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25 October – 23 November 2024

Arcola’s co-founder Leyla Nazli (Mare Rider) adapts Ece Temelkuran’s celebrated novel Women Who Blow on Knots for the stage, presenting a powerful tale of freedom, resilience, and unbreakable female friendships.

5 November – 9 November 2024

The comedy musical of your Sapphic dreams! Ellis wakes up in a turbulent fever dream created by the Gods of Sapphic Desire. Mia and Finlay, self-proclaimed expert angel dykes, say she’s expected to “reflect” on her life or some crap like that. One magic diary and twelve comical tunes later, these three hot queers learn …

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1 December 2024

Uncle Glen’s Menagerie returns to the Arcola Theatre! This is the hit show that throws performers together for the first time. In every scene, one actor has the script. The other knows nothing… The show features a rotating cast of some of the US and UK’s top performers, including award-winning leading actors from TV shows such …

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10 December – 4 January 2025

65 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth… 30 years ago, a movie about dinosaurs ruled the box office… This Festive Period, you are invited to  HOLD ON TO YOUR BUTTS! Hold On To Your Butts is a must see “shot-for-shot” parody of the greatest dinosaur film of all time. After selling out in New …

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11 December – 14 December 2024

Beckett’s Happy Days is an Absurdist play about Winnie, half buried in earth, talking to herself and taciturn Willie, whilst doing mundane tasks, avoiding thinking of her situation or death. Happy Days, named by, The Independent as one of the 40 best plays of all time, is by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett and first performed …

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