Belt Up Theatre presents The Tartuffe
25th September 2009
Following a critically acclaimed sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, EIF award winners, Belt Up Theatre bring their interactive and immersive re-working of Molière’s
classic to the Southwark Playhouse.
Belt Up Theatre presents The Trial
25th September 2009
Following a critically acclaimed sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, EIF award winners, Belt Up Theatre bring their nightmarish and disorientating vision of Kafka’s classic
to the Southwark Playhouse.
Full Tilt Theatre presents Orestes: Re-Examined
3rd August 2009
Orestes: Re-Examined is a new interpretation of the third part of Aeschylus’s revenge trilogy, The Oresteia. The production is directed by Emma Gersch, and produced by Full
Tilt Theatre Company, resident at the Drama Department, Bath Spa University.
Metta Theatre presents Blood Wedding
1st June 2009
Blood Wedding is set amid the modern themes of urban gang culture and knife crime. This immersive production is presented not to spectators but to guests at the ill-fated wedding; this is Lorca for a twenty-first century audience.
Looking Glass Theatre presents The Rover
22nd May 2009
Naomi Jones directs a promenade production of The Rover by Aphra Behn.
True/Fiction Theatre presents The Exquisite Corpse
20th March 2009
Following its critically acclaimed run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2008, True/Fiction
Theatre brings you The Exquisite Corpse, a thrillingly interactive play of hidden stories,
and the ways in which we understand them.
Brother Tongue presents About Tommy
13th February 2009
Southwark Playhouse finishes its Love and War season with critically acclaimed Danish play About Tommy by Thor Bjørn Krebs. In a brand new translation by David Duchin, Brother Tongue presents the UK premiere of this vitally relevant new play which previously has had successful runs in
Copenhagen and Berlin.
Wildbird presents Fall of the Peacock Throne
16th January 2009
Innovative new Highland theatre company, and National Theatre of Scotland collaborators, Wildbird presents the world premiere of Fall of the Peacock Throne.
Raymond Chandler meets Greek tragedy; Fall of the Peacock Throne charts the story of the 1953 Iranian coup alongside that of Alexander’s invasion of Persia in 333BC.
Southwark Playhouse presents A Midsummer Night's Dream
19th December 2008
Southwark Playhouse’s eighth annual Shakespeare production re-imagines Shakespeare’s most magical play in Samurai Japan, bringing the mysticism of the East to the atmospheric cellars beneath London Bridge Station.
Lost Dog presents Love in (3) Parts
5th December 2008
Lost Dog Theatre invite you to delve into the jaunty world of Claire and Paul as they try to progress from first date to last love. Love in (3) Parts is a play about the beautiful awkwardness of life, the things we do, the things we don’t and the things we miss.
Spring Season 2009
1st December 2008
Southwark Playhouse announces its exciting Spring season which will launch on Monday, 12th January 2009. This season Southwark Playhouse presents shows, both homegrown and from around the country, that tackle the enduring themes of Love and War. Each of the plays in their own way ask us how far we’re prepared to go to save the things we love. Public booking for the season opens on Monday, 8th December 2009.
Philip Pullman's The Scarecrow and his Servant
24th October 2008
Simon Reade directs the World Premiere of Philip Pullman’s brilliant modern classic The Scarecrow and His Servant this Christmas at Southwark Playhouse – for all the family aged 7 and up.
Presumption by Third Angel
24th September 2008
The consistently excellent and innovative Third Angel makes its first visit to Southwark Playhouse with Presumption, a show about love.
Southwark Playhouse presents How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found
29th August 2008
Southwark Playhouse’s new artistic director, Ellie Jones, will direct How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found as her inaugural production at the venue this October.
The Mayhem Company presents The Butterfly Club
27th August 2008
Adults? Listen to yourself, Lauren. Fuck – when did you last see an adult? A real live adult? There are no adults. All I see is grown-up kids with wrinkles wearing bad clothes.
Unlimited Theatre presents The Ethics of Progress
5th August 2008
“The thing about the future is, by the time it happens, it’s already too late.”
Autumn Season 2008
28th July 2008
Southwark Playhouse announces its exciting autumn season which will launch on Tuesday 16th September. This season marks Southwark Playhouse’s 15th Birthday and Ellie Jones’ first
production as Artistic Director. Public booking for the season opens on Monday 4th August.