Omnibus Theatre

Get Happy post-show video and photos: Can Alexa lead us on the path to happiness?

By |2025-07-20T22:04:03+01:009 July 2025|Tags: , , , , , |

Have you cracked the code to a happy life yet? Maybe all you need is a three-point plan, an AI-empowered Alexa and the right playlist? That's the approach in Get Happy, written and performed by Joseph Aldous.

Cul de Sac post-show video and photos: How to survive in the middle of nowhere (aka Zone 6)

By |2025-07-09T12:16:26+01:002 June 2025|Tags: , , , , , , |

How exercised do you get over the spacing of streetlights? David Shopland wrote his new play Cul de Sac with Londoners in mind, after overhearing an illuminating streetlights conversation between commuters on London Underground's Victoria Line.

Blood Wedding post-show video and photos: Barney Norris imbues Lorca with English humour and myth

By |2025-05-12T11:38:43+01:0010 May 2025|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Barney Norris' darkly comic reworking of Lorca's 1932 Spanish classic premiered in 2020 at Salisbury Playhouse, near the real-life village hall where his version of the disastrous nuptials occurs. It now gets its London premiere at Clapham's Omnibus Theatre.

Can I Help You? post-show video and photos: What’s the lasting legacy of the late Philip Osment?

By |2020-03-15T20:09:43+00:008 March 2020|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Actor, director and prolific playwright Philip Osment passed away last May at the age of 66 after a long respiratory illness. His final play, Can I Help You?, is now receiving its London premiere at Omnibus Theatre care of Playing ON, the company he co-founded to give voice to marginalised communities.

Tony’s Last Tape Q&A video and photos: What would Tony Benn have thought of Brexit, Corbyn & this play about him?

By |2020-01-25T23:32:41+00:006 April 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , |

This past Wednesday (3 April 2019) would have been Tony Benn's 94th birthday. Great celebratory timing for the return of Tony's Last Tape, the one-man play celebrating the Labour firebrand, who died in 2014.

The Orchestra Q&A photos: Why don’t we see more revivals of French dramatist Jean Anouilh?

By |2020-01-26T00:32:12+00:006 February 2019|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

One of the reasons I love chairing post-show Q&As so much is the chance I get to learn new things from incredibly talented and knowledgeable panellists. Last night's event for Jean Anouilh's play The Orchestra at Omnibus Theatre was a special treat as the expert on hand was also an old friend, Jeremey Sams.
Go to Top