Unfortunately, all performances of Tarantula have had to be cancelled due to personal reasons. Ticket holders will be contacted by our Box Office team. We’re sorry for this disappointing news. Its companion piece, Philip Ridley’s The Poltergeist, is running as planned and we hope you can come and see it — all shows now at 7pm!
It’s a sunny, spring day in East London. On a street corner, two teenagers kiss. One of them is Toni. This is her first kiss.
It makes her very happy.
But someone is watching. Someone who doesn’t care about her happiness at all. And they’re about to change Toni’s life… forever.
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.
Praise for Tarantula (January 2025)
★★★★ “Intense and adrenalised” – The Guardian
★★★★ “Unmissable...Ridley's words explode” – Everything Theatre
★★★★ “Theatre at its most powerful” – Theatre Weekly
★★★★ “Compelling...it lingers with you” – The Stage
