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King's Head Theatre

Storied fringe venue with distinct queer leanings
  • Theatre | Musicals
  • Islington
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Time Out says

Started in the 1970s as London's first pub theatre on a spectacularly lean budget, the King's Head Theatre was a tiny space tucked away at the back of a Victorian boozer on Islington's Upper Street. In the past, it's helped launched a raft of stars, among them Hugh Grant, Steven Berkoff and Alan Rickman. In 2024 it moved to new, purpose-built premises just behind the pub. Currently without an artistic director – seemingly a permanent decision – its programming is eclectic but leans heavily towards queer work.

Details

Address
115
Upper Street
Islington
London
N1 1QN
Transport:
Tube: Angel/Highbury & Islington
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The Pitchfork Disney

Before there was Sarah Kane’s Blasted or Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman, there was Philip Ridley’s The Pitchfork Disney. The cult playwright’s legendary debut play premiered at the Bush Theatre back in 1991 to wildly divided reviews and enthusiastic crowds of young people who lapped up the disturbing yarn about a brother and sister living in isolation in some sort of creepy apocalyptic future. Jamie Lloyd of all people directed its biggest outing to date, at Shoreditch Town Hall back in 2017; now it’s back for a fresh revival at the King’s Head. Max Harrison directs a cast of Max Harrison directs Elizabeth Connick, Ned Costello and William Robinson.
  • Drama

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