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Comedy Now UK presents
PRESCRIPTION: MURDER
by William Link and Richard Levinson
Directed by Mimi Newby
2 - 6 December
Flemming is a brilliant psychiatrist who thinks he has committed the perfect murder against his wife until he meets Lieutenant Columbo who needs to tie up all the loose ends. See the play that inspired the legendary TV series. Murder, cigars and just one more thing…
Cast
Dr. Roy Flemming………..Max Norman
Claire Flemming………….Mimi Newby
Susan Hudson……………Ana Cilas
Miss Petrie………………..Aidan Morris
Lieutenant Columbo……..Manos Koutsis
Dave Gordon……………..James Andrews
Entre Mina y Malevo
La Luz que Queda (The Light that remains)
7 December
La Luz que Queda (The Light that remains) is an Argentine work that blurs the lines between theatre, tango, and poetry.
Set in a space suspended between memory and presence, it explores how love, once lived, never truly disappears: it transforms, leaving a light that remains.
Through dance, live performance, and poetic monologues, the piece invites the audience into an intimate dialogue about memory, loss, and the traces that stay within us after every encounter.
Created and performed by Entre Mina y Malevo, this show combines the emotional depth of tango with contemporary scenic language — where every gesture, silence, and look becomes part of a living poem.
Poor Penny Productions Presents
You Killed My Cat
8 & 9 December
written by Morgane Rogers, directed by Morgane Rogers & Jack Charlton Nevitt
Mary has gone slightly mad in the week her cat has been missing- so when Max, a complete stranger, shows up to her door with part of her cat in a bin bag, things take a turn. ‘You Killed My Cat’ is a dark comedy about what happens when politeness collides with violence, panic and pure absurdity.
James Murphy Presents
Crimbo Crimbo Crimbo: A Christmas Comedy Extravaganza!
9 December
Come and get festive as a selection of London’s most exciting comedy talent offer Christmassy comedy of all kinds!
A Christmas dinner you’ll never forget, a seasonal technological breakthrough, and a whole heap of red hot comedy which may or may not be linked to Christmas - things are going to get seriously jolly.
From character comedy and stand-up, to irreverent gameshow fun and prizes, this off-the-wall comedic variety show is not one to be missed.
The Defectors Presents
A Christmas Pub Quiz!
10 December
in The John Burn's Room at The Bread and Roses pub!
The Defectors are taking another trip down the chimney (stairs) to the Bread & Roses pub for another epic pub quiz...this time with a Christmas twist!
Come and be merry and/or bright with our very own Father Quizmas James Darby, as he cooks up a quiz with more rounds than a Christmas dinner and more twists and turns than an Eastenders Xmas Special. Prepare for him to be equal parts naughty and nice, and rest assured he'll be checking those scores twice!
Assemble 3 of your wisest men (or non-men) and compete for some festive treats!
Cyborphic Presents
Odysseus, Not Your Hero
11 & 13 December
Greek warrior-king Odysseus is on the way home after the Trojan war. But his questionable methods have upset Poseidon, the God of the Sea. The God captures Odysseus and challenges him to a series of games - from cooking for a cannibal Cyclops to resisting the song of Siren influencers. The games will determine the hero's worth and whether he deserves to make it home safe. Who is the real hero of the Odyssey, the king or the people?
A new comedy adaptation by a Greek writer, "Odysseus, Not Your Hero" blends theatre and role-playing to ask questions about pride, complicity, and the parasocial relationship we have with our heroes - and the heroes of others! The audience are invited to participate as Odysseus' crew and help determine the fate of the king and of his kingdom.
Quotes
“The play juggles incisive and intelligent commentary with silly gags and personable audience interaction, cunningly shaking up the story of Odysseus that many cultures and corporations have reduced and repackaged for global mass consumption.” - Eden, Theatremaker
“a whirlwind of characters and stories bound together in an informal manner which makes it perfect for an audience of today.” - Richard Lambert, Theatrereviews.design
Presented as part of Talos V Science Fiction Theatre Festival
Intrapology presents
Assigned Earth at Birth
11 & 12 December
Intrapology is about how people make worlds together, and the cataclysmic social fragmentation that threatens to unmake them. It is a series of online interactive performances focused on video calls between alien anthropologists and their supervisors. The audience collectively shapes the story through multiple choice voting and free text entry.
Audience praise:
- "This kicks ass, what a wild and interesting format. The procedural monologues!”
- “Really something special. I've never seen anything like it, and that's nice; but beyond the sorta 'novelty' or 'innovation'-type lens is just the fact that the storyworld and content is really good.”
- "could not only empower anybody marginalised by a majority that tries to control the narrative on our lives [...] but might also help to confront fatalism, nihilism, and passivity."
Presented as part of Talos V Science Fiction Theatre Festival
Babel Beast
12 & 13 December
Babel Beast, the experimental cabaret of Ancient Greek monstresses, is back, and more monstrous than ever! From burlesque to stand-up-comedy to acts with a bit more bite, Mount Olympus' hottest new solo show presents Ancient women caught in the swells of hybridity. Sofia Natoli is captivating as the sole performer in her theatrical exploration of multiculturalism and her experiences (un)belonging in between cultural spaces. Cabaret lovers and Greek myth fanatics alike are invited to a night of strange, seductive encounters.
Audience reviews:
“Babel Beast tows the line between charming and menacing. A thought-provoking cabaret that catapults you into her mind”
“Sofia hosts a wonderful romp”
“Fun and freaky - I’ve never seen anything like this before”
Cyborphic presents
The Failure of the Century (WIP)
13 December
by Nick Mamatas
H. P. Lovecraft is dying to write. But the controversial horror writer cannot bring himself to finish his magnum opus, "The Shadow Out of Time", and it’s eating away at his stomach. Then over one long and shadowy Christmas night, Lovecraft receives three visitors at his tiny Rhode Island bedsit—his younger colleague Frank Belknap Long; then his estranged wife Sonia Greene; and finally the Crawling Chaos himself – the witch-cult king, the pharaonic Outer God, Nyarlathotep!
“The Failure of the Century", a blend of Lovecraftian Horror & A Christmas Carol, is the first play by award-winning Greek American writer & Hugo-award nominated editor Nick Mamatas. Nick is the author of instant cult classic Move Under Ground and the Lovecraftian murder mystery I Am Providence. His latest novel, Kalivas! Or, Another Tempest, is an anticolonial sci-fi revision of Shakespeare’s play.
Presented as part of Talos V Science Fiction Theatre Festival
Goblin Futures present
Occasionally Gleeful Worms in Hell
13 December
PALESTINE BENEFIT EDITION
Come listen to the beautiful and alarming song of the occasionally gleeful worms. Worms live in the retrofuturistic city, where they hold down jobs, but the jobs won’t hold them down for long. Soon, they will be reborn as other things, not all of them worms. For now, they will play games, not necessarily happy ones, and do their best to heal the ancestral curse of the land (very difficult). Featuring their friends, among whom are Uncle Phil and the Orcs at your local union. You, too, can be a worm. They are within you, and they love you.
Poetry and prose reading including a Twine being played interactively with the audience. All income from ticket sales will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians: https://www.map.org.uk/
Presented as part of Talos V Science Fiction Theatre Festival with proceeds donated to charity.
Poppy Conway for Car Crash Productions presents
Throbbin' Hood
16 - 20 Dec
written by Jack McCann, directed by Javi Bone
Join us for a festive escapade through the forest with the adult panto of Robin Hood. Throbbin’ Hood is our local hero. Like the Green party he believes in taking from the rich and giving to the poor, also like the greens he spends much of his time hugging trees and fighting with someone who hates him. Along his way his merry band of men forms, with Little John (the lovable neighbourhood idiot) and Maid Marion, but will the trio manage to defeat the evils of the Sheriff of Bottoming?
The Bread & Roses Theatre: WINTER SOCIAL - NETWORKING
WINTER SOCIAL - NETWORKING EVENT
17th December from 6:30pm - 9:30pm
You’ve worked hard all year, now it’s time to celebrate!
Join us at The Bread & Roses Pub (Garden Room) for our Winter Social & Networking Night - part festive party, part creative catch-up, part networking.
Think of it as the freelancers’ office Christmas party and a chance to toast the year with fellow theatre-makers, artists, and friends of The Bread & Roses Theatre.
Whether you’ve worked with us this year, been part of The Lambeth Fringe, or are just curious about getting involved, come hang out, meet the team, and hear about upcoming opportunities for 2026.
Free to attend but space is limited, so book your spot!
Secret Handshake Theatre Presents
Just Jasmine and Jackson Forever
21 & 22 December
by Saul Kenrick & Alasdair Lindsay, directed by Alasdair Lindsay
JACKSON AND JASMINE ARE DEAD. Forced into an afterlife with nothing but each other, two apathetic influencers must fend off boredom forever.
Risk The Biscuit Theatre Presents
OFF - ICE
22 - 24 January 2026
by Lewis Williams, directed by Jasmine Silk
Meet Scott, a Welsh office worker in his late 20s as he goes into work at his washing machine company on the last day on Earth.
Follow him as he questions his deepest insecurities, the toxic landscape of corporate life and how can we truly be happy.
"OFF - ICE" is a solo physical theatre comedy show tackling themes of men's mental health, office culture and climate change.
This show adopts a improvised structure meaning you (the audience) are Scott's management and have the power to decide what you see. As time ticks down the line between Scott's work world and his inner world becomes more and more blurred, creating a dreamlike world brought to life with music, projection, movement, and (hopefully) some comedy.
