Jane Eyre, a musical announces its 2026 UK Premiere
Jane Eyre, a musical announces its UK Premiere at Southwark Playhouse Jane Eyre, a musical will receive its UK Premiere at Southwark Playhouse Elephant for a strictly limited season from 28 August – 24 October 2026. The show will be co-directed by RSC and National Theatre director John Caird, who previously adapted and co-directed the […]
It Walks Around The House At Night ★★ (Review – March 2026)
It Walks Around The House At Night – an intriguing theatrical horror that loses its way Out-of-work actors are always hopeful that the next job is just around the corner. So when Joe meets a mysterious man in the pub where he works and is offered two thousand pounds for just five nights of acting […]
It Walks Around The House At Night at Southwark Playhouse
It Walks Around The House At Night comes to Southwark Playhouse Borough 4 – 28 March 2026 The terror continues as the chilling ghost story It Walks Around The House At Night from award- winning theatre company ThickSkin creeps into Southwark Playhouse Borough in March for its London premiere. Fresh off the back of its […]
REVIEW: Ride The Cyclone at Southwark Playhouse ★★★★★
The ride of my life! The 2009 Canadian musical Ride The Cyclone has become a bit of a cult classic, having played all around the world (including Off-Broadway, Sydney and Buenos Aires). Now, sixteen years on and the show is finally getting its Off-West End premiere at London’s Southwark Playhouse, Elephant. Written by Jacob Richmond […]
Wyld Woman The Legend of Shy Girl (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★★
Isabel Renner gets the party started in Wyld Woman: The Legend of Shy Girl at Southwark Playhouse Walking in to the auditorium I was encouraged to fill out a name badge that declared something I already knew – that I am a legend ;). Set in a New York apartment, we meet ‘shy girl’ and […]
REVIEW: LIFERS at Southwark Playhouse ★★★★
Lifers – a new play exploring where the line is between ‘duty of care’ and ‘duty to care’ in a prison system built to punish, not to support. For the past twenty years, Synergy Theatre Project has worked with prisoners, ex prisoners, young offenders and at-risk youth to inspire change through groundbreaking work across theatre […]
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 […]