✨2026 PROGRAMMING (April Onwards): OPEN NOW ✨ Programming is now open for our Spring and Summer 2026 Season and we want to hear from artists, companies and creatives who are ready to bring bold new work to the Lion and Unicorn Theatre. If you are developing work with a strong concept, a brave story led idea or a Camden Fringe production for next year, we want to hear from you. We are committed to supporting emerging voices and giving space to quality work with ambition that challenges, questions and connects. Our 2026 Season also features Open House on 4 January, our popular networking event for actors and creatives, and our first in house transfer as Flashbang heads to Greenwich Theatre before touring. It is the perfect moment to join us and be part of an exciting new year of work. Programming is open from April 2026 onwards and we are particularly interested in shows with producers attached with a clear marketing plan and a strong vision for creating their work. In particular we are interested in shows wanting to do one week or longer - ideal for companies looking for longer runs. Visit our website for full information and to submit your work. ➡️ Submissions: www.thelionandunicorntheatre.com/submissions 🎟️ Tickets and season info: linktr.ee/landutheatre 🔗 Follow us on social media | @LandUTheatre

NEW SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT 💥 Theatre worth leaving the house for! Here’s your first look at some of the brand new shows coming to @landutheatre in 2026, with more to be announced shortly. Our Spring / Summer Season brings you face to face and up close to brand new work from some of London’s most exciting emerging theatremakers. Our new season kicks off with Open House on 4 January, our popular networking event for actors, writers and creatives. We also celebrate our first in house transfer as Flashbang heads to @greenwichtheatre Theatre for a strictly limited run before embarking on a tour next year. Programming is open from April 2026 onwards. Visit our website for programming information and for @thecamdenfringe applications which open in the new year. 🎟️ Tickets and more information: www.thelionandunicorntheatre.com 💬 Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @LandUTheatre to keep the conversation going, and don’t forget to book table @thelionunicorn for your pre-and-post show food and drinks! #LandUTheatre #SpringSummer2026 #TheatreWorthLeavingTheHouseFor #NewSeason #LondonTheatre #FringeTheatre

🎭 OPENING TONIGHT at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre @donttouchmystuffplay is a funny, messy and heartfelt scrapbook of old memories, siblings, secrets and the questionable decisions you make in your twenties. Told entirely within the walls of two bedrooms, the play follows brother and sister Isaac and Alice as they navigate first relationships, leaving home, missing home and the unspoken parts of growing up. It is an honest look at identity, sexuality and mental health, seen through the bond that shapes us long before we understand it. With uno cards, spaghetti Bolognese and hidden bottles of rum, this contemporary coming of age story reflects the reality of a generation trying to figure life out, together and alone. 📅 On Tonight to Sat | 7.30pm 🎟 Tickets £15 | £13 conc 📍 Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town Content advisory: strong language, strong themes of mental health. #DontTouchMyStuff #LandUTheatre #NewWriting #LondonTheatre #FringeTheatre

✨ STILL TO COME✨ We’re nearly there! We’re bringing an epic year to a close with brilliant shows and great theatremakers. With a carefully curated set of fantastic shows coming your way over the next few weeks. New work incoming from: 👩🏻‍🤝‍👨🏼 @donttouchmystuffplay ✨ @northernspirittheatrecompany 💊 @giftenblue 👠 @cinderellathepanto 🗺️ @jamescallasball 🏠 And the return of open house on Jan 4th! ✨ Check out our new submissions for 2026 and get sending us your work… 🎄…and while you’re at it, don’t forget to book your Xmas celebration in @thelionunicorn before it’s too late! For more info visit our website (Link in bio!)

🎭 OPENING TONIGHT A riotous queer satire exploring identity, legacy and Elizabeth Taylor. Taylor-Made (Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bdy)* follows Grace, a trans woman who, in a final bid for validation, summons Elizabeth Taylor from the afterlife… and accidentally triggers a cosmic crisis. Set between London’s queer underworld and the celestial bureaucracy of Heaven, this sharp, funny and heartfelt new play dives into gender, iconhood and the messy pursuit of self-acceptance. ✨ From @nothingtheatre 📅 Opens tonight – Sat | 7.30pm 📍 Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town 🎟 Tickets: link in bio Content advisory: satirical depictions of the afterlife, necromancy and religion, discussions of gender identity, strong language. #TaylorMade #NothingTheatre #LandUTheatre #QueerTheatre #NewWriting #LondonTheatre #FringeTheatre

✨ STILL TO COME✨ We’re bringing the year to a close with brilliant shows and great theatremakers. With a carefully curated set of fantastic shows coming your way over the next few weeks. New work incoming from: 💋 @nothingtheatre 👩🏻‍🤝‍👨🏼 @donttouchmystuffplay 💊 @giftenblue 👠 @cinderellathepanto 🗺️ @jamescallasball …and a few more surprises still to come! ✨ Check out our new submissions for 2026 and get sending us your work… 🎄…and while you’re at it, don’t forget to book your Xmas celebration in @thelionunicorn before it’s too late! For more info visit our website (Link in bio!)

🎭 OPENING TONIGHT Scent from @workingprogresscollective is a tender and unflinching story about the iron grip of grief, the unwieldiness of love, and the joy and pain of remembering. Jamie was once a talented young sommelier. Now she’s stuck in a cycle of cheap red wine and SSRIs, doing whatever it takes to keep the hurt at bay. When her sister encourages her to start again, Jamie faces a question she’s not ready to answer. How do you begin again when letting go feels impossible? ✨ A raw, intimate new drama about loss, memory and rebuilding yourself piece by piece. 📅 Opens tonight | Runs to Saturday | 7.30pm 📍 Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town 🎟 Tickets: link in bio

🌙 THE NIGHTS DRAW IN 🌙 We’re bringing the year to a close with brilliant shows and great theatremakers. With a carefully curated set of fantastic shows coming your way over the next few weeks. New work incoming from: 🍷 @workingprogresscollective 💋 @nothingtheatre 💊 @giftenblue 👠 @cinderellathepanto 🗺️ @jamescallasball …and a few more surprises still to come! ✨ Check out our new submissions for 2026 and get sending us your work… 🎄…and while you’re at it, don’t forget to book your Xmas celebration in @thelionunicorn before it’s too late! For more info visit our website (Link in bio!)

✨ OPENS TONIGHT ✨ @proforcatheatre close out their 10th Anniversary Season with the return of the Offie-Nominated production of LATELY by James Lewis, directed by @davidbrady83. An intimate, emotional story about the places we can never escape from, the dreams we never realise, and the people who pull us back down to earth again. 📅 14, 15, 16 November 📍 @LandUTheatre 🎟 Tickets: https://app.lineupnow.com/event/lately-2 PRAISE FOR LATELY ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “The play has more than earned its ‘Offie’ nomination” – Breaking the Fourth Wall ★ ★ ★ ★ “It’s a tough show full of tough themes, but it has a heart as big as the moon over Thailand” – @viewfromseat  ★ ★ ★ ★ “Lately is beautiful moving storytelling. It’s real life. It’s excellent theatre” - @londontheatrereviews  ★ ★ ★ ★ “A sensitive, possibly triggering, realisation that to save yourself, you can’t save others” – @westendbf  ★ ★ ★ ★ “The beautiful lyrical script was a pleasure to hear. The work is cleverly circular with a lot of ground covered in between” – @pubtheatres1  ★ ★ ★ ★ “A beautiful and personal drama, Lately’s themes of wanting to escape both physically and mentally from your life are relatable on so many levels” – @everytheatre  ★ ★ ★ ★ “This is such an exquisite and sensitively written play I would happily have spent another evening in its company” – View From the Outside ★ ★ ★ ★ “When given such extremely fine treatment as it is here, this thoughtful and moving play certainly demands to be seen” – London Living Large “Writing, direction & performances of the highest quality, with a story that’s infinitely relatable.” – @londontheatrethings Join us for this special three-night run as we say goodbye to our anniversary season with this special run of performances.   #ProforcaTheatre #Lately #10YearsOfProforca #LondonTheatre #offienominated

✨ SAIL AWAY WITH US✨ We’re powering through our brand new season of work with brilliant shows and great theatremakers. With a carefully curated set of fantastic shows coming your way over the next few weeks. New work downloading from: 🌊 @proforcatheatre 🍷 @workingprogresscollective 💋 @nothingtheatre 💊 @giftenblue 👠@megrosecoslett 🗺️ @jamescallasball …and a few more surprises still to come! ✨ Check out our new submissions for 2026 and get sending us your work… 🎄…and while you’re at it, don’t forget to book your Xmas celebration in @thelionunicorn before it’s too late! For more info visit our website (Link in bio!)

The Lion & Unicorn Theatre: Open House: A Special Start of Year Event for Artists, Actors & Creatives Join us this January 4th for a unique Open House event, tailored specifically for theatre professionals. Whether you’re an actor, writer, director, theatre company, or producer, this is your chance to network, collaborate, and explore new opportunities in the heart of Kentish Town, and join us for a brilliant drink and a chat in the brilliant Lion & Unicorn Pub. Following on from our successful event last year we decided to give it another go for 2026! This evening features artist introductions, networking, connection making and a chance to see what makes our space a hub for innovative theatre and new writing at the heart of Kentish Town with some special live performances 📅 Sun Jan 4th 2026 📍 The Lion & Unicorn Theatre, London 🎟 Tickets: https://app.lineupnow.com/event/l-u-open-house-2026 Don’t miss this opportunity to connect and create with the best in our part of the business. Book your tickets now! Strictly Limited Tickets - Book Using our Box Office Link. For more information visit the Lion and Unicorn Theatre website at www.thelionandunicorntheatre.com or follow us on social media @landutheatre.

🎭 OPENING TONIGHT at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre Set in a dusty attic, Jamless by @nanceturner from @northernspirittheatrecompany is a story of working-class resilience, long-held grudges and the messy beauty of rebuilding broken bonds. Ro shows up in the middle of the night like a bad memory - all Chelsea boots, borrowed poshness and secrets she’s still not ready to tell. Ginny’s got a frying pan in one hand, a grudge in the other, and no patience left. As the sisters sift through dust, boxes and memories, old wounds resurface and the past refuses to stay buried. ✨ Jamless is about two sisters learning to face the house they never felt safe in, the family that failed them, and the cost of survival when no one teaches you how. 📅 Tonight – Sat 8 November | 7.30pm 📍 Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town 🎟 Tickets: link in bio #Jamless #LandUTheatre #NewWriting #LondonTheatre #FringeTheatre #KentishTown #SeeYouAtTheTheatre

😱 OPENS TONIGHT 😱 A dark and twisted Halloween thriller, centred on five strangers lured to a ritual in an abandoned monastery. As reality begins to unravel, they face one terrifying question: will they make it out alive, or will the ritual claim them forever? The Summoned from @distortedrebelsproductions is an edge-of-your-seat, unpredictable and fast-paced thriller that will shake the foundations of what you think is real. 📅 Tonight – Saturday | 7.30pm 📍 Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town 🎟 Tickets: link in bio

✨ WE’RE BURNING UP ✨ We’re powering through our brand new season of work with brilliant shows and great theatremakers. With a carefully curated set of fantastic shows coming your way over the next few weeks. New work downloading from: 😱@distortedrebelsproductions 👭🏻@northernspirittheatrecompany 🎸 @ladyothompson 🌊 @proforcatheatre 🍷 @workingprogresscollective 💋 @nothingtheatre 💊 @giftenblue 👠@megrosecoslett 🗺️ @jamescallasball …and a few more surprises still to come! ✨ Check out our new submissions for 2026 and get sending us your work… 🎄…and while you’re at it, don’t forget to book your Xmas celebration in @thelionunicorn before it’s too late! For more info visit our website (Link in bio!)

🎭 OPENING TONIGHT Not In the Mood for Quiche Anymore from @black_kohl_production ✨ A darkly funny one-woman tragi-comedy about love, loneliness and red flags. Becks wants a boyfriend. She thinks she’s finally found “the one” online - until she discovers his criminal record. But just how bad can it be? As she’s drawn further in, the truth begins to unravel, and Becks risks becoming trapped in more ways than one. Honest, sharp and unsettlingly relatable, this new play dives into the messy, modern search for connection and the danger of ignoring the warning signs. 📅 Tonight – Saturday | 7.30pm 📍 Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town 🎟 Tickets: link in bio

✨ STILL TO COME ✨ We’re powering through our brand new season of work with brilliant shows and great theatremakers. With a carefully curated set of fantastic shows coming your way over the next few weeks. New work downloading from: 👩🏻‍💼@black_kohl_production 😱@distortedrebelsproductions 👭🏻@northernspirittheatrecompany 🎸 @ladyothompson 🌊 @proforcatheatre 🍷 @workingprogresscollective 💋 @nothingtheatre 👠@megrosecoslett 🗺️ @jamescallasball …and a few more surprises still to come! ✨ Check out our new submissions for 2026 and get sending us your work… 🎄…and while you’re at it, don’t forget to book your Xmas celebration in @thelionunicorn before it’s too late! For more info visit our website (Link in bio!)

🎶 ALBUM LAUNCH EVENT Brand new for @landutheatre we’re delighted to host the album launch party for our brilliant Associate Artist @ladyothompson. Join us on Sunday 9th November at 6pm for a sneak preview of The Hurricane & Other Photographs - a brand new deeply personal folk-inspired album from one of our favourite artists. Olivia is an actress, writer and composer from North London, and won the @offwestendcom “Best New Musical” Offie in 2022 for the incredible “La Maupin” which made its debut at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre. 🎟️ Limited tickets available now (free) via our website.

🔥 OPENS TONIGHT A new play about the end of all things. In this haunting meditation on memory and mortality, two lifelong friends reunite at the edge of time itself. At the end of everything - metaphorically, or literally, or both - Tophe asks El to join him in throwing every last piece of the universe into a bonfire. El agrees, knowing it’s their final chance to face their turbulent history. ✨ We’ll Burn That Bridge When We Get To It and I guess that’s now from @little_lion_theatre_company is a moving, poetic exploration of endings, friendship and the beauty of letting go. 📅 Tonight - Sat | 7.30pm 🎟 Tickets: link in bio

OPENING TONIGHT at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre A fresh take on the legend of ‘The Sandman’.  When a mythical creature is dropped into the modern world and meets Grace Channing, a young woman who can’t sleep, both discover what it truly means to be seen. Funny, heartfelt and imaginative, Goodnight, Grace Channing from @secondjesttheatre blends live music, spoken word and poetry in a story about loneliness, connection and finding light in the dark. ✨ “A show that belongs to the people who feel they don’t belong.” – Audience Review 📅 Tonight - Sunday | 7.30pm 📍 Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town 🎟 Tickets: link in bio

✨ STILL TO COME ✨ We’re powering through our brand new season of work with brilliant shows and great theatremakers. With a carefully curated set of fantastic shows coming your way over the next few weeks. New work downloading from: 🛌@secondjesttheatre 🔥@little_lion_theatre_company 👩🏻‍💼@black_kohl_production 😱@distortedrebelsproductions 👭🏻@northernspirittheatrecompany 🌊 @proforcatheatre 💋 @nothingtheatre 👠@megrosecoslett 🗺️ @jamescallasball …and a few more surprises still to come! ✨ Check out our new submissions for 2026 and get sending us your work… 🎄…and while you’re at it, don’t forget to book your Xmas celebration in @thelionunicorn before it’s too late! For more info visit our website (Link in bio!)

Please note kentish town station HAS NOW RE-OPENED AND NORTHERN LINE TRAINS ARE STOPPING AS NORMAL

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Please note kentish town station HAS NOW RE-OPENED AND NORTHERN LINE TRAINS ARE STOPPING AS NORMAL 〰️

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