Lumbago Theatre Company presents comedy drama One Jab Cures All at The Tabard in Chiswick 14 - 31 Jan 2026

Directed by multiple award winner Matthew Parker

It’s happened. The ultimate scientific breakthrough. Boffins discover a drug that heals everything. 

Max is a scientist in a secret lab who stumbles on a cure for all diseases. His boss, Judy, decides to sell it privately to millionaires but Max wants it distributed free to everyone. He smuggles out a batch of samples to a nearby hospital. When his teenage daughter, Felicity, joins the rebellion, Judy orders a junior researcher, Vic, to guard her. But they fall in love and together they plot to seize control of the lab. Meanwhile Judy has a secret plan to deal with the troublemakers permanently. 

One Jab Cures All asks a question that scientists don’t want to hear: if they cured everything would they tell us? 

DARKIE ARMO GIRL by Karine Bedrossian returns to FINBOROUGH THEATRE 20 January - 7 February

A true story.

1974. An Armenian family fleeing a civil war, arrive in the UK with £35, a suitcase and the address of a relative. But that’s nothing new for them. They’ve already had to flee a genocide.

1976. One careless mistake. Nine months and one near fatal C-section later, Karen Mary Bedrossian is born into a perfectly fine life and grows up in a perfectly fine house in Richmond, Surrey. But inside her lies a secret deep, dark pain that rips her to shreds on a daily basis…

1994. Karen’s 18, homeless, penniless, and her only friends are a couple of heroin addicts and criminals. The solution? Start again. Become a famous pop star. Then everyone would love and admire her and she’d be whole.

Wouldn’t she?

DONBAS by Olga Braga at Theatre503 5 - 28 Feb 2026, Directed by Anthony Simpson-Pike

‘What do you do when your brother is trying to kill you, Ivan?’ 

Newly released from a Russian prison, Sashko comes home to a father determined to keep him safe as the world unravels. Ivan’s chasing Vera, Vera’s chasing the perfect Claudia Schiffer blonde – and overhead, in Ukrainian skies, the planes are getting closer.

From the winner of Theatre503’s International Playwriting Award, Olga Braga’s searing and darkly funny debut Donbas asks how people keep living and dreaming, even in uncertain times.

Donbas is a Theatre503, Good Chance and 45North Production in association with Seventh Productions.

LEARNING HOW TO DIVE By BRENDAN MURRAY Directed by WILLIE ELLIOTT at the White Bear Theatre 10 - 27 February

A grieving widow, an angry son, a secret lover… What do you say when you answer the door to a man you’ve never met before? Especially when you’ve known him for 30 years? Where do you start? Where does it end? And how about discovering your husband of fifty years is not who you thought he was? What then? A tender but unflinching look at the messy complexity of love, lies, loss & sexuality, LEARNING HOW TO DIVE tells the story of three people facing the reality of what it means to truly know someone. A rare chance for London audiences to see a new play by this internationally produced, award-winning writer. LEARNING HOW TO DIVE marks the return to acting (after nearly forty years) of Brendan Murray - joined by Darren Cheek (Regional Rep, West End) and Karen Spicer (Graeae, Diverse City), under the direction of Willie Elliott (Gay Sweatshop, Red Shift).

EXPÖSED at The Lion & Unicorn Theatre 17 - 21 February

Fashion designer extraordinaire "Ze Emperor" is on a ruthless rise to the top of Berlin’s fashion scene, but when his latest collection falls flat, he is in desperate need of something new. Rumours of a cutting-edge fabric, spearheaded by an innovative Parisian duo, may be just what Ze Emperor needs to save his reputation and claw his way back to global fashion domination! Featuring larger-than-life characters, a feel-good soundtrack and lots of silly jokes, Baby Lamb Productions brings you a tongue-in-cheek adaptation of The Emperor’s New Clothes, transplanted to the dog-eat-dog world of 21st century high fashion.
Following sell-out runs at the Bread & Roses Theatre and The Canal Cafe Theatre, and after becoming OFFIE-finalists in 2023, Baby Lamb Productions is thrilled to bring EXPÖSED to new audiences.

LAMBCO Productions present SAVAGE by Claudio Macor at White Bear Theatre, Kennington 25th February - 15th March 2026

Gay conversion therapy remains legal in 170 countries around the world — including Britain.

COPENHAGEN 1940. With the Nazi occupation of Denmark, life did not change much. Zack and Nikolai enjoy the hedonism of the cabaret, see friends and are happy in love. Their world is shattered when Doctor Carl Vaernet discovers a cure for homosexuality. Nikolai is arrested, interrogated and experimented on in front of General Von Ascelmen, who is so impressed with the Doctor’s results that he appoints him to “cure” homosexuals in Buchenwald concentration camp. After several attempts the cure fails, the Nazis lose interest and send Doctor Vaernet back to Copenhagen. Upon the liberation of Denmark by British forces, Doctor Vaernet is arrested and interrogated — but when the British authorities learn of his work, they are keen to bring him to Britain. Feigning a heart condition, he is sent to Sweden for treatment on a British stipend and flees to South America. He remains in Argentina until his death, never prosecuted. After liberation, Zack and Nikolai try to rebuild their lives and rekindle their love. This important play exposes a heartbreaking love story amidst the brutal and savage true story of an obsessed and forgotten Nazi war criminal.