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2 Bath Road
London
W4 1LW
A minute’s walk from Turnham Green tube station (district line). Just leave the station and turn right. The Theatre has its own entrance in the Tabard pub’s beer garden.
The 94 Bus from the West End, Notting Hill and Shepherd’s Bush stops outside our front door. Other buses stopping nearby are the 27, 267, 237, 391, E3 and H91.
There is free parking on The Avenue after 6.30pm.
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6 May - 6 Jun 2026
Musical
All aboard for a swashbuckling evening of music, mischief, and maritime mayhem!
After the critically acclaimed run of The Mikado at the Tabard Theatre, the same creative team return with H.M.S. Pinafore, Gilbert & Sullivan’s timeless comic opera about love, class, and life on the high seas.
Josephine, the captain’s daughter, is in love with the humble sailor Ralph Rackstraw. But social class and parental expectations stand in their way, while the scheming Sir Joseph adds a generous dose of comic confusion. With mistaken identities, secret proposals, and plenty of high-seas hijinks, this operetta is full of laughter, romance, and unforgettable tunes.
Sophie Duker and Cecily Hitchcock (Work in Progress)
1 Jun 2026
Stand Up Comedy
Our Work in Progress series is your chance to see top comedians testing brand new material in an intimate, unpredictable setting. From household names refining their next tour to rising stars shaping breakout shows, expect fresh routines, bold ideas and big laughs. Catch tomorrow’s comedy today.
Acts correct at time of publishing, but may be subject to change.
Sophie Duker - This IS a drill! The eldest daughter of UK comedy is back trialling her spiciest material to date. Join Taskmaster champion and panel show princess Sophie Duker as she tests out scandalous new jokes for her 2026/27 epic. Sixty minutes. Strap in.
Cecily Hitchcock is a comedy siren and crowd enchantress. In her debut hour she revisits childhood in early-2000s Britain - when the financial crash hummed in the background and life was noisy and confusing. Seen through a child’s lens trying to make sense and silliness out of it all, everyday figures became unlikely idols, familiar scenes twisted into epic dramas, and the ordinary warped into something absurd. A surreal, funny ride through the strangest years of growing up.
“Outstanding” – The Independent
“Hot” – Katherine Ryan
“Weirdly original and originally weird” – Mitch Benn
Garrett Millerick and Bilal Zafar (Work in Progress)
15 Jun 2026
Stand Up Comedy
Our Work in Progress series is your chance to see top comedians testing brand new material in an intimate, unpredictable setting. From household names refining their next tour to rising stars shaping breakout shows, expect fresh routines, bold ideas and big laughs. Catch tomorrow’s comedy today.
Acts correct at time of publishing, but may be subject to change.
Garrett Millerick: We Tried it Your Way (Work in Progress) Garrett has spent the last year trying every self-help trend going. Healthier but not happier, he has some feedback for the influencers. Creator and star of BBC R4’s hit new comedy Do Gooders brings his ‘Big Hitting
10 - 27 Jun 2026
Drama
From the author and creative team behind the Tabard’s smash hit The Business of Murder comes Dead Guilty.
Julia, a graphic designer is badly injured in a car crash when her employer John Haddrell suffers a fatal heart attack at the wheel. Housebound and fragile in both mind and body, she cuts herself off from friends and colleagues and instead depends on the two people she has persuaded herself she can trust. But can she?
Dead Guilty is written by Richard Harris whose thriller/detective television credits include A Touch Of Frost, The Sweeney, The Avengers and The Last Detective. He has written such stage plays as Stepping Out and Outside Edge, both of which earned The Evening Standard Award. He also wrote the West End hit The Business of Murder which enjoyed a successful revival at the Tabard Theatre in 2024.
‘a gripping and thoroughly entertaining evening’
Chiswick Calendar on The Business of Murder at the Tabard
28 Jun 2026
Spoken Word
Join us at the Tabard where we welcome Crime Viral’s sell out UK serial killer tour.
Research psychologist and psychopathy expert Cheish Merryweather will be bringing to the stage for the very first time – MURDER:STAGED.
Did you know that 90% of people believe they can get away with murder – are you one of them? There will be a live psychopath test on the night to find out!
The ‘CSI effect’ has created a new type of killer – one that is forensically aware and is out to mislead an investigation. This evening will explore the lies embedded in crime scenes and share the expertise from those who dig deep for the truth. You will investigate the six types of stagers: The Planner, The Creator, The Cleaner, The Concealer, The Fabricator and The Inflictor.
Featuring forensics, reconstructed real-life crime scene walk-throughs and a deep dive into cases that have not been seen on stage live before. This is an unmissable evening for any true crime fan.
Blonde Poison / Rika’s Rooms 1st - 25th July 2026 Two one act plays by Gail Louw
A double bill of all-female solo shows by the internationally acclaimed, award-winning, South African born, British-Jewish playwright Gail Louw. BLONDE POISON – performed by South Africa’s Fleur de Cap award-winning actress Fiona Ramsay, and RIKA’S ROOMS – performed by award-winning actress (Best Actor London Pub Theatre Awards 2025), Emma Wilkinson Wright.
RIKA’S ROOMS. Gail Louw explores the experiences of an ordinary woman dealing with intense love and loss during extraordinary times. Moving from Nazi Germany to Palestine, to Apartheid South Africa, Rika becomes a victim of war and a freedom fighter. But instead of committing herself to the cause, she decides to live the good life. Now aged 76 and living with dementia in England, Rika inhabits two worlds: the present which makes no sense any more, and the past, peopled by ghosts. Memory isn’t always a reliable narrator.
BLONDE POISON. Gail Louw’s powerful play examines the motivation of evil. Stella Goldschlag was living illegally in war-torn Berlin when she herself was betrayed and tortured. When offered the chance of saving herself and her parents from the death camps, she agreed to be a Greifer for the Gestapo and inform on Jews in hiding. She was given the name Blonde Poison by the Gestapo who revelled in her treachery. Decades after the war Stella agrees to be interviewed by a well-respected journalist – her last chance for redemption. Can she ever be released from her past? Winner of an Argus Angel Award for artistic excellence (Brighton Festival 2012).
Smile: The Charlie Chaplin Story
29 July - 1 August 2026
Created and performed by Marcel Cole
He was America’s darling, he was the most famous man in the world… and then he was exiled.
This is the story of the Little Tramp and the man who created him. You will laugh, you will cry, you will be on the edge of your seat… and then you will fall off!
Created and performed by Marcel Cole, the sell out hit of the Edinburgh Fringe 2024 comes to the Tabard Theatre for five performances prior to its triumphant return to the Edinburgh Fringe this year.
The show has since perfomed on three continents, won ten festival awards, received ten five-star reviews and entertained literally thousands of people all around the world. Book now for this extraordinary show!
