The Old Vic launches a new digital channel
Your Old Vic is a way of keeping connected to events in the Old Vic Theatre
Over the coming weeks you can visit their digital...
The best seat – in your own home
The National Theatre building on the Southbank is closed to the public until at least 30 June, but it is streaming National Theatre Home...
New Ovalhouse director to oversee move to Brixton House
From the spring of next year Brixton will be home to a major new centre of the performing arts. Ovalhouse Theatre, with its long...
Alex Wheatle book on stage
Crongton Knights, the award-winning young adult novel by Alex Wheatle – The Bard of Brixton – has been adapted for the stage by Pilot...
Ladylikes – They’re dissecting modern anxieties in Brixton
Female comedy duo, Ladylikes, launch their comedy night Sketchy Ladies at the Ritzy, Brixton in January. Phoebe Batteson-Brown and Miztli Rose, met in 2017...
Something for the kids
Clapham Omnibus theatre is the setting for the latest version of The Little Prince – the fantasy morality tale penned by a French aristocrat...
Ovalhouse’s final Kennington performance to break down walls
Anetha Sivanathan surveys the final season of Lambeth’s historic theatre, Ovalhouse, before its move from its home of 50 years to Brixton
For its last...
A play for today – political, topical and hard-hitting
Leslie Manasseh talks to writer Anders Lustgarten and director Suzann McLean about their new play that explores an increasingly contentious issue
Ten traumatised students are...
West End star unveils new performing arts school in Brixton
A star of London’s West End has opened a Make Believe performing arts school in Brixton, teaching singing, dancing and acting classes to children...
Othello Remixed packs a real punch
As the title suggests, this is not Shakespeare for traditionalists. The new production of Othello at Clapham's Omnibus Theatre is a bold reinvention of...
Custody comes to Ovalhouse
Created by Tom Wainwright and Urban Wolf, this powerful drama records and explores the impact on his mother, his brother, his sister and his...
Clapham Omnibus marks the 30th anniversary of the killings in Tiananmen...
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” George Santayana
On June 4 1989 the Chinese government sent tanks and troops to...
Another Funny Turn at Block 336
"Breathing walls and twisting shadows"
From 17 May, Block 336 on Brixton Road will present Another Funny Turn, the first UK solo exhibition of work...
Vaudeville of the Vulva – funny, sexy, wise
Ever confused a Volvo with a vulva? A G-string with a G-spot?
Written and performed by comedian, singer/songwriter and sex educator Laura-Doe, Vaudeville of the...
Country Music comes to Clapham
Leslie Manasseh talks to director, Scott Le Crass about Country Music, a play about the 20-year history of a crime
Clapham’s Omnibus Theatre will shortly...
Twelfth Night Or What You Will
Shakespeare is often bawdy and funny. Ovo Theatre Company’s Twelfth night, directed by Adam Nichols, is the funniest and bawdiest Shakespeare I...
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Brixton music hall history – can you help?
The wonderful Loughborough Road Histories website is involved in a project, already generating enthusiasm, to research Brixton’s...