Welcome to Events. Here you will find useful information on current and upcoming events run by the Society of London Theatre, as well as other theatre happenings across the capital.

If you have a theatre related event taking place in London which you would like to be featured on this website, please contact Charlotte Marshall. Please note: inclusion is at the editor's discretion.

Forthcoming Events

National Theatre Platform: The Roald Dahl Funny Prize

This annual award for children’s books that make us laugh was the brainchild of former Children’s Laureate and poet Michael Rosen. He is joined by Philip Ardagh, winner for Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich And Just Plain Stinky in 2009, plus special guests, for a morning of side-splitting stories and a few great giggles!

Guests include comedian and Funny Prize judge, Shappi Khorsandi.

Running time: 1hr. This event is also followed by a book signing.

Win two tickets to The Roald Dahl Funny Prize Platform at the National Theatre

For a chance to win one of two pairs of tickets (normally £3.50/£2.50 each) please answer the following question:

Who wrote the book Grubtown Tales: Stinking Rich And Just Plain Stinky?

Email your answer, along with your name, address and a contact telephone number to competition@solttma.co.uk.

Closing date: 06/09/2010

Terms and conditions: Subject to availability.
Performance exclusions or restrictions: Prize is for two tickets to The Roald Dahl Funny Prize Platform at the National Theatre on Saturday 11 September at 10:30 only. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
 
National Theatre
National Theatre, South Bank, London, SE1 9PX
nationaltheatre.org.uk

Watch This Space festival - 23 Jun-26 Sep

The National Theatre’s Watch This Space festival returns this summer offering a packed programme of free international theatre, dance, circus and music for all the family in Theatre Square.

The 14-week event includes jugglers, street theatre, silent comedy, a French brass band, German pyrotechnics, a Spaniard playing a grand piano that sits six metres in the air, not to mention a football match played on stilts!

Read our news story for more information, or check the Watch This Space website from June for the full line-up.

Discover Playspace:  Watch This Space Festival – 29 Jul-27 Aug

As part of the Watch This Space Festival there are small performances for small-ish people in the Discover Playspace – an inflatable mini auditorium on the terrace overlooking National Theatre Square. Puppetry shows and storytelling for kids aged 3 to 11. 

Tickets are only £3. Call 020 7452 3000 to book or visit the Discover Playspace website for more details.

London Alternative Fringe Festival - 1-31 Aug

The London Alternative Fringe Festival is a month-long celebration of all things cabaret, burlesque, vaudeville, circus, street performance, live art and experimental theatre.

Performances take place at venues across the capital throughout the month of August.

For more information visit www.alternativefringe.com

Kids Week in the West End 2010 - 13-27 Aug

Back for its 13th year, the hugely popular Kids Week returns to London this summer. As well as an amazing range of free activities and events on offer, during Kids Week a child aged 5-16 can go free to any participating show when accompanied by an adult paying full price. You can also purchase up to two extra children’s tickets at half price.

Tickets are now on sale. Visit www.kidsweek.co.uk for details of how to book and participating shows.

Talk and workshop - How can drama & theatre  offer a place for children and young people? - 8 & 9 Sep

One of the issues which can be shared between Japan and the UK is whether drama and theatre for children and young people offers them the chance to thrive within a safe environment. If so, how can this be facilitated and encouraged? During a half-day seminar on 8 September, some recent successful cases from Japan and the UK will be introduced through presentations by leading practitioners and academics from both countries.

In a half-day workshop at the New Diorama Theatre on 9 September, two well-known and experienced facilitators from the UK and Japan will run drama workshops to help develop skills and ideas for practitioners who wish to explore this concept.

Both events are free to attend, but you must book a place by emailing the contacts listed on the Japan Foundation, London website.