Pleasance Theatre Trust unveils a sensational new London season of bold theatre for autumn/winter 2025.
Pleasance’s London autumn/winter season brings together award-winning returning companies, bold new writing, standout Edinburgh transfers, a gloriously debauched Halloween takeover and a glittering six-week Christmas spectacular where the whole family can boogie on down the Yellow Brick Caledonian Road.
Opening this exciting season, Rhum + Clay make their much-anticipated return with Dario Fo’s devilishly funny masterpiece, Mistero Buffo, a darkly comic look at the absurdities and inequalities of everyday life. Originally banned for being blasphemous, Mistero Buffo takes an unflinching but humorous aim at those who manipulate truth and belief for power and control.
Pleasance’s glittering Christmas season will see two versions of Wicked Witches - A Popular Panto staged - a festive treat for all the family, as well as a cheeky adults-only version that sees Oz transformed into a land of filthy fun, with diva drama and glittery rivalry.
Halloween at Pleasance is a camp, queer, horror-fuelled takeover of the Main House and Studio, packed with musicals, pop culture, and trans celebration. The Simple Life and Death directed by Fizz Sinclair and ShayShay sees the iconic noughties duo return to the farm - but this time, there’s a killer on the loose and Trans superstars of the UK cabaret scene will invoke the spirits of the season in TRANS-sylvania! Watch in awe at Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Once More W/ EVEN MORE Feeling! And finally, SUCKER 4 U offers two spooky and sticky performances about a doomed interdimensional romance between a man and giant monster-squid-from-beyond-the-stars.
Pleasance's Charlie Hartill Fund winners travel to the London venue fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe. Based on historical events, Kanpur: 1857 is a new play that comically satirises contemporary conflicts around gender, colonial violence, and making art in times of crisis. Luke Wright returns with Pub Grub - a sticky-floored celebration of the ordinary. Voloz Collective is back with new show Redacted: The cover-up of a cover-up of a cover-up - an adrenaline-fuelled odyssey through America’s most absurd manhunt.
This season, Pleasance keeps the fun going late into the night, with Halloween parties and festive cabaret takeovers, including the likes of The Enby Show and Our Gay Maria - a proper alternative nightlife offer for North London.
The new season is bold, playful, political and proudly theatrical - a statement about the kind of work Pleasance London is platforming now.
Explore the full programme HERE