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by Emeka Agada
directed by Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller
28 April - 16 May
The Last Black Messiah is a fierce, gripping drama about revolution, identity and justice.
Set in early 90s America, Black revolutionary leader and former Howard University professor, Dr. Oko awaits execution when he receives a surprise visit from his former student Asante, now a journalist.
As their reunion unfolds, history, past choices, and the weight of the country collide, igniting a confrontation that could change the legacy of Dr. Oko. This intense, thought-provoking story will leave you questioning everything you believe.
Emeka Agada is an award-nominated actor, writer. and a recent graduate of the Guildford School of Acting. He captured global attention for his viral appearance in the hit action series, Reacher (Amazon Prime), where he worked with BAFTA – nominated director Vincent Thomas. He gained critical praise for his role as Dillion James in Nurses (Global/NBC), which he received an ACTRA Award nomination for Outstanding Performance. His other screen credits include The Fortunate Ones (Vera Pictures) and Ransom (CBS). Theatre credits: The Life and Death of Martin Luther King (TNT/ADGE) and The Midnight Caller (BBP).
Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller is a director, actor and published playwright. His work has been nominated for the George Devine Award and the BBC Writersroom Popcorn Award, showcased by the West End’s Criterion Theatre, awarded a top prize as a writer-performer at South of the River Pictures and SISTER Global’s Screenshot, and listed among the Best Theatre of the Year by The British Blacklist. He has directed more than 30 productions, including the UK premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winner James Ijames’ White. His plays In Everglade Studio, Port City Signature, and Press are published by Methuen Drama.
by Charles Dickens
adapted and directed by Liz Love
presented by VandL Productions
19 - 23 May
A Tale of Two Cities is set in a time of uncertainty, injustice and violence.
Dickens’ classic tale follows the lives of British and French subjects, whose fates become knitted together by bonds of love and hate, driven by the seismic social changes around them.
After being falsely imprisoned in the Bastille for 18 years, Doctor Manette is released to the care of his daughter, Lucie. On their return to London, a fateful encounter with a young Charles Darnay leads to being witnesses in a court case on which his life depends. The case, defended by the enigmatic Sydney Carton, begins a sequence of entanglements of the heart.
Meanwhile in Paris, Madame Defarge and her husband battle the oppression from the aristocracy, having suffered unimaginable cruelty at the hands of the wicked Marquis d’Evremonde.
As the French Revolution culminates, both British and French find themselves dragged to Paris and the fury it has unleashed. All in the shadow of the looming guillotine.
Who will survive? Who will be held accountable? How easy is it to forgive? And what will they sacrifice for love?’
by Cerys Duffy
directed by Andy McLeod
presented by Open Handed Theatre
2 - 6 June
“Do you know what it’s like to be a meme?”
The news is in and you are trans.
In You’ve Gone Quiet, you play Beth. A struggling journalist whose best friend demands that she helps her get pregnant. But when Beth turns that into an article, the breaking news breaks her right back.
Writer Cerys Duffy and Director Andy McLeod bring a fierce, funny, and heartfelt story that tackles the media head-on. Told in second person, you’ll be put directly in Beth’s shoes. You’ll experience everything as a trans woman in 2026 – including being silenced.
Created by Open Handed Theatre, a Brighton-based company using stories to transform the suppressed into the spectacular.
This production is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Press for previous productions
‘An entertaining, thrilling and moving tale.’ ★★★★ Broadway Baby on Cerys Duffy’s A Trans Fairy Tale
‘Every now and then, you go to see something entirely new, and are absolutely blown away by it. Immaterial on Cery Duffy’s Before The World Ends
Writer and Lyricist Tom Watson
Composer Sam Wells
Directed by Hannah Lochhead
Presented by Planet Sin Productions
9 - 13 June
Nick and Charlie have procrastinated their 20s away, rotting on the sofa and ghosting everyone else in their lives until the day they receive some shocking news about their old friend, Jamie.
Determined to honour Jamie’s memory, the boys decide to do something radical. Something that terrifies them… exercise.
What begins as a reluctant challenge becomes a test of friendship and willpower (or lack thereof). 10k? Jog On! is a buddy comedy musical about the world of fitness and masculinity with a little bit of showbiz pizazz added to really get the blood pumping.
After a successful debut at the Camden Fringe in 2025, 10k? Jog On! returns for a limited London run with fresh production and original songs.
PLANET SIN PRODUCTIONS has been creating original theatre and films since 2014 including the shows A Spoonful of Sugar, Cam Girl the Play and The Tragedy of Miss Julius Caesar.
www.planetsinpictures.com
Conceived and developed by Abigail Killeen
Written by Rose Courtney
Adapted from the short story by Isak Dinesen
Presented by The Dulwich Players
It is 1871 and Babette has fled for her life, as a refugee from the violent uprisings in Paris. She arrives, destitute, on the doorstep of two devout sisters in a remote part of Norway.
But Babette is more than she seems. And the impact of her arrival on the people who take her in and the local community turns out to be transformative, both for them and for herself.
If Scandi Noir has left you bleak, come and be uplifted by a timeless tale of love and loss and laughter – and the triumph of the human spirit among the fjords.
Produced by special arrangement with the DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. of Woodstock Illinois
The Dulwich Players is a leading amateur theatre group based in Dulwich, South East London.
written and performed by Shilpa Varma
directed by Frances Bodiam
presented by Footfalls Theatre Company
Woman Business is a bold and intimate one-woman play about identity, belonging, and what it means to be a brown woman. A story of what we inherit, what we outgrow, and what we finally claim as our own.
The play follows Diya – a woman shaped by inherited rituals and the expectations placed upon her as she moves between cultures, roles and generations of memory.
Diya has spent her life carrying the traditions and expectations passed down through the women before her. Through childhood prayers, marriage, migration, grief and myth, she begins to unravel the many versions of herself – daughter, wife, widow, believer, rebel… goddess.
As the stories of her foremothers echo through her own life, Diya confronts the roles she has been taught to play. With humour, tenderness and raw honesty, it asks a simple but urgent question: what happens when a woman finally begins to speak in her own voice?
