Southwark Playhouse

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An exciting programme of theatre productions across two venues: Southwark Playhouse Borough and Southwark Playhouse Elephant🐘+🏰. No booking fees! Contact us: boxoffice@southwarkplayhouse.co.uk Visit our website: https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk

A concrete background with text reading 'Coming up in August'. Show artwork is overlaid for Bury The Hatchet, Wanton, Jane Eyre, Ride The Cyclone, and The Jonathan Larson Project.
Wanton main artwork. A single red plastic chair sits in an empty white room, casting a long shadow.
Headshots for Alex Bhat, Yanexi Enriquez, Lucy Gray, Rosalind Lailey, Michael Maloney, and Jordan Scowen.
Nero key artwork. Against a dramatic black-to-fiery orange background with floating sparks, an outstretched hand holds a cascading golden laurel crown. The large title "NERO" dominates the top of the poster, followed by the subtitle "A New Musical." Credits list book and lyrics by Steven Sater, music by Duncan Sheik, directed by Lindsay Posner, and starring Andrew Barth Feldman.
Relative Motion main artwork. A young woman wearing a green coat, leaning against a pillar on a train station platform. She is tossing a red apple in the air.
A collage of production photos from shows that have run at Southwark Playhouse Borough. Overlaid is text that reads 'We're Hiring: Technical Manager'
Memoriam main artwork. A woman wearing a VR headset and eating a packet of crisps. Behind her is an over saturated and glitchy image of Auschwitz. Text reads 'Memoriam, A new play about never forgetting'.
A concrete background with text reading 'Coming up in July'. Show artwork is overlaid for Comedy Previews, The Jonathan Larson Project, Firebird, and Ride The Cyclone
The Main Space Auditorium at Southwark Playhouse Elephant as photographed from the lighting rig.
Mona Loser main artwork. A pair of open lips with smeared purple lipstick in front of a stark white background.
Private Jones artwork. A stylized illustration of a man's profile with a wavy, echoing effect originating from his ear. He is carrying a tattered Welsh flag against a vibrant, radiating orange and yellow background.
Bury the Hatchet main artwork. A woman in Victorian dress sits on a staircase her hands and chin propped up on an axe and a violin to her side. The photo is rendered with an old timey graininess but a modern pink grade.
Dog Mom main artwork. Vinita Belani looks shocked as a golden labrador happily jumps up into her arms.
A concrete background with text reading 'Coming up in June'. Show artwork is overlaid for The Last Man, Redcliffe, Slaughterhouse Five and Ride The Cyclone.
A bar team member pours a glass of wine for a patron.
Front of house and bar areas at Southwark Playhouse Elephant. Text reads we're hiring front of house and venue manager
A concrete background with text reading 'Coming up in May'. Show artwork is overlaid for Flyby, The Wasp, The Last Man and Redcliffe.
front of house areas at Southwark Playhouse Elephant with a bar member serving a customer a drink. Text reads we're hiring front of house and venue manager
Berk's Nest Comedy Previews main image. Photographs of Kemah Bob, Paddy Young, Rob Copland, Morgan Rees, Sophie Duker, Celya AB and Tom Towelling.
Night City main artwork. Three gig economy workers stand in the centre of a busy urban scene.
Kenrex production photo. Jack Holden stands on a chair, stooping to speak into a microphone, his hands raised in a gesture of surrender.
Slaughterhouse-Five main artwork. A green alien hand with an eye in the centre of the palm is made up of various paper and card textures.
Firebird main image. A young woman steps out of a window onto a windowsill in a council tower block. She looks afraid.
A concrete background with text reading 'Coming up in April'. Show artwork is overlaid for Lifeline, Flyby and Invisible Me.
Brixton Calling production photo. Max Runham and Tendai Sitima play guitar back to back. Text overlaid reads: Offies winner, production, design, sound and music.
Photography from Southwark Playhouse's Elders Company showcase and Shakespeare for Schools production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Text reads: We're looking for trustees
A roller coaster wraps around neon lights that read Ride The Cyclone the musical
Jane Eyre Main Artwork. A woman's face in profile, she holds her hands up to her chin and her face is dimly lit. Bold yellow text reads 'Jane Eyre'. The gap in the a is the silhouette of a flame.
The Frogs production photo. Surrounded by boxes, Dionysos (Dan Buckley) and Xanthias (Kevin McHale) cling to each other in fear.
Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky main artwork. A Victorian-style street lamp is fully lit at dawn in a London street against an autumn starlit sky with faint clouds.
A concrete background with text reading 'Coming up in February'. Show artwork is overlaid for Ballad Lines, It Walks Around The House At Night, Children of the Night, and Lifeline
The Last Man main artwork. An aerial view of a Korean city at night with a shaft of light illuminating the the main, central street.
At 08:06 GMT this morning a bus hit into the window frontage of Southwark Playhouse Borough after a collision on Newington Causeway. Our venue was closed at the time and no members of Southwark Playhouse staff were present or injured. We can confirm that both of our venues will be open and operating as normal this evening. Our thoughts are with those injured in the collision and we wish them speedy recoveries.
A theatre curtain with text overlaid reading 'Win a £100 restaurant gift card'
Invisible Me main artwork. A dreamlike scene shows three human silhouettes against a hazy purple background. The central figure is dancing wearing a gingham tabard, another wears a leather jacket and the final figure holds a phone.
A concrete background with text reading 'Coming up in February'. Show artwork is overlaid for Miles, Beautiful Little Fool and Ballad Lines.
The Wasp main artwork. A yellow background with a dark pencil sketch of a wasp's body.
Promotional artwork for Flyby a new musical, showing a woman (Poppy Gilbert) and a man (Stuart Thompson) in an intimate moment, faces close, against a soft sky background.
It Walks Around the House At Night Main artwork. Silhouette of man standing in front of a red spooky manor house.
Show artwork for upcoming shows at Southwark Playhouse: Beautiful Little Fool, Ballad Lines, The Jonathan Larson Project, Children of the Night, Redcliffe and Lifeline. Text reads: Competition, win 2 free tickets to every Southwark Playhouse show for a year.
A concrete background with text reading 'Coming up in January'. Show artwork is overlaid for The Olive Boy, Beautiful Little Fool and Ballad Lines.
The Jonathan Larson Project Main artwork. A Polaroid of Jonathan Larson over a dark green background with white handwriting.
Brixton Calling production photo. Max Runham and Tendai Sitima stand next to each other playing guitar, behind them are stage lights, microphone stands, and gig posters.
Children of the Night Main Artwork. A young woman emerges from darkness into warm, radiant light, her face tilted upward in a moment of hope or revelation. The image uses dramatic colour grading with golden yellows, oranges, and teal greens creating an ethereal, dream-like quality. Text reads 'A clubland coming of age story, Children of the Night'
Bella Ramsey, Lucie Regan, and Aminita Francis sit talking to a group of young people (off camera)
Text: Coming up in December. Underneath fairy lights are show posters for Ride The Cyclone (a silhouette of a fun fair and retro lights), Cockfosters (A tube bursts through white tiles), and Little Miss Christmas (a drag queen wearing a gown, tiara and winners sash)
The Grim production photo. Robert (Louis Davison) sits on the table reading a newspaper. In the background Shaun (Edmund Morris) is gesturing whilst on the phone
Ebenezer Bamgboye smiling in a striped jumper. Overlaid is a screenshot showcasing his shortlist spot for the Emerging Talent Standard Theatre Award.
A neon sign reads 'Box Office'. Text is overlaid reading 'We're hiring: Box Office and Welcome Team Member'
Lifeline show artwork. A young female doctor stands in scrubs, behind her are translucent images of health care teams and a large image of Alexander Fleming. Text: Lifeline a new musical
A Captioning unit displays lines from a play, it is positioned to the side of a proscenium arch.
An old fashioned fairground sign reading 'scream if you want to go faster'