Grimeborn Opera: Tristan und Isolde
Tristan und Isolde: the opera that changed music forever. A forbidden love, a deep betrayal, a wound that never heals.
Clive
Step into the strange, funny, and heartbreakingly human world of Clive, the riveting new one-person play by Olivier and BAFTA award-winning playwright Michael Wynne.
Elevate 2025 Showcase
Arcola Academy welcomes a new cohort of Hackney based creatives aged 18 – 25 to develop, expand, and explore theatre craft and performance skills as a professional pathway.
Grimeborn Opera: Tristan und Isolde, a Masterclass
In this special masterclass, emerging artists Robin Whitehouse and Becca Marriott, delve into key scenes from Wagner’s masterpiece.
Grimeborn Opera: Sense & Sensibility, The Musical
With its soaring musical score and sensitive lyrics and dialogue, Sense & Sensibility: The Musical invites audiences to live alongside the Dashwood Sisters, their colourful family, friends and even enemies; where people rarely say what they mean, and passions, hidden by society, are realised in song.
Grimeborn Opera: Don Giovanni
Enjoy another unique minimalist production by Marcio da Silva, performed by Ensemble OrQuesta, with the orchestral accompaniment by the Hastings Philharmonic Orchestra Ensemble.
The Womb
It’s absurd. It’s naked (not literally). It’s bloody (literally). It’s about women.
Grimeborn Opera: Becoming Tosca
Becoming Tosca, a unique and innovative lyric drama, relocates the action to an unspecific Latin American setting in the second half of the 20th century.
Serious Play – Play Reading Circles – Arcola 50+ Group
Join Arcola Participation’s 50+ group as they explore renowned extracts from leading comedy playwrights throughout the centuries.
Rodney Black: Who Cares? It’s Working
In the comedy world, where controversy is king, when does the joke stop being funny?
Grimeborn Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor
Barefoot Opera return to Grimeborn Festival bringing their unique blend of ensemble storytelling and physical theatre to Donizetti’s classic gothic opera.
The Poltergeist
At 15, Sasha was called an art world prodigy. But now he lives in a run-down flat and no one’s even heard of him. What went wrong?
Tarantula
This one woman play is a startling exploration of identity, memory, love, and the lengths it takes someone to free themselves from the web of their past.
Penned Up
Welcome to HMP Ditchfield, where every week a group of prisoners are challenged to write their own plays.
THE MISTAKE
It started with a decision. A scientific breakthrough. A war. A mistake.
Crocodile Fever
A storm is brewing in a quiet Northern Irish farmhouse. The 80s are in full swing, and the past is clawing its way back – ugly, loud, and alive.
This Little Earth
Two Flat-Earthers travel to Antarctica to find the edge of the world.
Petty Men
Set in a dressing room, two understudies attempt to out-perform the show relay. But as worlds collide and reality warps, can they hold on to themselves?
Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B
Kate Hamill reimagines Holmes and Watson as a fiercely funny, gloriously dysfunctional duo navigating post-pandemic London with sharp wits.