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WINNER PUB THEATRE OF THE YEAR 2025
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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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Edinburgh Comedy Previews 15 June to 3 August Avalon Comedy and Off The Kerb
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.
All tickets £14 – click on links below to book
13th July 7.30pm – Sara Barron and Rory Cargill
14th July 7.30pm – Dane Buckley and Rosie Jones
20th July 7.30pm – Huge Davies and Katie Norris
21st July 7.30pm – Lindsey Santoro and Rhys James
3rd August 7.30pm – Mark Steel and Limahl Germain
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.
Rika’s Rooms 1st - 25th July 2026 A one act play by Gail Louw
A Oxia Theatre Production
A female solo show by the internationally acclaimed, award-winning, South African born, British-Jewish playwright Gail Louw. 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.
The Piaf Story Sunday 5 July 2:30pm Performed by Susan Black
The Piaf Story is a musical storytelling evening about the life of Edith Piaf
From humble beginnings as a child brought up in abject poverty to her precarious adolescent lifestyle as a street singer from where she is discovered by an upmarket night club owner who is the catalyst for the next stage in her career. Edith becomes an overnight sensation at his club singing “Les Chansons Realistes”..songs about the ordinary poor people of Paris who found love then lost it…songs about poverty, pain and misery all reflecting Piaf’s own circumstances ..
From the slums of Paris Belleville as a street singer to the top of the Eiffel Tower in the last year of her life singing Non,Je ne Regrette Rien, Susan takes us on a journey through the highs and lows of this remarkable woman’s life whose voice and legacy continue to have an impact to this very day.
Susan Black is a singer-songwriter of many genres who has appeared at some of the top theatres and venues in London, including Jermyn Street Theatre ,The London Coliseum, Cadogan Hall and The Royal Albert Hall where she appeared alongside Dame Shirley Bassey and Beverley Knight accompanied by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. She also supported the late Robin Gibb at The London Palladium, Toyah Willcox at Leicester Square Theatre and Sylvester Stallone for a special Q&A at Manchester Arena.
Earlier in her career she created a one-woman show with original material which won her an award at The Edinburgh Festival and then many appearances on the late Paul O’Grady’s Lily Savage theatre shows where she would include some Piaf songs in her repertoire.
It was the audience’s overwhelming response to these songs that inspired Susan to learn more about Piaf’s life, which eventually led to The Piaf Story …
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!
