Arcola theatre

Arcola theatre

24 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL

Getting here

Closest Tube Station

Highbury & Islington

Closest Train Station

Dalston Junction

Dear Martin is the current production at Arcola theatre. The last booking period for Dear Martin at Arcola theatre started 05/03/2025 19:00:00 and ended 29/03/2025 19:00:00.

Cry Baby The Musical is the current production at Arcola theatre. The last booking period for Cry Baby The Musical at Arcola theatre started 06/03/2025 19:30:00 and ended 12/04/2025 19:30:00.

Heisenberg is the current production at Arcola theatre. The last booking period for Heisenberg at Arcola theatre started 09/04/2025 19:00:00 and ended 10/05/2025 19:00:00.

In Other Words is the current production at Arcola theatre. The last booking period for In Other Words at Arcola theatre started 19/05/2025 19:00:00 and ended 24/05/2025 19:00:00.

The Reckoning is the current production at Arcola theatre.

54.60 Africa is the current production at Arcola theatre. The last booking period for 54.60 Africa at Arcola theatre started 14/06/2025 19:30:00 and ended 12/07/2025 19:30:00.

On The Dotted Line is the current production at Arcola theatre. The last booking period for On The Dotted Line at Arcola theatre started 02/09/2025 19:00:00 and ended 06/09/2025 19:00:00.

Clive is the current production at Arcola theatre. The last booking period for Clive at Arcola theatre started 30/07/2025 19:00:00 and ended 23/08/2025 19:00:00.

The Womb is the current production at Arcola theatre. The last booking period for The Womb at Arcola theatre started 27/08/2025 19:00:00 and ended 30/08/2025 19:00:00.

Tarantula is the current production at Arcola theatre. The last booking period for Tarantula at Arcola theatre started 08/01/2025 19:00:00 and ended 11/10/2025 20:45:00.

Penned Up is the current production at Arcola theatre. The last booking period for Penned Up at Arcola theatre started 07/10/2025 19:30:00 and ended 11/10/2025 19:30:00.

The Poltergeist is the current production at Arcola theatre. The last booking period for The Poltergeist at Arcola theatre started 11/09/2025 19:00:00 and ended 11/10/2025 19:00:00.

THE MISTAKE is the current production at Arcola theatre. The last booking period for THE MISTAKE at Arcola theatre started 14/10/2025 19:00:00 and ended 18/10/2025 19:00:00.

This Little Earth is the current production at Arcola theatre. The last booking period for This Little Earth at Arcola theatre started 22/10/2025 00:00:00 and ended 15/11/2025 19:00:00.

Crocodile Fever is the current production at Arcola theatre. The last booking period for Crocodile Fever at Arcola theatre started 17/10/2025 19:30:00 and ended 22/11/2025 19:30:00.

Petty Men is the current production at Arcola theatre. The last booking period for Petty Men at Arcola theatre started 19/11/2025 19:00:00 and ended 20/12/2025 19:00:00.

Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B is the current production at Arcola theatre. The last booking period for Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B at Arcola theatre started 27/11/2025 00:00:00 and ended 20/12/2025 19:30:00.

A Grain Of Sand is the current production at Arcola theatre.

Safe Haven is the current production at Arcola theatre. The last booking period for Safe Haven at Arcola theatre started 14/01/2026 00:00:00 and ended 07/02/2026 19:00:00.

Monstering The Rocketman is the current production at Arcola theatre. The last booking period for Monstering The Rocketman at Arcola theatre started 03/02/2026 00:00:00 and ended 21/02/2026 19:30:00.

Iphigenia is the current production at Arcola theatre. The upcoming booking period for Iphigenia at Arcola theatre starts 09/04/2026 00:00:00 and runs until 02/05/2026 19:00:00. Tickets for Iphigenia start at £19 and are available to book now.

Bitch Boxer is the current production at Arcola theatre. The latest booking period for Bitch Boxer at Arcola theatre started 18/02/2026 00:00:00 and runs until 14/03/2026 19:00:00. Tickets for Bitch Boxer start at £25 and are available to book now.

Arcola is just 2 minutes’ walk from both Dalston Kingsland and Dalston Junction stations, on the London Overground.

  • 5 minutes by train from Highbury & Islington (connecting with Victoria line).
  • 10 minutes by train from Whitechapel(connecting with District and Hammersmith and City lines).
  • 10 minutes by train from Stratford(connecting with CentralJubileeDLR lines and National Rail).

Arcola is a 5-minute bus ride away from Hackney Downs station (10 minutes from Liverpool Street, connecting with CentralCircleHammersmith and City and Metropolitan lines).

 

Arcola is served by the following bus routes:

  • 149 from London Bridge or Edmonton Green.
  • 242 from Tottenham Court Road via Liverpool Street or Hackney Central.
  • 6 or 243 from Old Street or Wood Green.
  • 38 or 56 from Angel or Clapton Pond Roundabout/Lea Bridge Road.
  • 30 or 277 from Highbury and Islington.
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Dear Martin

A dark psychological comedy examining human connections.

From £25
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Cry Baby The Musical

The Tony-Award musical is making it’s UK premiere.

From £19
SAVE UP TO 38%
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Heisenberg

Simon Stephen’s epic play returns to London

From £25
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In Other Words

Matthew Seager’s compelling play returns.

From £36
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The Reckoning

Based on real events from the war in Ukraine

Price TBC
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Musical

54.60 Africa

Traverse 54 countries through word, music, song and dance

From £19
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On The Dotted Line

Presented by Michael Chekhov Studio London

From £19
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Clive

An insightful and moving look into life after the pandemic.

From £19
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The Womb

It's absurd. It's naked (not literally). It's bloody (literally). It's about women.

From £25
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Tarantula

5.0(1)

Philip Ridley’s Tarantula explores the tangled web of the past and its dark complexities

From £25
On Sale now
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Penned Up

Think Porridge meets Brassed Off

From £19
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The Poltergeist

A darkly comic play from award-winner Philip Ridley

From £25
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THE MISTAKE

An urgent new play about the catastrophic ‘mistake’ that launched our nuclear age.

From £25
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This Little Earth

Two Flat-Earthers find the edge of the world...

From £25
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Crocodile Fever

A dark and twisted love letter to sisterhood.

From £42
ON SALE NOW
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Petty Men

The real drama happens backstage...

From £25
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Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B

This is Sherlock… just not as you know her

From £19
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A Grain Of Sand

A Grain Of Sand is the story of resilience, hope and the right of children to be children.

Price TBC
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Safe Haven

Based on true events, this sweeping new play reveals how moral conviction and diplomatic resolve sparked Operation Safe Haven

From £25
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Monstering The Rocketman

It's Elton John vs The Sun in Monstering The Rocketman

From £19
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Iphigenia

Opens 09 April 2026

A young girl stands at the altar. A nation holds its breath.

From £19
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Bitch Boxer

Women can’t box? You watch.

From £25

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Mark Thomas: Check-Up

5.0(2)

Based on a series of interviews with leading experts and residencies in hospitals and surgeries.

Play

Stop and Search

3.2(5)

Stop and Search

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Mrs Dalloway

Forward Arena present a fast-paced, dynamic staging of Virginia Woolf‘s tale, in a bold new version by Hal Coase (Callisto: a queer epic).

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The Plague

5.0(3)

The Plague is Albert Camus’ electrifying story about living through a time of crisis and fighting back against despair.

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The Dance of Death

The Dance of Death comes to London's Arcola Theatre

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The Cutting Edge

4.0(1)

The Cutting Edge a new show by Jack Shepherd at London's Arcola Theatre

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Not Talking

“If I don’t want to tell anyone, it’s up to me, right?”

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New Nigerians

5.0(2)

Patrice Naiambana returns as the rabble-rousing Greatness Ogholi in Rosamunde Hutt’s acclaimed production.

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A Hero Of Our Time

After a sold out Edinburgh Fringe run, A Hero Of Our Time comes to London's Arcola Theatre for 4 weeks only!

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Sitting

5.0(1)

Katherine Parkinson's debut play Sitting, for one month only at the Arcola Theatre

Opera

The Rape of Lucretia

4.7(3)

In Rome, 510 BC, Lucretia is sought out in the night by the prince Tarquinius.

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The Daughter-in-Law

4.5(10)

Nominated for 3 Off West End Awards (Best Female Performance, Best Costume Design, Best Direction)

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Spun

“Yeah, but where are you really from?"

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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives

Four wives, one husband and a devastating secret.

Opera

Greek

4.0(2)

Greek is a riotous, contemporary retelling of the Oedipus myth, based on the verse play by Steven Berkoff (East, Decadence).

Opera

Elephant Steps

An occult, surrealist opera.

Musical

Little Miss Sunshine

4.7(68)

Little Miss Sunshine pulls into the Arcola Theatre. Tickets are available now!

Play

Borders

2.0(1)

Winner of multiple awards at the Edinburgh Fringe Borders has come to London's Arcola Theatre for an extremely limited run.

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Games

5.0(2)

Henry Naylor's Fringe First winning show Games comes to the Arcola Theatre for a limited 3 week run!

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Keith?

4.5(11)

Keith? A Comedy comes to the Arcola Theatre for 3 weeks only!

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Ute Lemper: Rendezvous with Marlene

Ute Lemper: Rendezvous with Marlene

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Radio

5.0(3)

Al Smith's Radio play takes over the Arcola Theatre this summer with some of the cheapest London theatre tickets around.

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Until The Flood

4.6(5)

Tickets to see Dael Orlandersmith come to the Arcola with Until the Flood

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#WeAreArrested

5.0(14)

Arcola's first RSC co-production based on the book by Can Dündarook, #WeAreArrested