Stand-Up Comedy
The Playground Theatre’s Stand-Up Comedy Night
Who’s performing? That’s part of the fun.
Get ready for a night of big laughs and bold voices at The Playground Theatre’s Stand-Up Comedy Night. Set in the heart of White City, our monthly Thursday of laughs continues following a sell-out show that rounded off this year’s Women’s Voices Festival.
28th May | 7:00pm
Poetry, Music and Spoken Word
'An Evening with Siana Bangura & Friends' | Celebrating 10 Years of 'Elephant'
Join us for an evening of poetry, music, and celebration as multi-award winning writer, producer and performer, Siana Bangura, returns to the stage to mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of her debut body of work, ‘Elephant’, alongside a host of friends and fellow performers.
30th May | 7pm
Musical Theatre
The Graduates : A Brand New Musical
The Graduates is a coming-of-age musical, following the lives of six brand new graduates ready to step into the adult world for the first time in their lives. With twists and turns of changing careers, new romances and friendship fallouts this is the journey that starts the rest of their lives.
19th-20th June | 7pm
One Man Talk
Alan Johnson: The Beatles, Harold Wilson & Me
The Right Honourable Alan Johnson is one of the most respected politicians of recent times, holding several posts in the Blair and Brown governments including Health Secretary, Education Secretary and Home Secretary. But all the while he harboured a secret passion – to become a pop star!
MAY 29th 2026 | 7:30PM
Pre-Edinburgh Preview Fest
Are you taking work to the Edinburgh Fringe this year?
Or developing a piece that deserves to be seen before it heads north?
The Playground Theatre invites artists to present their work as part of our Pre-Edinburgh Festival Showcase: a curated season designed to support artists in the crucial lead-up to the Fringe.
This is your opportunity to share your show with a live London audience, refine your performance and build momentum before the festival begins.
Solo Play
Jarman: The Story of Derek Jarman
Derek Jarman: film-maker, painter, gardener at Prospect Cottage, gay rights activist, writer…his influence remains as strong as it was on the day he died in 1994. But his story, one of the most extraordinary lives ever lived, has never been told. Until now. Join solo performer Mark Farrelly on a journey from Dungeness to deepest, brightest Soho and into the heart of one of our most iconoclastic artists.
11th-12th JUNE | 7:30PM
Theatre
PICASSO: Le Monstre Sacré | New York Showing
Peter Tate as Picasso
Co-Adapted by Peter Tate and Guy Masterson from the original work by Terry d'Alfonso
Directed by Guy Masterson
AFTER A ED FRINGE RUN WITH 5 & 4 STARS REVIEWS PICASSO: LE MONSTRE SACRE IS BACK ONCE MORE, THIS TIME, TO LA MAMA THEATRE IN NEW YORK CITY
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "marvellous, brilliant, enthralling" British Theatre Guide
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "an artistic and theatrical masterpiece." Edinburgh Guide
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ UK Theatre Network
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ "Peter Tate is mesmerising in this one man tour de force." One4Review
★ ★ ★ ★ "burns into your soul both seductive and shocking" North West End
★ ★ ★ ★ "an absorbing, sharply textured piece." Culture Fix
★ ★ ★ ★ Quintessential Review
★ ★ ★ ★ ReviewsHub
★ ★ ★ ★ The UpComing
24th - 28th JUNE in NYC
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