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Displaying events between 01 May 2024 and 31 May 2024

Avital Ash: Workshops Her Suicide Note Ever since she was a baby and her mother took her own life, Avital has felt summoned to the other side, aka the vast nothingness.
But she'd hate to be labelled a copycat, plus, who wants to turn into their mother? Avital Ash's critically acclaimed Fringe debut explores growing up a Hasidic Jew, depression, queer identity, and generational Holocaust trauma, all while being hilarious. The results are an irreverent show where Avital expertly bounces from black humour to jokes so silly you almost miss the gospel in them.

Avital is a writer on an upcoming comedy series for Netflix, with over 100 million views and over 300k followers for her standup on TikTok and Instagram. She had a recurring role on BARRY, and did voice over on the smash hit video game OXENFREE and its new sequel.

Avital Ash Workshops Her Suicide Note received 11 four-star reviews, including from The Telegraph, The Scotsman, and Chortle. She brings it to LA, NY, and back to the UK in early 2024.
16+ Dates: Mon 13, Tue 14 Booking and More Information
Bilal Zafar: Imposter Bilal Zafar, nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe and winner of New Act of the Year 2016, is back with a brand-new show about how his usually stress-free house share took a turn and his housemate tried to get him arrested five times.

He has appeared on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Radio 4 and built up his own online audience on Twitch as he plays an unhinged football manager in an ongoing improvised series.
16+ Dates: Wed 01, Thu 02, Fri 03, Sat 04 Booking and More Information
Blizzard Blizzard is the brand-new solo show written and performed by Emily Woof, which premiered at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and transfers to Soho Theatre in summer 2024.

A woman’s brain-scientist husband falls ill just as he is due to give the keynote lecture at a Swiss conference. She reluctantly agrees to give the lecture on his behalf. But when she arrives in Switzerland, her life starts to unravel. Clothes don't want to be clothes anymore. A dress becomes reluctant to be seen in public. Emily Woof's comic, philosophical adventure asks what is the self, what is thinking, what is the body? And in a godless universe, how do we connect with this thing called the soul?

Emily Woof’s landmark solo shows Sex III and Revolver won back to back Edinburgh Fringe Firsts and were performed at Royal Court Theatre over twenty years ago. Now she is back with an intimate epic, a surreal and hilarious shaggy-dog story, about philosophy and neuroscience, dance and animals, love and the soul, which asks the question: how should we really live in body and mind?

Blizzard is directed by Hamish McColl, founder of The Right Size whose hit show The Play What I Wrote was a smash in the West End and on Broadway and whose movies as screenwriter include Paddington, Jonny English and Mr Bean’s Holiday.
16+ Dates: Thu 23, Fri 24, Sat 25, Mon 13, Tue 14, Wed 15, Sat 18, Thu 16, Fri 17, Tue 07, Wed 08, Thu 09, Fri 10, Sat 11, Mon 20, Tue 21, Wed 22 Booking and More Information
Boys on the Verge of Tears A father waits for his son. Kids hang around skipping school. Fights break out after nights of drinking. Featuring six actors in multiple roles, the play is a bold, kaleidoscopic tale of violence and vulnerability, set entirely in the confines of a men's public toilet.

Written by Sam Grabiner, the 2022 winner of Soho Theatre’s acclaimed Verity Bargate Award, Boys on the Verge of Tears is a 'brutal, tender' exploration of what it is to be a man. The new play will be directed by James Macdonald, best known for his work with Caryl Churchill and Sarah Kane.
18+ Dates: Thu 02, Sat 04, Mon 13, Tue 14, Wed 15, Thu 16, Fri 17, Sat 18, Wed 01, Fri 03, Tue 07, Wed 08, Thu 09, Fri 10, Sat 11 Booking and More Information
Chris Redd: Workin’ On Me Former Saturday Night Live star, Emmy Award winner, and star of his HBO stand-up special returns to London’s Soho Theatre with a brand new hour.
Chris Redd’s first one-hour comedy special “Why Am I Like This?” premiered in November of last year and is currently streaming on HBO MAX. He co-created and is set to voice a lead role in a yet-to-be titled project from Broadway Video and Audible, and stars opposite Eddie Murphy in CANDY CANE LANE. Redd is the co-creator, writer, and star of Peacock’s scripted comedy series, “Bust Down”. He was a repertory player on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” for 5 seasons.
Redd received the Emmy Award in 2018 for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for the “SNL” song “Come Back, Barack.” In 2019 Redd released his debut stand-up album, “But Here We Are.” He appeared in the 2016 film “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping” and opposite Kathy Bates in the Netflix original comedy series “Disjointed” and was featured in the series “Wet Hot American Summer,” NBC’s “Will & Grace,” Netflix’s “Love”, Comedy Central’s “Detroiters” and “Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents.” He portrayed the character of ‘Gary Williams’ on the NBC comedy “Kenan” for two seasons.
16+ Dates: Tue 14, Wed 15, Thu 16, Fri 17, Sat 18 Booking and More Information
Christopher Macarthur-Boyd: Scary Times A new hour of stand-up by the wee guy with the glasses from Glasgow.
Featuring routines and jokes on such topics as Edinburgh Zoo, going for a walk, and the collapse of the British state. As seen on Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Comedy Central Live and BBC New Comedy Awards, and heard on the Enjoy An Album and Some Laugh podcasts. Tour support for Frankie Boyle and Susie McCabe.
14+ Dates: Thu 23, Fri 24, Sat 25 Booking and More Information
Dave Hill: Caveman in a Spaceship New York City-based cult comedian Dave Hill combines stand-up, storytelling, music, and occasional, ill-advised feats of strength into a face-melting hour that explores life, death, love, and various snack foods in an often-confusing, futuristic world.
He also comes clean on being banned for life from Twitter and the one day he worked as a driver for Bjork. He does all this while ripping sweet guitar solos whenever appropriate, which is always! ‘Brilliant’ (nymag.com) As seen on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Inside Amy Schumer, Would I Lie to You? US
16+ Dates: Fri 17, Sat 18, Wed 15, Thu 16 Booking and More Information
Doctor Brown: Befrdfgth To celebrate his return to the stage, Doctor Brown presents 3 special late-night performances of his classic award-winning show, Befrdfgth.
This totally silent show full of ‘superbly constructed, slow-burning routines, and a killer finale’ (Time Out) took the comedy world by storm in 2012.

WINNER: Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Show 2012
WINNER: Melbourne International Comedy Festival Best Show 2012.
WINNER: Total Theatre Award for Innovation 2012
18+ restriction Dates: Thu 09, Fri 10, Sat 11 Booking and More Information
Doctor Brown: Beturns After starting with absolutely nothing on stage at the Soho Theatre a little over a year ago, Doctor Brown is back with his fully-formed brand new show.
It's been 12 long years since his last one - which won the Edinburgh Comedy Award, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for Best Show and Total Theatre Award for Innovation in 2012.

This is silent comedy at its most silly, surreal and absurd from an internationally renowned clown.
18+ restriction Dates: Wed 01, Thu 02, Fri 03, Sat 04, Tue 14 Booking and More Information
Fool’s Moon 'Enter the ‘bizarre and beautiful’ world of Fool’s Moon, an anarchic, genre-bending cabaret night where the mischievous come out and play. Expect extravagant costumes, elaborate props and multiple left feet that may alleviate, if only momentarily, your existential crisis. 'It’s hard to think of a better escape’ ★★★★ To do List

Hosted by ‘magnificent physical comedian’ Paulina Lenoir, the night features the UK's most exciting performers across clowning, music, dance, drag and live art.

Past acts include Lucy Hopkins, Julia Masli, Charlie Partridge, Lorna Rose Treen, Frankie Thompson, Coral Bevan, Chewy She, Mermaid Chunky, WET MESS, Sara Segovia, Lachlan Werner, Ella Evans, Ryan Lane, Gemma Soldati, Nancy Trotter Landry, Kaajel Patel, Sarah Woolfenden, Hazel Townsend, Vic Diamente, Dan Lees, Serena Flynn, Alejo de Mesa, Luke Rollason, Anna Marie Simonsen, Charlie Wood and many more.’
16+ Dates: Mon 13 Booking and More Information
Frank Lavender Washed-up club-comic and ‘last straight man in showbiz’ FRANK LAVENDER springs forward from the smoky concert halls of yesteryear to win over modern audiences with one promise: a laugh a minute or their money back. He’s trying his best.

More character comedy from Gareth Joyner, the brain (and legs) behind Myra DuBois.

Featuring ‘Dave’s 6th Funniest Joke at the Edinburgh Fringe 2023’, which is something to look forward to.
16+ Dates: Mon 20, Tue 21 Booking and More Information
Garry Starr: Classic Penguins The polar ice caps are melting! By this time next year, penguins will have nowhere to live. Having already saved pretty much everything else, Garry Starr is now taking it upon himself to single-handedly save our flightless, feathered friends from extinction by performing every Penguin Classic novel ever written. In an hour. Mostly naked (but with flippers).
18+ (nudity) Dates: Thu 16, Fri 17, Sat 18 Booking and More Information
Gillian Cosgriff: Actually, Good illian Cosgriff won Most Outstanding Show at the 2023 Melbourne International Comedy Festival with this brilliant hour of hilarious original songs, killer stand-up, and a big book of things that are actually good.
In 2022, she started asking people what they like. The answers were simple and complex, hilarious and beautiful. Cloves. Fancy hotel foyers. Seeing a cow and yelling, 'Cow!' This is a show about the little things that make the big hard things manageable, and pointing at the bits of the world that make you yell, 'Wow! Isn't this great?!"
16+ Dates: Tue 07, Wed 08, Thu 09, Fri 10, Sat 11, Mon 13, Tue 14, Wed 15, Thu 16, Fri 17, Sat 18 Booking and More Information
Greta Titelman: Exquisite Lies This intimate evening of storytelling and song thrillingly investigates the most deranged and dramatic person in Greta's life – herself.
After blissfully living life lacking self-awareness, Greta's determined to change that. Between a childhood bully, drug-filled stints at boarding school, rich boyfriends and a dying mother, Greta leaves no stone unturned. Delightfully cringey, desperate and slightly disgusting, this intimate and juicy show is like spending a late-night gossiping with your best friend. Star of Search Party, Shrill, Together Together and more.
16+ Dates: Mon 20, Tue 21, Wed 22, Thu 23, Fri 24, Sat 25 Booking and More Information
Jack Docherty: David Bowie & Me – Parallel Lives Following rave reviews and a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, BAFTA award-winning star of Scot Squad and cult classic Absolutely, returns with his critically-acclaimed show David Bowie & Me.
The comic, author, actor and writer uses his time spent with Bowie on The Jack Docherty Show in 1997 as a jumping off point to take audiences through topics from first love, hedonism, mortality and why you should always meet your heroes. From AI to culture wars, families to teenage years, David Bowie and Me - Parallel Lives is a journey of comedy and storytelling, taking fans on a trip through the inner workings of his masterful mind.
16+ Dates: Tue 07, Wed 08, Thu 09, Fri 10, Sat 11 Booking and More Information
Jay Lafferty: Bahookie A tour-de-force celebrating the power of movement, body positivity and finding joy.
Scottish comedian Jay Lafferty combines comedy and pole dancing in this jam-packed hour tackling everything from ageing to internalised misogyny, celebrating the power of movement, body positivity and finding joy.

Bahookie is a tour-de-force celebration of what you can achieve when you're terrified of becoming irrelevant, where Jay uses her signature warm wit and sharp observations to highlight the hilarity that comes from completely overestimating your own abilities.
16+ Dates: Fri 31 Booking and More Information
Jeff Innocent: Smart Casual British Comedian of the Year Winner and social media sensation Jeff Innocent has embarked on his first ever nationwide UK tour.
Jeff will be bringing his unique and hilarious cultural insights on the road for the first time in a career that has spanned almost three decades and earned him a reputation as one of the greatest living comedians the country has to offer.
Highly anticipated and long overdue. This will be an hour of standup comedy that you do not want to miss.
16+ Dates: Wed 22, Thu 23, Fri 24, Sat 25 Booking and More Information
Jeremy Segway: A Life Out of Balance A show dedicated to Mr Segway, the man who invented the Segway, performed entirely on Segways. The incomparably ridiculous Duncan Brothers play his sons to tell this inspiring story of a man who set out to change the world and how we travel within it.

From the award-winning makers of LEGS & LOGS. Directed by Dan Lees.
WINNERS: 2019 Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality
16+ Dates: Fri 24, Sat 25 Booking and More Information
Kanan Gill: WHAT IS THIS? - Birmingham Glee Club One of India’s best comics returns to the UK…
You and Kanan are both tired of all his existential whinging - why are we here, what does it mean? Yuck. Who cares? How many specials can you try to dissect the fundamental nature of the human experience? Enough, right? Let’s party.

"WHAT IS THIS?" is about nothing at all. So far. But what does nothing mean? What is emptiness empty of? Are thoughts thieves in an empty house? Oh shut up dude, stop it.
16+ Dates: Wed 22 Booking and More Information
Kanan Gill: WHAT IS THIS? - Union Chapel One of India’s best comics returns to the UK…
You and Kanan are both tired of all his existential whinging - why are we here, what does it mean? Yuck. Who cares? How many specials can you try to dissect the fundamental nature of the human experience? Enough, right? Let’s party.

"WHAT IS THIS?" is about nothing at all. So far. But what does nothing mean? What is emptiness empty of? Are thoughts thieves in an empty house? Oh shut up dude, stop it.
16+ Dates: Sat 25 Booking and More Information
Lulu Popplewell: Actually, Actually In her hit Edinburgh debut, comedian and failed child actor Lulu Popplewell, explores the links between Love Actually, smoking crack, the Daily Mail and sunburn. Is love actually all around? Why is addiction more relatable than recovery? Which drug would Mr Bean be most likely to take?
None of these questions satisfactorily answered and more!* A daft, rude and thoughtful hour of jokes, actually. *One song.
16+ Dates: Thu 30 Booking and More Information
Marie Faustin: Sorry I’m Late Reeezy returns to London with a brand new hour where she tackles everything from bugs to breakups and everything in between: laughing, Lasik and running late.
Marie Faustin is a NY-based comedian and actress well known for her storytelling skills, lightning fast crowd work and ability to turn a bad date into a good story. She's hosted TV shows, live shows and radio shows in NYC. Marie has appeared in the New York Times, GQ Magazine, Broad City, HBO's That Damn Michael Che, Pause with Sam Jay and Ziwe (Showtime). She's currently hosting a dating game show called Why Are You Single in NYC to figure out wtf is wrong with us all.
16+ Dates: Wed 01, Thu 02, Fri 03, Sat 04 Booking and More Information
Matt Forde: Work in Progress Matt Forde (Spitting Image, HIGNFY, British Scandal, The Last Leg, The Royal Variety Performance) explores the dark comedy horror that is British politics, ahead of the next election. Plus silly voices. 'Our foremost satirical stand-up... whatever your politics, you'll find excellence here' **** (Sunday Times). 'Forde is as gratifyingly sane as comedians come... smart, funny ideas' **** (Times). “Singlehandedly fulfilling comedy’s brief of taking our political masters to task. Combining spot-on impressions with up to the minute observations” Mail On Sunday
16+ Dates: Tue 28, Wed 29, Thu 30, Fri 31 Booking and More Information
NINA CONTI: WHOSE FACE IS IT ANYWAY? (Work in Progress) The virtuoso ventriloquist, BAFTA nominee and British Comedy Award winner presents an unparalleled, unscripted new show that delves deep into who we are, hijacking faces to spark a bold, hysterical reality warp.

'It's genius... gut-bustingly funny' ***** Telegraph
'Richly entertaining, joyfully funny chaos' **** Guardian
'Outstanding! High-level comedy craftsmanship' **** Times
'Laughs will definitely ensue' New York Times
16+ Dates: Fri 17, Sat 18, Mon 13, Wed 15 Booking and More Information
No Direction Home The UK’s first - and funniest - refugee comedy collective, plus their special guests

The UK’s first - and funniest - refugee comedy collective arrives at Soho Theatre. Witness performances by aspiring comedians of refugee and migrant backgrounds, alongside their special guest headliners and hosts.

Line up TBC

Counterpoints Arts runs No Direction Home: it’s a project for new comics from refugee and migrant backgrounds, featuring workshops, expert tuition and gigs around the country. It was created in partnership with Camden People’s Theatre and comedian Tom Parry, and their previous shows have taken place at the Southbank Centre featuring headliners such as Romesh Ranganathan, Nish Kumar, Joel Dommett, Lou Sanders, Suzi Ruffell and more.

“The No Direction Home comedians are a very exciting, interesting and creative bunch of people to be around. And they are very funny, the material is really good” – Nish Kumar
16+ Dates: Tue 28 Booking and More Information
Patti Harrison: My Huge Tits Huge Because They Are Infected NOT FAKE Patti Harrison is back at Soho Theatre with an extended run of her phenomenal show.
As seen and heard on I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, The Lost City, Made For Love, Together Together, Shrill, The Tonight Show, Bob’s Burgers, Bojack Horseman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and more.
16+ Dates: Fri 24, Sat 25, Mon 27, Tue 28, Wed 29, Thu 30, Fri 31 Booking and More Information
Paul F Taylor: Head in the Clouds Professional odd-ball Paul F Taylor is heading to the Soho Theatre with a supremely silly new show. Paul has been a man that has always thrown himself to the gods of chaos. Growing up; people often accused him of having his head in the clouds. With recently being diagnosed with ADHD; it’s little wonder that he’s not had his feet on the ground. And now Paul questions his place in this world of distractions that is seemingly not built for people like him. As a new father he’s learning the hard way, having something that demands him to keep his focus, when he can’t, isn’t easy. Yet in this very serious world, Paul makes his case that we now and again, can very much do with having our Head In The Clouds by airlifting audiences into a world of whimsy.
Paul has appeared on Harry Hill’s Nite Club on Channel 4 and also the award winning BBC Radio 4 sketch show Please Use Other Door. He was nominated for best new show at the Leicester Comedy Festival 2017, and won the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year Award in 2013. As an actor and writer, he has starred in many comedy short films that have won critical acclaim and awards on the festival circuit as a long time collaborator with the two time BAFTA nominated director Ben Mallaby; in films such as Milk, Battlecock! and Guilt Trip and his latest film Bleep by Ben Hyland being selected my multiple BIFA and BAFTA qualifying film festivals. Along with his wife Rebecca Shorrocks, he is one half of sketch duo Short & Curly who enjoyed mass critical success at the Edinburgh Fringe as well as being nominated for Best Character and Sketch Act in the Chortle Awards.
16+ Dates: Sat 04 Booking and More Information
Phil Ellis’s Excellent Comedy Show Do you like comedy? Do you like shows? What are your thoughts on excellence?
If you like all three, then Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning Phil Ellis's Excellent Comedy Show is the excellent comedy show for you. An hour of hilarious stand-up and fun from the North West's most punctual working-class comedian. As seen and heard on BBC Two, Channel 4, BBC Three, Comedy Central and BBC Radio 4.
Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show Nominee 2023
16+ Dates: Thu 09, Fri 10, Sat 11 Booking and More Information
Pre Order Drinks Treat yourself to a pre-ordered drink, ready for you at your table when you arrive. Dates: Tue 28, Wed 29, Thu 30, Fri 31, Mon 13, Thu 23, Fri 24, Sat 25, Tue 07, Wed 08, Thu 09, Fri 10, Sat 11, Mon 20, Tue 21, Wed 22, Mon 06, Tue 14, Wed 15, Thu 16, Fri 17, Sat 18, Wed 01, Thu 02, Fri 03, Sat 04 Booking and More Information
Pre Order Drinks Main House Dates: Wed 01, Thu 02, Fri 03, Sat 04, Mon 06, Tue 07, Wed 08, Thu 09, Fri 10, Sat 11, Mon 13, Tue 14, Wed 15, Thu 16, Fri 17, Sat 18, Mon 20, Tue 21, Wed 22, Thu 23, Fri 24, Sat 25, Mon 27, Tue 28, Wed 29, Thu 30, Fri 31 Booking and More Information
Séayoncé She Must Be Hung! The legendary Ghost Whisperer is back! Award winning, critically acclaimed comedy cabaret sensation Séayoncé…and this time it’s a witch trial! It’s time to figure out which witch is which? Will everyone’s favourite co-medium survive? Will she literally give up the Ghost? One thing is for certain she simply must be hung! A hilarious bewitching night of mystical debauchery, cabaret ballads, and camp theatrics. Join Séayoncé (aka rising queer star Dan Wye) and her murderous accomplice Leslie-Ann (aka musical genius Robyn Herfellow)… for a hexceptional evening where we raise the stakes…and burn the witch. You’re spell-bound to be scared stiff!
16+ Dates: Wed 01, Thu 02, Fri 03, Sat 04, Thu 16, Fri 17 Booking and More Information
Steph Tolev: The Filth Queen Tour Steph Tolev caught fire on the “BILL BURR PRESENTS: FRIENDS WHO KILL” Netflix Special, that was taped as a part of the Netflix is a Joke Festival.
She was named a COMEDIAN YOU SHOULD AND WILL KNOW by Vulture, which recognized her one of Toronto’s funniest exports. She was featured on Comedy Central’s THE RINGERS stand up series, and season two of UNPROTECTED SETS. Steph will appear in the upcoming feature DRUGSTORE JUNE, as well as OLD DADS starring Bill Burr, Bobby Cannavale, and Bokeem Woodbine. She has appeared in Comedy Central’s CORPORATE, and starred in an episode of the Sarah Silverman-produced PLEASE UNDERSTAND ME. Steph has been well-received at festivals all over the world, she can be seen performing all around LA, including The Comedy Store where she is a paid regular, and headlines clubs across the country.
16+ Dates: Wed 29, Thu 30, Fri 31 Booking and More Information
Strategic Love Play So they’ve both swiped right. Now they’re facing each other. The vibe is horrific and the banter is even worse. But something is keeping them in their seats. Welcome to your hot date.
So they’ve both swiped right. Now they’re facing each other. The vibe is horrific and the banter is even worse. But something is keeping them in their seats. Welcome to your hot date.
14+ Dates: Sat 25, Wed 29, Thu 30, Fri 31, Mon 27, Tue 28, Thu 23, Fri 24 Booking and More Information
Sukh Ojla: The Aunty Years Join Sukh as she approaches 40 and figures out middle age, pretending to be a grown up and the joy of a Tupperware set.
Sukh keeps being told that she’s successful. She’s been on telly, had a book published and even been trolled on Twitter. So why does she still feel like a toddler who has lost their Mum in Tesco’s?

Sukh Ojla is a comedian, actor and writer. Her first book, ‘Sunny’, was released in 2022.

As a comedian, Sukh has performed on many TV shows including, The Big Asian Stand-Up Show (BBC Two), Comedy Guide to Life (Dave), Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club (ITV), Comedy Central Live and features in Sky’s Dating No Filter.

Other television credits include Feel Good (Channel 4), Bridgerton (Netflix), The End of the F**king World (Channel 4), GameFace (Channel 4), Hospital People (BBC1), Black Mirror (Channel 4) and EastEnders (BBC1).
16+ Dates: Thu 09, Fri 10, Sat 11 Booking and More Information
Sunny Side Up Told via spoken word and featuring a host of characters, this epic, playful and heartfelt play forces is a call for change in the way society shapes young Black men.
Theatre Peckham presents
Sunny Side Up
By David Alade
A Peckham Fringe Transfer
David Alade’s captivating story transfers to Soho Theatre. Based on a true story, Sunny Side Up explores the relation-ship between a young man and his father. With sensational acting, poetic storytelling, and heartfelt moments, this poignant and passionate production is a must-see.
Told via spoken word and featuring a host of characters, this epic, playful and heartfelt play forces is a call for change in the way society shapes young Black men.
13+ Dates: Tue 28, Wed 29, Thu 30, Fri 31 Booking and More Information
The Dark Room Welcome to THE DARK ROOM – the world’s only live-action, text-based adventure game. It’s strange, insane and addictive – it’s a choose-your-own-adventure, so choose it!
WINNER – CHORTLE Legend Of Lockdown 2020
SOLD OUT – Edinburgh Fringe 2023

Welcome to THE DARK ROOM – the world’s only live-action, text-based adventure game. It’s strange, insane and addictive – it’s a choose-your-own-adventure, so choose it!

How do you play? The audience is trapped in a retro videogame with a sadistic end-of-level boss. Choose your options, survive the abuse simulator that is the improv comedy overlord John Robertson, and escape to win £1000 – or, be brutally murdered by the rest of the crowd!

Now, will you:

Find the Light Switch
18Go North?
A. Abandon Hope?

Now it’s 10th year, this high-octane interactive show is the brainchild of comedian & cult leader John Robertson. Filled with stand-up, appalling prizes and more audience chanting than you’d get at a protest – it’s a gut-busting rock n’ roll geek experience for everyone who buys a ticket.

John has performed The Dark Room to crowds of thousands at comedy and gaming festivals around the world including Insomnia Gaming Festival, London Film & ComicCon, Sci-Fi Weekender, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, FringeWorld Perth, Leeds International Festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest, and to millions online on his Twitch Partner channel: www.twitch.tv/robbotron
16+ Dates: Fri 03 Booking and More Information
The Serious Business of Comedy & Cabaret Ahead of opening Soho Theatre Walthamstow, join the Soho Theatre team and guests Amrou Al-Kadhi, Sikisa Bostwick-Barnes to dig deeper into the serious business of comedy.
Key talking points will include the process of becoming a comedy producer, drag and comedy writing and directing, getting an agent, and building a drag or comedy hour. We hope the event will demystify parts of the industry that are difficult to find ways into, through a panel discussion from industry leaders followed by a Q&A.
Guests are:
Amrou Al-Kadhi
Amrou Al-Kadhi's solo drag show, GLAMROU, has toured internationally and has had several sold out shows at the Soho Theatre. Their debut feature film as writer/director, LAYLA (Film4/BFI), opened Sundance Film Festival in 2024. Their debut book, LIFE AS A UNICORN (Harper Collins) won the Somerset Maugham award and the Polari First Book Prize, and as a screenwriter, they wrote the finale of Apple's LITTLE AMERICA (S1), and episodes for THE WATCH (BBC America) and Hollyoaks. They have numerous TV shows and films in development.


Sikisa Bostwick-Barnes
From South London, Barbadian citizen Sikisa has become one of the most exciting acts in the UK, having delighted crowds with her fearless and vivacious personality and immediate warmth and likability.
She won the public’s vote in the 2017 BBC New Comedy Award competition, for which she was a finalist. Since then, Sikisa’s TV appearances include Live at the Apollo (BBC); Stand Up Sketch Show (ITV2), Jonathan Ross’ Comedy Club (ITV), The Dog Ate My Homework (CBBC), Live at Comedy Central, Pie And A Pint (Comedy Central) and Period Dramas (BBC 3). Her radio and podcast credits include Off Menu, Films to be Buried with, Wheel Of Misfortune (BBC Radio 1), The Leak and Mach Fest (BBC Radio Wales).
Sikisa was a part of the Soho Theatre Young Company and is a hot favourite on the UK comedy circuit, regularly performing and hosting at nights such as Comedy Store, Angel Comedy Club, The 99 Club, Frog & Bucket, Monkey Barrel, Komedia Comedy Club, Top Secret Comedy Club and The Boat Show.
She took her debut stand up hour Life of the Party to the Edinburgh Fringe in August 2022, and this year her sophomore show Hear Me Out received critical acclaim with 4 and 5 star reviews up at the Festival, and a run at Soho Theatre.


Jet Vevers
Jet is the Comedy Programmer for Soho Theatre Walthamstow, bringing the best comedy and live performance to the borough of Waltham Forest. Jet is also a live comedy director, working with the likes of Sarah Keyworth, Olga Koch and Nabil Abdulrashid. Jet directed Sarah Keyworth’s show My Eyes Are Up Here which won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award for Most Outstanding Show in April 2024.

Lee Griffiths is Soho Theatre’s Comedy Producer

Please email [email protected] if you have any access needs
NB: The panel event is repeated in the day. Please only book for one event.
Ahead of opening Soho Theatre Walthamstow we’re meeting with hundreds of local residents and working with ambitious and committed grassroots organisations from PI84U Foodbank to Leyton Orient FC and with schools and colleges across the borough.
We’re constantly making new connections. If you belong to a community group based in Waltham Forest, we’d love to hear from you and see how we can work together. Reach out to us by emailing [email protected]

16+ Dates: Thu 23 Booking and More Information
Tom Lawrinson: Hubba Hubba Tom Lawrinson presents Hubba Hubba; a stand-up show with weird, wonderful and completely unexpected punchlines.
If you like big laughs, mad jokes and a positive atmosphere then this is the show for you. Come along, I can’t stress how cheeky it's gonna be.
15+ Dates: Mon 20, Tue 21, Wed 22 Booking and More Information
Verity Bargate Award 2024: Free Online Information Session Join us for an online session to find out more about this years Verity Bargate Award and ask any questions ahead of the deadline.
With the submission window for the Verity Bargate Award open until 17 June, Soho Theatre will be running an online information session.

Writers are invited to hear from our theatre team about the award and it’s history. There will also be an opportunity for participants to ask questions ahead of the deadline.

This session will be taking place online but we will also be running a similar session in the venue on 9 May at 5.30pm.

All participants can attend for free.
18+
 Dates: Wed 01 Booking and More Information
Verity Bargate Award 2024: In-Person Information Session Join us for an in-person session to find out more about this years Verity Bargate Award and ask any questions ahead of the deadline.
With the submission window for the Verity Bargate Award open until 17 June, Soho Theatre will be running this in-person information session.

Writers are invited to hear from our theatre team about the award and it’s history. There will also be an opportunity for participants to ask questions ahead of the deadline.

This session will be taking place in-person but we will also be running a free session online on 1 May at 7.30pm.

£5/Free with a ticket to that days matinee performance of Boys On The Verge of Tears by Sam Grabiner (this years Verity Bargate Award Winner).
Dates: Thu 09 Booking and More Information
Verity Bargate Award 2024: Online Workshop for Disabled Artists Join us as we explore all aspects of this years Verity Bargate Award, from how to apply to what to consider as you prepare your script for its submission.
With the submission window for the Verity Bargate Award open from 11 April until 17 June, Soho Theatre have been hosting playwriting workshops at venues across the UK and Ireland.
For this relaxed environment online workshop, led by Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini, we’re inviting artists who identify as disabled to join us on Zoom. Within the workshop, writers will be provided with information about the scope of Soho Theatre’s current programs, the three theatre spaces, and what storytelling and theatricality mean to us.
In the first part of the workshop, writers will learn about the Verity Bargate Award and Soho Theatre’s heritage of new writing.
In the second part we’ll discuss a script sample or two, investigating how they are structured, the form they take, their style and subject matter.
This workshop has been tailored to be a more relaxed workshop specifically for disabled and neurodivergent participants and will be hosted on Zoom with captions.
If you would like to discus any particular access requirements please email [email protected]
 Dates: Wed 15 Booking and More Information

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