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LPT magazine ISSN 2977-6724

VOILA FESTIVAL 2 - 22 November

FROM PINTS TO PERFORMANCE: LONDON'S VOILA THEATRE FESTIVAL By co-director Katharina Reinthaller

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INTERVIEW

TANIA KHAN on I CAN SEE THE SUN 27/10/2026

Tania Khan is an actor and writer from East London. Her theatre company Light the Night Theatre brings I CAN SEE THE SUN to THE HOPE THEATRE in Islington 12 – 21 November.

"...real visual beauty... a richness of ideas, a daring vision...

excellent directorial and visual dimensions."

— Everything Theatre

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THEATRE NEWS

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED FOR LPTM STANDING OVATION AWARDS 2026 24/10/2026

London Pub Theatres Magazine today announces the nominees for The Standing Ovation Awards. The awards are a celebration of excellence in pub theatre venues. The winners will be announced at the Awards Ceremony at The Cockpit, Marylebone on 29 November 2026.

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LPTM COLUMNISTS

IN NEED OF DIRECTORS by Harry Speirs 1/11/2026

There is a much-needed place for directors. Our brave, brave soldiers of order, meaning, empathy and control.

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READING ROUND THE ROOM by Nilgün Yusuf 15/10/26

Critics not only absorb & analyse the production but pick up verbal & non-verbal messages from the audience.

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SHOWS TO SEE

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? by Alexandra Shaw at Drayton Arms 3 - 7 Nov

"It confuses me, sometimes. I just wanna be and say and do without having to go in the maze where people wave madly at each other and smile, while following their own secret routes.’"

Frances and Jonah are the happiest they've ever been. With changing friendships, doubt-inducing jobs, and an overheard therapy session however - is it true that you can only trust yourself?

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SCENES WITH GIRLS at The Hen & Chickens Theatre, Islington 3 - 7 Nov

What happens when your best friend becomes the person you can’t stand to lose? Written by Miriam Battye and directed by Lucy Harper, this sharp, darkly funny play dives into the messy world of female friendship, sexual freedom and obsession. As boundaries blur and loyalties unravel, how well do we really know each other? Tickets £15

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SHAKESPEARE'S COUSIN at White Bear Theatre, Kennington 10 - 28 November

Elizabethan England. A brutal reign of terror. Robert Southwell. Young radical genius. Saint. Best poet of his age. Shakespeare’s favourite. Cancelled. Erased from history by the Reformation. His most heinous crime? Being a Jesuit priest.
Censorship, religious bigotry, cancel culture and xenophobia. A play for today. Set in Elizabethan England.

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SLIDESHOW IN COLOR! at Etcetera Theatre, Camden 15 November and 6 December 7pm

L.A.'s underground hit has landed in London: Slideshow brings together storytellers, poets, comedians, musicians and more, all speaking their truth with their own slides up on the big screen to prove it. "Shockingly honest stories," cheers the Los Angeles Times, "Downright magical, uncomfortable, and anarchic."

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I CAN SEE THE SUN by Tania Khan at The Hope Theatre 12 - 21 November

A surreal, darkly humorous drama inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy.

Taking a wrong turn at Goole on the road back from IKEA, a mother and daughter become lost in ‘The Dark Wood’ in the dead of night, when they stumble on a strange rambler. Is he a hunter out to steal hearts, or a moorland hiker who's seen the light?

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BREWTOPIA at Upstairs at the Gatehouse 17 & 18 November

In Brewtopia, Arjun, a homeless tea connoisseur, owns little more than a precious tin of tea leaves, yet is utterly happy. When a well-meaning outreach worker sets out to give him everything she believes he lacks, his extraordinary world unravels. Natasha Markou’s absurdist tragicomedy asks: what if happiness lies in life’s quietest pleasures?ore. To set up site-wide paragraph and title styles, go to Site Theme.

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