LONDON PUB THEATRE OF THE YEAR 2024
2024 AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The major winners
LONDON PUB THEATRE OF THE YEAR 2024
The Hen and Chickens Theatre
BEST ACTOR
Robert Bathurst for his role in JEFFREY BERNARD IS UNWELL
by Keith Waterhouse at Coach and Horses, Soho
BEST PRODUCTION (New writing)
FOAM by Harry McDonald at Finborough Theatre
directed by Matthew Iliffe
See all winners here >
INTERVIEW
Director Laura Killeen on developing multimedia storytelling-theatre DISTANT MEMORIES OF THE NEAR FUTURE by David Head
The show features projection, video, audio and puppetry to tell five interweaving tales about love, technology and artificial intelligence. The show transfers to Arcola theatre after premiering at Rosemary Branch Theatre and a successful run at Edinburgh fringe.
FEATURE
RICHARD HARRIS on psychological thriller THE BUSINESS OF MURDER showing at THEATRE AT THE TABARD, CHISWICK 23 Oct - 23 Nov
The Business Of Murder was first performed at the Theatre Royal in Windsor before playing a seven year run in the West End. Richard Harris' thriller/detective television credits include A Touch Of Frost, The Sweeney, The Avengers and The Last Detective.
UNTIL SHE SLEEPS by Brad Sutherland
White Bear Theatre 5 - 16 November
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf meets Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. Edward and Henrietta Dunbar considered themselves the preeminent couple down at “the club,” but when distrust takes hold of Henrietta, the Great Edward Dunbar faces his most formidable opponent.
LIPSTICK DOESN'T MAKE YOU PRETTY
Barons Court Theatre
11 and 12 Nov 9.30pm
At a mental health facility, a woman is confronted with memories keeping her stuck in the past. A show exploring scarcity mentality, filial piety, and abandonment through the lens of a multilingual Chinese American woman, invites you to surrender to “my fever dream of a quick fix to trauma responses".
IS THIS THING ON?
The Hope Theatre, Islington
12 - 16 November
Join flatmates, Mary, a poet, and Liz, a musician, as they battle over integrity, ownership and the spotlight. One fateful open mic night forces this unlikely duo to confront each other over their differences.
★★★★★ Lost In Theatreland, ★★★★
Broadway Baby, ED Fringe Review, Binge Fringe, Fringe Biscuit
THE WONDROUS CONVEYANCE OF STELLA ESTRELLA at Etcetera Theatre 12, 13 & 19 Nov
Follow the gifted, yet jaded, medium Stella Estrella, who is slowly reaching her wits end with this gig. As she channels various different spirits from the afterlife through an hilarious and heartfelt séance, she shows us the pressure and messiness involved in being a medium and by extension being alive.
ORDNANCE
Drayton Arms Theatre
19 - 23 November
1880s Afghanistan: Against a backdrop of colonial wars and espionage, a young British cartographer embarks on an affair with the wife of an exiled botanist, setting them on an epic journey of self-reflection on how manmade borders restrict and shape national, personal and sexual identities. From award-winning writer Jonathon Crewe.
The Glass House
Lion and Unicorn Theatre
Kentish Town 19 - 23 November
Bella and Wendy have done something terrible. Saturday morning. A flat. The smell of cigarettes and cheap gin fills the room.
After his five star debut, McCreadie returns with a one-act play which tips its hat to Sarah Kane in a story about isolation and a thirst for acceptance.
- ROBERT BATHURST ANNOUNCED AS LPT PATRON
- LONDON PUB THEATRES AWARD WINNERS 2024 ANNOUNCED
- THE HOPE THEATRE ANNOUNCES WRITE CLUB, A NEW WRITING FESTIVAL TO TAKE PLACE EARLY 2025
- THEATRE503 ANNOUNCES JAMES DACRE AS ITS NEW CHAIR AND BEGINS RECRUITMENT FOR ITS NEXT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
- LISA SPIRLING TO STEP DOWN AS THEATRE503’S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CEO
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ...
Interview with SARAH MCGUINNESS – on her musical cabaret GRIT, GLITTER & GASLIGHT at Etcetera / various dates until 5 Dec
Derry girl, Sarah McGuinness, is singer, composer, producer, director, and screenwriter, this is no ordinary cabaret. Sarah has been the muse of industry legends for over two decades. Sarah chats about her music, and her new show.
- Canal Cafe Theatre has some last minute slots in their December programme
- SUBMISSIONS FOR WRITE CLUB AT THE HOPE ARE OPEN
- ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT THEATRE503
- TECHNICAL CO-ORDINATOR FOR THEATRE503
- FreshFest 2025 at OLD RED LION THEATRE - Applications open Monday 21 October
We are very proud to announce that LONDON PUB THEATRES MAGAZINE is now an OFFIE AWARD WINNING publication
A ONEOFF Special Award has been awarded to London Pub Theatres Magazine and Editor Heather Jeffery for providing a vital forum for highlighting the excellent work that happens in rooms in pubs, with sensitive editing, and an acute sense of the importance of tiny fringe venues to the health and development of British Theatre