THE SWITCHBOARD PROJECT at The Hope Theatre 2 - 20 September

“You know, it’s terrible that a woman should have to sit there and say ‘Gay Switchboard’. Why isn’t it ‘Lesbian and Gay Switchboard’?”

It’s 1985. Above a bookshop in King’s Cross, volunteers answer calls from across the country. There's been a vicious queer-bashing in Leeds, a young man in Bristol dreads his HIV test, and a breathless voice really wants to know what they're wearing. For Lou, Joan, Nana and Jackie, it’s just another shift. Battling phone line outages, understaffing, and vanishing pens, these four lesbians are determined to answer the call to connect their divided community.



‘The Switchboard Project’ is a new dramatic comedy that brings often-ignored stories out of the archive and onto the stage. Inspired by real phone calls and interviews with ex-Switchboard volunteers, this play celebrates the important role lesbians have played in gay liberation, battling the AIDS crisis, and building the queer community as we know it today. 

Drama DR FREUD WILL SEE YOU NOW, MRS HITLER at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate 4 Sep - 28 September 2025

Chromolume Productions

Sigmund Freud and Adolf Hitler never met. But what if they had? 

Would the world be a better place if the 20th century's greatest psychopath had been treated by the 20th century's greatest psychoanalyst? 

It could have happened: At the fag-end of the 19th century, Mrs Hitler took the infant Adolf to her GP because the child was suffering from nightmares and bedwetting. The doctor was out of his depth. He suggested she take her son to a new clinic for children with 'nervous disorders' which had just been opened in Vienna by a Doctor Freud. Her abusive husband wouldn't hear of it. But what if Mrs Hitler had defied him and young Adolf did end up on Freud's iconic couch? 

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VERA; OR, THE NIHILISTS by Oscar Wilde at Jack Studio Theatre 16 - 27 September 7.30pm

Set against the backdrop of widespread social and political unrest in turn-of-the-century Tsarist Russia, Oscar Wilde’s little-known first play is a gripping and provocative story of idealism, conspiracy, and corruption.

As social unrest sweeps across Russia, a young woman by the name of Vera Sabouroff travels to Moscow to avenge her brother’s unjust imprisonment. Driven initially by a desire for vengeance, Vera becomes embroiled with a secretive faction of social radicals known as the Nihilists and rapidly becomes their most proficient assassin.



This production – the first-ever London revival – is directed and reconceptualised by Cecilia Thoden van Velzen, founder of production company Greensleeved. It is the debut production from Third Thing Productions.

Festival LAMBETH FRINGE FESTIVAL (Formerly Clapham Fringe) RETURNS SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER CELEBRATING 10 YEARS WITH A PROGRAMME OF OVER 200 EVENTS 25 September - 25 October

Celebrating the vibrant culture & community of Lambeth, platforming underrepresented voices in the arts, produced by the team behind Bread and Roses Theatre in Clapham.  The 2025 programme features theatre, comedy, cabaret, music and family.

Participating pub theatres include Bread and Roses Theatre in Clapham, White Bear Theatre in kennington and Golden Goose Theatre in Camberwell.

Full programme here

Comedy Drama MAKE ENGLAND GREAT AGAIN at Upstairs at the Gatehouse, Highgate  30 Sept - 19 Oct 2025

Francis Beckett’s new play Make England Great Again is set just after the Britons First Party wins its first ever general election victory, and its charismatic leader Max Moore enters 10 Downing Street.

It’s a comedy, but also a warning.

Francis Beckett’s last three plays have had successful runs at Upstairs at the Gatehouse.  The New Statesman called A Modest Little Man “a moving and entertaining play about Clement Attlee.”

In The House Magazine, John McDonnell MP wrote of Vodka with Stalin: “As always with Francis’s work, you can’t fail to become emotionally close to the characters.”

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