What's On

The Game of Love and Chance is a raucous romantic comedy about sex, class and blessings in disguise.

Kim 2.0 is a one woman comedy show that explores the trappings of gender, its impacts on adolescent development and its effect on a young girl through the lens of dance culture.

Telling the story of lesbian student Regi and gay journalist Babs, this play explores the treatment of LGBTQIA+ people in Nigeria and different types of love.

When statues have more legal protection than a living woman and demonstrations can be banned on a whim where are spaces to thrive and dissent? Mark Thomas returns to the Arcola with a new show exploring what to do in the face of a state outlawing annoyance.

The ‘cabaret kings’ William Ludwig and Dean Austin return with an exploration of resistance in music – through the satirical songs of the Berlin Cabarets, protest songs from Latin America and more.

With beautiful live music and heart-warming shadow puppetry from a world-class ensemble, Anytime The Wind Can Change is a unique cabaret night of lonely giants, comets and compassion.

God’s D*ck is a Darwinian comedy about competition that puts the cut-throat world of scientific research under the microscope.

the wonderful’s debut show is the astonishing untold story of environmental pioneer Rachel Carson. Combining multimedia invention with poetic power and audacious storytelling, Nevergreen speaks directly to our current moment.

Set in a coastal town in northern England, Scab explores the themes of trauma, family and loneliness through the story of an alienated young man’s fateful encounter with a stranger.