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fiftysixty & Thrust present

MISSING LANE MARKERS ON THE A47

7 - 18 Jan 2025

written and directed by Toby Moran Mylett

“If I wait here, the world stands still. Not the actual world, that would be ridiculous.” 

Strangers along an anonymous road in the East Anglian countryside are thrown together by unusual circumstances involving roadworks and a pet iguana named Gloria. 

When G crashes into a hedge somewhere in Norfolk, and Ted puts his all into looking after his ex-girlfriend’s reptile companion, neither could possibly foresee the bizarre and incredibly tenuous effects they'll have on other people dotted along this rural trunk route with nothing much going for it. 

Toby Moran Mylett's new play is about the peculiarities of country life, the experience of being an outsider and the invisible lines that connect our experiences. Following previews in 2023 at Camden People's Theatre, fiftysixty and Thrust bring this dryly funny and moving take on modern loneliness to audiences in South London.

Running Time: 60mins approx, no interval

Bread & Proses Playwrights’ Showcase: Mirrors

 12th & 13th January at 7pm

We are excited to introduce our first ever Playwrights’ Showcase! 

The showcase is the culmination of our brand-new Bread & Proses Playwriting course, which ran for 8 weeks throughout October and November.
During this time, our writers worked collaboratively with our Literary Associate, Seb Porter, to study the craft of playwriting, engage in writing exercises and explore pushing the boundaries of their ideas through discussion and experimentation. 

Not only this, but they each also began writing a new play! Our writers were given a shared theme around which they were asked to base a completely new 10-15-minute work, putting into practice everything they had been learning along the way.

Now, we are excited to share the resulting 11 pieces with you all across these two nights of incredible new writing! So come and join us – discover what we’ve been working on…

TOP PICK

Jack Goes to Therapy: A (Somewhat) Romantic Comedy

20 - 22 January

written and performed by Zac Williams

The critically acclaimed Edinburgh Fringe show makes its London debut! Jack is a 29-year-old Kindergarten teacher and a hopeless romantic.  When a spontaneous threesome goes awry, Jack’s boyfriend leaves him for the other man. Heartbroken, and determined to find happiness by sheer willpower alone, Jack re-enters the dating world with a vengeance. Dating new men left, right and centre, Jack soon spirals out of control and finds himself in a therapist's office wondering, 'what now?’ Jack Goes to Therapy is a one-man play about love, heartbreak, and everything in between.

“Abundant - and winning - warmth and compassion” - The Scotsman

"A moving and funny one-man tale featuring many characters and perfect delivery" - The List

Pleasure Island: G marks the Spot!

20 - 22 January

produced by Bampot & Dafty and Car Crash Productions

written by Brian Maitland, directed by Tom Sergeant

It’s adult panto time again! Oh yes it is… Join Jim Cockings, Wank*rbell and the Butt Pirates on a voyage of naughty fun to fulfil their quest to find ‘The Golden Cl*t’. With zany, dirty skits, whacky moments and some great tunes to vibe with - will Jim find the cl*t? Or will Long Dong Silvery deny him from reaching his climax? 

Does My Fanny Look Big in This?

23 - 25 January

written and performed by Eleanor May Blackburn

with dramaturgical support from Grace Gummer at Sheffield Theatres 

Have you ever been riding a homosapien and asked (internally) 'omg am I squashing this person like a double decker bus?'? Or stumbled mentally upon, 'please lord, let me have shaved my nipples'? (free the hairy nips.) That right there is sex anxiety, but not the kind where you can’t get interested in sex- just the kind where you’re afraid they’ll be offended by the smell of your fanny. Join Ellie as she navigates a class of 30 adolescents asking her anything about sex; and what happens when they go home?

Does My Fanny Look Big in This? Tackles sex education, validates sexual anxiety, and deals with sexual trauma while answering questions you’ve always been a little too embarrassed to ask. Let’s explore the sexual world through spoken word, uncomfortable noises, an inflatable sex doll, (bad) singing, anxiety and a limerick.

The Defectors Present:

Rosebuds: A Comedy Festival

28 January - 2 February

Rosebuds is the brand new comedy festival hitting Clapham! Preen away those thorny January blues with six delightful days of the best budding alternative comedians in town. Forage through a carefully curated arrangement of over twenty acts, hand-picked by The Defectors, as they take over The Bread & Roses Theatre featuring clowning, musical comedy, and even a one-man-mockumentary, you can rest assured Rosebuds has something for everyone!

The Defectors are Harrison Cole, Daniel Hemsley and James Darby. An associate company of The Bread & Roses Theatre, they collaborate with like-minded artists to create fresh, punchy comedy that is open to anything and anyone, especially through their regular Scratch 'n' Sniff comedy-variety nights.

Praise for The Defectors’ own Defective Inspector shows:

‘A truly joyous show, the kind that you just feel better for going to see’

★★★★ The Wee Review

★★★★.5 Lexical Lunacy ★★★★ Fernyhough Arts Review ★★★★ The Smu Reviews

★★★★ Everything Theatre ★★★★ Lost in Theatreland ★★★★ Fringe Biscuit



LEECH Productions in association with T Brown Productions present

LEECH!

4 - 6 February

written by Izzie Harding-Perrott, directed by Poppy Maxwell

Who brings a sheep to a party? Are there any lesbians living outside the M25? Could a seagull carry a pug? Join country bumpkin and ex-Cambridge Footlight Izzie for their solo comedy hour, LEECH!. A show about rurality, queerness, not letting the bastards get you down, the wonders of walking, the horrors of networking, growing up, moving on, coming back, tractors, trees, and twits. 

LEECH! Is a fresh new comedy about rural life and city survival from Izzie Harding-Perrott. Blending stand-up, sketch comedy, and classic one-man-show storytelling, LEECH! will have you in stitches and tears, and walking away with a newfound knowledge and appreciation of tractors.

Izzie Harding-Perrott is a writer/performer, comedian and actor from East Devon, now based in London. An ex-Cambridge Footlight, they use their interesting but pointless degree in Medieval Literature to tell stories about rural life, folk, community, and mystery. [Sketch-Off Quarter Finalist, Shortlisted for Channel 4 Regional Writers 2024, Pentabus Young Writer 2024]

Review

'There was never a dull moment' ★★★★ . 5

Featherweight Theatre Scratch Night

16 February 7pm

directed by Lauren Stones

Featherweight Theatre are proud to present their first scratch night of 2025, bursting at the seams with original work for you to enjoy. 

LynchPin Theatre Company presents

The Vegan Tigress

18 Feb - 1 Mar

written by Claire Parker, directed by Tracy Collier

A 19th century feminist fairytale writer accidentally summons a ghost. The spirit is the highly-offended mother of the lover the writer spurned years before. The opposing worlds of free spirits and corsets collide... 

Claire Parker’s new play shines a light on Mary De Morgan, a writer, a woman of independent means, a socialist and an activist. Mary wrote several volumes of fairy tales, tearing up the rule book on expected outcomes for boys, girls and happy ever afters.

She grew up amongst artists and activists in a circle of free-thinking Pre-Raphaelites and was well acquainted with the families of William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones, Rudyard Kipling and the Rossettis and would frequently read her stories to their children.

The play celebrates the art and act of storytelling. One of De Morgan’s fantastical tales is woven into this witty reimagining of the moment a formidable ghost from Mary’s past forces her to re-evaluate her own story as she finds herself on the cusp of a life-changing journey

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