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WELCOME TO THE NEW KINGS HEAD THEATRE - new building, same amazing programme of diverse, queer artists bringing joyful, alternative stories to the stage.
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Have you made it down to our brand
new theatre yet? Home to a new wave of diverse,
queer artists bringing joyful, alternative stories to the
stage.
Check out what's on at - and see
you soon! ❤️
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IT'S OFFICIAL.
💥 WE ARE MOVING!
After 53 incredible years in our historic pub theatre, we are thrilled to announce that we are taking a leap towards a new chapter in our journey with a brand new venue located in Islington Square, just behind our current pub theatre.
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Calling all female led theatre companies
We’d love to hear from a greater diversity of female playwrights for our new season, in particular really emerging companies (ie low rent/low risk) but also for longer slots.
Email louisa.office
@kingsheadtheatre
.com to start a convo 📩
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We're so excited to announce that our new Producer is...
@Mich_Barnette
! Michelle is a writer, award winning producer and general manager interested in new writing and bold collaborations. Her recent production, SPARKS, won Best Musical at the Edinburgh Fringe. Welcome Michelle!
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Welcome.
To the new.
King’s Head Theatre.
Our doors are set to open at our new home in Islington Square from 8th January 2024.
Be one of the first to see our new building & check out our first show announcements….
We’ve got plays, comedy, drag and much much more.
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We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Mark Ravenhill and Hannah Price have been appointed as our new Artistic Directors, leading our historic venue move in 2022 and carrying forward our inclusive vision
Read the full press release:
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A statement from our Executive Director,
@englishruns
#CultureRecoveryFund
#HereForCulture
@EmilyThornberry
@DCMS
@hmtreasury
@ace_national
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📢 SCRIPT SUBMISSIONS NOW LIVE 📢
We are looking to produce a season of work that explores the horror genre from a LGBTQ+ and/or Black and Global Majority perspective.
Think hauntings, poltergeists, vampires and things to go bump in the night... 👻
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And the sign is up at the entrance of our new home! Our associate producer and programmer
@ZoeWeldon1
is ecstatic!
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✨ FIRST LOOK at our brand new theatre ✨
A fully accessible, 200 seat venue which shares a wall with our old pub theatre. Home to a new wave of diverse, queer artists bringing joyful, alternative stories to the stage.
Check out what's on >
📷 Jake Bush
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📢 Calling all writers!
Our associate company ⭐️
@NoSuchThingThtr
⭐️ is offering FREE feedback for playwrights starting this July.
Check out how to submit your play to The Readers' Room here:
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New month, new team, as we officially welcome
@HannahPrice
and
@MarkRavenhill2
as the new Artistic Directors today joining our Executive Director
@englishruns
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We're on the news!
An amazing feature on the growing fear for theatres as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, featuring our wonderful patron
@Markgatiss
& our friends
@JSTheatre
You can watch it here:
Or on
@BBCLondonNews
again tonight at 6:30!
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📍 Where is our new Venue? Zoe’s here to show you the way from our old Pub home to the new King's Head Theatre!
#KingsHeadTheatre
#WhatsOnIslington
#LondonTheatre
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Guest Artistic Director
@DaveyCumming
's season is HERE!
🏳️🌈 QUEER FUTURES 🏳️🌈
Delving into the future of queer lives, this eclectic snapshot of contemporary stories opens up new possibilities of seeing, being, thinking, & creating.
11 Jul - 12 Aug
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Save the King's Head Theatre. A message from our Artistic Director
@SpreadburyMaher
. Donate here:
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IT'S
@EdFringe
TIME!!!!
What do you think we should see? 👀
⬇️ Check out our recommendations!
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🏳️🌈 A Queer Interrogation 🏳️🌈
A season exploring & unpacking LGBTQI+ stories, curated by Guest AD
@TomRatcliffe15
.
Drama, comedy, drag, cabaret & a week-long new writing festival!
🗓 19 Apr - 14 May
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Very sad to hear that Alan Rickman, who has previously performed here, has passed away.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY (to us)! 47 years old today...
We're proud to have been in the cultural centre of
#Islington
since 1970
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Victoria Wood started her career here
Her picture is up on the bar wall
So sad to hear of her passing
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🐣 JUST ANNOUNCED 🍼
Zeb & Eoin have met, kissed, fallen in love, moved in, got married - what’s next?
BREEDING is a funny, moving drama about parenthood, queer families & enduring love 👨👨👦
A
@GS_Prods
in association with
@MarkGatiss
.
19 Apr - 7 May
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New joint ADs
@HannahPrice
and
@MarkRavenhill2
will focus the Kings Head Theatre’s future programme on LGBTQ+ work.
As part of this mission, we’re holding an open day on Saturday 13th November at 17:00.
#LGBTQ
#producer
#kingsheadtheatre
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We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded a grant of £155,985 from the third round of the
#CultureRecoveryFund
.
We would like to thank
@DCMS
and
@ace_national
for their generous support with this grant.
#HereForCulture
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Congratulations to our two newest King’s Head Theatre
#JuniorAssociates
@charlienorburn
and
@alexjacksondir
who have successfully completed our
#TraineeDirector
scheme!
Applications open now for our September intake...
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We believe that all actors deserve to be treated with respect and kindness, and not be met with silence after an audition. We’re extremely proud to commit to this belief, and urge our fellow theatres and casting bodies to do the same...
#YesOrNo
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📢 CAST ANNOUNCEMENT 📢
We are absolutely delighted to present the fabulous cast of
#AllThatPlay
:
@ShaunKitchener
's whip-smart domestic drama of love, sex and monogamy which will headline our wildly popular
#QueerSeason
27 July - 21 August
🎟️
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🚨JOB ALERT 🚨
Could you be our next Artistic Director?
We're looking for an ambitious, inspirational & visionary individual with a passion for small-scale theatre to help us realise our long-term future
Deadline 12pm Fri 21 May
Find Out More & Apply
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★★★★★
'A remarkable piece of theatre'
@theatre_weekly
★★★★★
'Important, moving, and technically faultless'
@pubtheatres1
Glowing reviews for
#APrayerForWingsKHT
Playing until 23 Nov
#seanmathias
@LeeNewbyDesign
@robbiejbutler
📸
@aliwrightphoto
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Today marks the end of
@_AdamAdamAdam_
's incredible ten years at the helm of the King's Head Theatre
What a decade it's been. We're all so lucky to have worked alongside him and are forever grateful for the legacy he leaves behind
📸
@nick_rutter
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⭐️FULL CAST ANNOUNCEMENT⭐️
Bill Russell returns to direct two readings of Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens as part of KHT50.
🗓️ Saturday 19th February
🕒 15:00 & 19:00
Cast includes:
@_BobbieChambers
@sheri_lineham
@ripnutt1
@DeanMakowski
@JordanJBuckland
@QuinRhia
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SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT:
#UndetectablePlay
by
@tdwright1
, directed by
@RikkiBB
- Sex is easy. Intimacy is hard. Bradley and Lex have fallen for each other big time, and Lex has decided that Tonight’s The Night. Bradley, however, is not so sure...
#lgbttheatre
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We are incredibly sad to announce that the remainder of the season of
@ShaunKitchener
’s
#AllThatPlay
will be cancelled due to COVID-19
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⚡️ THE TAKEOVER ⚡️
- 1 SET OF KEYS
- 4 GUEST ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
- FULL CREATIVE CONTROL
- 4 SEASONS
Meet our Guest ADs!
@Isabel_ay
@TomRatcliffe15
@TaniAzevedo_
@DaveyCumming
⚡️ Find out more & get involved:
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'The things I’d been told to lose [from drama school] – my sexuality, working-class background, regional accent – made my plays come alive.'
Playwright of
#UndetectableKHT
@tdwright1
discusses straight actors playing gay characters on stage.
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Great to have the support of
#Sherlock
star and
#OlivierAwards
nominee Andrew Scott who was championing the fringe theatre scene on the red carpet last night
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One of our Trainee Resident Directors
@mattstrachan3
won ‘Best Adaptation’ for Tier Three Sisters by
@weknuckledown
at
@TheHopeTheatre
tonight at the
@pubtheatres1
!
Watch this space because they’ve got loads more great things coming in the future. And congratulations again👏🏻
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We've got our BIGGEST CAST announcement coming later on today.
30 people, one Pub Theatre.
Keep your eyes peeled, and your minds thinking "how in the hell will they pull that one off".
Spoiler: with great success 🌈
@thegradfest
#LGBTQIAhistory
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Great to see those boys in the band at
#ComingCleanPlay
tonight
Hope you enjoyed the ice-creams!
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ANNOUNCEMENT
WHO RUNS THE WORLD?
The King's Head Theatre is proud to announce a season of work by female playwrights, in direct response to the under-representation of female voices on stage.
🗓️ 24 April - 12 May
💻
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Look what's arrived at the office - a poster made up of quotes from our
@edfringe
run of
@IrvineWelsh
's
#Trainspotting
with
@IYF_Theatre
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🏳️🌈 MT PRIDE LAB 🏳️🌈
An intimate & unforgettable
#MusicalTheatre
experience like NO OTHER.
🎶 Curated by Guest Artistic Director
@TaniAzevedo_
, this season celebrates the newest & most exciting musical theatre from LGBTQ+ artists.
6 Jun - 31 Jul ⤵️
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We're over the moon to have been named LONDON PUB THEATRE OF YEAR by
@pubtheatres1
- thank you to all the artists, producers, staff and audiences that helped make it possible.
#FutureOfTheFringe
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Today is the first day of
#PrideMonth
. We cannot remember and celebrate the
#StonewallRiots
of 1969 without remembering the black members of the LGBTQ+ community that made it happen. People like
#MarshaPJohnson
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We're ecstatic to announce our
@KHTWestEnd
Season as both
#LaBoheme
and
#StrangersInBetween
transfer to
@TrafStudios
!
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🎭 The Readers' Room: free script reporting & dramaturgical consultations for writers looking to develop their draft! Facilitated by Associate Company
@NoSuchThingThtr
🎭
Next submission window: 1 - 4 Aug.
Find out more & apply ⤵️
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We're Hiring! 📢
Are you an ambitious, motivated and creative fundraiser?
Passionate about small-scale theatre?
You could be our new Development Manager!
Deadline
Midnight Sunday 31 January
More info
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🌼 Sight Unseen 🌼
A season unpacking diversity & unheard voices, curated by Guest Artistic Director Isabel Adomakoh Young (
@isabel_ay
).
Featuring: new writing, drama, cabaret, comedy & much more!
🗓 27 Mar - 16 Apr
Explore the season:
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And we're open
@thevaultsuk
for
@TrainspotLive
!
London you've only got until mid-January to join us
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First look at the premiere of
@BazMcStay
's BREEDING 👀
Break a leg to the wonderful cast & creative team for opening night!
Playing until 7 May!
🎟 From £10:
📸: Ed Rees
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We have a ghost light shining its watchful eye on our theatre while it's dark 👻💡
A Broadway tradition to keep everyone safe until the theatre reopens, the history of the ghost light is a fascinating one
You can read more about it here
@OnstageBlog
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📖 THE READER'S ROOM IS OPEN
Free script reporting & dramaturgical consultation for writers looking to develop their draft!
Can't wait to read your plays 👀 Apply here:
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Award-winning
#MarkRavenhill
will perform in the world debut of his new play THE HAUNTING OF SUSAN A written for, and set at the King's Head Theatre.
Opens June 1st 2022. On sale now.
Not for the easily frightened
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Our Scottish
@IYF_Theatre
#Trainspotting
cast are thrilled to be touring
#London
#Birmingham
&
#Bristol
this Spring
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So fantastic to be back in Edinburgh with
@TrainspotLive
and
@IYF_Theatre
and to top it off Gail Porter was in last night to welcome us back to
@eicc
#EdFringe
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It’s been 4 whole years since Trainspotting was first performed here!
Today directors
@SpreadburyMaher
and
@gregesplin
are back in rehearsals for the
@TrainspotLive
2019 tour!
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- HI, BARBIE
- HI, KEN
- WANNA COME TO THE KING’S HEAD?
- SURE, KEN!
If our Guest Artistic Directors were in the new
#BarbieMovie
...
✨
@isabel_ay
,
@TomRatcliffe15
,
@TaniAzevedo_
,
@DaveyCumming
✨
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If you loved
#MartCrowley
's
#theboysintheband
starring
@Markgatiss
(Park Theatre, Vaudeville Theatre) then you'll love the vivid characters and sexual tension in For Reasons That Remain Unclear...
Under 30's get £10 🎟 every Tuesday!
25 Jul-25 Aug
👇
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We’re back and if you’re thinking that the seats look more red than usual then you’d be right!
Our theatre team have worked hard to reupholster the seating so they will be cleaner, brighter and more comfortable.
Try them out for yourself from tomorrow…
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📣ANNOUNCEMENT 📣
It’s an exciting time for us as we introduce our newest festival -
🌟SPRINGBOARD🌟
A brand new festival that champions early career artists.
This is Fringe theatre as it should be - unexpected, bold and a guaranteed good time.
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Congratulations to our Trainee Resident Directors who graduated and became Junior Associates yesterday! 🍾
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HEY YOU! YES. YOU.
Are you a fringe theatre maker? 🎭
King’s Head Theatre is on the hunt for new, exciting & ambitious projects to program next year!
💥 Find out more & apply:
#ukfringe
#londonfringe
#fringetheatre
#fringeartist
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A big (sunny) welcome to our Trainee Resident Directors! ☀️
@mattstrachan3
@RebeccaMarny1
@ambersc51
@GermmaOrleansT
@arancherkez
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How could you not want to join this team?
We’re looking for a Producer...
ℹ️
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A very exciting development as the first posters have gone up for
#laboheme
@TrafStudios
as part of our
@KHTWestEnd
season this Winter
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Massive congratulations to Operation Mincemeat,
@spitlip
and our Guest Artistic Director 2023
@DaveyCumming
on winning BEST NEW MUSICAL! So deserved! Bravo!!
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Wishing everyone a happy
#Pride2016
today
We know some of you there are coming to
#StrangersInBetween
afterwards
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Congratulations to the
#HamiltonLewis
team on their
@MusicalTheatreR
award nomination for Best Musical at the
#edfringe
!
Well deserved
@BenjiDirector
@LetitiaHector
@BucklandLiberty
@LouisMackrodt
@jamiebarwood
@charlienorburn
@englishruns
@AssemblyFest
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Thank you to everyone involved in
#UndetectablePlay
and congratulations on a brilliant run; it's been swell!
@RikkiBB
@tdwright1
@FreddieHogan8
@ivelostlewis
@alexander_hick
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NEW PRODUCTION ANNOUNCEMENT
La bohème | 26th April - 28th May | On sale now
A Queer reinvention of Giacomo Puccini's classic opera
An enchanting new production directed by
@MarkRavenhill2
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Happy 10th Birthday to Tickets our Resident Theatre Dog!
🔊 All together now ‘Happy Birthday to you...’
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We’re proud commit to giving a
#YesorNo
to all auditionees at King’s Head Theatre, and we’ll be ensuring that our visiting companies do the same.
Read our latest blog post for more info:
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Congratulations to
@LondonTheatreCo
on the official opening of
@_bridgetheatre
We can't wait to turn our empty space into a new theatre
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📢
#JustAnnounced
HARRY'S CHRISTMAS by Steven Berkoff
A dark comedy confronting the often unspoken issues that affect many people for whom the end of December, rather than being a festive season, is a time with emotional pressures.
⬇️ Book from £14.50:
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#KHTOnline
is back!
We’ve scheduled a ten-week term of free skills sessions and discussions running from 28 January - 01 April
Find out more
#DistancedNotDisconnected
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#CyanideAt5
is a "small gem directed by Peter Kavanagh, from a Czech playwright who had a significant influence on Tom Stoppard"
-
@Spectator
💎 Don't miss it.
Must end this Sat 26 Nov!
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📣EMERGING PRODUCERS 📣
We're hosting a season to showcase the work of companies that might have missed out on opportunities due to the pandemic.
📅15th Mar - 23rd Apr 2022
If you are interested, please email rohan
@kingsheadtheatre
.com
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Great to be top of this fantastic list of theatres for new writing in London...
?
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🕹️🎮 Co-Artistic Director
@HannahPrice
is teaming up with
@AlixWiltonRegan
for a Zoom webinar on directing actors and voice actors for video games 🎮🕹️
Sunday 14th November, 7:30pm on Zoom.
Tickets (free) required - follow the link to book your place👇
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As
#PrideMonth
comes to an end it's important to remember that LGBTQ issues are important year round
Listen to the How to Cut Suicide Rates Among LGBTQ Youth? Ep. of
#GettingCurious
with
@jvn
(of
#QueerEye
) talking to
@amitpaley
about the
@TrevorProject
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ANNOUNCEMENT
The full line-up for our 2018
#QueerSeason
a celebration of the most interesting and innovative LGBTQI+ theatre being created in modern Britain ⬇️
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Today we say (a very sad) farewell to our immensely talented Marketing Manager,
@OscarFrench
who is leaving us after an amazing six years. We're going to miss him very much!
We wish him all the best and every, thoroughly deserved success ❤️
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Big news - our first Cabaret Space shows are now onsale! Our brand new, intimate, 50-seat cabaret space is THE PLACE to see some of the best acts on the circuit.
Coming up first this Jan/Feb ...
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Bradley wants to live and love in a world without labels. He's always been smarter than the rest but being yourself is much harder when you have to fit into other people's ideas of you: Black. Gay. Queer. Monogamous?... Boyfriend?
#Undetectable
starts 13 March
📷: Simon J Webb
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And we're off! Rehearsals are now underway for the world premiere of
#UndetectablePlay
by
@tdwright1
and directed by
@RikkiBB
. Keep your eyes peeled for more sneak peeks from the rehearsal room in the coming days...
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📢 NEW SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT📢
PROUD | King's Head Theatre
🗓️ 22 February - 12 March 2022
Bren Gosling’s powerful new drama overturns expectations and sheds light on the traumatic impact of racism, homophobia and displacement.
@MarlieHC
🎟️
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First look at Exhibitionists opening our brand new theatre TONIGHT! A dazzling new comedy about love, sex, happiness and freedom set in the San Francisco art world.
Must end 10 Feb. Book tickets at >
📸 Geraint Lewis
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"It’s great to see European plays being given space on London stages... this is an interesting hour debating the rights & wrongs" -
@EveryTheatre
💥 This gripping revenge drama is playing until 26 Nov.
Book now from £12.50:
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"We're not the new normal, we're the new f**cking extraordinary"
★★★★★ hit Breeding returns! Zeb & Eoin met, kissed, fell in love, moved in, got married... what’s next? A funny, moving drama about parenthood, queer families & enduring love.
Book at
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Very proud that our
#LaBoheme
has been nominated in the
#OlivierAwards
Congratulations to Director
@SpreadburyMaher
, Producer
@LouisaDavisLDN
, Librettist and Soprano
@BeccaAMarriott
, Musical Director
@Panaretos_piano
, Stage Manager
@CollinsTini
& everyone else involved with it!
Best New Opera Production nominees: La Bohème, The Exterminating Angel and Semiramide
#OlivierAwards
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Have you got an LGBTQI+ show?We've got space available in our Queer Season on August 5/6, 12/13. We're particularly interested in Lesbian work. If you've got a show that's ready to go, we’d love to hear from you! Email our wonderful Programme Manager oscar
@kingsheadtheatre
.com
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After a whirlwind week our team are at the
#OlivierAwards
nominees lunch, to celebrate our transfer of
#LaBoh
éme to
@TrafStudios
being nominated for Best New Opera Production
Congratulations to all the nominees!
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