Stage one: denial.
Stage two: optimism. Solutions.
Stage three: grief. Anger. Despair.

Go through the stages, and then make a decision.

VOILÀ! THEATRE FESTIVAL AT THE PLAYGROUND THEATRE

08th – 16th November 

We’re thrilled to welcome Voila! Europe back to The Playground Theatre this November!
This dynamic festival celebrates multilingual, multicultural performances, bringing bold new voices and stories to the stage. Join us for two thrilling weeks of theatre, performance and creative exploration, with a specially curated series of double and triple shows you won’t want to miss.

When was the last time you went red? Ignacio, a man who’s never fit the mould, gazes at a tomato—and worlds unfold. This playful, genre-bending solo show ignites a hilarious and heartfelt journey, challenging gender roles and inviting us to reimagine who we are on our own terms.

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A bear, an astronaut, three flowers, an orange tree. An absurd sequence of deaths and transformations unfolds onstage; fable-like encounters between human and non-human figures.

Distinctively visual and playful in form, Naran Ja interrogates the hierarchies we tragically uphold to try to make sense of the world.

#FATKARY explores what it’s like to be a morbidly obese woman in the northeastern border between Mexico and the US. This interdisciplinary contemporary show mixes theatre, multimedia, folk music and dance for a particularly remarkable performance, creating a cozy relationship with the audience.

Part dance-theatre, part mushroom dream, M.U.S.H.Room HEAD is a tender, fantastic performance exploring tangled paths, blurred meanings, and quiet returns to oneself. Using diverse global dance languages, it invites you into a soft, surreal world where strangeness helps us meet, grow, and survive.

The Playground Theatre Presents: A Week of Script Readings

We are thrilled to announce our upcoming week of script readings: A celebration of bold new voices and original stories brought to life on stage.

Applications are now open!
If you’re a playwright with fresh work to share, we’d love to hear from you.

Submit your script and be part of this exciting week of creativity, collaboration, and discovery at The Playground Theatre.

A Time For Everything is an exploration of dance and movement based storytelling, based on the ancient text of Ecclesiastes 3, written in the 10th century, BCE.

Corporate ambition. Imperial decadence. Survival instinct. What do office workers, Roman emperors and rats have in common? RATKING is a punch-in-the-face response to the question of who we are when we have power... and who we are when we don’t.

One Hundred Percent is a darkly comedic two-hander about a struggling actor who decides they must murder the supposed source of their misery, an examiner who motivated them to take on a career in the arts by once giving them one hundred percent on an acting exam. With Actor’s dreams crushed by the realities of their chosen path, they confront Examiner with their agony, demanding a reassessment of the very monologues they once performed for the feted exam. This leads to an unsettling psychological showdown that spirals into a surreal mock-examination and a confrontation that exposes inner truths. One Hundred Percent is a pressure-cooker play about the need for validation, the meaning of failure, and desperation for success.

A Chinese British woman and a woman of Danish, Nigerian, and Italian descent have spent their lives caught between cultures. As they wrestle with identity, belonging, and the weight of expectations, their balloons become both a mirror of their struggles and an imaginary friend offering comfort in a world that doesn’t always understand them.

The world is a cruel place. The universe has played a sick joke on us. We are born, we die, and the time in between doesn’t matter. If you hear the call, come join me for this psychedelic ritual as we attempt to reach the other side and summon... something.

🌸 Coming Soon 🌸
After an incredibly successful debut in March 2025, Women’s Voices: A Celebration returns to The Playground Theatre, produced and curated by Naomi Sorkin.

Timed to coincide with International Women’s Day, this pioneering female-led festival shines a spotlight on extraordinary women across theatre, music, dance, literature, and the visual arts. With performances, exhibitions, talks, and community workshops, WVAC Fest is a vibrant platform for creativity, connection, and powerful storytelling.