LPT magazine ISSN 2977-6724
LONDON PUB THEATRE 2025 AWARD
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
London Pub Theatre of the Year 2025
The Tabard Theatre, Chiswick
Full list of winners
26/10/2025
THEATRE503 ANNOUNCES ANTHONY SIMPSON-PIKE’S INAUGURAL SEASON AS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Theatre503 announces its first season programmed under the new creative leadership of Artistic Director Anthony Simpson-Pike and Executive Director Emily Carewe.
27/10/2026
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MICHAEL KINGSBURY ON CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS AT GOLDEN GOOSE THEATRE
From unlikely beginnings during Covid 19, the theatre has come into its own. Kingsbury chats about the transformation, & the wider impact of its success.
9/10/2025
THE PROBLEM WITH THE SEVENTH YEAR at White Bear Theatre 28 Oct - 15 Nov
A young man's boxing career conflicts with his life as a medical student. Working as a cut-man, the consequences of his double-life catch up with him.
Written by Evening Standard Award nominee and Offie winner Nicholas Pierpan. The Problem With The Seventh Year won the Cameron Mackintosh Award for New Writing.
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THE SEA HORSE by Edward J Moore at Golden Goose Theatre 4 - 15 November
50 years after its critically-acclaimed New York debut, the Drama Desk Award-winning play comes to London, directed by award-winning Mandi Riggi.
Set in a gritty waterfront bar, it’s a brutally honest two-hander about two hardened outsiders navigating their past to find a safe harbour - it is a raw, tender, & deeply human exploration of love & vulnerability.
CROWNLESS by Ashley Amodeo, Voila Festival at Etcetera Theatre 21 - 22 Nov
Described by audiences at Edinburgh Fringe as a “Wonderfully entertaining and thought provoking look at one of Shakespeare’s most famous characters and plays." Crownless takes Hamlet and adds some feminism... Rather than confronting inaction, Hamlet faces the not-so-great relationship with her father. And her father faces... getting stuck in a coat for eternity.
Cherry Sour & the Tragedy of the Pink Flamingo, Voila Fest at Etcetera Theatre 18 Nov
by Mexican award winning playwright Isabel Quiroz. Cherry Sour was alone until she met Johnny, the lead singer of the glam rock band "The Pink Flamingos", & with his songs he changed her world. They were together for the wrong reasons, they had never experienced LOVE before, & their dreams were destroyed. But now he's gone. We'll get to know the story of Cherry in the only place where she's got a spotlight: a police interrogatory room, after pledging guilt for the death of the rockstar. Did she kill him?
WAITING ROOM by Simon Blackburn at The Hen & Chicken Theatre, Islington 24 & 25 November
Waiting Room follows three siblings; Alex, Jennifer and Harvey are forced to face each other after years apart as they find their father has collapsed from a heart attack. They must reckon with each other and their antics, as they wait around for answers that might not come.
Touching on topics of familial love, relationships, sexuality, and death, it explores the sibling dynamic in general.
ONE WOMAN AND HER BITCH by William Lyons at Etcetera Theatre, Camden 27 - 30 November
Highly theatrical and absurdist comedy blending influences from Aristophanes, Brecht, and Panto on the theme of being homeless in a big city. The play deliberately breaks the fourth-wall, invites improvisation, includes audience-interaction, and interrupts the action with song at a number of places, and has serious social concerns.
Directed by Victor Sobchak
PRESCIPTION: MURDER by William Link and Richard Levinson at Bread & Roses Theatre, Clapham 2 - 6 December
See the play that inspired the legendary TV series “Columbo”! Prescription: Murder by William Link and Richard Levinson. Written in 1963 for the stage because of the writers strike. In this production you can expect to be transported back to the 60’s with music, style, murder, cigars and “just one more thing!”
COCKFOSTERS at Southwark Playhouse Borough 4 December - 3 January
After five sell-out runs, London’s ★★★★★ smash-hit comedy COCKFOSTERS returns to Southwark Playhouse Borough. Strangers James and Tori meet at Heathrow and take the Piccadilly Line across London on a journey they’ll never forget. A “screamingly funny” off-the-rails comedy about the London Underground that will change your commute forever.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
PAUL MCARTHUR on THE CHOIR OF MAN at Arts Theatre, West End of London until 4 January
Paul McArthur moved to London at the tender age of 18 to pursue his dream of being a professional performer. Now starring in West End musical THE CHOIR OF MAN, he chats about his role in the show as the POET, his burgeoning career, music, and his love for pub culture.
26/8/2025
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: Loved & Lost London Pub Theatres By Nilgün Yusuf
We remember some of the pub theatres which have closed, as well as some which have been newly established, saved or moved to other premises.
16/6/2025
WE ARE 10!
Artistic directors, theatre makers and supporters of fringe theatre from across London flocked to the Golden Goose in Camberwell on Sunday, June 1st to raise a glass and celebrate ten years of all things London Pub Theatres Magazine. Write up and images by Nilgün Yusuf
3/6/2025
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AUDREY THAYER at DRAYTON ARMS THEATRE
Audrey chats on developments at the South Kensington venue, a French Speaking Festival, new Resident Company, Edinburgh Fringe and current trends in theatre.
19/4/2025
THEATRE AT THE TABARD 40th ANNIVERSARY
Simon and Sarah Reilly on the 40th anniversary of The Tabard Theatre, a year of celebrations and special guests
1/3/2025
- ETCETERA THEATRE 2026 BOOKINGS NOW OPEN
- APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR OLD RED LION'S FRESHFEST
- JACK STUDIO THEATRE in South East London is programming for 2026
- CALLING ALL COMEDIANS - Rosebuds Comedy Festival at BREAD AND ROSES THEATRE
- LION AND UNICORN THEATRE IS PROGRAMMING FOR WINTER/SPRING
London pub theatres magazine ISSN 2977-6724
