does it matter now?

Land of the Free

They’re optimistic, hoping the decision will lead to perfect careers, the perfect relationship, and most of all, a perfect family.

Foreverland

‍Concerned that Caesar poses a threat to democracy, revolutionaries take the violent decision to murder him. As the world spins out of control, chaos, horror, and superstition rush in to fill the void. Civil war erupts and a new leader must rise: but at what cost?

Julius Caesar

Following a sell out run and rave reviews in January this year, puppet masters Blind Summit Theatre return to Southwark Playhouse with The Sex Lives of Puppets, the show that pulls back the covers on puppet sex in contemporary Britain. Filthy, funny, shocking and sometimes tender, this collaboration between puppets and the National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles creates a safe space to get down and dirty and talk about sex. Not so much the “birds and bees”, more the “nuts and bolts”.

The Sex Lives Of Puppets

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

When We Strike

Southwark Playhouse Elephant

Pressure is mounting in the offices of a high-flying start-up. The printer is broken, a birthday cake has no candles, and a big investor is on his way. Online, however, a series of anonymously published recorded conversations are causing waves that threaten to sink the company and change the lives of all involved.

Snakes And Ladders

OUR HOUSE with music and lyrics by the iconic British band Madness (with one song, It Must Be Love, written by Labi Siffre), and book by playwright Tim Firth is based in 1980s Camden Town. It tells the story of London lad Joe Casey, who, on the night of his sixteenth birthday, takes Sarah, the girl of his dreams, out on their first date. The story then splits into two different paths that Joe could follow.

Our House

Catastrophe Bay is a brand-new folk musical by successful British writing duo Jim Barne and Kit Buchan (Two Strangers Carry a Cake across New York, Kiln Theatre/West End). The musical will sweep audiences away on a tide to another time and place populated by exotic characters from around the world. With a backdrop of smugglers and wreckers, deep in the wilds of Cornwall lies the tiny fishing village of Newfrock, the inhabitants are a curious and mischievous gaggle of misfits – who abide by a strange patchwork of rituals and beliefs to protect the village’s secrets.

Catastrophe Bay

As champions of Stephen Sondheim’s work, NYMT are excited to present INTO THE WOODS, his collaboration with James Lapine: an innovative and intricate retelling of well known storybook characters. This thought-provoking allegory is relevant for audiences of all ages through the ages, and is widely regarded as a modern classic.

Into The Woods

Direct from its critically acclaimed sold-out New York premiere, this sharp new comedy reminds us that with great obsession comes great heartache.

I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire

When mysterious young musician Dorian Gray becomes an overnight sensation, he discovers that all his wishes have come true. A lonely boy, bereft of love, all he wanted was the world to notice him.

DORIAN: The Musical

Belting My Tits Off will be a fabulous evening celebrating trans and non-binary musical theatre  talent.

Belting My Tits Off

After a sell-out premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and a triumphant homecoming run at Dundee Rep in 2023, No Love Songs roars into London this Summer.

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No Love Songs

In a small town with a big sky, a gunshot rings out. Three women stand over the body of a man. Rumours say he was drunk when he left the bar. Maybe he fell over and pissed himself, or perhaps he got lost in the night. What if the end of his story is the beginning of someone else’s?

The Bleeding Tree

The Southwark Players (one of Southwark Playhouse’s two Elders Companies) present their own take on one of the most seminal plays of the twentieth-century, as a revolving cast of actors bring you their own unique interpretation of Samuel Beckett’s characters.

There You Are Again

Direct from down under, Australia’s favourite adults only Christmas comedy is coming to London, and trust us, the tree won’t be the only thing getting lit!

Southwark Playhouse

Nov 28, 2024 - Jan 11, 2025

A Very Naughty Christmas

23 - 31 Oct, 2024

The Ungodly

Oct 9 - Nov 9, 2024

Land of the Free

Southwark Playhouse