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In Clay
In Clay
3/13 - 4/7/2024


A new musical set in 1930s Paris based on the real life of female ceramicist Marie-Berthe Cazin. As the imminent arrival of her old friend ...

Enid Blyton - Noddy, Big-Ears and Lashings of Controversy


On A Role presents Enid Blyton - Noddy, Big-Ears, and Lashings of Controversy. Wednesday 24 April Virtually everybody of a certain age has read an ...

The Rise and Fall of Margaret Thatcher


How Margaret Thatcher first won and then lost the Tory leadership. The Rise and Fall of Margaret Thatcher  begins after the Conservatives’ defeat in the ...

The Rise and Fall of Margaret Thatcher


How Margaret Thatcher first won and then lost the Tory leadership. The Rise and Fall of Margaret Thatcher  begins after the Conservatives’ defeat in the ...

A Word for Mother
A Word for Mother
5/1 - 5/26/2024


A Word For Mother  by Tim McArthur  Produced by Helen and Paul Matthews in association with Hairy Bear Productions   Three sisters return home after ...

A Word For Mother
A Word For Mother
5/1 - 5/26/2024


Tim McArthur’s newest play A Word For Mother premieres this spring with an all-female cast and creative team. This simmering family drama, inspired by McArthur’s ...

Longitude
Longitude
6/13 - 7/7/2024


World premiere of a new musical with crashing waves, swelling music, and an emotional storm across the 18th century that will make you wish you’d ...


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Review: IN CLAY, Upstairs At The Gatehouse


by Cindy Marcolina - March 22, 2024

After an outstanding run at the last VAULT Festival, Rebecca Simmonds and Jack Miles’ project has been garnering a steady foundation of favourable reviews. Its journey is simply the latest proof we needed to understand the impact of the loss of a grassroot program such as VAULT. In Clay tells a touc...

IN CLAY Returns to London at Upstairs at The Gatehouse This March


by Stephi Wild - February 08, 2024

Upstairs at the Gatehouse and Design & Canvas Co. present In Clay, a new musical set in 1930s Paris. Performances run 13th March – 7th April. Learn more about the musical here!...

Photos: Inside Rehearsal For SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD Upstairs at the Gatehouse


by Stephi Wild - January 25, 2024

 First  performed on Off-Broadway in 1995, and premiering in the UK in 2001, the cult favourite song  cycle Songs for a New World is coming back to London for a limited run at Upstairs at the  Gatehouse in February. Check out rehearsal photos here!...

Paul Bogaev Will Celebrate Bruce Springsteen and Tom Waits in NO SURRENDER


by Stephi Wild - January 24, 2024

Grammy & Emmy award-winning musician Paul Bogaev, Musical Director of the highly-acclaimed revival of  Sondheim’s Pacific Overtures at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Trevor Nunn’s Fiddler on the Roof, will celebrate legendary songwriters Bruce Springsteen and Tom Waits in NO SURRENDER....

Review: THE MOTHER OF KAMAL, Upstairs at the Gatehouse


by Gary Naylor - January 21, 2024

Dina Ibrahim's play is important and heartfelt, but never establishes a tight grip on the audience's emotions...

Cast Set For the Premiere of TRANSGRESSION at The White Bear Theatre


by Stephi Wild - January 09, 2024

The cast has been announced for the premiere of Transgression at the White Bear Theatre. It’s the 1990s and the societal revolution to smash the nuclear family is on the horizon. A psychoanalyst battles against the demise of established traditions, while younger women debate pregnancy and the releva...

Lizzy Parker, Eleanor Frances, Luke Walsh, and Christopher Cameron Will Lead SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD in London


by Stephi Wild - January 02, 2024

The cast has been announced for the cult favourite song cycle Songs for a New World. The cult favourite song cycle Songs for a New World is coming back to London for a limited run at Upstairs at the Gatehouse in February. Learn more about the cast here!...

THE MOTHER OF KAMAL Comes to the Gatehouse Theatre


by Stephi Wild - December 04, 2023

The Mother of Kamal runs from 19th – 28th January 2024, Upstairs at the Gatehouse Theatre in Highgate....

Cast Set For the UK Revival of FRANK'S CLOSET


by Stephi Wild - November 30, 2023

Frank’s Closet was the off-West End cult hit of 2009. Staged at Hoxton Hall, one of England’s last remaining Victorian music halls, it sold-out to packed houses and glowing reviews. Now it is to get its first London revival at the Union Theatre with additional new material by writer and composer Stu...

Mel Giedroyc Joins Final Cast for New Musical STARTER FOR TEN


by Aliya Al-Hassan - November 23, 2023

Acclaimed actress, presenter, comedian and writer Mel Giedroyc is to join the cast of Starter For Ten, the musical based on David Nicholls’ book and cult film which will run at Bristol Old Vic from 29 February – 30 March....

Past Shows

Songs For A New World
Songs For A New World
2/6 - 3/3/2024


Quite Good Theatre and Upstairs at the Gatehouse present SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD     Following a brief five-star run in Southend last year, ...

Relativity


In a world where people can break scientific laws just by understanding them, Zadie Sierra works with the government to lock away the rule-breakers: whether ...

No Surrender: Songs by Bruce Springsteen & Tom Waits


After a sold-out, SIX STAR(!) performance, Grammy and Emmy Award Winning musician Paul Bogaev is  back by popular demand  with an evening of songs from ...

Lower the Tone


It’s time to ‘Lower The Tone’ for charity.  A celebration of the deeper voices in musical theatre, with performers from the West End and beyond!  ...

The Mother of Kamal
The Mother of Kamal
1/19 - 1/28/2024


Dina Ibrahim for KFI Publishing presents The Mother of Kamal Written by Dina Ibrahim Directed by Stephen Freeman     It is 1948 in the ...

You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown


Chromolume Productions presents You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown 14th December 2023 - 14th January 2024 Based on The Comic Strip “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz  Book, ...

Wyrd Sisters
Wyrd Sisters
11/23 - 11/26/2023


Garden Suburb Theatre presents Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters Stage Adaptation by Stephen Briggs Pratchett takes Macbeth and turns it up 'till the knob comes off. ...

Havisham
Havisham
11/16 - 11/19/2023


EMUL8 Theatre presents Havisham Who was the woman being behind Dickens’ most monstrous female creation? What drove the hopeful young Miss Havisham to her cruel ...

The Jive Aces


The Jive Aces, renowned for their high-energy swinging music and spectacular live show are back Upstairs at the Gatehouse! Join us for an evening with ...

Hauntings
Hauntings
11/14


Hauntings is a spellbinding evening of three tales of the supernatural from two of the world’s greatest writers of ghost stories, E.F. Benson and M.R. ...

Laughter is the Best Medicine


Research suggests that laughter can offer stress relief, soothe tension, improve mood and even relieve pain. This charity comedy event will put that to the ...

Bess - The Other Houdini
Bess - The Other Houdini
10/24 - 11/12/2023


Escape Artists Theatre Company presents Bess - The Other Houdini   The startling true story of Harry Houdini’s beloved wife and her breakdown in the ...

Magic at the Gatehouse


Join us, once again, for an evening of Magic at the Gatehouse presented by an exciting line-up of top magicians. Witness miracles manifest before your ...

Just Barking
Just Barking
10/19 - 10/21/2023


New play, ‘Just Barking’ premieres at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, starring Rebecca Gilliland (Wicked)

Just Barking
Just Barking
10/19 - 10/21/2023


AIM Theatre presents Just Barking by Joe Wiltshire Smith   Performed in rep with That Day on the 18th & 20th October   Stumbling back into her ...

That Day
That Day
10/18 - 10/20/2023


AIM Theatre presents That Day by Ben Hannigan Performed in rep with Just Barking on the 19th & 21st October A confused introvert trying to write a ...

Murder with Ghosts
Murder with Ghosts
10/12 - 10/15/2023


Garden Suburb Theatre presents Murder With Ghosts A spine tingling, rollercoaster of suspense, spooks and laughter as eerie encounters unfold at Quittendon Manor in this ...

The Brownings - Through Casa Guidi Windows


A Fundraiser in Aid of Upstairs at the Gatehouse Venice - 12th December 1889.  The great English poet Robert Browning is dying. In his last ...

The Lady with the Dog
The Lady with the Dog
9/13 - 10/8/2023


Alces Productions presents The Lady With A Dog The Chekhov story that the writer Vladimir Nabokov called ‘one of the greatest stories ever written’ returns ...

Nice Work If You Can Get It
Nice Work If You Can Get It
12/12 - 1/27/2019


OVATION presents the UK premiere of this fabulous Broadway musical. Winner of two Tonys and three Drama Desk Awards, this screwball comedy pokes fun at ...

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