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What's on - July 2024
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After Closing
Dive into the raw feelings and intricate dramas of After Closing, a Scene Study showcase performed by a talented ensemble.
Featuring compelling scenes from acclaimed plays like Closer, After Life, Glengarry Glen Ross and more, this performance explores themes of loss, relationships, ambition and betrayal.
Performed by City Academy Assemble Theatre Company.
Please note bookings for this performance are managed by City Academy, not Blue Elephant Theatre.
Luke Nixon and Jim Midge Work In Progress
Luke Nixon and his character Jim Midge present a work in progress. Expect songs, tales of Royal Wootton Bassett and anxious anecdotes.
Luke is a Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year finalist, Musical Comedy Awards Third Place and West End New Act finalist.
Luke has obviously funny bones Jenny Eclair
One of the all-time great visual gags Chortle.co.uk
MC'd by Jen Nolan: Comedian, train wreck and viable candidate to be your next step mum. Infamous as one-half of 'Pokes & Jokes' podcast.
Tickets can also be booked by phoning the Ticketsource Telephone Box Office on 0333 666 3366, available from Monday to Friday, 9.00AM to 7.00PM and Saturday, 9.00AM to 5.00PM (excluding bank holidays). Bookings made through this service are subject to a small booking fee.
plewds
A cocky gay clown in therapy.
A clueless detective.
An X-Factor sob story.
Pop culture and queer drama drama drama collide against a rainbow backdrop.
A surreal, fast-paced and darkly funny exploration of a queer relationship gone bad. Blending clowning, drag and a subversive take on the trauma-parading solo show, plewds is about the lengths we’ll go to avoid what’s right in front of us, in a story where the villains don’t look like villains. Being queer is the best, right?
WINNER of Summerhall’s Mary Dick Award 2024.
plewds is written and performed by Kathrine Payne (they/them), a theatre maker and actor from Stockport, who trained at LAMDA. Kathrine makes theatre that is funny, queer and political. They developed plewds as part of Camden People’s Theatre’s Starting Blocks scheme and Soho Theatre Writers Lab, before it won the 2024 Mary Dick Award at Summerhall. Kathrine is a part of Sweet Beef Theatre, a Pleasance Associate Artist company.
Praise for previous work:
"Powerful and compelling" ★★★★ - West End Best Friend
"Flits effortlessly between comedy and darkness" ★★★★★ - The Student
"Utterly poignant" ★★★★½ - Theatre and Other Things
"Clever, accessible and hugely entertaining" ★★★ - All Edinburgh Theatre
"Dazzles and disarms" - There Ought to be Clowns
"Payne is ridiculously funny" - Liam O’Dell
Age guidance: 14+, contains strong language and sexual references
Content Guidance:
Strobe lighting
Audience interaction (optional)
Contains topics that some viewers may find distressing, including homophobic language, transphobia, domestic violence, sexual assault, and depictions of mental illness.
Made with support from Camden People's Theatre and Soho Theatre.
Tickets can also be booked by phoning the Ticketsource Telephone Box Office on 0333 666 3366, available from Monday to Friday, 9.00AM to 7.00PM and Saturday, 9.00AM to 5.00PM (excluding bank holidays). Bookings made through this service are subject to a small booking fee.
Flicker
Have you ever thought about your dad's cock at a funeral? If so, you'd probably dismiss it....
But what if your brain couldn't do that?
After a shitshow of a shag, Jo must hide a stain, a semi-naked man, and her terrifying intrusive thoughts from Anna, before she loses everything.
When being queer goes from one of many intrusive thoughts to a real feeling, how do you know what’s true? And if you can’t trust your own thoughts, what can you trust?
Flicker is a modern-day sex farce exploring Pure OCD, created through consultation with OCD UK.
Running time: 60mins
Age Guidance: 16+
Flicker contains potentially triggering themes, scenes of a sexual nature and strong language.
Tickets can also be booked by phoning the Ticketsource Telephone Box Office on 0333 666 3366, available from Monday to Friday, 9.00AM to 7.00PM and Saturday, 9.00AM to 5.00PM (excluding bank holidays). Bookings made through this service are subject to a small booking fee.