From unpromising origins as a staff changing room for a Spaghetti House, Jermyn Street Theatre has risen to become a home for fringe shows that's as close as it gets (physically, anyway) to the West End. Under new artistic director Tom Littler, its 70-seater space houses a mix of rarely-performed vintage dramas, new comedies, chamber musicals and the odd Shakespeare, part of a highbrow line-up that often has a slightly stuffier air than your average risk-taking fringe venue. Not that there's anything literally stuffy about Jermyn Street Theatre: it's website proudly announces that the venue is fully air-conditioned.
Top US playwright Sarah Ruhl – who also has a show over at the Young Vic in the shape of A Face in the Crowd – returns to the tiny Jermyn Street Theatre with her adaptation of the myth of Eurydice, following the deceased wife of Orpheus on her surreal journey through the Underworld. Theatre boss Stella Powell-Jones directs a cast headed by Eve Ponsonby as the eponymous heroine.
Currently homed at Jermyn Street Theatre but having played what feels like most venues in London at one time or other, boutique panto specialists Charles Court Opera’s annual festive show is always a treat, not least because it’s always fun to see what insane story they’ll be taking on this year. And in 2024 the subject of their panto is… Napoleon Bonaparte! Because why the hell not.
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