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NEWSREVUE
It's the most wonderful time of the year here at Canal Café Theatre. Introducing the 2025 NewsRevue Christmas cast! Catch these fa-la-la-la-fabulous performers.
Current NewsRevue Team – Christmas 2025!
Director: Sophie Lynch-Furtado
Musical Director: Zara Harris
Cast: Dión Di Maio, Fraser Adams, Miles Blanch & Liberty Ashford
“Satirically brilliant” – The Guardian – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Preposterously talented” – Broadway Baby – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
“Utterly magnificent from start to finish” – LondonTheatre1 – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
NewsRevue Season Pass!
For just £99, the pass is designed so that you can come and see each run of the year (7 standard runs, our Edinburgh Previews and our Christmas run), and make major savings compared to buying individual tickets!
For more information and to book, head to our
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LOSE YOUR MARBLES
25 May
An evening of pure absurdist comedy with extreme ASMR practitioner Yogie Belle and friends.
Get ready to Lose Your Marbles at the Canal Café Theatre in Little Venice, Maida Vale!
Curated by the worlds #1 extreme ASMR practitioner and sound beautician, Yogie Belle, this vaudevillian extravaganza delivers a hand-picked line-up of alternative acts who’ll leave you wailing with joy like a dolphin that’s escaped from Leningrad zoo.
Unapologetically original absurd alternative comedy— from the front trenches of the fringe.
Lose Your Marbles celebrates the theatre of the weird, the wild, and the wonderfully bizarre in a collision of storytelling, performance, music and clowning in a kaleidoscope of unlimited limitless silliness.
What to Expect:
· Fringe artists who dare to be different.
· A chaotic night of pure comedic anarchy.
· The perfect evening for fans of boundary-pushing brilliance.
Grab your tickets before they’re gone—this show sells out fast! Book now—and get your *FREE sound shower on the house!
THE INTERMISSION
1 - 3 June
Inspired by Edward Hopper’s 1963 painting of the same name, The Intermission explores fatherhood, sliding doors, and the secret life of a carnival goldfish.
Join Richard Walls (Violet Fields, Royal Court; Powder, Theatre Absolute) this June as he reckons with the shadow of a day he always knew would come.
IT’S A FUNNY NEW GAME
9 - 12 June
A comic look at the Beautiful Game – warts, VAR and all.
Do you think football was better in the old days? When players wore long shorts and earned two bob a week? Or do you prefer the modern game of megastar players with ridiculous hairstyles earning millions? Either way, actor turned football manager Barry Mousetrap will have something funny to say about it. Barry Mousetrap is the original VAR (Very Amusing Raconteur) and is proud to present his debut full-length show It’s A Funny New Game (The Changing Farce of Football).
The show features stand-up, sketches, and even a football themed Jane Austen spoof. Plus there’s a special World Cup quiz featuring England’s No.1.
Joining in the fun are Barry’s fellow managers Kurt Kliche – football’s most fashionable manager, Flange Costabobortwo – football’s most sacked manager and Sir Fergus McAllison – football’s most miserable manager. And who can resist the World’s most skillful (not to mention beautiful) footballer and underwear model – Ronald Biggego.
The Beautiful Game has never been more Beautiful or more funny.
Cruisin for a Cabaret
14 June
A dreamy afternoon of Summer romance and iconic hits!
Get ready for a sun-soaked afternoon of musical theatre magic with Cruisin’ for a Cabaret! Featuring iconic hits from Grease, Hairspray, Footloose, Teen Beach Movie, and Cry-Baby, this high-energy cabaret celebrates summer romance, nostalgia, and feel-good fun. Produced by Posnertivity Productions, the show brings together powerhouse vocals, and vibrant performances in an unforgettable celebration of teen rebellion and classic movie musicals. Join us at the Canal Café Theatre for the ultimate summer escape filled with music, laughter, and heart.
SITCOM MISSION
16 June
Sitcom Mission Showcase 2026. Showcasing 15 minute sitcom scripts, written by the long list of our competition finalists.
After our visit to Canal Café last year, Sitcom Mission is back! With an emphasis firmly on script development, Sitcom Mission is an international sitcom writing competition.
We showcase 15-minute sitcom scripts in front of the British TV and radio comedy industry. Over the last 16 years, several of our winners have had their work optioned and are now working as full-time comedy writers. They’ve also had their scripts seen by a who’s who of British comedy commissioning, including Shane Allen, Lucy Lumsden, Ben Boyer, Saskia Schuster, Myfanwy Moore, Gregor Sharp, Tilusha Ghelani, Chris Sussman, Paul Schlesinger, Iain Coyle and Tanya Qureshi.
For our 2026 competition, we’ve selected 6 scripts and worked with the writers to develop them for the public showcase. These 6 will be whittled down to 4 and developed further, ready for the industry showcase at the start of July.
MEN IN POWER: A WORK IN PROGRESS
19 June
Men are in power, but why? NipSlip are here to find out.
NipSlip Productions present MEN IN POWER.
This sexy duo (Dulcie Godfrey and Tallula White) explore MEN. POWER. FACIAL HAIR. SEX… (if you’re lucky) live on stage or your money back, through a series of sketches, interpretive dance and a secret third thing.
From the peaks of Mount Everest, to the depths of Dalston Superstore (why are they in there?) MEN seem to run the world… why? What is it that they have that NipSlip don’t? What is a MAN if not the same composition of nipples, leg hair and bush? The sexy duo that bring you monthly variety show NipSlip&Friends are here to find out.
Rendez-vous avec Son Autre Soi
20 June
L’histoire démarre quand l’auteur ressent le besoin de franchir l’étape ultime de son introspection, de son voyage intérieur qui lui a permis de sortir de sa torpeur de post adolescent renfermé sur lui-même.
Un artiste accompli exprime ses émotions dans chacune de ses œuvres. L’histoire démarre quand il ressent le besoin de franchir l’étape ultime de son introspection qui lui a permis de sortir de sa torpeur de post adolescent renfermé sur lui-même.Il décide de raconter chacune des étapes de cette transformation, d’écrire cette expérience vécue sur plusieurs décennies. Cette technique créative à laquelle il ne s’est encore jamais essayé lui permettra de transmettre son expérience.
Ce cheminement sera la dernière étape de son parcours thérapeutique pour se libérer de ses blocages. “Lui” se retrouve en jeune homme, vide de tout futur possible. “Il” se raconte au présent. Un perpétuel combat intérieur entre “lui” et ses différents états d’âme, entre “il” et les différents personnages de son passé voit le jour.
Il retombe dans ses obsessions, ses doutes, ses avancées et ses retours en arrière. “Il” comme “lui” tente par tous les moyens de s’évader de cette torpeur qui le rattrape sans cesse. Des sons épars le réveillent, le poussent à nouveau au combat. Et plus le combat prendra de l’importance et plus cette volonté de se battre pour “lui”, contre “il” se déploiera en lui. Avant un lâcher prise total.
IN THE COLD LIGHT
24 - 27 June
A grieving journalist seeks closure through a lost romance from a by-gone era.
The gravestones of two friends pull a journalist into an investigation he hopes will bury the past. Instead, it unearths the harsh reality of staying silent, confronting him with the one story he refused to tell.
Scottish playwright George Grant returns with this powerful meditation on grief. Making its debut at Canal Café Theatre, In the Cold Light is a sharp, intimate and quietly devastating exploration of how we mourn – and what we leave unsaid.
