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

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Simon Stephen’s epic play returns to London

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Matthew Seager’s compelling play returns.

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Based on real events from the war in Ukraine

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Traverse 54 countries through word, music, song and dance

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Presented by Michael Chekhov Studio London

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An insightful and moving look into life after the pandemic.

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

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

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Think Porridge meets Brassed Off

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A darkly comic play from award-winner Philip Ridley

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

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

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A dark and twisted love letter to sisterhood.

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The real drama happens backstage...

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This is Sherlock… just not as you know her

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

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

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It's Elton John vs The Sun in Monstering The Rocketman
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A young girl stands at the altar. A nation holds its breath.
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Women can’t box? You watch.
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Based on a series of interviews with leading experts and residencies in hospitals and surgeries.
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Stop and Search
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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 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 comes to London's Arcola Theatre
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The Cutting Edge a new show by Jack Shepherd at London's Arcola Theatre
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“If I don’t want to tell anyone, it’s up to me, right?”
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Patrice Naiambana returns as the rabble-rousing Greatness Ogholi in Rosamunde Hutt’s acclaimed production.
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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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Katherine Parkinson's debut play Sitting, for one month only at the Arcola Theatre
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In Rome, 510 BC, Lucretia is sought out in the night by the prince Tarquinius.
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Nominated for 3 Off West End Awards (Best Female Performance, Best Costume Design, Best Direction)
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“Yeah, but where are you really from?"
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Four wives, one husband and a devastating secret.
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Greek is a riotous, contemporary retelling of the Oedipus myth, based on the verse play by Steven Berkoff (East, Decadence).
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An occult, surrealist opera.
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Little Miss Sunshine pulls into the Arcola Theatre. Tickets are available now!
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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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Henry Naylor's Fringe First winning show Games comes to the Arcola Theatre for a limited 3 week run!
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Keith? A Comedy comes to the Arcola Theatre for 3 weeks only!
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Ute Lemper: Rendezvous with Marlene
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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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Tickets to see Dael Orlandersmith come to the Arcola with Until the Flood
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Arcola's first RSC co-production based on the book by Can Dündarook, #WeAreArrested