Our Season

Finborough Theatre March - July 2024 Season

March – July 2024 at the Finborough Theatre

Artistic Director Neil McPherson says:

“Following our last season of comedies tackling serious themes, our new season explores new contradictions within identities and between realities. Embracing as always both the old and the new, we bring together vibrant new writing – a hard-hitting world premiere from a new British playwright, and a hilarious European premiere from Australia, and unique rediscoveries – two internationally acclaimed solo plays, one in its first full London run, and one unseen for over thirty years. Online, #FinboroughFrontier, our complement to our live theatre work. remains completely free-to-view.

We have just completed an extensive refurbishment period, and we now boast – amongst many other things – reupholstered seats, an extensive redecoration backstage, and brand new lighting bars to ensure our production values always remain as high as they have always been.

Our new season opens with the world premiere of Foam by new British playwright Harry McDonald, and directed by Matthew Iliffe (whose recent production of Bacon has just played in New York). Running from 19 March–13 April 2024, Foam examines the nature of identity and right-wing extremist ideology against the backdrop of London’s skinhead and gay scenes of the 1970s and 1980s.

The season continues with the European premiere of Banging Denmark by Van Badham, one of Australia’s leading social commentators and a former Literary Manager of the Finborough Theatre. It plays 16 April–11 May 2024. A biting and badly behaved satire of modern manners as feisty feminist academic Ishtar battles “pick up artist” and misogynist podcaster Jake. Its premiere by the Sydney Theatre Company in 2019 was shortlisted for the 2020 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.

Next is the London premiere run of the internationally acclaimed The Tailor of Inverness, written and performed by Matthew Zajac, playing 14 May–8 June 2024. Combining storytelling, songs, poetry and physicality with live fiddle music, Matthew Zajac’s stunning play about his Polish father has played to over 40,000 people in twelve countries. Its many awards include a Scotsman Fringe First, The Stage Best Solo Performer Award and Best Actor at the CATS (Critics’ Awards for Theatre In Scotland) Awards.

Finally, we commemorate the centenary of the death of one of Europe’s greatest authors with Kafka, written and performed by Jack Klaff, in its first production in over 30 years. It plays from 11 June–6 July 2024. Seen in the UK, the US, Australia and the Czech Republic, this bracing, off kilter, always-surprising show is a stunning solo evocation of Kafka’s life, work and times.

Online, #FinboroughFrontier, our free complement to our live theatre work, continues to embrace all the possibilities of digital creativity. Current highlights include our interactive Walking Tours of both Earl’s Court and Brompton Cemetery; the Finborough Theatre on Spotify featuring free curated playlists of music and songs from Finborough Theatre productions; and we continue our commitment to responding to the war in Ukraine with our ongoing #VoicesFromUkraine #Українськіголоси #Ukrayinsʹkiholosy series. More releases will continue to be announced throughout the season including an audio drama – Remember Your Lovers, a celebration and rediscovery of the poetry of Sidney Keyes (1922-1943), one of Britain’s outstanding poets of the Second World War.

To ensure we stay as accessible as possible to everyone, our ticket prices the same as 2023, including £10 tickets for under 30s for the first week of every production when booked online, and Tuesday evenings at concession price for everyone, with Covid Safe Masked Sunday matinees to ensure that we are accessible as possible to those who are vulnerable.

Our recent refurbishment would have been impossible without the support of Friends of the Finborough Theatre, and you too can help support our work by becoming a Friend with prices starting at just £2.09 per month (£25 per year). Just visit our Support Us page at www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk

I look forward to you trying out our newly reupholstered seats!”