The world premiere of a Tony Craze award-winning play about ghosts, sex, and spaghetti. Written by “rising star playwright” (Time Out) Louis Emmitt-Stern (I F**ked You in My Spaceship) and directed by Off-West End Award winner Matthew Iliffe (FOAM, Bacon).
SLIPPERY
17 MAR - 11 APR
PRETEND NIGHT
20 MAR
Each month The Pretend Company bring together three of the funniest, most theatrical improv shows in the UK for a night of unscripted theatre.
With no scripts, and no pre-planning, the actors will create scenes and shows based on what you – the audience – want to see!
IN CONVERSATION WITH POLLY TOYNBEE, VICKY PRYCE AND ANDY ROSS
22 MAR
Mismanaged Decline: What Politicians Won’t Tell You About the Economy.. by economists Vicky Pryce and Andy Ross, in conversation with the esteemed political and social commentator and Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee.
FRIDAZE
27 MAR | 24 APR
A monthly Cabaret style night featuring the best emerging musicians, comedians, drag performers and everything in between!
Where every month unites Creativity, Community, and Celebration.
LOST THE PLOT: AN IMPROVISED MUSICAL
28 MAR | 25 APR
You are invited to the premiere of the World’s Newest Musical!
Lost The Plot: An Improvised Musical is a brand new all-singing, all-dancing production every night. Warning: this show is entirely made up on the spot. Every line of dialogue, note on the piano and catchy chorus is fully improvised.
SO, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED
3 APR
So, This Is What Happened is back! Our popular storytelling night returns.
Connection is more important than ever, so we invite you to laugh, cry and celebrate stories from the lives of real people.
THE OTHER MOZART
14 - 18 APR
The forgotten story of Nannerl Mozart, the genius sister of Amadeus, who performed with her brother to equal acclaim. Inspired by the Mozart family’s funny and heartbreaking letters, featuring award-winning original music. Following a ★★★★★ success at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, The Other Mozart makes its London debut at Omnibus Theatre.
SMOKE + YOU ARE LOVED PANEL
21 - 25 APR
SMOKE is a new queer thriller meets savage comedy from acclaimed queer creatives Alexis Gregory (“Riot Act”) and directed by award-winning filmmaker Campbell X (“Stud Life”, “Low Rider”).
Post the performance, LGBTQ+ organisation You Are Loved hosts a public panel discussion exploring the key themes from the play.
BRIEF PLAY ABOUT RAGE
28 APR - 2 MAY
Returning to the stage after its ★★★★★ Camden Fringe debut
Val and Hugh are hosting Nell tonight: Val’s oldest friend, and the most obnoxious house guest imaginable.
As Nell’s bizarre provocations, backhanded compliments, and tales of absurd violence pile on over the course of the evening, her visit becomes a mission of disruptive spiritual truth-seeking, exposing parts of Val and Hugh’s lives that are usually kept in darkness.
DINNER BY MOIRA BUFFINI
6 - 24 MAY
Paige is celebrating the publication of her husband’s self-help bestseller. Her menu is dramatic and deliberate, all served with the deeply attentive assistance of a vigilant waiter. An artist, a scientist and a “news babe” arrive as planned, then an unexpected stranger is disgorged from the darkness. Sweet, spicy, bitter, sour, umami… and that’s just the guest list.
Welcome to Dinner.
ENGINE ROOM
25 MAY | 28 SEP
Our regular scratch programme, where dynamic and talented theatre makers present daring, new work in the first stages of development.
Engine Room puts you, the audience, at the heart of the creative process. Following the sharing you will be asked to complete a feedback form, with your comments directly influencing the next development of the pieces. Give feedback, offer ideas and discover the next generation of theatre before anyone else.
ALBATROSS
26 - 30 MAY
What does one generation owe the next? Award-winning Martha Loader’s stunning new play takes us to the very boundaries of love in the age of climate catastrophe. Alice returns from an Antarctic research trip to her mother and daughter. Explosive, tender and hilarious – often simultaneously -Albatross is a fight about the future.
FRIDAZE
27 MAR | 24 APR
A monthly Cabaret style night featuring the best emerging musicians, comedians, drag performers and everything in between! Where Every Month Unites Creativity, Community, and Celebration.
LOST THE PLOT: AN IMPROVISED MUSICAL
28 MAR | 25 APR
You are invited to the premiere of the World’s Newest Musical!
Lost The Plot: An Improvised Musical is a brand new all-singing, all-dancing production every night. Warning: this show is entirely made up on the spot. Every line of dialogue, note on the piano and catchy chorus is fully improvised.
BATTERSEA JAZZ COLLECTIVE
15 MAR | 19 APR
Playing jazz standards from the ’20s up to the present, the Battersea Jazz Collective is formed from members of the Battersea Jazz Workshop in southwest London.
1-3PM
THE EAST WEST SEXTET
22 MAR | 26 APR | 24 MAY | 28 JUN | 26 JUL | 23 AUG
The East West Sextet perform a relaxing and varied mix of classic jazz standards, ranging from latin and bossa nova tunes written by the likes of Carlos Jobim to familiar jazz ballads and swing numbers from the 1940’s onwards. The regular line-up includes Pete Lyons (tenor sax), Mark Phillips (trumpet), Nikash Hurkoo (guitar), Harriet Hu (piano), Rob Miller (double bass) and Felix Schott (drums). Just perfect for a leisurely Sunday lunchtime’s entertainment in the Café Bar!
1-3PM
ENSEMBLE
29 MAR | 31 MAY | 30 AUG
ENSEMBLE is a loose collective of London and Winchester jazz musicians doing their own unique take on standards, sambas, swing, ballads, bossas and bebop.
1-3PM
SCHOOL OF DESIRE
5 APR | 3 MAY | 7 JUN | 5 JUL | 2 AUG
School of Desire consists of jazz vocalist Arzu Kibris and her accompanying international group of jazz musicians. The mainstays of the band are:
Pete Lyons (Tenor Saxophone)
Peter Dews (Piano)
Daniele Bortolotti (Electric Bass)
Chris Bloomfield (Drums)
School of Desire performs songs from the classic American songbook of the mid-twentieth century (classics by composers such as George Gershwin, Jerome Kern and Cole Porter), as well as some well-known and not so well-known bossa nova numbers from Brazil. They play in a relaxed and approachable style.
The name “School of Desire” refers to the fact that so many of these songs are about love, loss, and longing – but, of course, they also have their moments of exhilaration and joy.
1-3PM
MARK AND SHAN
12 APR
Mark and Shan perform acoustic versions of soft rock/pop/blues, blue-grass, country, and soul covers as well as original music. They enjoy adding their personal twist to the covers.
1-3PM
THE SKY IS A MULTICOLOUR
PRESENTED BY AMBER HILL
10 FEB - 16 MAR
The sky is a multicolour is a visual exploration of our perception of the sky through a series of digital paintings and photographs. This body of work was created during a period of daily sky-gazing rituals simulating Tibetan Buddhist traditional rituals. During these rituals the individual looks at the sky as a focal grounding point for meditation, using breathing techniques to guide the meditation.
Through this framework, The sky is a multicolour poses the re-examination of colour as a solid unchanging entity to a fluid state. Not only does the sky change colour every second, phenotypes can be observed through light exposure from the sky. An example of a phenotype is the light imprint that results from burning our eyes by looking at the sun. The phenotypes formed from looking at the sky become a different colour to what was originally there, for example the yellow of the sun will become a blue phenotype in our eyes, showing an alternative colour to the sky.
FACES OF US
PRESENTED BY JAMIE BERG
17 MAR - 5 APR
In a world that often highlights our differences, Jamie Berg’s art celebrates what makes us unique and what connects us all. Inspired by the bold lines of Keith Haring, the fragmented forms of Picasso, the playful energy of Takashi Murakami, the intricate patterns of Yayoi Kusama, the rich symbolism of ancient Aztec art, and the colourful street-style simplicity of Thierry Noir, his work is a vibrant exploration of identity, diversity, and unity.
Though every face is distinct, they share common threads just as we do. This art challenges you to see beyond the surface, to embrace both individuality and shared experience. Jamie Berg aims to capture a sense of joy and movement and to remind us that we are all different, yet all the same. His work is not just about colour and form. It’s about feeling: the full spectrum of human experience, from ecstatic highs to painful lows. Through this lens, joy becomes more than just an emotion it becomes a choice, a celebration, and a hard-won state of being.
Jamie has exhibited in London, Milan, Barcelona and been featured in House & Garden Magazine and Tatler Magazine – further establishing his distinctive style and growing international presence. In September 2025, he held his first solo exhibition near Lisbon, marking a significant milestone in his artistic journey.
Alongside his studio practice, Jamie also creates co-created artworks – collaborative pieces made with communities, groups, and individuals at events. These works invite participation, spontaneity, and shared authorship, turning the act of painting into a collective experience rather than a solitary one. The resulting pieces carry the energy of many hands and moments, reflecting connection in its most immediate form.
RHYTHMS OF NATURE
PRESENTED BY JULIA SCOTT
5 MAY - 1 JUN
“Julia’s artwork captures the energy and rhythms of nature. She does not represent the surface of nature as most artists do, but the underlying essence of it.”
— Dan Dower, Dower & Hall
This observation sits at the heart of Julia’s practice. She is less interested in painting a landscape as it appears, and more in expressing how it feels. Much of her inspiration comes from her enduring love of the sea.
Working primarily with alcohol ink, metallic leaf and resin, Julia allows the art materials to move freely before guiding them into balance. The inks flow, collide and disperse like tidal currents. Metallic elements catch and fracture the light. Resin preserves motion within stillness.
At their core, these paintings are about inviting calm into a space.
Alongside these works are Julia’s most recent collection of cyanotypes with gold leaf. Using sunlight as part of the process, these pieces feel more distilled — oceanic impressions rendered in deep blue and light. The addition of gold leaf introduces warmth and luminosity, echoing the way sunlight strikes water.
Together, these bodies of work reflect both movement and stillness — an ongoing meditation on the sea and its enduring rhythm.
LET'S GET QUIZZY
19 MAR
It’s time to get quizzy!
Join us at Omnibus Theatre for a fun-filled quiz and help us raise funds for our building repairs. You can expect fizz, food, and fun prizes!
LIFE DRAWING
SELECTED THURSDAYS
Whether you’re the next Tracey Emin or if you haven’t picked up a pencil since school, our life drawing class is for anyone who wants to have a relaxed, fun alternative night out.
CLAPHAM COMMON BOOK CLUB
FIRST THURSDAY EVERY MONTH
6:30PM
Find new books, authors and maybe some friends at this friendly and welcoming monthly book club, which takes place in our café-bar. Please contact Rhiannon Croker below for more information about the club and the current books being read. Free to join!
CLAPHAM COMMON FILM CLUB
MONTHLY
Clapham Common Film Club presents diverse films from internationally acclaimed and award-winning directors on a large screen in a friendly community setting.
