WATERLOO EAST THEATRE
Welcome to Alfresco
our new pop-up open air venue in the heart of Waterloo
Located at 91 Cornwall Rd SE1 8TH in St Patricks Courtyard (opp The White Hart Pub) 1 min from our main venue
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All tickets must be purchased in advance as there will be NO Box Office on site please bring
your ticket on your phone, you do not need to print your ticket off.
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Seating is socially distanced as single seats people coming in pairs or bubble groups will
seated next to each other but will still be socially distanced.
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All seating is unallocated and you will be shown to your seat on arrival. Please arrive in plenty of time.
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Your temperature will be taken on entry. Face coverings must be worn at all times
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There will be NO interval. The Performances will last approx 60 mins.
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Please do not bring any big bags with you and no food can be consumed on the premises.
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There will be NO bar on the premises
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Seating and stage areas have canopies should it rain!
Jessica Martin in cabaret with muisal director Inga Davis-Rutter Jessica is a West End leading lady, singer, impressionist, graphic novelist and known to cult tv fans for her role as Mags in Doctor Who. She has a special association with Waterloo East Theatre. Gerald Armin produced her one woman show Sunset Bitch at the New York Fringe Festival and then chose it as the inaugural show at his new theatre Waterloo East in September 2010. Jessica returned to play Bea Asher in Ballroom (where she met her partner in musical crime, Inga Davis-Rutter) and most recently performed in a new play You Thought I Was Dead, Didn’t You? written by Stephen Wyatt and directed by Samuel Clemens. She is delighted to be taking the air and singing some songs for you all to launch Alfresco at Waterloo East Theatre.
Saturday 5 September
Show Time: 7pm
Running time approx.60 mins with NO interval
ALL Tickets: £12
Strictly No Latecomers Admitted.
Ben Stock in Cabaret with musical director Inga Davis-Rutter Following sell out performances in London, New York, Asia and across the UK, West End and UK theatre actor Ben Stock brings his acclaimed cabaret to Waterloo!
With a career that encompasses everything from Panto to Pinter and from Wolverhampton to the West End, Ben's show includes music and tales that have influenced his life and work.....so far! Songs by composers including Jerry Herman, Noel Coward, Stephen Sondheim, Tom Lehrer, and Cole Porter.
Ben Stock's own career has included roles in productions such as DISNEY’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, GREASE, JOSEPH and HELLO, DOLLY as well as annual jaunts in major pantomimes!
"Ben Stock......sparkling and charming...." THE STAGE
Sunday 6 September
Show Time: 7pm
Running time approx.60 mins with NO interval
ALL Tickets: £12
Strictly No Latecomers Admitted.
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‘At 30, every innocent flirtation becomes a prospect for a shared mortgage application’. Having recently played in New York, Before 30 follows Chris, a Deliveroo driver trying to make his way in the world. His previous struggles with depression and anxiety resurface as he faces the prospect of turning 30. A mortgage, a career, a family, where should we be at 30? This true to home solo show tells an honest story about mental health that any age can relate to. Combining surreal comedy, spoken work and told across 12 chapters, Before 30 transports the audience from the tent that Chris rents in London to the top of Everest on a quest for purpose.
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Saturday Sept 12
Show Time: 7pm
Running time approx.60 mins with NO interval
ALL Tickets: £12
Strictly No Latecomers Admitted.
An Evening of Jazz with Tom Neil
Tom Neill has played venues all round the UK - from the Dundee coast to the English riviera - and most recently, from his kitchen and lounge. A regular in the line-ups of Baron Mara Jazz and Heather Jayne and the Red Shoes, Tom is glad to be back in the open air with a programme of solo piano jazz standards.
A vibrant, textured soundtrack - GUARDIAN
Tom Neill is spot on - WEST END EXTRA
So slickly done - THE STAGE
Sunday 13 September
Show Time: 7pm
Running time approx.60 mins with NO interval
ALL Tickets: £12
Strictly No Latecomers Admitted.
Due to unforeseen circumstances
this show has been cancelled
Join West End duo Edwin Ray (Follies, Priscilla Queen Of The Desert, New Adventures) and Emma Jane Morton (Amelie, Crazy For You, Dreamboats & Petticoats) in their sparkling musical theatre revue - Two Singular Sensations. Expect a glittering production with fabulous singing, incredible dance and some joyous backstage stories. This uplifting show will bring you your favourite musical theatre songs - old to new, high octane to reflective, Broadway to West End. Suitable for the whole family.
'A feel-good whirl through song and dance, a must for musical theatre fans' Broadway Baby '
Sheer Joy... Phenomenally talented' GScene
Saturday Sept 19
Show Time: 7pm
Running time approx.60 mins with NO interval
ALL Tickets: £12
Strictly No Latecomers Admitted.
Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope
Flamboyantly gay as early as the 1930s, Quentin Crisp spent decades being beaten up on the streets of London, but stayed resolute to his determination to be himself. Naked Hope depicts Quentin at two phases of his extraordinary life: alone in his Chelsea flat in the 1960s, stoically certain that life and love have passed him by, and thirty years later, giving a performance of his one-man show An Evening with Quentin Crisp in New York. Mark Farrelly's hugely-acclaimed solo play is a glorious, uplifting celebration of the urgent necessity to be your true self.
★★★★ Time Out, Metro,The Stage, British Theatre Guide
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Sunday 20 September
Show Time: 7pm
Running time approx.60 mins with NO interval
ALL Tickets: £12
Strictly No Latecomers Admitted.
“Indubitably good news… A perfect prospect for Edinburgh 2019”
★★★★ Mark Lawson, The Guardian
"Hilarious... A cutting media satire which addresses relevant themes with aplomb"★★★★ Daily Express
A sell-out show at the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe, and listed as a Must-See by The Guardian & Telegraph, Fake News is the story of our time from international journalist turned actor & playwright Osman Baig. A budding journalist lands a dream internship at the country's biggest online news organization. There, he stumbles on an earth-shattering story and - perhaps against better judgement - decides to click publish. There's just one problem: the story is completely untrue. Whatever you think about the news or those who make it, prepare to think again – in this one-man show that will force you to ask if there really is such a thing as bad publicity.
“A big satirical scoop” Dominic Cavendish, The Telegraph
★★★★★ London Theatre Reviews
Saturday 26 September
Show Time: 7pm
Running time approx.60 mins with NO interval
ALL Tickets: £12
Strictly No Latecomers Admitted.
Covid -19 - A Statement from Waterloo East Theatre
The health and safety of visitors to Waterloo East Theatre is our number one priority. And we have been following the official government guidance regarding Covid-19 carefully. Therefore after the Governments announcement on the 16th March 2020 we decided to make the tough decision to postpone all performances until Autumn 2020, and will review the situation on a day to day basis
Like many Off West End/Fringe venues we receive no funding at all and rely on hires and incoming productions to generate income to keep operating. Being without any income over this period is going to be a tough call, and don’t want to have to consider closing the doors permanently. So if you feel that you could help in anyway please click on our DONATE page. Thank You for all your support. Please keep safe. And hope to see you all at some point in the future.
Gerald Armin -Executive Producer/Artistic Director