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Hornsey-Pennell Productions Presents:
A UK premier by 2023 Nobel Prize-winning author Jon Fosse
A deeply human portrait of belief, doubt and the longing to be seen.
19th May - 6th June 2026
A UK Premiere by 2023 Nobel Prize–winning author Jon Fosse.
A family house by the sea.
A young pregnant woman sits on a sofa.
Her partner enters.
Her sister returns.
Then her mother.
Then the father.
What should be a simple family gathering becomes something quietly unsettling. Questions circle. Silence lingers. The unborn child waits at the centre of the room. The question of its name is never answered. The question of its origin arises.
When her partner speaks of reincarnation, the mood shifts. When her former lover is mentioned, it shifts again.
The Name is a haunting and tender exploration of family, of communication withheld, and of the authority of silence. Written during the period in which Jon Fosse received the Norwegian Ibsen Award, the play established him as one of Europe’s most distinctive dramatic voices.
Now brought to London for the first time by Hornsey–Pennell Productions and directed by Simon Usher, who’s work spans The National Theatre, The Royal Court and the West End, this production offers a rare opportunity to encounter Fosse’s major work in an intimate setting.
“One of the most innovative playwrights of his generation… a master of concision and depth.”
— Guardian
“Spare, luminous and quietly devastating… Fosse’s language is its own pulse.”
— New York Times on Someone Is Going to Come
“A major European voice… his work strips language back to its core, where something genuine can still be felt.”
— The Stage
“Nothing is superfluous, nothing gratuitous — his theatre is the theatre of attention, measured and profound.”
— Telegraph
Broken Nose Theatre presents
15th - 27th June
Broken Nose Theatre presents Marius von Mayenburg's iconic play THE UGLY ONE, directed by Ramin Gray. Ramin staged the play's 2007 English-language premiere at the Royal Court Theatre, as well as the Russian-language production at Praktika in Moscow.
What is self-love, really?
When Lette discovers an awful truth, he sets out on a journey of self-transformation that will have radical consequences. A Kafkaesque comedy of identity, capitalism, and growing up.
Director: Ramin Gray
Associate Director: Joshua Herberg
Cast:
John Rice
German Segal
Michael Tcherepashenets
Anastasia Velique
Maurice Thorogood presents
Tuesday 30th June - Saturday 4th July
The ancient Greek philosopher Plato, tells us that a platonic relationship is one with no sex.
While in the supermarket doing the weekly shop, Lisa and her husband Robert run into James and his wife Samantha, they plan a drinks evening where they discover that Samantha needs a male friend to take her to see and enjoy sports events and James needs a female friend to take to the theatre to share and enjoy the arts. A swap of sorts - may be in order
Mythology Workshop & Joy Of Drama Stageworks Presents:
7th - 18th July 2026
Live From The Warehouse is a gripping two-hander about boyhood, betrayal, and the algorithmic hunger for attention. Equal parts raw, funny, and haunting — it asks: What are we willing to lose to be seen?
Two seventeen-year-old boys, classmates and dreamers, break into an abandoned warehouse after a prank reel involving a stolen gun spins out of control. Chased by the police, hunted by a school drug dealer, and suffocating under the pressure to be
someone, they turn the camera on themselves.
Inside this decaying space, they confront fear, ambition, friendship, and failure — reimagining their future as actors, singers, podcasters... fugitives. As night deepens, so does their obsession: if they can’t escape their reality, maybe they can frame it.
What begins as confession soon warps into performance. And when the line between content and consequence finally disappears, one of them does the unthinkable — for the perfect shot.
This production will be performed in English
Dogs in Wellies presents
In a coastal studio, a portrait takes shape and old roles are redrawn.
28th July - 1st August, 7:30pm
In a coastal studio, a portrait takes shape and old roles are redrawn. The talented artist is no longer a woman her children recognise. Her adored son and overlooked daughter are rocked by the change. What washes up when the tide retreats – and what stories vanish with the shifting sands? Waving is a moving and humorous look at the nerve centre of a creative yet destructive family. In Rosalind Philp’s debut play, time and reality blur in a vivid exploration of life, loss and identity.
