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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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What’s on

Jack and the Beanstalk

Last year’s inaugural King’s Head Panto was a nice new addition to London’s festive ‘scene’, and clearly went well enough that it’s back for more. It’s once again masterminded by Andrew Pollard – formerly of the Greenwich panto – who will write and direct, and it will again have a sprinkling of adults-only performances throughout the run with guesting cabaret stars (for the love of god check the schedule before booking, although they’rer relatively few in number and only in the evening). It is, as you’d expect, a locally-set spin on the traditional Jack and the Beanstalk story, with hero Jack Trott on a quest to save his mother’s Udder Street dairy farm from the giant.
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