WHAT'S ON at GOLDEN GOOSE THEATRE
Golden Goose Theatre at The Golden Goose pub,
146 Camberwell New Road
Camberwell
London
SE5 0RR
Nearest tube: Oval (Northern Line)
Nearest bus stop: Vassal Road (36, 185, 436, N136)
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The Golden Goose theatre presents
What Vegans Do When Husbands Go Missing
Wednesday 20th - Friday 22nd May
When Eleanor finally finds the dependable, handsome, wealthy husband she needs, she moves into his sleepy village and settles down to a life of domesticity. As an active member of the bookclub, she soon becomes a trusted member of the community.When her husband disappears, this community starts to take on a different guise to her. Who can she trust? A farcical tale of deception and lies starts to unfold.
DrED Company with Final Run collaboration
Monday 25th - Tuesday 26th May
A play set within a police station where a writer is being questioned about the similarities between his stories and recent murders.
Red Fox Theatre presents
This will be the first time the original cast has performed the show together in 6 years.... Hence the need for some previews before the run at 59E59 New York this June.
29th - 30th May
An unbelievable true story involving Éamon de Valera, one big fish, and whole lot of nuns, Catch of The Day is a riotous romp of a play that tackles the tense history of Anglo-Irish relations with a unique mash-up of live music, comedy and theatre.
Bring your mates and your mammy, grab a pint, and get ready for one craic-ing night out.
Ireland, 1966.
A skipper sails into Dingle bay with a very unusual catch. What follows is a ridiculous series of events involving Eamon De Valera, Queen Elizabeth, and a surprising amount of nuns.
An unbelievable true story built from interviews, Catch of the Day is a raucous and little-bit-political play with live trad music, all set in a pub. This "side-splittingly funny" (The Irish Post) show has been teaching audiences about Anglo-Irish relations in very silly ways since 2018.
Bring your mates and your mammy and get ready for one craic-ing night out. One fish can make a big splash.
Reviews
★★★★★ “A superb show, achingly funny, with great traditional Irish songs and a cast of incredibly talented actors/singers/musicians, the like of which I have not experienced in a while”
FourSquareTheatre Presents
Friday 5th - Saturday 6th June
In this first of a series of short play nights, writers have been tasked with flipping classical work on it's head! Our first night is the big man himself ... William Shakespeare!
Expect a night of funny, challenging carnage, as some of the most exciting new playwrights beg, steal and borrow from the Bard.
Cwtch Productions
Monday 8th - Wednesday 10th June
Everyone has a thing they haven't told the person they love.
Ben and Rachel are that couple, the ones who finish each other's sentences, steal each other's shirts, and make the whole thing look easy. But underneath the bickering and the laughter, something has been quietly building for eight years. When it finally comes out, it brings with it all a journal Rachel has been filling alone. on bathroom floors, in the dark, hoping for something she didn't know she'd never have.
Pillowtalk is a play about secrets, grief, change, and the kind of love that survives the truth. It's funny because it's real. It hurts because you'll recognise every moment of it.
One bedroom. Two people. Love laid
Lowborn Theatre presents
Thursday 11th - Saturday 13th June
Against the backdrop of rising xenophobia and far right sentiments, “Publife” follows a day in the life of those on the front lines: the migrant-majority bar staff at a Parliament pub in Westminster. Through comedy, irony, and controversy, Caroline Davis illustrates the importance and the difficulty of finding community in modern-day London. We invite you to come and join the Publife in June 2026
Oh No He Isn't
Goldicocks and the Three Bears
Wednesday 17th - Friday 19th June
Welcome to Twinkenham, a town with picture-perfect streets, zero Grindr matches… and one legendary gay bar fighting for its life.
When fabulous drag diva Goldicocks sets off to find love with the dreamy Prince Hardup, she discovers something far more urgent: the beloved nightclub The Honey Pot is under threat. An evil property developer is determined to bulldoze the bar and replace it with the ultimate nightmare… a vegan brunch café.
Now it’s up to Goldicocks and the iconic trio of Bears who run the club to save their glitter-soaked sanctuary before last orders are called forever.
Expect outrageous comedy, drag queens, filthy jokes, audience participation, big musical numbers and more innuendo than you can shake a porridge spoon at. This isn’t your childhood fairy tale, it’s a full-blown, glitter-bombed night out.
Grab your tickets, warm up your booing voices, and get ready to shout “SPILL IT, GIRLS!”
Book now — before the lights go out at The Honey Pot!
Debut Company presents
by Jack Throne
Sat 20th June
"If you could spend eternity with just one precious memory, what would it be?”
After Life is a surreal and powerfully human play set in a bureaucratic, limbo-like waiting room between life and death where the recently deceased have exactly one week to sift through their past lives and select a single moment to keep forever.
An ode to theatre, this abridged version of Jack Thorne’s play based on Hirokazu Koreeda’s film by City Academy Debut Theatre Company, blends naturalistic ensemble performance with playful and imaginative staging.
Golden Goose Theatre presents
Sunday 21st June
A complex new thriller, written and performed by Christopher St. John, exploring masculinity, upbringing and societal influence.
Shaun is an enigmatic and charming soul. Neglected, isolated and misunderstood, he finds what he thinks is his purpose in life, his reason for being.
The world that is created around him is fraught with conflicting challenges and may ultimately collapse around him.
A one person show written by Christopher St. John that is a complex exploration of the human psyche. This performance will linger with audiences beyond the curtain call sparking debates on 'who is Shaun?'.
Out of Office Theatre presents
Tuesday 23rd - Thursday 25th June
Dr. Jonathan Faustus is fed up with his life and desperate for the recognition he deserves. Cue the powers that be. In a vain bid to secure his glory, Faustus turns to the occult. Experience the carnage that comes with literally...MAKING A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL.
Marlowe's classic, reimagined into the modern day (with one or two tweaks).
Jamais Vu Productions presents
Friday 26th - Saturday 27th June
No Name, No memory, No Identity. Where to begin?
49 and 64 are in the room. They cannot see each other but they can talk and pass notes. All they have is questions. Who are they? Where are they? What is going on? And why? And who is J Doe? And why are they watching them?
"A masterful piece of new British Theatre" -
The New Current
****
The New Current
****
Broadway World
****
Edfringe Review
Shortlisted: Best Play UONWF
Finalist: The Agon 2
Selected: NSDF 25
Exchange Theatre presents
Sunday 28 - Tuesday 30 June
FRENCH
Les Justes
D’après Albert Camus
Mis en scène par Hervé Goffings
Moscou, 1905. Cinq révolutionnaires préparent un attentat contre le grand-duc Serge. Au moment d’agir, un imprévu bouleverse tout. Un huis clos brûlant et intense signé Albert Camus, où s’affrontent idéal, doute et humanité: Est-ce être complice que de ne rien faire ? La fin justifie-t-elle les moyens ? Peut-on tuer des innocents pour une cause juste ?
«La bombe seule est révolutionnaire» STEPAN FEDOROV, Les Justes
Camus fait s'affronter ceux qui ne veulent pas legitimer le meurtre quel qu'il soit, car il est inacceptable, et ceux qui pensent qu'il est juste d'abattre les tyrans pour la justice, pour changer la vie et les conditions inacceptables d’un peuple. Et il y a ceux pour qui, bien que insupportable il est nécessaire d’agir même s’il faut se compromettre. Camus n'excuse personne et pose un regard qui questionne ses personnages et leur éternel recommencement presque absurde. Une Tragédie Morale et pas manichéenne.
Par la troupe de Un air de famille (2024) et du Vallon d’Agatha Christie (2025) !
Avec William Balmer, Corentin Baron, Racem Benhamed, Sophie Ponton, Nathalie Didion, Monia Kinnman, Sébastien Ramu
ENGLISH
The Justs (The just assassins)
by Albert Camus, in the original French language
Directed by Hervé Goffings
Moscow, 1905. Five revolutionaries are plotting an assassination attempt against Grand Duke Sergei. Just as they are about to act, an unforeseen event changes everything. A gripping and intense drama by Albert Camus, where idealism, doubt, and humanity clash: Is inaction complicity? Do the ends justify the means? Can innocent people be killed for a just cause?
“Only the bomb is revolutionary” — Stepan Fedorov, The Just Assassins
Camus pits those who refuse to legitimize any form of murder, because it is unacceptable, against those who believe it is right to overthrow tyrants for justice, to change the lives and unacceptable conditions of a people. And then there are those for whom, however unbearable, action is necessary, even if it means compromising themselves. Camus excuses no one and casts a critical eye on his characters and their almost absurd, eternal repetition. A moral tragedy, not a manichean one.
From the cast of Un air de famille (2024) and Le Vallon d’Agatha Christie (2025)!
Iris Productions presents
Wednesday 1st - Thursday 2nd July
A powerful new play set to live music following Iris, living with dementia, on the final night of her life as she tries to piece together the fragments of her past.
