Golden Goose Theatre at The Golden Goose pub,

146 Camberwell New Road

Camberwell

London

SE5 0RR

Nearest tube: Oval (Northern Line)

Nearest bus stop: Vassal Road (36, 185, 436, N136)

Jo Kelen Presents:

Achilles Death of the Gods

Thurs 10th - Sat 12th April 2025

★★★★★ - Get Your Coats On

★★★★ - Broadway Baby, The Student, Dereck Awards

Fresh off its debut run in Edinburgh Fringe 2024, Achilles Death of the Gods, a reimagining of the myth of Achilles in verse, comes to the Golden Goose.

The warrior, Achilles, finds himself fighting in a war that is not his. Following a bloody and tragic sequence of events, Achilles’ lover Patroclus is killed in battle. Achilles, enveloped in an insatiable rage, inflicts unspeakable horrors on those around him.

Speaking about the script development process, Jo Kelen said: “I decided to create this work as a way to respond to and attempt to process the wars raging around us”. Indeed, the story of Achilles encapsulates how grief turns into rage and what the terrible consequences are if we, as individuals, and as a society, do not process it. Achilles believes the only way to assuage his grief over the loss of his love, is through revenge. He wants compensation. He fills the river with bodies, kills and mutilates the body of Hector. It is only when he realises that this will never give him compensation for Patroclus’ death that he stops and weeps. Watching this show is a way to process the wars going on around us at a safe distance. Achilles is not real. The story, however much Kelen has changed it, is ancient.

Achilles Death of the Gods is written, performed and produced by Jo Kelen. Jo is a poet and has recently completed her MA at the Poetry School. Achilles Death of the Gods is her first play. Jo also teaches Classics at a secondary school in South London. Achilles Death of the Gods is an amalgamation of everything she loves – poetry, storytelling and Greek mythology.

Golden Goose Comedy Events

13 April

Award-winning Stand-Up and resident MC Madeleine MacMahon (Max Turner Winner; Funny Women Semi-Finalist; as seen on BBC/Amazon) hosts an epic line-up of professional comedians at the Golden Goose, with acts from BBC’s New Comedy Awards, LGBTQ+ Comedian of the Year, Leicester Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as well as tour supports for household names such as Tom Allen.

Expect riotous laughs with chilled Sunday vibes and home in time for an early start on Monday. Or got Monday off? Stay for a beer after!

New Monthly night on Sundays here at the Golden Goose.

Endlings

Tues 15th - Thurs 17th April

1977, nuclear crisis. 2025, climate collapse. We’ve been here before.

In an act of deep hopelessness, and profound love, humanity built a time capsule of music, pictures of frogs, and a cry for help, sending it into the silence of space, aboard the Voyager probes.

Endlings is a mourning dance. An emotive physical theater piece, based on the contents of the real-life Voyager records. Five womxn, whose voices were not important enough to memorialize in space, try to cope with the love that is the only living thing left on Earth.

This is a present from a small distant world.

T. Regina Theatre Company Presents:

Scenes with girls

Tues 22nd April - Sat 5th May

Tosh and Lou. 22 scenes.

Other friends have come, got boyfriends and gone.

So what? Tosh and Lou have each other. They’ll never be like other girls.

This is love. This is enough.

Pudding Club Theatre Company Presents:

The Pillow, The Sun, And The Dinosaur

​Tues 6th - Thurs 8th May

What if memories were like butterflies that could be chased, caught, and set free again?

Step into a dazzling world, meeting BOBO and her beloved Granny when they start an extraordinary adventure transcending the boundaries of time and memory. As Alzheimer's begins to steal Granny's "past", BOBO discovers the most powerful medicine is something unexpected.

The Pillow, The Sun and The Dinosaur invites you on a magical journey where ordinary objects unlock hidden wonders, laughter surprises, and the heart remembers what the mind forgets.

Perfect for families and anyone who believes in the power of love and imagination.

Maria-Vittoria Albertini Petroni Presents:

The Last Eye Contact

In collaboration with Edge Piece First Theatre Company

Fri 9th - Sun 11th May

Having recently accepted a job offer which would take her to Paris, Elizabeth decides to have a farewell party in her flat. This attracts an uninvited guest, her ex-boyfriend Adam, who being too in love with her to let her go, ensures this is a party she would never leave. Now, she is taking ownership of her story. She is telling you her truth: from their first eye contact, to their last.

Golden Goose Theatre Presents:

Bearable Sequence

by Léona McClay

Tues 13th - Thurs 15th May

“Why is it important that we tell each other’s stories?”

None of them have chosen to be here. None of them know what awaits them when their “training” is over. All they know is, they can’t say no.

Each of the participants grapple with fading memories, authoritarian rule and gruelling physical and emotional conditioning. We see them moving through this cruel sequence until some begin to ask forbidden questions: Why is this happening? What if I don’t want to? Who am I? 

Brave defiance exposes the answers, making it impossible to return to order.

Oneness Productions Presents:

Love to Love

Fri 23rd - Sat 24th May

We all love to love, right? But what about when the pressure to be in love is so high, and yet a corresponding result so low. Why do we still try? With all the apps and random encounters, meeting that person seems impossible.

What if there was an AI dating show that could match you with your perfect partner? No more swiping, no more replying, no more hoping they look like their photos. Just face to face, in a room, for the world to watch.

But perhaps what we want, and what we need, are two different things.

What if what we actually wanted was in front of us all along, we’ve just been taught to look past it?