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THE BROCKLEY JACK THEATRE 
at Brockley Jack pub 
410 Brockley Road, 
London SE4 2DH           Profile of theatre

TRAVEL  
Tube: The East London Line runs to Honor Oak Park Station. 
Train: Crofton Park Station is 2 minutes’ walk from the theatre. Honor Oak Park Station is 8 minutes walk 
Bus: 122, 172, 171, P4, N171 (all stop directly outside the theatre)
Parking: Plenty of free spaces outside the theatre & its side streets, with easy access to the A2 and South Circular (A205).  

NOTE: Wheelchair access is available at this venue, please enquire when booking ticket.




Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

reimagined by Vince Mathews and Liz Love

 presented by V&L Productions

9 - 13 April


In the not-so-distant future, mankind has risen from the ashes of an apocalypse. In the great reset, come power struggles to establish a new hierarchy.

Macbeth’s rise to the top is foretold by three strange women, a fortune-telling which rapidly starts to become true. But once at the top, he must fight to remain there.

How much will it cost him and who, or what, is pulling the strings?

‘Foul is fair and fair is foul’ and anything can happen in a world where everything has been lost.

Shakespeare’s classic tale of succession, power and the supernatural has been re-imagined in this fast-paced adaptation by V&L Productions.


The British Theatre Challenge

produced by Sky Blue Theatre Company

16 - 20 April

The BTC.


The British Theatre Challenge returns to the Jack Studio Theatre to bring you five new plays, wrapped into one very entertaining evening. A night of diverse, exciting and award winning plays.

This year’s selected plays are:

Each Fallen Robin by Emily Carmichael
The Injured Party by Scott Gibson
Can There Be Justice For TJ by Evonne Fields-Gould
You Butterfly by Steve Eddison
The Magic in Christopher by Lee Brodie

The BTC aims to reach audiences interested in well-crafted and provocative writing, writing that is diverse in its scope and narratives, and from an array of voices. At the end of the evening we encourage you to rank the plays in order of your preference using voting slips.

This year’s plays were selected from over four hundred submissions from twenty countries. To date, 70 plays have been produced, 59 of which have received offers of publication as a direct result of t


The Watsons

by Laura Wade

directed by Rebecca Dallaway

produced by The Dulwich Players

24 - 27 April



What happens when the writer loses the plot?

Emma Watson is nineteen and new in town. She and her sisters must marry, fast. If not, they face poverty, spinsterhood, or worse: an eternity with their boorish brother and his awful wife.

Luckily there are plenty of potential suitors to dance with, even if some are far from suitable. So far so familiar. But there’s a problem: Jane Austen didn’t finish the story. Who will write Emma’s happy ending now?

Based on her incomplete novel, this sparklingly witty play looks under the bonnet of Jane Austen and asks: what can characters do when their author abandons them?

The Watsons by Laura Wade was first performed at The Chichester Festival Theatre, directed by Samuel West, on 8th November 2018.

This amateur production of The Watsons is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

Antigone

by Sophocles

translated by Ian Johnston, adapted by the company

directed by Jayne Denny

presented by Little Homma Productions

30 April - 4 May


Antigone is an underdog in the fight against the system. The New King, Creon, wrestles to control it.

In the wake of a bitter civil war, Creon refuses to bury Antigone’s  brother, declaring him a traitor. Her defiant act of love and rebellion pitted against his unrelenting political stance, triggers a thunderous wave of repercussions.

What happens when you stand up to power, dare to do what’s right and refuse to be silent?

This powerful, energised staging of Sophocles’ classic tragedy explores the struggle between law and conscience, and between the individual and the state.

Antigone is the latest production from Little Homma, whose previous work includes Farley’s Date, which was nominated for three Off West End Awards.


Press for previous productions



‘an incredibly intimate, completely watchable and utterly enjoyable show…… the Ensemble is flawless.’  TheatreFix


‘well imagined, consistently funny dialogue provides a refreshing and entertaining approach.’  British Theatre Guide

Body 115

written and performed by Jan Noble

directed by Justin Butcher

7 - 11 May


Ever wished that you were somewhere else? Ever wished that you were somebody else?

Escaping the rain, a journey on the London Underground becomes a descent into the underworld in this award-winning show.

Summoning a spirit guide in the form of ‘Body 115’, we follow our poet-hero down and out through the sewers and tubes of Kings Cross Station to the heart of Italy.

Part invocation, part rain dance, this poetic odyssey is delivered with a contemporary kick. From the terraces at Millwall to fashionable Milan expect shadowy encounters, iPhone selfies, dodgy connections and chance meetings with a host of poet ghosts.


Body 115 was the winner of the London Pub Theatre Awards for ‘Best Innovative Play’ 2023, and received an Offie Commendation, 2023.


Jan Noble is an award winning poet. He has performed at the ICA in London, The Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York and Teatrino Di Palazzo Grassi in Venice. He has taught creative writing in prisons and psychiatric hospitals and was poetry facilitator for leading London mental health charity Core Arts. He established a creative writing class for the homeless at the Union Chapel, Islington. Works include ‘My Name is Swan’ (2017) a poetic monologue performed at every pub in London with ‘Swan’ in its name. Documented in film it was officially selected for the East End Film Festival winning Best Narrative at the International Poetry Film Festival, Los Angeles (2023).

The Girl in the Green Room

written and directed by Luke Adamson

produced by The Bridge House Theatre

21 - 25 May



As the heavens open and the thunder cracks, a young writer dives into a never before seen bookshop for shelter on his way home one Autumn evening. Despite nobody answering his calls he has the distinct feeling that he is not alone.

When he discovers a secret room hidden behind an old mahogany bookcase things take a turn for the weird. Poetry scrawled into the pages of a handwritten diary reveals the details of a forbidden love affair.

Could this mysterious author be his unseen companion? As he dives further into the writing, the spirit’s dark purpose is revealed.

Can he calm the spirit in time? Will he ever escape The Green Room?

Inspired by The Green Room by Walter De La Mare, The Girl In The Green Room is an atmospheric one-man ghost story.

After its Five Star, award-nominated run at the neighbouring Bridge House Theatre, The Girl In The Green Room is getting a new life at the Jack Studio for one week only!


That Girl vs The World

by George Lester

directed by Luke Adamson

produced by The Bridge House Theatre

28 May - 1 June



Who’d have thought that putting on a dress and reading some stories would lead to war on the streets of South London?

Meet That Girl. If there’s one thing you need to know about That Girl, it’s that she loves books: she loves writing them and she loves reading them.

One day while getting ready to do just that she found herself in the middle of the new wave of an age old battle. What followed was a media storm like nothing she had ever faced before, a storm that circulated lies, dog whistling and scaremongering in an attempt to ruin her.

But That Girl, and the local community, had other ideas.

What started as reading books about kindness and inclusivity to children became a battle of false principles and faux outrage that taught That Girl more about about the power of community and the strength within than she’d have thought possible. And now it’s time for her to tell her story.

THAT GIRL VS THE WORLD is an all lip-syncing, all singing, all dancing extravaganza taking you from her humble origins to centre stage in a media storm.

After its Five Star, award-nominated, run at the neighbouring Bridge House Theatre, That Girl Vs The World is getting a new life at the Jack Studio for one week only!


The Valentine Letters

by Steve Darlow

based on the book Geprüft by Frances Zagni

directed by Jo Emery

produced by Fighting High Productions

11 - 22 June


The Valentine Letters is a new play based upon the Second World War correspondence between Royal Air Force airman and Prisoner of War John Valentine and his wife Ursula.

These letters provide an unprecedented insight in to how two people struggle to find solace and keep their hopes and love alive despite the anxieties of John’s dangerous operational life, his three years behind barbed wire, and Ursula’s endeavours raising a newborn under the constant threat of aerial attack.

The Valentine Letters is a testament to the pain of separation, isolation, coping, and change, interspersed with humorous and heartwarming moments. A remarkable account of the effect of the Second World War on the lives of a young married couple and their generation.

This is the latest play from Steve Darlow, whose most recent work includes the acclaimed Their Finest Hour.


Press for previous production, Their Finest Hour:


‘Darlow is to be applauded… beautifully represents the period.’ ★★★★★ North West End UK

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