WHAT'S ON at THE LION AND UNICORN
At a glance listings
The Bread You Throw
30 June - 4 July
Emma is a newly qualified teacher, or at least, she thinks she is. Emma is stuck in an endless loop, reliving the same events over and over, but this isn't time-travel or sci-fi, this is frontotemporal dementia. Join Emma on her journey, a journey that will challenge the narratives around the lived experience of dementia.
There's a Pigeon in my bathroom
7 - 11 July
Four university students wake up expecting another uneventful Saturday in their student house — but everything changes when one of them discovers something feathery lurking in the upstairs bathroom.
In a desperate attempt to keep their deposit, Katie, Ben, Emma and Hugo put their heads together to figure out how on earth they can save the pigeon (and themselves) from causing chaos.
A hilariously chaotic slice of student life, There’s a Pigeon in My Bathroom is like nothing you’ve ever seen before. Packed with Inbetweeners-style comedy, awkward flatmate crushes, and the panic of a hungover Sunday morning, it follows four students battling a terrified pigeon with zero common sense. Sharp, fast-paced, and full of sitcom-style laughs, it’s a comedy that will have you picking sides—and never looking at pigeons (or biscuits) the same way again.
After a storming debut at the Old Joint Stock’s Play/Test Scratch Night and a sold-out Midlands premiere, Patrick E. Large and Perro Loco Productions are taking flight to the capital this summer with their full-throttle, unclipped comedy, already hailed as “the next Derry Girls or Inbetweeners.”
Expect feathers, friendship, and full-blown student chaos.
Little Deaths
12 July
Spanning over 5 years the play focuses on SHE’S memories of her relationship with JACK from ages 16-22.
Jumping back and forth in time, we witness how JACK’s behaviour effects SHE’s relationship with her MUM and her friends RACHEL and CARRIE.
Like a disease, JACK spreads into every corner of SHE’S life until there’s no one left but him. And that’s how he sustains his control over her, because if JACK goes, SHE will feel completely alone.
Tabula Rasa
14 - 18 July
Four people. One room. Four chairs. One table.
No doors. No exit. No memory of how they arrived, and no certainty they’ll ever leave.
An absurd, psychological pressure cooker where identities slip, alliances dissolve, and the familiar turns feral. Panic fizzles into laughter; play becomes ritual; every choice counts. As time ticks on, the four discover that the greatest threat might not be the room at all, but the versions of themselves it drags to the surface. People are hell. There will be blood. A comedy. Kind of.
TABULA RASA invites you to witness a world wiped clean, where meaning is unstable, reality is negotiable, and starting again is never as simple as it sounds.
A Costume Drama
22 & 23 July
With the 2026 Mascot Grand National rapidly approaching and her shell-suit sporting dad indisposed, reluctant Ella must fill Eddie The Egg's incredibly big boots in this heartwarming, hilarious story about one extraordinary race for glory.
Written and performed by Best Solo Performance nominee (The Stagey Place) Claudia Fielding, with direction and music by Anna Rastelli, the pair resume their professional relationship, beginning with previews at The Lion and Unicorn Theatre then to Zoo Playground at Edinburgh Fringe. They debut this wacky comedy about family tradition, legacy and the love of The Game.
'Fielding is the oddball left field droll hero we all need in our lives' (FringeReview.co.uk). 'A writer-performer to keep tabs on' (Everything-Theatre.co.uk).
REVIEWS FOR PREVIOUS WORK
‘Claudia Fielding’s writing is intelligent, raw, and deeply human’ (LondonTheatre1, ★★★★)
‘fractured story of youthful disconnection… a brilliant new piece of theatre’ (British Theatre Guide, ★★★★)
‘Fielding evokes laughter one moment and brings the audience to the edge of tears the next.’ (Edinburgh Festival Magazine, ★★★★)
‘A show that will not allow you to think about death or escalators the same way again.’ (Fringesider, ★★★★)
‘a writer-performer to keep tabs on’ (Everything Theatre, ★★★★)
Sitting (In Silence)
2 August
The meditation retreat is supposed to help them find inner peace. DAD is out of place from the get-go. He's loud, rebellious and charming in a way that has everyone rolling their eyes, including his daughter. KID has come to "find herself", but quickly gets caught up in DAD's wild antics. When the two share a rare moment of privacy in the heavenly garden, what begins as whispers, a telling off and a hilarious culture clash slowly shifts, growing heavier with each passing word.
A comic yet haunting exploration of grief, Sitting (In Silence) will leave you reflecting on the things we choose not to say, the silence that divides us and what healing really means. Could those real moments of laughter and connection ultimately be what saves us?
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