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Horror T HE MONKEY'S PAW at The Hope Theatre, Islington until 8 Nov

In Edwardian London, newlyweds John and Jenny White set up home together. They look forward to a happy and prosperous life, their home echoing with the laughter of their children. As the years pass, things do not turn out the way they had hoped. Living in an isolated cottage on a pitch-black street, with a world war rumbling away in the background and the price of everything going through the roof, John and Jenny face the ravages of poverty and childlessness.One day, a mysterious, ancient object comes into their possession, a ghoulish talisman that seems to grant wishes. Could this be the remedy for all their troubles? Or is it something more sinister, with the power to plunge them into far deeper miseries?
Adapted from the macabre Edwardian ghost story by W. W. Jacobs: a spine-tingling warning of the dangers of meddling with fate and a chilling reminder to be careful what you wish for.

19th Street Productions Present THE PROBLEM WITH THE SEVENTH YEAR at White Bear Theatre, until 15 Nov

"You’ve got to throw every punch with ‘bad intentions.’ If you don’t, you’re better off becoming an educated gentleman and not a boxer. And don’t kid yourself: you can’t be both”

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.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE SEVENTH YEAR is a bloody, unflinching drama about the fine line between being clever and being a coward.

WRITTEN BY NICHOLAS PIERPAN

Nicholas Pierpan is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. THE PROBLEM WITH THE SEVENTH YEAR won the Cameron Mackintosh Award for New Writing.

The Sea Horse at Golden Goose Theatre 4th - 15th November 2025

Set in a dark waterfront bar of the same name, The Sea Horse is a tender yet brutally honest love story between two hardened outsiders: Gertrude, the tough, guarded bar owner, and Harry, a weathered seaman with a new dream. Their relationship, which has been purely physical so far, is tested when Harry returns from sea with a vision of a shared future and a proposal of marriage. As Harry attempts to break through Gertrude's carefully constructed emotional walls, the play becomes a raw and compelling courtship ritual, filled with fighting, humour, and the painful revelation of long-held secrets. It is a story about vulnerability, the courage it takes to trust, and the profound human need for connection.

First performed in 1974, the play's themes about the transformative power of love remain as poignant today as they were then. Critically-acclaimed and award-winning Director Mandi Riggi is at the helm, The Sea Horse promises to be a poignant, heartfelt and earnest night out for London theatre-goers.

CURIOUS PUPPETS FESTIVAL at Rosemary Branch Theatre 6 - 15 November 2025

Curious Puppetry returns to the Rosemary Branch Theatre for the 5th annual Curious Puppets Festival!

“Exquisite, one of the most beautiful performances I've ever seen” - Audience feedback for Curious Ganz

“Ingenious - music and action come together immaculately." - The Guardian on The Four Seasons: A Reimagining

"This was an excellent night out. The best bit of theatre that I have seen all year." - Audience Review

THUNK Productions presents PARATROOPERS at the Hope Theatre 10 - 14 November

Frank Fletcher, long-time senior MP for Cackby has suddenly died. Labour Party members have gathered at North Cackby Community Arts Centre to choose a successor. But when Mackenzie Steele and Connor Banks happen to be the only "high-quality" candidates born in Cackby, how much of a choice do you really have?

"A frenetic triumph and cautionary tale" - The Live Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"Hilarious and clever comedy" - Everything Theatre ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Horror LOOP Written and performed by Tanya-Loretta Dee at Theatre503 10 - 29 November 2025

Bex is fucking obsessed! She can’t get James out of her head. In the Peckham party shop where she twists balloon animals for minimum wage, all she can think about is him. The locket her Mother gave to her – the day she started her period – clings like a curse, whispering warnings that Bex constantly ignores. As her grip on reality unravels, Bex circles the same stories about wolves, witches and wanking, each one darker than the last. Will she ever break the loop? Or will she disappear into fantasy forever? LOOP is a chilling psychological folktale that drags us kicking and screaming into the horrors of an obsessive mind. What happens when you can’t tell yourself the truth? What happens when the story threatens to swallow you whole?

Tanya-Loretta Dee’s debut play Loop is a bold fusion of folk tale and horror. A surreal one-woman fever dream, it’s a love story that dives headfirst into obsessive desire, limerence, and the intoxicating pull of fantasy over reality.

Black comedy Two Right Feet presents STARFISH by Richard Fitchett at Bread and Roses Theatre, Clapham 11 - 15 November

In Starfish, a black comedy, a couple are confronted with, and try to help an ABBA-loving homeless person, they are forced to question their ideals as the story behind the intruder unravels and they discover that it wasn’t just an accident of fate that brought them together.

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