⭐️ BANK HOLIDAY OPENING HOURS ⭐️
Here's when you can reach us this weekend 👇
★ Sat 25 May - Bar 10am-1am; Box Office 10am-6pm
★ Sun 26 May - CLOSED
★ Mon 27 May - Bar 2pm-12am; Box Office 10am-6pm
★ Tue 28 May - Open as usual
Have a good one pals 💋
WRITERS' LAB APPLICATION NEWS JUST IN
We're so excited to share the news that The Matilda Ibini Bursary will fund FIVE Soho Theatre Writers' Lab bursaries for writers who identify as disabled.
(~please share~)
#ICYMI
the LEGEND that is
@ThanyiaMoore
is gracing us with her presence next week 🙌🔥
As seen on...literally every fun show on the 📺, you'd be a damn fool to miss her - so do the right thing 🎟️👇
Hey pals, due to the huge economic impact of COVID-19 to the theatre & comedy sectors, from tomorrow, we’ll be operating with an even smaller team in order to survive. We hope you bear with us as we:
Overheard in the bar: 'It was VERY good but I just don't think their American accents were good enough.' (Juuuuust between us twitterfriends, the actors ARE American. Like, actually factually for reals even)
So this is BIG news for us as it's been a very long journey. Us for 9yrs, & longer still for others within the community. Looking forward to working together with
@wfcouncil
on this...
Sunday reminiscing to once upon a time when our weekends (and weekdays) looked like this. We’ve had so many incredible times if we’re honest. Like how fucking amazing was this lineup...
🚨DECEMBER IS SAVED🚨 Our Queens and Saviours
@bendelacreme
and
@JinkxMonsoon
are bringing 'The Jinkx & Dela Holiday Special' to Soho Theatre On Demand worldwide, and exclusively in the UK/Ireland from 1 December 👀👯♀️🎄🎉
📸:
@MattBaume
Applications for our next Writers’ Lab programme are now OPEN.
Our entry-level course designed to support new writers to create a play over 9mths is led by our Associate Director Lakesha Arie-Angelo, Director & Dramaturg Chris White, and our Education Producer Jules Haworth
Fun fact - in 21 mins it’s 21:21 on the 21st day of the 21st year of the 21st century. Also Soho Theatre is 21 this year. And resides on 21 Dean Street.
#21
.
At the heart of what we do at Soho is telling stories. We are very lucky and very proud to have performers, companies, stories and audiences from all over the world in our building. Today, and everyday, we want you to know that you belong here and you are welcome.
#LondonIsOpen
We are absolutely over the moon to be having
@megstalter
perform at ours later this year, 30 Nov - 11 Dec 🎉🥳 Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10am, don't miss out... 👀👇
Attention pals - we need your help 🚨
Whilst we're bringing up a host of exciting shows ourselves, we are also DEAD excited to see all of yours - so drop your recs and shoutout your pals below 👇
EXCITING NEWS ALERT📢 as the re-opening of former Granada/EMD in Walthamstow takes a stride forward as we announce the appointments of Jessica Draper, Alessandro Babalola and Lucy Davies in key roles.
Read our press release here 👇
GOD'S DICE by David Baddiel. A play about Quantum Miracles. Starring Alan Davies. Directed by James Grieve.
Fun fact: this is David's first original stage play 🙌
Very excited to announce that applications are now open for our new Head of Creative Engagement role. We're looking for an outstanding, passionate creative leader to join the senior management team in establishing the new Walthamstow Granada. Full details:
My new album comes out tomorrow! Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time; and all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Out! Out, brief candle- life is but a walking shadow...
📣 Submissions are officially OPEN for the Verity Bargate Award 📣
If you've written a new and exciting play, we wanna hear from YOU 🫵
You've got until 17 June to submit your piece
Soho Theatre,
@HOME_mcr
and Tim Whitehead are in shock and incredibly saddened with news of Heklina's passing. Our thoughts are with Peaches, Mommie Queerest company, Heklina's family, friends + their wider community. Together with HOME we’ll be in contact with audiences tomorrow
Speaking of second half of the year & planning your evenings in advance (unlike us in here), get your diaries out for October.
@LostVoiceGuy
. Three shows only. On sale...NOW (no biggie but he did only go on & win
@BGT
🙌)
And the winner of this year's
#TonyCrazeAward
is…
⭐️
@JonesSomebody
⭐️
with ‘All My Friends Are Dead’ - a story about virtual reality grief-gaming 🎮
Congratulations also to
@IonaPairOfShoes
, whose play ‘When It All Turns To Dust’ was Highly Commended 👏
SURPRISE GLASGOW 🎄 It's a Christmas MIRACLE 🙌 The Return of the
@JinkxMonsoon
&
@bendelacreme
Holiday Show will stop by Glasgow
@PLATFORMgla
on 16 November 👏 Tix go on sale this Friday at 10am 👀
Free writing workshop anyone? ✏️
In the lead up to submissions opening for the
#VerityBargateAward
(next week - ahhh!) we're coming to a theatre near you and hosting FREE workshops across the UK & Ireland
We've got some Friday good news for you...
@nbcsnl
's Sarah Sherman aka
@SarahSquirm
is coming to ours this summer, 1-13 August 🤡🤡🤡
Tix available here:
UPDATE: We now have full possession of the EMD/Granada building on Hoe Street 💫
We're delighted that work can now begin in these areas, which will include making sure the new venue is accessible to everyone 🙏
Take a sneak peek inside!
For more info:
"I'm shitting my hijab" - iconic lines only
Comedy legend
@fatihaelghorri
is hosting No Direction Home (NDH) this Monday alongside headliner
@sophiedukebox
🙌
Ran by
@CounterArts
NDH is the UK’s first - and funniest - refugee comedy collective
🎟️
Here we bloody goooo 🙌🙌🙌 Announcing our Spring/Summer 2022 season, featuring, among many others,
@BourgMaurice
,
@RashDashTheatre
, Iman Qureshi's The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs (
@DamselProd
), Claudia Rankine's The White Card, and David Hoyle 👀
Insert text that matches
@JinkxMonsoon
&
@TheMajorScales
' shock/horror/gasp here as we realise we are but hours away from The Ginger Snapped's final UK Tour performance. What a treat this tour's been. CHOOKAS!
Saw the magnificent
@CoraBissett
in What Girls Are Made Of at the
@sohotheatre
. A personal show about rock & roll, life, hope, family, dreams and motherhood. Beautiful, heartbreaking, funny. With amazing songs. runs to Sept 28th.
Its official - we’re heading back to the Fringe 🙌
Our fave time of the year is back & although the *original* plan was to have a pared back programme as we open
#SohoTheatreWalthamstow
, we just couldn’t resist 😉
Introducing our 2023
@edfringe
- 16 shows, 7 venues ✨
🧵👇
Dear friends, from Monday we become a much smaller team as approximately 90% of us will be furloughed under the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention team. Please read our message.
OMGYG all of our
#Fleabag
tickets have SOLD OUT. Your best bet is to try the Wyndham's box office as they still have some available. Our thanks to everyone who bought one, and sorry to those of you who missed out. But try buying tickets via Wyndham's 🤞🤞🤞
Summer is over. Ger ready for Christmas. And what better way to kick of the festive season than with two of your fave queens
@bendelacreme
and
@JinkxMonsoon
in an attention grabbing Christmas extravaganza.🎄🎁 General sale is open now 👉
David Johnson. Our Artistic Associate, alongside John Mackay. Our main producing partner on so many amazing shows over 20yrs. And our dear friend. We’re incredibly proud of the work we’ve done together, you always made it such good fun.
Goodnight DJ. From all of us. Thank you💋