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Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky

Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky

By Terri Paddock|2026-07-20T21:23:19+01:0020 July 2026|Tags: Matthew Iliffe, Patrick Hamilton, Southwark Playhouse, Troupe Theatre, Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky|

Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, Patrick Hamilton's love letter to 1920s Jazz Age London, finally comes to the stage care of Troupe Theatre, the company renowned for its rediscovery of lost classics.

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Night City
Night City

Night City

By Terri Paddock|2026-04-15T23:07:37+01:0015 April 2026|Tags: Max Wilkinson, Night City, Southwark Playhouse, Southwark Playhouse Borough|

Night City, Max Wilkinson's electric and epic modern drama about three underpaid and overworked Londoners, premieres at Southwark Playhouse this autumn.

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Invisible Me post-show video and photos: What’s singledom like after 60?
Invisible Me post-show video and photos: What’s singledom like after 60?

Invisible Me post-show video and photos: What’s singledom like after 60?

By Terri Paddock|2026-05-05T10:02:51+01:0014 April 2026|Tags: Bren Gosling, Invisible Me, James Holmes, Kevin N Golding, Scott LeCrass, Southwark Playhouse, Tessa Peake-Jones|

Do women - and men - of a certain mature age stop being seen? When writer Bren Gosling turned 60 himself, it's a question he decided to explore in comedy-drama Invisible Me.

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Ballad Lines post-show video and photos: Expressing female empowerment via folk music
Ballad Lines post-show video and photos: Expressing female empowerment via folk music

Ballad Lines post-show video and photos: Expressing female empowerment via folk music

By Terri Paddock|2026-03-07T23:01:04+00:0015 February 2026|Tags: Aria Entertainment, Ballad Lines, Katy Lipson, Southwark Playhouse, Southwark Playhouse Elephant, Tania Azevedo|

When director Tania Azevedo and composer Finn Anderson were first commissioned to write a new musical, they decided to follow two parallel lines of exploration.

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Invisible Me
Invisible Me

Invisible Me

By Terri Paddock|2026-03-12T22:32:08+00:009 February 2026|Tags: Bren Gosling, Joe Brown, Scott LeCrass, Southwark Playhouse, Southwark Playhouse Borough, Tessa Peake-Jones|

Tessa Peake-Jones (Only Fools and Horses) stars in Invisible Me, Bren Gosling's comedy-drama about working-class Londoners who re-enter the world of dating later in life.

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Ballad Lines
Ballad Lines

Ballad Lines

By Terri Paddock|2026-01-11T22:46:56+00:0015 December 2025|Tags: Aria Entertainment, Ballad Lines, Southwark Playhouse, Southwark Playhouse Elephant, Tania Azevedo|

Calling all fans of Hadestown, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Once. Soaring new folk musical Ballad Lines premieres at London's Southwark Playhouse Elephant.

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Supersonic Man post-show video and photos: Who wants to live forever… as a human cyborg?
Supersonic Man post-show video and photos: Who wants to live forever… as a human cyborg?

Supersonic Man post-show video and photos: Who wants to live forever… as a human cyborg?

By Terri Paddock|2025-04-13T23:56:22+01:0013 April 2025|Tags: Chris Burgess, Dominic Sullivan, Dylan Aiello, James Lowrie, Lambco Productions, Southwark Playhouse, Southwark Playhouse Borough|

"Who knew terminal illness could be such fun?" But fun it is in writer/director Chris Burgess' world premiere musical Supersonic Man, inspired by the true story of a man who tries to fight a terminal illness with technology.

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Supersonic Man
Supersonic Man

Supersonic Man

By Terri Paddock|2025-03-19T21:48:51+00:0016 March 2025|Tags: Chris Burgess, Musicals, Southwark Playhouse, Supersonic|

When life throws fun-loving Adam a terminal curveball, his answer: become a human cyborg. Chris Burgess' joyous new musical Supersonic Man, inspired by a true-life story, premieres at Southwark Playhouse.

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Why I Stuck a Flare Up My Arse for England post-show video and photos: Are all football plays really about male mental health?
Why I Stuck a Flare Up My Arse for England post-show video and photos: Are all football plays really about male mental health?

Why I Stuck a Flare Up My Arse for England post-show video and photos: Are all football plays really about male mental health?

By Terri Paddock|2024-05-02T21:27:55+01:0025 April 2024|Tags: Alex Hill, Sean Turner, Southwark Playhouse, Southwark Playhouse Borough, Why I Stuck a Flare up My Arse for England|

Remember how exciting it was when England made it to the men’s Euro 2020 final (in 2021 due to Covid). Remember the bloke who got so excited he lit his bum on fire?! His incendiary social media fame has inspired a hit stage play

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Why I Stuck a Flare up My Arse for England
Why I Stuck a Flare up My Arse for England

Why I Stuck a Flare up My Arse for England

By Terri Paddock|2024-04-02T20:52:40+01:001 April 2024|Tags: Alex Hill, New writing, Post-show Q&As, Solo shows, Southwark Playhouse, Southwark Playhouse Borough, Why I Stuck a Flare up My Arse for England|

Remember how exciting it was when England made it to the men's Euro 2020 final (in 2021 due to Covid). Remember the bloke who got so excited he lit his bum on fire?!

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