Chronic Insanity, the team behind the multi-award-nominated ★★★★★ fringe hit 24, 23, 22, return to Omnibus Theatre with the world premier of a potent new play.
Just keep going.
Tell yourself you’re doing your best. That’s all they need.
Right?
MOTHER.DAD
13 - 31 JAN
LOST THE PLOT: AN IMPROVISED MUSICAL
31 JAN | 28 FEB | 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.
ELF LYONS IS THE WOMAN ON THE EDGE
5 - 7 FEB
“I’m sorry, I’ve said too much….”
Sky Arts Award winning comedian Elf Lyons is The Woman on the Edge. After spending nearly a decade pretending to be animals, Elf now shows that she is in fact a woman, and thus presents a traditional, honest exploration of what it means to not recognise yourself when you look in the mirror.
A very normal observational stand-up show. Inspired by Vertigo, Sunset Boulevard and the opera Pagliacci Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
SO, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED
6 FEB | 6 MAR | 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.
DREAMSCAPE
10 - 28 FEB
This electrifying fusion of beatboxing, spoken word and hip-hop dance both challenges and is hugely affecting. Inspired by the shocking true story of 19-year-old black woman Tyisha Miller who was shot dead by four California police officers while she lay unconscious in a car, Dreamscape re–imagines her final living moments.
PRETEND NIGHT
20 FEB | 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!
THE SOUND OF ABSENCE
24 - 28 FEB
An experimental musical theatre piece about daughterhood, memory, loss, and the invisible bond between father and daughter.
FRIDAZE
27 FEB | 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.
THE COMFORT WOMAN
1 - 7 MAR
Young Minja’s innocence is shattered when she is deceived and kidnapped by the Japanese Army during World War II. The Comfort Woman is a powerful portrayal of one woman’s resilience, shedding light on a dark chapter of history that demands remembrance and recognition.
MEAT
1, 2 & 4 MAR
Back by popular demand- MEAT is an electrifying roar of fury, a rallying cry of protest, a unifying celebration of strength packed with heroism & heart. A playful and poignant exploration of identity.
THE MIGHTY GODDESS - STORIES, SPELLS, SONGS
8 MAR
Bewitching spoken-word from goddess of storytelling Sally Pomme Clayton. Spectacular stories mix myth, memory, comedy, ceremony and everyone gets a message from the goddess to take home!
ENGINE ROOM
9 MAR | 20 APR | 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.
THE COLLECTED LIVE DRAWING SHOWS OF LISA GORNICK
11 - 14 MAR
Lisa Gornick brings us DIY cinema and live drawing shows in this unique week-long residency. Blending theatre, live drawing, and cinema, these original new works and classics reimagined explore identity, relationships, queerness, and figuring out our place in the world.
THE UNFORTUNATE ADVENTURES OF PIERROT
12 MAR
During a Commedia dell’Arte performance, Pierrot rebels against the script. Tired of never being loved, he steps into the audience to change his ending and seek love in the real world. Comedy and melancholy collide as theatrical rules meet everyday life, making room for existential worries that touch us all.
SLIPPERY
17 MAR - 11 APR
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).
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.
LOST THE PLOT: AN IMPROVISED MUSICAL
31 JAN | 28 FEB | 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.
ELF LYONS IS THE WOMAN ON THE EDGE
5 - 7 FEB
“I’m sorry, I’ve said too much….”
Sky Arts Award winning comedian Elf Lyons is The Woman on the Edge. After spending nearly a decade pretending to be animals, Elf now shows that she is in fact a woman, and thus presents a traditional, honest exploration of what it means to not recognise yourself when you look in the mirror.
A very normal observational stand-up show. Inspired by Vertigo, Sunset Boulevard and the opera Pagliacci Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
FRIDAZE
27 FEB | 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.
IMPROPERA
8 MAR
Opera invented on the spot from your suggestions. No Script. No score. No safety net.
MOUNTAINS AND SEAS: SONG OF TODAY
PRESENTED BY XIE RONG AND KAKILANG
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JAMIE BAKER
To accompany our five-day show run of Mountains and Seas: Song of Today at Omnibus Theatre, we propose an art exhibition that transforms the theatre wall into a living montage of storytelling.
Breaking away from conventional hanging systems, artist Xie Rong will paint directly onto the wall, creating an organic flow of mountains, trees, and water — echoing the visual and emotional landscape of the performance. Her painting will weave around a series of striking portraits of the performers, photographed in the Surrey Hills by renowned photographer Jamie Baker, capturing the essence of myth and nature intertwined.
The installation will also feature hand-stitched textile works by Yiran of YiCraft Studio London, whose delicate craftsmanship embodies transformation and resilience, alongside typographic compositions by Yang Can, an award-winning graphic designer based in London, whose calligraphic sensibility bridges Chinese and Western aesthetics.
Adding another layer of depth, the exhibition will include original handwritten musical scores by composer Beibei Wang, revealing the rhythm and emotion behind the soundscape of Mountains and Seas. Together, these elements form an immersive wall installation — a visual poem that brings together the key creative voices of Mountains and Seas: Song of Today. It invites the audience to step into the shared imagination of artists, musicians, and designers, celebrating collaboration, mythology, and the living dialogue between art and performance.
THE SKY IS A MULTICOLOUR
PRESENTED BY AMBER HILL
10 FEB - 9 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.
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.
