WHAT'S ON at THE BREAD AND ROSES
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Tales of a Jane Austen Spinster
Wanderess Mermaid Productions present
Tales of a Jane Austen Spinster
written and performed by Alexandra Jorgensen
6 & 7 July
When a Jane Austen heroine, unlucky in love, finds herself thrown into the modern world of dating, she must set aside her customs and expectations to brave this new world of courtship. But the unsolicited pictures and lack of chivalry may be all too much for her! Will she persevere for a chance to take charge of her own story and find love or retreat back into the safety of her pages?
Reviews:
5 stars: “a triumph for solo theatre, proving just how delightful, moving and hysterically funny it can be” - The Student
4 stars: “an amusing concept, continuouslycharming and very funny."- Broadway World
The Godless War
8 - 12 July
written and produced by Arif Silverman
directed by Kazeem Akinsanya and Neha Hemachandra
In The Godless War, a fictional nation's sole survivor brings the sweeping history of his felled land into striking clarity. Audiences are invited into a world of epic battles, homeric journeys, passionate romance, and gorgeous poetry, all brought to life by a single performer.
Over the course of seventy five minutes, our nameless storyteller weaves a tale brimming with excitement, mystery, and devastation. Beliefs are challenged, wars are waged, and secrets are revealed in a complex portrayal of a culture on the brink of extinction, and the futility of the violence that brought it there.
Written in Shakespearean verse, The Godless War brings audiences face to face with humankind's storied history of war, compelling them to ask the question - does war have to be a part of who we are?
★★★★ 'A one-man tour-de force' -Salterton Arts Review
★★★★ 'A powerful, relevant story' -Everything Theatre
Temporal Horizons Productions present
A Man Calling Himself Coriolanus (A Work-In-Progress Performance) Written & directed by Harry Fitzpatrick (Based on William Shakespeare's Coriolanus)
13th & 14th July 2025
Temporal Horizons Productions is offering audiences in Clapham, London on the 13th and 14th July a taster for a new work-in-progress they are developing...
A play that looks at a group of actors in a cell in a not too distant future putting on the Shakespeare play THE TRAGEDY OF CORIOLANUS, a story dealing with themes of tyranny, masculinity, democracy and the inherent power within the common people! Only trouble is much of the play's being lost to time, so they've got to come up with new scenes and put what remains back together in the way they understand and potentially get those watching to assist!
Expect drama, audience participation, verse, prose, class struggles, those given the chance to do Shakespeare when many times their voices aren't heard in major productions in this rehearsed reading and you will have a chance to help us in shaping the development of the work!
Cast:
Arden Fitzroy (They/Them)
Unseen Theatre Present
Outing written & directed by L. T. Hewitt
15, 24 & 25 July
Jamie's girlfriend is expecting a proposal. His best friend's expecting him to come out as gay. One way or another, the truth will out...
After their successful debut with Slush Pile ★★★★(WestEndBestFriend.co.uk) – Unseen Theatre returns with a heartfelt comedy about sexuality, friendship and secrets. Outing explores the confusing grey area between friendship and romance, love and longing, truth and lies, tackling what it means to be queer, straight and completely and utterly confused.
Join Jamie, Ella and Adam for a fun-filled five years in 50 minutes – an Outing you'll never forget!
Pansy Productions present
The Sentimental Value of a Half-Eaten Biscuit and the Psychological Ramifications of a Lost Hair Tie by Siân Kayleigh, directed by Laura Price
17 - 19 July
Half eaten biscuit is what happens when you give a neurodiverse queer a to-do list and a bottle of wine. Oakley just wants to clean their room—but instead finds themselves deep in conversation with a pile of socks, re-enacting their seven-second childhood romance, and questioning whether their eyeliner has spiritual beef with them.
There’s laundry, there’s dancing, there’s identity crisis via old concert tickets. It’s like if Marie Kondo met a breakdown and they did a fringe show together.
It’s chaotic, deeply relatable, and probably illegal in some emotional jurisdictions. Bring snacks. And tissues. And maybe a bin bag.
Schoolhouse Productions presents
I’m Sexy and I Know It
written by Anna Friend, directed by Adam Elms
20 - 21 July
Anna Friend, award-winning queer theatre maker brings her sell-out 5* show to London.
Anna is Sexy. And she knows it.
...Or is she?
What she does know is that she’s had enough of trying to live up to the world’s standards. She's ready to break free and take back control of her life, and she’s inviting you to join her.
Through heartfelt comedy, 80’s nostalgia and a banging soundtrack, come and experience Anna’s journey of self-discovery. Along the way, she’ll make you laugh, cry and boogie as she recounts the struggles of growing up, coming out and facing the haters.
Reviews:
★★★★★“Everyone should watch this show. And I mean everyone.” – North Westend
★★★★“Anna’s storytelling is immediate and gripping... Her seamless transitions from reflective moments to bursts of humour not only entertain but resonate deeply” - Stagetalk Magazine
New Stagers presents
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
written by William Shakespeare, adapted and directed by Alice Collins
22 - 23 July
A Midsummer Night’s Dream as you’ve never seen it before. Shakespeare’s classic is transported to the set of your favourite reality TV dating show.
In this summer’s Athenian villa, a bombshell has been dropped: the public have voted to split up the hottest couple in the game.
Behind the scenes there’s dissent amongst the crew with the presenters’ stormy relationship on the rocks and the producers picking sides.
Into this firepit of feelings and factions, the producers break their boundaries and introduce their own brand of magic that will see more sparks fly than your typical return from Casa Amor.
Prompt Productions present
Loos Loos
by Ella Thornburn and Grace Boag-Matthews, directed by Maya Calcraft
28 July
Some things can’t just be wiped away…
Freya and Lou are seventeen and share everything - body spray, teachers’ green-biroed exasperations, their awkwardly navigated sexuality. Loos Loos spotlights a few tumultuous weeks of their friendship. Set entirely in the toilets of their ordinary school where they feel safe to be themselves, reigning as the ‘Cistern Sisters’, they attempt to bar the entry of darker outside reality. This unflinching portrayal of adolescence is intense and funny, rude and raw. There is a party and an assault. The friends struggle to bridge the gap between experience and understanding - how can you confront assault and revenge porn before you have the language to name it?
I Guess We Will Just Start Over
The Bread & Roses Theatre
Beauty and Terror Theatre present
I Guess We Will Just Start Over
1 & 2 August
written by Megan Farquhar, directed by Evie Kerr
We didn’t heed the warnings, we didn’t slow down, and now the world has turned to ash and rubble. Safe in her bunker, Martha is able to keep her family going. Because she was sensible, and that is what is needed to survive. But hidden away in boxes and tucked under supplies, are the final (utterly useless) belongings of her mother – classical CDs, a crochet kit and some hand-written poems. As we see life attempting to find its feet again in the world outside, these objects are found, used and retold, as generation pass by and try to find some meaning.I Guess We Will Just Start Over is a funny and sensitive look at how we relate to art, each other and our histories - and what we might do if we needed to start all over again.
Beauty and Terror Theatre present
The Great Pies of Denby Dale
17 & 18 August
written by Bryn Walker and Megan Farquhar, directed by Evie Kerr
'A pie is a meal in a briefcase’
'Where on earth did you hear that!?’
Dot and George, two strange and timeless pie makers, wait by the oven. This might take some time. These two have seen it all, right back to the early glimmers of pie, stayed with it through its terrible ‘coffyn’ era, and basked in its glory at the feasting tables of Kings and Queens. But the looming question is: what’s next? What do you do after you’ve achieved greatness? Well, when the small village of Denby Dale in Yorkshire decide to make a series of the biggest pies the world has ever seen, Dot and George see their chance. Greatness is in their grasp once more – that is, as long as they don’t seriously mess it up!
