GARRY STARR PERFORMS EVERYTHING
29 November 2023

Nothing is sacred during this ‘masterclass in mockery’ (London Evening Standard). From Classical to Physical Theatre, Burlesque to Butoh, Melodrama to Mask; even Cirque Nouveau and contemporary ‘Euro Theatre’ get the Garry Starr treatment.
Dates:
Starts: 29 November 2023 19:00
Ends: 23 December 2023 22:00
Event Details:
Southwark Playhouse Borough
77-85 Newington Causeway
SE1 6BD
Tickets: £18 Standard | £14.50 Concessions | All Previews £16 | Pioneers' Preview (29 Nov) £10
Open hours: Mon-Sat from 10am
Kineara Photo Competition
07 December 2023
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A themed online photo competition run by Kineara Charity, to support our Winter Appeal -proceeds will go towards helping vulnerable Southwark households living in food and fuel poverty this Winter.
Dates:
Starts: 07 December 2023 09:00
Ends: 15 December 2023 17:00
Event Details:
Tickets: Enter by email
Open hours: Monday 13th November 9am - Friday 15th December 5pm
The Elf who Saved Christmas
07 December 2023
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When Santa is ill on Christmas Eve, only one elf can deliver all the presents around the world!
Dates:
Starts: 07 December 2023 10:45
Ends: 17 December 2023 17:30
Event Details:
Blue Elephant Theatre
59a Bethwin Road
SE5 0XT
Tickets: £6 (full) £4.50 (Southwark residents) £4 (school group rate per child for weekday performances)
Open hours: Performances at 10.45 & 1.30 (weekdays) and 2pm & 4.30pm (weekends)
THR!VE
07 December 2023

Your chance to be part of a new major arts project, putting communities at the heart of the high street.
Dates:
Starts: 07 December 2023 18:00
Ends: 17 December 2023 23:45
Event Details:
Bermondsey Project Space
183-185 Bermondsey Street
SE1 3UW
Open hours: Tue – Sat: 11.00 – 18.00
or by appointment
Oh What A Lovely War
07 December 2023

Roll up, Roll up! And take your seat for the ever-popular ‘War Game’!
Dates:
Starts: 07 December 2023 19:30
Ends: 09 December 2023 22:00
Event Details:
Southwark Playhouse Borough
77-85 Newington Causeway
SE1 6BD
Tickets: £30 Standard | £24 Concessions | All previews £16 | Pioneer's Preview (21 November) £7.50
Open hours: Monday 5.30pm to 11pm
Tuesday 1pm to 11pm
Wednesday 5.30pm to 11pm
Thursday 5.30pm to 11pm
Friday 5.30pm to 11pm
Saturday 1pm to 11pm
Sundays 5pm to 11pm if we have a show on.
The Green Room
08 December 2023

Afternoon acoustic music sessions at The Green Nunhead Community Centre
Dates:
Starts: 08 December 2023 13:00
Ends: 08 December 2023 15:00
Event Details:
The Green Nunhead Community Centre
5 Nunhead Green
Nunhead
SE153QQ
Tickets: FREE
Open hours: Varies
UNFORTUNATE
08 December 2023

The untold story of Ursula the Sea Witch
A Musical parody
Dates:
Starts: 08 December 2023 15:00
Ends: 17 February 2024 22:00
Event Details:
Southwark Playhouse Elephant
Dante Place
80 Newington Butts
SE11 4FL
Tickets: £35 / £28 concessions / £16 Previews
Stranger Sings
13 December 2023

Tune in, Children of the 80s!
The Upside-Down returns, as The Vaults presents award-winning, smash-hit parody musical; Stranger Sings!
Dates:
Starts: 13 December 2023 19:30
Ends: 06 January 2024 21:30
Event Details:
Southwark Playhouse Borough
77-85 Newington Causeway
SE1 6BD
Tickets: £25 Standard / £22 Concession / All previews £16 / Family Ticket £70 (Four Tickets)
Open hours: Monday 5.30pm to 11pm
Tuesday 1pm to 11pm
Wednesday 5.30pm to 11pm
Thursday 5.30pm to 11pm
Friday 5.30pm to 11pm
Saturday 1pm to 11pm
Sundays 5pm to 11pm (if we have a show on).
BYOB Clay Play: Sculpting Fun in London! 🌟
15 December 2023

A chill 2 hour session, playing around with clay!
Dates:
Starts: 15 December 2023 18:30
Ends: 15 December 2023 20:30
Event Details:
Maison S Sommet
90 Haymerle Road
SE15 6SB
Tickets: £30 per head, plus £10 per piece to fire and glaze professionally at the studio
Open hours: 6pm 17th Nov, 1st Dec, 15th Dec
Free Calligraphy Taster Session
16 December 2023

Saturday 16 December - Introduction to Chinese calligraphy
Dates:
Starts: 16 December 2023 14:00
Ends: 16 December 2023 16:00
Event Details:
Melanin Health & Wellness Community Centre and Cafe
The Trunk
1 Bodley Way
SE17 1FN
Tickets: Free
Open hours: 2-4pm
The Sex Lives of Puppets
04 January 2024

Blind Summit’s new show “The Sex Lives of Puppets” offers a snapshot of puppet love in contemporary Britain…
Dates:
Starts: 04 January 2024 20:00
Ends: 13 January 2024 21:30
Event Details:
Southwark Playhouse Borough
77-85 Newington Causeway
SE1 6BD
Tickets: £18 Standard / £14.50 Concessions / Pioneers' Preview (4 Jan) £10
Open hours: Monday 5.30pm to 11pm
Tuesday 1pm to 11pm
Wednesday 5.30pm to 11pm
Thursday 5.30pm to 11pm
Friday 5.30pm to 11pm
Saturday 1pm to 11pm
Windrush 2 - Performing Arts Workshops
08 January 2024

January - March 2024
Mondays 4.30-6pm
Dates:
Starts: 08 January 2024 16:30
Ends: 29 January 2024 18:00
Event Details:
Nunhead community centre
5 Nunhead Community Centre
SE15 3QQ
Open hours: Time: 4.30-6pm
Afterglow
12 January 2024

The climax is just the beginning.
Dates:
Starts: 12 January 2024 19:30
Ends: 10 February 2024 21:15
Event Details:
Southwark Playhouse Borough
77-85 Newington Causeway
SE1 6BD
Tickets: £26 Standard | £20 Concession | All Previews £16 | Pioneers' Preview (12 Jan) £10
Open hours: Monday 5.30pm to 11pm
Tuesday 1pm to 11pm
Wednesday 5.30pm to 11pm
Thursday 5.30pm to 11pm
Friday 5.30pm to 11pm
Saturday 1pm to 11pm
READING ROUND
14 January 2024

Join award-winning writer and photographer Amaal Said for 30 free weekly sessions.
Dates:
Starts: 14 January 2024 13:00
Ends: 14 January 2024 14:30
Event Details:
Southwark Heritage Centre & Walworth Library
145-147 Walworth Road
SE17 1RW
Open hours: Sundays 1 - 2:30 pm
Blood On Your Hands
17 January 2024

Why don’t you go somewhere else?
I have nowhere else to go.
Dates:
Starts: 17 January 2024 20:00
Ends: 03 February 2024 21:30
Event Details:
Southwark Playhouse Borough
77-85 Newington Causeway
SE1 6BD
Tickets: £18 Standard / £14 Concessions / All Previews £12 / Pioneers' Preview (17 January) £10
Open hours: Monday 5.30pm to 11pm
Tuesday 1pm to 11pm
Wednesday 5.30pm to 11pm
Thursday 5.30pm to 11pm
Friday 5.30pm to 11pm
Saturday 1pm to 11pm
Before After
07 February 2024

Ami meets Ben by a tree on a beautiful hillside. She recognises him instantly: they were once very much in love.
Dates:
Starts: 07 February 2024 20:00
Ends: 02 March 2024 21:30
Event Details:
Southwark Playhouse Borough
Tickets: £26.50 Standard / £21 Concessions / Preview £16 / Pioneers' Preview (7 Feb) £10
Open hours: OPENING HOURS
Monday 5.30pm to 11pm
Tuesday 1pm to 11pm
Wednesday 5.30pm to 11pm
Thursday 5.30pm to 11pm
Friday 5.30pm to 11pm
Saturday 1pm to 11pm
Sundays 5pm to 11pm (if we have a show on).
Cable Street
16 February 2024

Cable Street is a new British musical about disparate communities, whose lives are changed by the events of 4th October 1936, when Jews, Irish workers and communists united to blockade the East End against a march by the British Union of Fascists.
Dates:
Starts: 16 February 2024 19:30
Ends: 16 March 2024 21:30
Event Details:
Southwark Playhouse Borough
77-85 Newington Causeway
SE1 6BD
Tickets: £35 Standard | £28 Concessions | All previews £16 | Pioneers' Preview (16 Feb) £10
Open hours: Monday 5.30pm to 11pm
Tuesday 1pm to 11pm
Wednesday 5.30pm to 11pm
Thursday 5.30pm to 11pm
Friday 5.30pm to 11pm
Saturday 1pm to 11pm
Police Cops
01 March 2024

Following a riotous hit run at Southwark Borough in 2023, the critically acclaimed ‘hilarious’, ‘bonkers’ and ‘dazzling’ POLICE COPS THE MUSICAL returns bigger and better than ever.
Dates:
Starts: 01 March 2024 19:45
Ends: 20 April 2024 20:45
Event Details:
Southwark Playhouse Elephant
1 Dante Place London
SE11 4RX
Tickets: Standard tickets from £25 | Concessions from £20 | All previews £18 | Pioneers' Preview (1 March) £10
Open hours: Monday 5.30pm to 11pm
Tuesday 1pm to 11pm
Wednesday 5.30pm to 11pm
Thursday 5.30pm to 11pm
Friday 5.30pm to 11pm
Saturday 1pm to 11pm
Sundays 5pm to 11pm if we have a show on.
These listings are drawn from Southwark Council’s events calendar. Elephant and Castle Partnership is not responsible for these events nor for the accuracy of the information.
To find out more or to suggest your own event for inclusion visit www.southwark.gov.uk