ON STAGE | WHAT’S ON AT BRIXTON HOUSE…

Brix­ton House, fresh from its win at the Stage Awards 2026 for ‘Cam­paign of the Year’ in recog­ni­tion for pla­cing people and cul­tur­al value at the heart of its audi­ences and cel­eb­rat­ing bold artistry and deep com­munity con­nec­tion, kicks off its new sea­son with an excit­ing pro­gramme that deliv­ers on these same prin­ciples. Co-pro­duc­tions that unravel ste­reo­types include the humor­ous yet polit­ic­ally urgent My Uncle Is Not Pablo Esco­bar spot­light­ing Lat­inx women and Nine Six­teenths, pay­ing homage to a defin­ing moment in 00’s his­tory, put­ting the exper­i­ence of Black women over 40 centre stage.

Brix­ton House also con­tin­ues its sup­port of emer­ging cre­at­ives with its pop­u­lar House­mates Fest­iv­al. Since its launch in 2022, House­mates has hos­ted 24 pro­duc­tions and rehearsed read­ings, seen over 200 per­form­ances and over 7,000 tick­ets sold as well as debuts from award-win­ning cre­at­ives includ­ing Emmanuel Akwafo (Limp Wrist & The Iron Fist) and a Radio 4 Drama com­mis­sion for Corey Bovell’s Chick­en Bur­ger N Chips. At a time when there are few­er spaces to test new work, scratch ideas and invest in work – House­mates has nev­er felt more vital.

 Brix­ton House con­tin­ues its part­ner­ship work and com­munity col­lab­or­a­tions, led by loc­al res­id­ents, cre­at­ive entre­pren­eurs, asso­ci­ate com­pan­ies and artists who reflect and rep­res­ent the exper­i­ences of loc­al people. They have been fun­da­ment­al to reach­ing hyper loc­al audi­ences and fur­ther afield across Lon­don bor­oughs, region­ally and internationally.

THEATRE

A Roots Mbili Theatre Pro­duc­tion, ori­gin­ally co-pro­duced by Shef­field Theatres, in asso­ci­ation with Brix­ton House present

Far Gone
By John Rwothomack

11–21 FEB 26 // 7.30pm
From £10 // Recom­men­ded age: 12+

 A power­ful one-man per­form­ance tra­cing a young boy’s jour­ney from inno­cence to survival.

If I invited you to come with me on a jour­ney, a story, will you come with me?”

North­ern Uganda. When Okumu’s vil­lage is attacked by the Lord’s Res­ist­ance Army (LRA), he and his brother’s lives are changed forever. Inspired by Rwothomack’s own near exper­i­ence of abduc­tion by the Lord’s Res­ist­ance Army (LRA), and told with humour, poetry and start­ling phys­ic­al theatre, it explores how con­flict reshapes iden­tity, fam­ily and belong­ing. A must-see cul­tur­al and polit­ic­al piece of theatre that will strike straight at the heart.

★★★★
“Rwothomack’s ener­get­ic per­form­ance is brilliant.”
The Reviews Hub

★★★★
“He (Rwothomack) shifts char­ac­ter effortlessly…his move­ments and stance as import­ant as the words.”
What­sOn­Stage

“Cap­tiv­at­ing and powerful”
The Guard­i­an

“Deeply felt performance”
The Stage

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The Hale & Brix­ton House present

My Uncle Is Not Pablo Escobar
By Valentina Andrade, Eliza­beth Alvarado, Lucy Wray & Tommy Ross-Williams

7 APR – 3 MAY 26 // 2.30pm, 5.00pm & 7.30pm
From £16 with lim­ited £5 tick­ets for Lat­inx audi­ences // Recom­men­ded age: 13+
Pay What You Feel per­form­ance: Tue 7 Apr // 7.30pm

 Lat­inx women from South Lon­don take centre stage and dare you to call them invisible.

As Ale­jandra, Lucia, Honey and Catalina risk everything to expose a mul­tina­tion­al bank, they con­front the audi­ence with what it means to be both a Lon­don­er and Latinx.

My Uncle Is Not Pablo Esco­bar returns after a sold-out run in 2023.

★★★★★
Morn­ing Star

★★★★
The Reviews Hub

★★★★
North West End

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Paula Var­jack & Brix­ton House present

Nine Six­teenths
By Paula Varjack

Devised by Paula Var­jack, Pau­line May­ers, Juli­enne Doko, Chia Phoenix and Endy McKay.

19–30 MAY 26 // 2.30pm & 7.30pm
From £18 // Recom­men­ded age: 12+
Pay What You Feel per­form­ance: Tue 19 May // 7.30pm

Jour­ney through ‘00s nos­tal­gia through the media storm of Janet Jackson’s 2004 Super­Bowl half­time show.

In the 2004 Super­Bowl half­time show, Janet Jackson’s career was derailed when Justin Tim­ber­lake exposed her breast on screen for nine six­teenths of a second. Explore the moment and who was inves­ted in the back­lash through theatre, dance and lip sync.

Developed with Com­pli­cité. Co-com­mis­sioned by Cam­bridge Junc­tion with the sup­port of Stobbs New Ideas Fund and Pleasance.

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 House­mates Fest­iv­al 2026

House­mates Fest­iv­al puts the voices and per­spect­ives of those not cur­rently centred in main­stream fun­ded cul­ture at the centre. With oppor­tun­it­ies to stage new work declin­ing in recent years, Brix­ton House recog­nises the import­ance of invest­ing in new artists and is proud to con­tin­ue provid­ing oppor­tun­it­ies to sup­port emer­ging creatives.

Applic­a­tions are now open for House­mates Fest­iv­al 2026, with the sub­mis­sion win­dow clos­ing at 11am, Fri­day 20 Feb­ru­ary 2026. Accep­ted works will be staged in Autumn 2026.

Sub­mis­sion link: https://brixtonhouse.co.uk/housemates-festival-is-back-submissions-open-for-2026/

LIT­ER­AT­URE

Brix­ton House & Dark Mat­ter present

An Even­ing with Yvvette Edwards & Bern­ardine Evaristo

7 MAR 26 // 7pm
From £12 // Recom­men­ded age: All ages

Join us for a very spe­cial even­ing with acclaimed nov­el­ist Yvvette Edwards, in con­ver­sa­tion with Book­er Prize-win­ning author Bern­ardine Evaristo.

Yvvette, known for her unflinch­ing storytelling and richly drawn char­ac­ters, will dis­cuss the inspir­a­tions, his­tor­ies and com­plex emo­tions that shape her latest book, Good Good Loving.

COM­MUNITY ACTIVITIES

Brix­ton House Take Part Programme

Brix­ton House Com­munity Choir

12 JAN – 16 MAR 26 // 7pm-9pm
£70.50, £50.50 con­ces­sions for Term Pass // Recom­men­ded age: 18+

Ever wanted to become part of a choir? Learn to sing dif­fer­ent music­al styles with Brix­ton House Com­munity Choir, from fresh re-work­ings of soul, jazz, gos­pel, pop, folk and reg­gae with oppor­tun­it­ies for the choir to per­form through­out the year.

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Brix­ton House Take Part Programme

Hol­i­day Fam­ily Activities

Feb Half Term: 17–18 FEB 26 // 12pm-4pm
May Half Term: 26–27 MAY 26 // 12pm-4pm
FREE // Recom­men­ded age: All ages

Join us for FREE drop-in cre­at­ive activ­it­ies for loc­al fam­il­ies of all ages. Each hol­i­day, explore a new theme with work­shops cel­eb­rat­ing our rich Lat­inx com­munit­ies in Feb­ru­ary and activ­it­ies inspired by the cul­tur­al leg­acy of our Carib­bean com­munit­ies in May.

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Brix­ton House Take Part Programme

Lat­inx Youth Theatre

MAY – OCT 26
FREE // Regis­tra­tion opens in March 2026

Join Lat­inx Youth Theatre and learn from London’s top industry pro­fes­sion­als, devel­op your pro­fes­sion­al cre­at­ive prac­tice, and explore Lat­inx and Brit­ish per­form­ing styles, all for FREE. Par­ti­cipants will have access to online classes and monthly news­let­ters, and the oppor­tun­ity to meet oth­er young Lat­inx cre­at­ives in a safe envir­on­ment to nur­ture your talents.

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Young Asso­ci­ates: Open House Festival

7–8 MAY 26 // 7.30pm
From £6 // Recom­men­ded age: 18+

Step into Open House – the multi-arts takeover led by our Young Asso­ci­ates. Over two days, our Young Asso­ci­ates will take full cre­at­ive con­trol, cur­at­ing a takeover packed with a live per­form­ance, an art exhib­i­tion and inter­act­ive work­shops for emer­ging talent.

Our Young Asso­ci­ates pro­gramme con­nects emer­ging tal­ent with lead­ing pro­fes­sion­als across sec­tors includ­ing theatre, event pro­duc­tion, visu­al arts, digit­al media and music.

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Rishma

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Rishma Dhali­w­al has extens­ive exper­i­ence study­ing and work­ing in the music and media industry. Hav­ing writ­ten a thes­is on how Hip Hop acts as a social move­ment, she has spent years research­ing and con­nect­ing with artists who use the art form as a tool for bring­ing a voice to the voiceless.

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