Are you still looking for the perfect scene for our OutCast Showcase on Wednesday 25th November? Well, we’re taking over The Railway and bringing all our LGBTQIA+ plays for you to explore and find some material and a scene partner you’ll be excited to perform with us.

We do ask, for those wishing to perform, that you try and attend as many classes as possible between now and the performance, and try and get the whole day off for technical and dress rehearsals too.

This is a FREE event.

Itinerary

• Doors Open from 6:30pm: Grab some free tea, coffee and snacks or get a drink from the bar.

• 7pm: Find a table with your scene partner or another Queer Theatre performer and explore our library of 300+ LGBTQIA+ plays for our OutCast Showcase in November.

• 9pm: We can share the pieces we have found and find scene partners.

• Late: Drinks and socialising and a bit of company bonding.

The Railway, Clapham
18 Clapham High Street, London SW4 7UR

Nearest Tube: Clapham North, on the Northern line, or Clapham Common is also a short walk away.
Nearest Overground: Clapham High Street, directly opposite the venue.
Accessibility: The event takes place upstairs, in a space accessible only by stairs. If you have access questions, please contact us before booking so we can discuss your needs.

About Queer Theatre

We create spaces to tell Queer stories and nurture Queer talent - and our mission is to ensure no Queer creative need ever spend a week alone again.

We do this with our weekly Acting Classes For LGBTQIA+ People, London’s OutCast Showcase of Queer Actors and Writing, monthly Queer Play Reading Club, The Show People Podcast LIVE, Luvvie: The Party for Queer People in the Performing Arts, industry workshops, masterclasses, and many trips and adventures.

Make sure you visit our What’s On page to see everything available for you to join.

Queer Theatre welcomes experienced professionals to enthusiastic beginners. We seek what connects us rather than what divides us. Our work may challenge us as artists, but our spaces will always be founded on mutual respect, care, love and support.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or queries, please Contact Us.

Two Brewers Grand Reopening Party

Wednesday 14th October · Two Brewers, Clapham
6pm - 2am

Be among the first to experience the next chapter of Two Brewers, Clapham, as our major partner, The Two Brewers reveals our newly refreshed venue at an exclusive VIP reopening celebration.

A new look. The same Brewers spirit. One big night across two rooms.

Celebrate the relaunch with live drag cabaret in the iconic Cabaret Room, where so many unforgettable nights have begun. Hosted by Ember and featuring fabulous live drag performances from Polly Glamorous and Sandra. Expect the warmth, humour and larger than life entertainment that make a night at Two Brewers feel like nowhere else!

Then discover The Backroom, the newly transformed club space and where our Acting Classes for LGBTQIA+ People, OutCast Showcases and Show People Podcast take place, as Just Soria takes over the decks and the night moves from cabaret to dancing.

Expect:
🥂 Complimentary Cosmopolitans, prosecco and beer
🎧 Live DJs, entertainment and special moments
💃 Drag, cabaret and dancing across both rooms
🌟 A first look at the newly refurbished Two Brewers

Queer Theatre members are asked to arrive from 6pm.

About Queer Theatre

We create spaces to tell Queer stories and nurture Queer talent - and our mission is to ensure no Queer creative need ever spend a week alone again.

We do this with our weekly Acting Classes For LGBTQIA+ People, London’s OutCast Showcase of Queer Actors and Writing, monthly Queer Play Reading Club, The Show People Podcast LIVE, Luvvie: The Party for Queer People in the Performing Arts, industry workshops, masterclasses, and many trips and adventures.

Make sure you visit our What’s On page to see everything available for you to join.

Queer Theatre welcomes experienced professionals to enthusiastic beginners. We seek what connects us rather than what divides us. Our work may challenge us as artists, but our spaces will always be founded on mutual respect, care, love and support.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or queries, please Contact Us.

Trip and Guided Tour: Tenderness and Rage

Join Queer Theatre as we visit The Wellcome Collection, on Saturday 17th October 2026, for a private guided tour of their Tenderness and Rage exhibition.

Tenderness and Rage explores HIV and AIDS through stories of protest and care, from the height of the UK’s AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and 1990s to global experiences of HIV today. Through photography, film and archival materials, the display connects everyday acts of care with activists’ fights for dignity, rights and equitable access to treatment.

At its centre are two photographic series created with artist Gideon Mendel. The Ward documents the lives of patients on AIDS wards at Middlesex Hospital in London, while Through Positive Eyes – a project led by the Art & Global Health Center at UCLA – shares the perspectives of HIV activists worldwide.

Tenderness and Rage amplifies voices often marginalised, with a particular focus on women living with HIV in the UK and around the world.

The exhibition is curated by Adam Rose.

There are only 20 places available for this special tour. Advanced booking is strongly advised.

Itinerary

• Arrive from 11:15am: Look out for our Queer Theatre, We’ll be inside near the main entrance. Grab a tea, coffee and use the loo.

• Tour stars at 11:45am: Private guided tour of the exhibition.

• Explore from 12:30pm: Freedom to see other exhibitions and areas of The Wellcome Collection, including Audrey Amiss: The Surviving Exhibitions, Being Human, Coming of Age, Rudy Loewe: Intimacies of Care – Spaces of Grief and Possibility.

• Socialise from 1:30pm: Lunch in the Wellcome Collection cafe or a nearby venue.

• After: You are welcome to continue to explore The Wellcome Collection, visit the gift shop or leave us.

Box Office

£12 Contribution to Queer Theatre to cover running costs & support the work of Queer Theatre.
There are only 20 places available for this special tour. Advanced booking is strongly advised.

Tenderness and Rage: The Wellcome Collection

Address: 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE.
Nearest Tube: Euston Square, approximately three minutes’ walk away. Euston and Warren Street are approximately seven minutes’ walk away.
Nearest Overground and National Rail: Euston.
Accessibility: Wellcome Collection has an accessible entrance and step-free access to all floors via lifts. Foldable chairs and a wheel-chair are available for those less able to stand. Please contact us before booking if you have access questions or would like to discuss your needs.

Getting There · Accessibility information

About Queer Theatre

We create spaces to tell Queer stories and nurture Queer talent - and our mission is to ensure no Queer creative need ever spend a week alone again.

We do this with our weekly Acting Classes For LGBTQIA+ People, London’s OutCast Showcase of Queer Actors and Writing, monthly Queer Play Reading Club, The Show People Podcast LIVE, Luvvie: The Party for Queer People in the Performing Arts, industry workshops, masterclasses, and many trips and adventures.

Make sure you visit our What’s On page to see everything available for you to join.

Queer Theatre welcomes experienced professionals to enthusiastic beginners. We seek what connects us rather than what divides us. Our work may challenge us as artists, but our spaces will always be founded on mutual respect, care, love and support.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or queries, please Contact Us.

OutCast: London’s Showcase of Queer Actors & Writing | Autumn 2026

Wednesday 25 November 2026 · The Two Brewers, Clapham

Queer Theatre’s hugely popular OutCast Showcase returns for one final time in 2026: an unmissable evening celebrating Queer actors, writers, stories and those who love them.

OutCast brings together some of the most exciting artists from across the Queer Theatre community for an evening of bold new writing, rediscovered queer work and LGBTQIA+ classics that continue to speak powerfully to who we are today.

Directed by award-winning theatre director and Queer Theatre Artistic Director Andrew Keates, the showcase will feature a company drawn from our Acting Classes for LGBTQIA+ People, Queer Play Reading Club and wider creative community.

Expect an eclectic evening of comedy, drama, joy, heartbreak, desire, defiance and everything in between: vivid snapshots of queer lives, performed by queer artists in front of the community that has helped nurture them.

But OutCast is much more than a showcase. Since its launch, it has become an important platform for LGBTQIA+ performers and writers to develop their work, be seen by theatre professionals and perform material that reflects their identities and experiences.

Previous OutCast evenings have brought together packed audiences of LGBTQIA+ people, allies, casting directors, agents, producers and other industry professionals - proving again and again how powerful it can be when queer stories are placed centre stage and queer artists are given the space to tell them.

Whether you work in the industry, love discovering new talent, want to support LGBTQIA+ theatre-makers or simply fancy an extraordinary night of queer theatre, we would love you to join us.

There are only 100 tickets available and previous OutCast showcases have sold out.
Early booking is strongly advised.

Cast

Cast to be announced.
And every performer will receive a professionally recorded showreel and photography from this evening too. If you would like to perform please email info@queertheatre.co.uk and we’ll share details of our Acting Classes for LGBTQIA+ People.

Box Office

Tickets: £10 - £30 (Pay What You Can, General Admission and Supporters Tickets)
Doors open: 6:30pm
Show starts: 7pm
Runtime: Approximately 2 hours, including an interval
Capacity: Only 100 tickets available

All profits from the evening go directly towards Queer Theatre’s work nurturing LGBTQIA+ talent and creating theatre, events and opportunities for our community.

Your ticket also includes entry to The Two Brewers’ late-night cabaret and DJ entertainment following the showcase, so you are very welcome to stay, celebrate with the company and make a night of it.

Industry Professionals

We warmly welcome casting directors, agents, producers, directors and other theatre professionals who may be able to employ, support or champion the artists taking part.

A limited number of complimentary industry tickets are available. To request one, please email info@queertheatre.co.uk.

If your agency, company or organisation is able to purchase a ticket, however, we very much encourage you to do so. Every paid ticket directly supports Queer Theatre’s wider programme of LGBTQIA+ activity, including our acting classes, play reading club, showcases, workshops, social events and future productions.

Content Note / Trigger Warning

OutCast includes a mixture of comedy and drama exploring a broad range of LGBTQIA+ lives and experiences. As a result, some performances may contain language, subject matter or themes that audience members could find upsetting.

More detailed content information will be available once the programme has been finalised. If you have any concerns before attending, please contact us and we will do our best to advise.

How to Get There

Two Brewers | Back Room
114 Clapham High Street, Clapham, London SW4 7UJ

By Tube: Clapham North and Clapham Common, both on the Northern Line, are approximately a five-minute walk away.
By Train: Clapham High Street Overground station is approximately seven minutes away.
By Bus: Routes 35, 37, 45, 137, 155 and 345 stop nearby at Clapham Common or Clapham High Street.

Accessibility

The venue is fully accessible for wheelchair users. As the evening is expected to be busy, we encourage anyone with access requirements to contact us in advance so we can do everything possible to make your visit comfortable and enjoyable.

About Queer Theatre

We create spaces to tell Queer stories and nurture Queer talent - and our mission is to ensure no Queer creative need ever spend a week alone again.

We do this with our weekly Acting Classes For LGBTQIA+ People, London’s OutCast Showcase of Queer Actors and Writing, monthly Queer Play Reading Club, The Show People Podcast LIVE, Luvvie: The Party for Queer People in the Performing Arts, industry workshops, masterclasses, and many trips and adventures.

Make sure you visit our What’s On page to see everything available for you to join.

Queer Theatre welcomes experienced professionals to enthusiastic beginners. We seek what connects us rather than what divides us. Our work may challenge us as artists, but our spaces will always be founded on mutual respect, care, love and support.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or queries, please Contact Us.