Blackeyed Theatre excels at bringing classic literature to the stage, breathing new life into various books such as Frankenstein, The Great Gatsby and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde &#82…

The production will run at the theatre from the 16th October until the 21st November. Casting has now been confirmed for Arcola Theatre’s Artistic Director Mehmet Ergen’s production of …

Music: George Frideric Handel Libretto: Nicola Francesco Haym Director: Marcio da Silva Conquering hero Julius Caesar arrives in Egypt, dressed in a short white tunic, purple toga, golden laurel wreat...

In 1895, Henry James suffered through a terrible failure, as his play Guy Domville was greeted by hoots, jeers, and tomatoes being thrown at the play's author. Jame…

Composer: George Friderick Handel Librettist: Giacomo Rossi Director: Ralph Bridle Musical Director: David Eaton  Handel was commissioned to compose Rinaldo, the first Italian opera specifically for t...

Erwartung Music: Arnold Schoenberg Libretto:  Marie Pappenheim   The Murderous Delusions of Gavrilo K Music and libretto: Kevin Rodgers   Director: Valeria Perboni Contemporary opera is a hard nut to ...

Günter Wallraff’s book uncovered dangerous working conditions in postwar West Germany

Cupboard Love Music: Madeline Dring Libretto: DF Aitken   Three Sisters Who Are Not Sisters Music: Ned Rorem Libretto: Gertrude Stein   Director: Jonny Danciger  As so often, the Grimeborn Opera Festi...

The Banality of Evil, a new play by Julia Pascal centred on Hannah Arendt, has its world premiere at Arcola Theatre from 7 October to 7 November.

Writer: Rickerby Hinds Directors: Rickerby Hinds and Mxolisi Masilela Dreamscape is a short, exhilarating burst of creative energy featuring stellar performances by Kim Blanché Adonis as Myeisha and K...

First performed at Vienna’s Burgtheater in 1790, Barefoot Opera’s production of Mozart & Da Ponte’s Così fan tutte?! at the Arcola Theatre (running as part of the 2026 Grimebo…

The production for Olivier Award-winning playwright Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s adaptation directed by Nicky Allpress will run at the theatre from the 11th September until the 10th October ahead o…

Docu-opera explores encounters and ethics of Günter Wallraff’s undercover work in 1980s, which he now describes as an existential necessity

After having such a great time last year, expanding my coverage more than ever, I decided to go all-in on the BBC Proms once more. It’s another enticing schedule, although at this point I&#82…

Adapted for the stage by Samantha Harvey (Orbital) from the beloved novel by Barbara Pym, this is a wryly humorous and poignant ode to ageing, friendship and the poetry of everyday life.

Poignant depiction of four co-workers approaching retirement is a masterclass in observing ordinary lives

Simon Ward reviews FLUSH at the Arcola Theatre Writer and performer April Hope Miller and director Merle Wheldon bring their 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival hit, FLUSH, to the Arcola for a month-lon…

The late playwright was also a great actor and pianist who combined all three talents in Chasing the Moment, which flowed like real life

There’s a very unique kind of intimacy in Philip Ridley’s one-person plays: the kind that pushes its blade right up to theatre’s jugular and cheekily threatens to bleed it dry if you don’t follow it through to the end.

We sat down Wiebke Green who returns to Arcola Theatre with a bold theatrical challenge: Tarantula and The Poltergeist by Philip Ridley, performed in rep for the first time.

The actor tells John Byrne about her first performing job: playing Milly in Annie at the Pleasance Theatre, London, in 2003

Can’t afford opera? Yes you can! Get down to the Arcola and see -and HEAR - a wonderful production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.

A surreal, unflinching reminder that women’s battles are far from over.‬

Tristan Und Isolde is a epic for the ages. With themes of love, life, and death there is nothing out there quite like this.

Step into the strange, funny, and heartbreakingly human world of Clive, the riveting new one-person play by Olivier and BAFTA award-winning playwright Michael Wynne.

An emotionally charged tale of working from home with only a cactus to talk to.

People who work by themselves have been around for some time – it has been at least twenty years since I first came across a photocopier engineer who was mutt

It’s a brave man who attempts delivery of a one hour play where his only co-star is a large, inanimate, but dangerous looking cactus. Paul Keating has done just that, tackling the spiky subject of pos...

We sat down with Paul to talk about CLIVE, who will play Thomas in this strange, funny, and heartbreakingly human play by Olivier and BAFTA award-winning playwright Michael Wynne.