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It’s the big day. The announcement is in a few hours’ time, and film producers David and Kate anticipate their prestigious Civil War epic Catch Me Some Freedom will be nominated for plenty of Goldies. Until, however, they learn that the film’s heroic lead role, played by a white actor, was in real life actually Black.
Fearing an intense and career-jeopardizing backlash, David and Kate frantically try to avoid public scrutiny, and keep the film from getting any attention whatsoever.
Featuring award-winning writer and performer Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller as David, and the acclaimed Rosie Hart as Kate, this “comedic yet poignant” Hollywood satire returns, acclaimed as “genius” (★★★★★ Broadway Baby) with “a wonderful set-up” that “delivers in every manner” (★★★★★ Violet Curtain).
Black Bat Productions has been creating theatre since 2017, and has been behind a broad range of sharp, stylish pieces of theatre. The company has a curious, incisive, and acclaimed approach to original storytelling. Previous productions include: 1950s jazz noir Mack The Knife, Twilight-Zone-inspired mystery Technicolor, razor-sharp political satire Chagos 1971, heist thriller Fear of Roses, 1960s fashion-industry caper Nines and contemporary comedy-drama The Kindness of Strangers. Black Bat Productions has seen two of its pieces published in 2024 by Methuen Drama: 1970s set play-with-songs In Everglade Studio and Hitchcock-esque noir thriller Port City Signature.
Press for this production
‘The setup is genius… exemplary writing…with a masterclass of a twist… The punchlines hit their targets with a topicality and humour which completely justifies such enjoyment. It is a joy to spend an hour watching Press.’ ★★★★★ Broadway Baby
It’s Not About Coffee
by Sophia Hail and Jennifer Kehl
presented by Little Coup Theatre
Tuesday 15th – Saturday 19th July at 7.30pm
Press night: Thursday 17th July at 7.30pm
“We just repeat today, every day, and everything will be perfect.”
Every doomsday bunker needs a coffee shop.
Meet Zona and Katherine, two women who have signed on for a 60-day trial as baristas in a coffee shop in Hawaii – a coffee shop that is a mile underground. Desperate for an income, Zona and Katherine must navigate co-living as complete strangers while working under extreme circumstances, all while being monitored around the clock by the owner of the bunker: a billionaire tech mogul who is known for getting what he wants, no matter the cost.
It’s Not About Coffee explores how far we are willing to go to appease the power of the ultra-rich before the scales tip. This dark comedy is a twisting, dystopian journey that isn’t really so dystopian…
by Rajesh Gopie
22 July - 2 August
directed by Clare Stopford
presented by Shooting Star Studios
Celebrated South African playwright Rajesh Gopie’s award-winning play, Out of Bounds, returns to the London stage for a limited run at the Jack Studio
Out of Bounds is the coming-of-age journey of Lall Lalchund, a South African Indian teenager grappling with the turbulence of adolescence within a vibrant and chaotic extended family in Inanda, Durban. Through Lall’s eyes, we are drawn into a heartfelt quest to find oneself in a society fractured by race, tradition and expectation.
Set against the charged backdrop of 1980s apartheid South Africa, this masterful work is an exploration of identity, family and cultural heritage. As resonant today as it was at its debut, Out of Bounds is a moving journey through memory and identity.
Out of Bounds has toured internationally, captivating audiences across South Africa, the United Kingdom, India, and the United States. It was honoured with the prestigious Fleur du Cap Award for Best New Indigenous Script in 2001.
“After 13 years on stage, both in South Africa and abroad, Out of Bounds is as relevant as ever.” The Sunday Times
19 - 23 August
by Heather Woodhouse & TJ Roderick
directed by TJ Roderick
produced by Woodhouse&Roderick
‘If it’s dormant forever… isn’t it just dead?’
In our most intimate spaces, who do we trust to keep the darkness at bay? How do we navigate the hard wires of another being?
Eventually, the moth must realise his return to the flame is no longer romance, but delusion.
The bulb flickers. Letting go is an option.
Sometimes queer love needs space to be just that. Lightbulbs is a gentle, flickering love story about the modern queer ‘situationship’ by new London theatre company Woodhouse&Roderick.
What a Gay Day! – The Larry Grayson Story
by Tim Connery
26 - 30 August
directed by Alex Donald
presented by The Bridge House Theatre
The award winning Bridge House Theatre are delighted to be returning to The Jack Studio theatre with their new show.
Shut that door!
Larry Grayson, one of the country’s best-loved light entertainers, is back from The Other Side (no, not ITV) to tell the story of his extraordinary life. Larry was the camp stand-up who, with his innuendo-laden tales, told stories of friends like Everard and Slack Alice.
In this fusion of autobiographical reminiscing and stand-up, Larry reveals all. From his birth in 1923 to an unmarried mother at a time when such things brought nothing but shame, to his fostering by a hard-working miner and his family, Larry maintained an incredible drive to become a variety star at a time when variety was dying.
Drag artist, comedian, song-and-dance man, Larry did it all, but he was consigned to showbusiness oblivion by an early TV appearance. No one, least of all Larry, expected him to become a major light entertainment star later in life, with his shows watched by over 20 million people on Saturday nights in the 1970s and 1980s.
A gay man at a time when homosexuality was illegal, he was marginalised by his own sexuality, but was also bizarrely targeted by the Gay Liberation Front for not being what they wanted to promote. The camp comic who paved the way for so many others, he is now in danger of being forgotten. So spend an evening with Larry, his hilarious friends, his anecdotes and catchphrases, and the humour of the decades he lived though, and find out what he did in the Rolls Royce that he could not drive.
Press for previous productions
‘A joyous romp celebrating Larry Grayson’s life, Oh What A Gay Day! offers a glimpse into prime time 1970s TV alongside a heart-warming and illuminating insight into the life of the performer himself… played confidently and hilariously by Luke Adamson… From the moment he takes the stage his energy transforms the room and we follow every word and movement. His clear joy in becoming Grayson is infectious.’ ★★★★ Everything Theatre
‘a joyous walk down memory lane… charmingly delivered by Luke Adamson… It’s all there and under Alex Donald’s precise direction Adamson delivers Grayson’s fascinating story with sensitivity and humour.’ ★★★★ Broadway Baby
‘Writer Tim Connery intercuts Grayson’s life story with passages of warmly funny standup making it an irresistibly entertaining show… Luke Adamson gives an outstanding performance as Grayson, embodying the good-natured way he would deliver the sharpest of asides, continuing with his routine after riding out a wave of laughter from the audience.’ British Theatre Guide
‘Adamson is superb as Grayson… you can’t take your eyes off him for an instant.’ London Theatre1
‘What a Gay Day! reinstates this forgotten entertainer and in doing so entertains us all with a play that is warm, funny and packed with nostalgic comedy value.’ London Pub Theatres
