Southwark Playhouse Borough – until 15 November 2025 Reviewed by Laura Mobilia 4**** This is the story of a young woman trying to get over her shyness while going through the struggles that comes with...

Southwark Playhouse – until 11 October 2025 Reviewed by Claire Roderick 5***** From the moment Tracie Bennett prowls onto the stage as Tallulah Bankhead, you know that this is something special. Micha...

SCISSORHANDZ: A MUSICAL REINVENTED will open at Southwark Playhouse, Elephant, on 23 January 2025 for an exclusive 10-week engagement closing on 29 March. BOOK TICKETS Written and directed by Bradley Bredeweg with choreography by Alexzandra Sarmiento, SCISSORHANDZ producers Bradley Bredeweg, Kelley Parker & Brian Pendleton, along with co-producers Lance Bass and Michelle Visage, are delighted to announce Jordan Kai Burnett…

Check out the latest photos and videos of the London premiere of award-winning musical This is My Family starring Gemma Whelan.

Casting has been announced for new musical Scissorhandz: A Musical Reinvented, coming to Southwark Playhouse Elephant in London.

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The London premiere of the new folk musical Ballad Lines is set to play for 8 weeks next year.

ADAMA Entertainment has announced that EastEnders star Max Bowden, WhatsOnStage Award nominee Paul Jacob French and Tori Allen-Martin will star as Rico ‘Ratzo’ Rizzo, Joe Buck and Cass, respectively, in the world premiere of MIDNIGHT COWBOY – A NEW MUSICAL which will open at Southwark Playhouse Elephant on 4 April 2025. Joe Buck is a young man desperate to escape his dead-end past.

Check out the latest photos and videos of The Code at Southwark Playhouse Elephant in London.

Southwark Playhouse Borough – until 16 August 2025 Reviewed by Phil Brown  4**** This high octane 90 minutes of exceptional drama with music tells the improbable story of how a rebellious teenage rock...

FORGE Festival Brings Daring New Voices to Southwark Playhouse This Spring This May, Southwark Playhouse Borough opens its doors to the first-ever FORGE Festival - a vibrant showcase of theatrical risk-taking, new writing, and boundary-pushing storytelling from some of the UK’s most exciting emerging theatre companies. Running from 13–17 May 2025 in the venue’s intimate ‘Little’ auditorium, the week-long event marks the culmination of a year-long residency programme designed to support early-career artists through the…

Double Act - Clowning with a serious purpose When Nick Hyde steps onto the stage of Southwark Playhouse Borough this March, he’ll carry not just the weight of his words but the echoes of a journey that veered sharply from one path to another. From 19 March to 5 April 2025, Double Act, a two-hander Hyde wrote and performs alongside…

RIDE THE CYCLONE THE CELEBRATED CULT MUSICAL PHENOMENON TO HAVE UK PREMIERE AT SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE ELEPHANT FOR A LIMITED RUN FROM FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2025 Kevin McCollum, Morris Berchard and Jack Mapl...

Georgia Nicholson and Ben Kernow, photograph by Tanya Pabaru THE MASSIVE TRAGEDY OF MADAME BOVARY by John Nicholson  directed by Kirstie Davis  Southwark Playhouse – Borough, London…

The UK premiere of musical Ride the Cyclone is coming to Southwark Playhouse Elephant this autumn.

Southwark Playhouse – until 14 June 2025 Reviewed by Claire Roderick 4**** Nancy Netherwood’s eerily enigmatic play is a masterclass in building melancholic tension with atmospheric music and a sparen...