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The White Bear Theatre 
138 Kennington Park Road 
London SE11 4DJ    Profile of theatre

LOCATION 
Tube: 2 minutes’ walk from Kennington Underground (Northern Line - 4 stops from Leicester Square & one stop from Waterloo). Turn left out of the station along the main road and the White Bear is 220 yards on the right. 
Parking: Spaces available outside the venue 
Bus: 3, 59, 133, 155, 159, 414 buses stop nearby. 
National Rail: Elephant and Castle Train Station, then bus. 
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Maurice Thorogood presents

May I Borrow Your Husband?

Tuesday 30th June - Saturday 4th July


The ancient Greek philosopher Plato, tells us that a platonic relationship is one with no sex.

 

While in the supermarket doing the weekly shop, Lisa and her husband Robert run into James and his wife Samantha, they plan a drinks evening where they discover that Samantha needs a male friend to take her to see and enjoy sports events and James needs a female friend to take to the theatre to share and enjoy the arts. A swap of sorts - may be in order




Mythology Workshop & Joy Of Drama Stageworks Presents:

Live from the Warehouse

7th - 18th July 2026


Live From The Warehouse is a gripping two-hander about boyhood, betrayal, and the algorithmic hunger for attention. Equal parts raw, funny, and haunting — it asks: What are we willing to lose to be seen?

 

Two seventeen-year-old boys, classmates and dreamers, break into an abandoned warehouse after a prank reel involving a stolen gun spins out of control. Chased by the police, hunted by a school drug dealer, and suffocating under the pressure to be

someone, they turn the camera on themselves.

 

Inside this decaying space, they confront fear, ambition, friendship, and failure — reimagining their future as actors, singers, podcasters... fugitives. As night deepens, so does their obsession: if they can’t escape their reality, maybe they can frame it.

 

What begins as confession soon warps into performance. And when the line between content and consequence finally disappears, one of them does the unthinkable — for the perfect shot.

 

This production will be performed in English




Created by Max Norman

Coco the Time Travelling Tart

22nd - 23rd July


Where history misbehaves...

London’s most scandalous socialite is loose in the timeline, and you're invited! Coco the Time-Travelling Tart makes her explosive summer entrance in this interactive, high-glamour comedy where reputations are ruined, history is rewritten, and you are very much in on the action.

Expect outrageous encounters, champagne-soaked chaos and absolutely no respect for the past. Fresh from a sold-out Australian run and winner of a 2026 Adelaide Fringe award, join viral sensation Coco before time runs out.


PRESS


★★★★★ 'Joyous and irreverent' - WHAT'S THE SHOW
★★★★ 'A riotous, audience-powered romp' THE LIST
★★★★ 'Fast, filthy, and fiercely funny' - MISSMANDA MEDIA




Dogs in Wellies presents

Waving

In a coastal studio, a portrait takes shape and old roles are redrawn.

28th July - 1st August, 7:30pm


In a coastal studio, a portrait takes shape and old roles are redrawn. The talented artist is no longer a woman her children recognise. Her adored son and overlooked daughter are rocked by the change. What washes up when the tide retreats – and what stories vanish with the shifting sands? Waving is a moving and humorous look at the nerve centre of a creative yet destructive family. In Rosalind Philp’s debut play, time and reality blur in a vivid exploration of life, loss and identity.




The White Bear Presents

The Man from Earth

18th-22nd August


At a casual leaving party, John Oldman proposes an impossible truth: that he is 14,000 years old. The Man from Earth is a thrilling tale of 8 academic minds embarking on a charged analysis of history, faith and what it means to be human.