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Barons Court Theatre At Curtains Up Pub,
28a Comeragh Road ,London, W14 9HR
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Barons Court Theatre is just a short walk from both Barons Court and West Kensington stations
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MAY & JUNE 2025
The Full English
by Melanie Branton
16 - 20 September 2025, 7:30 pm
It's a bish-bosh, wish-wash, car crash mishmash!
Ever wondered where the word 'hoo-ha' comes from? Why there ain’t no party like a double negative party? And why 'bead' doesn’t rhyme with 'bread', 'machine' doesn’t rhyme with 'nine', and don’t get me started on 'yearly' and 'early'? From gangs of gung-ho Anglo-Saxons and smelly Vikings to Covidiots and Instagram influencers, from enormous vowel movements to katsu curries self-isolating in the Twitterverse, this one-woman show by poet, spoken word artist, former ‘A’ level English lecturer and all-round linguistics nerd, Melanie Branton, explores the fascinating history of the English language through the media of performance poetry, silly hats and dad jokes.
Melanie Branton has performed at festivals including Womad, Shindig and Valleyfest, as well as at spoken word nights the length and breadth of the country. She has also represented Bristol at three national slam finals. Her published collections are The Full English (2023), Can You See Where I’m Coming From? (Burning Eye, 2018) and My Cloth-Eared Heart (Oversteps, 2017).
“The Full English combines both entertainment and education to explore the quirky and fascinating history of our rich linguistic heritage with charisma, wit, and large dollops of expertise. Melanie's in-depth knowledge of the English language as a lecturer on the subject ideally complements her skills as one of the country's cleverest and most engaging performance poets, and I would highly recommend the show to anyone with an interest in our bizarre but beautiful language.“
Rob Casey
"A thoroughly entertaining and illuminating show from a talented wordsmith."
Tina Sederholm
21 September 7.30pm
The Bear is a witty one-act comedy about the clash between grief, pride, and unexpected attraction. When a widow swears to mourn her late husband forever, her solitude is interrupted by a hot-tempered landowner demanding repayment of a debt. What begins as a furious quarrel soon spirals into a battle of egos, and an unlikely spark of romance.
In The Proposal, Chekhov delivers a fast-paced comedy of manners where love and logic are constantly undermined by petty squabbles. A marriage proposal that should be straightforward descends into a chaotic argument, showing us just how laughable and recognisable our stubbornness can be.
Part of the Persever Productions Emerging Creatives Programme
The Bald Prima Donna
by Eugene Ionesco
23 - 27 September 2025, 7:30 pm
Following its acclaimed performance at the Romanian Cultural Institute, The Bald Prima Donna returns to the London stage at Barons Court Theatre for a strictly limited run. This is a rare opportunity to experience Ionesco’s absurdist masterpiece, performed by a talented ensemble of Romanian actors now based in the UK.
Set in an ordinary suburban living room, the play unfolds through trivial conversations that spiral into nonsense, exposing the breakdown of language and logic. As communication collapses, the characters’ words become sound without meaning — disturbingly familiar in today’s world.
Directed and designed by Ema Nicola, this darkly comic production captures the disjointed rhythm of modern life, echoing the chaos first staged 75 years ago.
Space Karaoke by Ege Kucucuk
30 September - 4 October 2025, 7:30 pm
Space Karaoke is a darkly comic, emotionally raw two-hander set aboard a luxury space cruise turned lifeboat. After a meteor strike obliterates Earth, Dan, a privileged, emotionally stunted man, and Mia, a grief-worn chef craving silence, find themselves stuck together, surviving on apples, cigarettes, and forced proximity. As flashbacks reveal their wounds, the play explores reluctant intimacy in the face of extinction. They fight, confess, and collide through pain and wit, gradually discovering that connection, not survival, might be humanity’s last meaningful act.
A caustic tragicomedy about loneliness, grief, and the absurdity of being alive at the end of everything, Space Karaoke asks: when there’s no future left, can caring for someone else still give life its final purpose?
Four Sisters by Molly Spain & Anton Chekov
7 - 11 October 2025, 7:30 pm
Four girls. Trapped in a room. The tea has gone cold. The party is over. And no one is going home.
'Four Sisters' is a bold, imaginative script, using Chekhov’s heroines as its jungle gym to play off of. The project blends original text with translation to explore identity, longing, and the blurred edges of memory. Caught in a surreal space where past and present intertwine, four actors- queer, immigrants, and inner children- search for home, even when they no longer know what "home" means.
From Little Foxes Theatre Company, 'Four Sisters' is an ever evolving project bridging the gap between classic literature and contemporary theatre, and everything that binds us.
Through movement and music, this ensemble-driven piece dives into the complexities of girlhood, friendship, and the in-between spaces of being alive. Flickering between adulthood and childhood, love and resentment, wanting and contentment, Four Sisters offers a visceral exploration of what is, what was, and what might be.
13 - 31 October 2025
A celebration of dark & twisted theatre in the bleeding heart of London!
Barons Court Theatre is delighted to join forces with Old Red Lion and Bread & Roses Theatre for the biggest edition of GrimFest yet!
What better way to celebrate Halloween month than by revelling in the darkest and most twisted theatre London has to offer? So grab your tickets and come see a show or ten! We got plenty!
Grimfest 2025 is sponsored by Fangoria magazine
The Constant Cold part of GrimFest
20th and 21st October 2025 7pm
A chilling new psychological thriller that blurs the line between haunting memory and supernatural terror.
When Megan stumbles home one night convinced she’s being followed, her friends dismiss her fear as paranoia. But as the night unfolds, shadows lengthen, voices whisper, and the temperature drops. What begins as an ordinary evening between flatmates spirals into a harrowing confrontation with trauma, disbelief, and the monsters we’d rather pretend don’t exist.
Darkly funny, deeply unsettling, and unflinchingly honest, The Constant Cold explores the fragility of trust, the silencing of women’s voices, and the way the past claws its way into the present.
Is Megan losing her grip on reality—or is something unspeakable already inside the house?
25th and 26th of October as part of Grimfest.
Meg and Gem can share dreams: but Gem doesn't want to be Dreambombed anymore. Two siblings trapped in an attic play unhinged games to distract themselves from falling asleep.A hallucination filled with chaos, clowning, and copious amounts of tea.Marvel at the strange world Meg and Gem have constructed: their grip on reality slowly unravelling.
An irreverent queer clowning show created by Ruby & Tara Kearney. 18+ explicit language and adult themes.
