True crime thriller KENREX transfers to The Other Palace
KENREX will play at The Other Palace over Christmas 2025 following sold-out runs at Sheffield Theatres and Southwark Playhouse earlier this year. Co-written by Jack Holden (Olivier-nominated Cruise, Line of Beauty, Almeida) and Ed Stambollouian (Animal Farm, Royal & Derngate; Night School, Harold Pinter Theatre) who also directs, KENREX is a true crime thriller set […]
Tracie Bennett and John Partridge to star in THE CODE
Tracie Bennett and John Partridge to star in a brand-new London production of THE CODE by Michael McKeever THE CODE will run at Southwark Playhouse Elephant from 12 September to 11 October 2025, directed by Drama Desk award-winning and Tony-nominated Christopher Renshaw (The King and I, Broadway; We Will Rock You, West End). Starring two-time Olivier […]
Cast announced for THE WHITE CHIP at Southwark Playhouse
Ed Coleman (I AM HANNAH, C4), Mara Allen (MACBETH, Shakespeare’s Globe) and Ashlee Irish (HELLO, DOLLY!, London Palladium) will star in the UK premiere of THE WHITE CHIP, written, autobiographically, by Sean Daniels, directed by Matt Ryan, at Southwark Playhouse Borough 9th July – 16th August 2025. The UK premiere, which runs from 9th July […]
Tim Firth’s This Is My Family opens at Southwark Playhouse
Tim Firth’s Award-winning musical This Is My Family opens at Southwark Playhouse Elephant from 23 May – 12 July 2025.. Vicky Featherstone directs Nancy Allsop (Nicky), Victoria Elliott (Sian), Michael Jibson (Steve), Luke Lambert (Matt), Gay Soper (May), and Gemma Whelan (Yvonne). Also announced today is the multi-award-winning creative team joining Vicky Featherstone – Music Supervision: Caroline Humphris; Set Design: Chloe Lamford; Lighting Design: Lee Curran; Sound Design: Dominic Bilkey; Costume Design & Associate […]
Cast announced for MIDNIGHT COWBOY – A NEW MUSICAL at Southwark Playhouse
The world premiere of MIDNIGHT COWBOY – A NEW MUSICAL will open at Southwark Playhouse Elephant. Who’s in the cast? EastEnders star Max Bowden, WhatsOnStage Award nominee Paul Jacob French and Tori Allen-Martin will star as Rico ‘Ratzo’ Rizzo, Joe Buck and Cass respectively. Also starring in MIDNIGHT COWBOY – A NEW MUSICAL will be Elena Breschi (Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World, UK […]
Anna Morris’s Son of a Bitch comes to Southwark Playhouse
When a mother is captured on film calling her son the c-bomb in a split-second of rage, she questions the expectations and regrets that come with motherhood. A Fringe First winning show in 2024, Son of a Bitch is coming to Southwark Playhouse in February 2025. Anna Morris is a playwright, comedian and actress. She has […]
KENREX – the critically-acclaimed part True Crime, part Western transfers to Southwark Playhouse in 2025
Aria Entertainment and Sheffield Theatres are thrilled to announce that the world premiere of KENREX will transfer from Sheffield Theatres’ Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse to Southwark Playhouse Borough from 14 February – 16 March 2025. Following a sold-out run in Sheffield where it garnered multiple five-star reviews, KENREX is part True Crime, part Western, with a […]
Lead cast announced for SCISSORHANDZ: A Musical Reinvented at Southwark Playhouse Elephant
European premiere of Bredeweg’s critically acclaimed musical SCISSORHANDZ: A Musical Reinvented which will open at Southwark Playhouse Elephant from 23 January 2025 for an exclusive 10-week engagement. Who’s in the cast? Jordan Kai Burnett (Magic Mike Live Las Vegas, Romy & Michele the Musical, Seattle) will star as Scissorhands, a role she originated in the original Los Angeles production, […]
★★★★★ Cable Street returns to Southwark Playhouse – “as powerful today as it was in 1936”
The world premiere of CABLE STREET (Southwark Playhouse Borough – February/March 2024) – sold out before the show even opened! Now this thrilling new musical is returning for just 42 performances this Autumn – and the excitement and rush on tickets, once again shows that CABLE STREET catches the zeitgeist to tell this urgent story for today’s audiences. Where and when? 5* new […]
Y2K farce, I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire, comes to Southwark Playhouse
To cope with the absence of her father, neglect of her mother, and ridicule by her classmates, eighth grader Shelby Hinkley has put all of her time and energy into the only thing that matters in 2004: Spiderman. When leading a devout online fan club proves insufficient to her needs, Shelby decides to risk it […]