Theatre & Dance Winter/Spring 23

Tue 21 Nov 2023 –Sat 23 Mar 2024

Find your spirit with the “awe-inspiring” (Time Out) and “dazzling” (Guardian) My Neighbour Totoro, as this five-star, award-winning production returns for a strictly limited season.

Thu 15 –Sat 17 Jun 2023

Acclaimed performer and musician Dani Dinger curates the latest edition of this revelatory evening of performance and live music by trailblazing trans artists from the UK and Turkey.

Wed 17 –Sat 20 May 2023

A powerful durational installation with on-stage metal work exploring who memorials are for and what happens to places where traumatic events take place.

Fri 12 –Sun 14 May 2023

Voguing, Japanese butoh, ancient Greek theatre, performance art and contemporary dance – American choreographer Trajal Harrell conjures up an elegant, subtle vocabulary from a wide range of genres.

Sat 29 Apr 2023, 18:00

Get behind the scenes of A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction at a Q&A talk with the director, just for Members.

Wed 26 –Sat 29 Apr 2023

Miranda Rose Hall’s darkly funny, life-affirming show starring Lydia West is directed by Katie Mitchell. This is a bold experiment in eco theatre-making, created with leading touring company Headlong.

Fri 14 Apr 2023, 18:00

Join us for an exclusive pre-show talk for Cheek by Jowl's production of Life is a Dream.

Thu 13 –Sun 16 Apr 2023

Cheek by Jowl take on Calderón’s astonishing play about free will, fate and the mystery of life in this major new production of the Spanish classic.

Thu 16 Mar –Sat 1 Apr 2023

World-renowned company Complicité return to our stage with a brand-new production based on Nobel prize-winning writer Olga Tokarczuk’s darkly comic novel, directed by Simon McBurney.

Wed 8 –Sun 12 Mar 2023

Now in their 21st year, this acclaimed ballet company presents award-winning choreographers Will Tuckett and Mthuthuzeli November in a captivating double bill of new and original work.

Sat 25 Feb 2023

Join us for a night inspired by the world of Kakilang’s HOME X.

Tue 21 –Sat 25 Feb 2023

Dance performance meets cutting edge technology in this live show that combines theatre, music, gaming and VR technology created with artists in London and Hong Kong.

Tue 21 –Sat 25 Feb 2023

Lose yourself in a futuristic virtual 3D world in this online experience where you can delve deeper into the land of HOME X.

Thu 2 –Sun 5 Feb 2023

Belgium’s Olivier Award-winning dance-theatre innovators return with the UK premiere of their new and most ambitious production yet.

Wed 1 Feb 2023, 18:00

Join us for this pre-show talk with Cheryl Henson and Sarah Wright about how growing up in renowned family puppet companies led them to become ardent advocates for the art of puppetry.

Tue 31 Jan –Sat 4 Feb 2023

This poignant, puppet tragicomedy for grown-ups is a wordless spectacle about the ingenuity of the mind and having to make do for so long without the people we wished would surround us.

Wed 25 –Sat 28 Jan 2023

This UK début by rising stars of Belgium’s acclaimed contemporary theatre scene forces us to think about who we are and how much we need others.

Tue 24 –Sat 28 Jan 2023

Enjoy an unrelenting sequence of tiny little puppet people in this charming, poignant and slightly eccentric show from these celebrated Canadian puppet masters.

Fri 20 Jan 2023, 18:00

Get behind the scenes at our open rehearsal with Ballet Black with choreographer Mthuthuzeli November.