On a stormy night in Bournemouth, Polly meets up with her work best friend Bernie. Armed with a bag of vegan brownies, she will try and convince her not to move back home.Played out over one time bending evening, ‘Cookie Dough’ is a tender comedy about the line between romance and platonic love, baking and what happens when the literal universe seems to be tearing itself apart pushing you down a path you don’t want to take.

5 women, 5 stories, 5 lives changed under violent circumstances.First developed in the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa in 2021, ‘Violent Circumstances’ aims to shed light on women’s day to day encounters with misogyny and violence. On the recent 5th year anniversary of Sarah’s murder, the BBC published an article titled ‘5 Years on: What’s changed?’ The short answer, nothing. With the growing rise of toxic masculinity, incel culture and disregard for womens issues, it's getting harder to be heard, so come hear us roar.

Roger is 70. Ruby is 60.Both are single. Both have their own reasons for trying out a dating app for seniors.Ruby is expected to care for her aged and difficult mother and seeks escape.Roger cares for his dying father, who wants his son to find someone special before he dies.He is witty, which she likes.She is feisty, which he likes.What could go wrong?As more doors in their lives open, questions arise: Should she? Did he? What if … ?But when Ruby's younger sister feeds her some information from Roger’s past it throws a huge spanner in the works.

Roger’s mum’s getting remarried, and to make matters worse, he’s being forced to give a speech with his uncle David. But Roger soon realises that, armed with a cutting opener and a microphone, he can have a lot of fun, and do a lot of damage...David, unaware of Roger’s plotting and still reeling after the divorce from his husband, is bringing plenty of his own baggage to the writing process. He’s got the potential to derail everything, even without Roger’s help. As the big day approaches, all eyes are on the duo. Surely it’ll be fine - when has a wedding speech ever gone too far? Tristan Simpson’s debut play, Speech, Speech is a comedy for all the families who, for whatever reason, just can’t quite find the right words. 

Ever made the mistake of overpromising something? Like saying that you’ve written an entire musical about the history of Hip Hop, when you haven't! Well G has... Meet G, a fast-talking daughter of Lewisham. With the help of her friend P, can she overcome the chaos of home life... spellings, the inner demon Negs... spellings, her mother... spellings. G has Missy Elliott, her spelling answer to everything, or is she?Doragine immersed herself in the vibrant hip-hop scene of the 1980s as a street dancer, forming an all-female breakdance crew. Highlights include competing in the inaugural DMC Hip-Hop Competition at Brixton Academy. Transitioning to theatre, she performed at prestigious London venues and taught Hip-Hop dance to young adults. Doragine supported UK female rap artists and performed alongside Chaka Khan. She also served as creative director for “Spiritual Soul” at Brixton Electric. Penny lives in Crofton Park, fabulously dyslexic, she met Genie on Chelwood Nursery pick-ups, bonding over our love of the Arts, me costume, her dance.  Quirky thing about me is I designed a method to understand Times Tables, despite not even getting a grade at Maths CSE level (showing my age there).  

Three siblings return to their old family house before it is demolished, with one hour to complete a property report. What begins as paperwork becomes a fight over memory, migration, and who gets to decide what a family is worth.As they sort through decades of belongings, resentments, and conflicting memories, it becomes clear that they have not only inherited the same house, but entirely different ideas of home. Using one East Asian family story to reflect wider experiences of migration and cross-cultural identity, The Obituary is a sharp and tender new play about inheritance, belonging, and what remains when the people you love no longer share the same understanding of where they come from.At its heart, The Obituary asks a simple but difficult question: if home can no longer hold a family together, what can?

Jay is a fourteen-year-old Londoner, and his shit moustache is the only thing in his whole life he's proud of. When a brand-new Lamborghini accelerates past his dad’s dingy flat, Jay asks himself, “why can’t I have that?”What Jay discovers is explosive. Broken Hearted Youth (DNA, My Mind Matters, Brockley Jack) present a new monologue by a Papatango and Off West End Award winning writer.Praise for previous work:★★★★★“Entertaining... Dark and dangerous”The Stage.

Petra is selling her knickers, Lara is mid crisis and Michelle has gone so far off the rails it’s rural. During a girl’s night out, Lydia escapes to the toilet fearing the worst, whilst all Cassie wants is some toilet roll. In the magical land of the club toilets; worlds collide. A revolving bathroom door invites us into the sanctuary of the loos, and the hours in which five women find themselves retreating there. As late-night turns to early morning, we bear witness to problems faced, appearances undone, and how female friendship can be built in moments of vulnerability.  ‘Sisterland’ is a still life capture of women finding their place and becoming themselves in a room without expectations. Here, we embrace the blood, tears, sick, stains, expletives, howls, anthems, urges, confessions, ecstasies, miseries and complete wonderment of Womanhood, Girlhood, Sisterhood. Ready? Get ya glad rags on. Time to get liberated.Beginning as a performance art piece at Rose Bruford exploring the intersection of public bathrooms and confessional theatre, ‘Sisterland’ later debuted as a 10-minute short play as a part of The Union Shorts, before moving on to show at Greenwich Theatre with Off Mainstage. In 2026, ‘Sisterland’ joined the INK Festival programme as a rehearsed reading. As the piece continues to develop and grow it remains loyal to the real-life experience of women and their connection with one another.

Shallow Resting Place explores the pain experienced when a relationship you thought would last forever, comes to an end. Exploring the addictive nature of nostalgia, the consequences of romanticising the people we love and not to mention, hares.Three years ago, Sophia decided to leave. Now she returns, having graduated and outgrown her hometown. Charlie decided to stay; living with her mum and working as a barista in the centre of town. Set against the Oxfordshire prairies, Shallow Resting Place follows the reunion of these two exes as they retrace a familiar hike.In 2023, Shallow Resting Place was programmed as part of OffBeat Festival, where it was performed as a work in progress at the Oxford Playhouse. This year, the play was commissioned by Everybody Panic as part of We‘ll Be Safe Here at the Pegasus Theatre.Lauren Carter is a playwright and director, compelled to tell stories about women, queerness, and the environment. Previously, Lauren was the Resident Director of the Oxford Playhouse, during which she co-founded Queer Fest. She has directed both her own writing and the work of emerging playwrights at various venues across the UK, including: Oxford Playhouse, Wilton’s Music Hall, Riverside Studios, Arcola Theatre, Pegasus Theatre, King’s Head Theatre, Reading Rep Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival.Lauren’s play FACE DOWN IN THE DIRT was longlisted for the BOLD Playwright Award.Part of North Sapph-Fest 2026LATECOMERS MAY NOT BE ADMITTED.UNDER 18s ARE NOT PERMITTED INTO THE THEATRE FOR THIS PERFORMANCE.The performance lasts approximately 50 minutes without an interval.Refunds and exchanges are not available.

Housemates. Friends. With benefits? What could go wrong?A story inspired by real-life events, 'Cherston' follows a group of 4 young people in a house share, along with their 2 close friends, as they navigate their early 20s. They frequently throw parties, get way too drunk, and complain about their jobs.This story demonstrates how easy it is to abandon our self-worth when shown some attention. Set in 2020-21, we explore the psychological toll of 6 people being forced to spend so much time together, and how their subconscious obsession with each other is all that's getting them through, while also tearing them apart. It explores the issue of limerence, breadcrumbing, and how simple it can be to become entangled in toxic relationships - romantic and platonic. Can we forge a way out of these situations? Do we even notice we're in them? Do we ever get the strength to walk away? Do we value ourselves enough to be alone?From her 2021 diary, to the beginnings of drafting in 2024, writer Emily Farley puts her trauma on stage."Blame fucking BoJo. I don’t get paid enough to deal with this shit.""Are you frying broccoli?""I liked a boy. I got sad. And you used that.""You know, you’ve never actually said anything nice about me."Part of North Sapph-Fest 2026LATECOMERS MAY NOT BE ADMITTED.UNDER 18s ARE NOT PERMITTED INTO THE THEATRE FOR THIS PERFORMANCE.The performance lasts approximately 1 hr 20 minutes without an interval.Refunds and exchanges are not available.

“When I was a child I dreamt of happily ever after. When I was 27 my dreams came true. Somewhere along the way, I realised my dreams were not my own.”Shortlisted for the Brighton Fringe Cabaret Award 2026, That’s Just The Way It’s (un)Done is an abstract, autobiographical, theatrical cabaret that dances through the dangers of heteronormative conditioning into a world of queer fluidity. Join Rowan as they explore what it means to outgrow yourself, shedding the skins of strict narratives and peeling back everything they knew to be true. Through nostalgic imagery, physical theatre, lip-sync, humour, and how to make the perfect crisp sandwich, Rowan reveals the freedom and grief that emerge when normative paradigms begin to unravel.Originally developed as part of Rowan’s MA in Queer Performance, this piece continues to evolve, much like its creator. This iteration is both a performance and a process, part ritual, part revelation. It invites audiences into an experience of untangling and reimagining. A queer Happily Never After."This is pure fringe treasure" - FringeReviewPart of North Sapph-Fest 2026LATECOMERS MAY NOT BE ADMITTED.UNDER 18s ARE NOT PERMITTED INTO THE THEATRE FOR THIS PERFORMANCE.The performance lasts approximately 50 minutes without an interval.Refunds and exchanges are not available.

Following heartbreak and a gruelling dildo custody battle, Masc looks to get ‘back on the horse’ of the Lesbian dating scene. She spends most evenings out on the lash with her friends, Jazz and Shy. As personal friendships dissolve, and the wider world too, Masc begins to question who she is and what it means to be a young queer woman in the present day. This one-person dark-comedy takes a look at the “toxic masc” lesbian archetype, whilst examining mental health issues within the LGBTQIA+ community and interrogating the wider impact of toxic masculinity.Part of North Sapph-Fest 2026LATECOMERS MAY NOT BE ADMITTED.UNDER 18s ARE NOT PERMITTED INTO THE THEATRE FOR THIS PERFORMANCE.The performance lasts approximately 75 minutes without an interval.Refunds and exchanges are not available.