SE Fest 2025 – South London’s new writing festival

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Two weeks – 21 performances

SE Fest is hosted by two neighbouring venues, The Bridge House Theatre and The Jack Studio Theatre – two award-winning theatres with a reputation for supporting and presenting exciting new work.

Both theatres have joined forces to present this festival for a second year. This collaborative event will see all productions perform at both venues over the festival fortnight, giving companies and audiences a unique theatrical experience.

From intense family dramas to queer love stories, these shows encompass lived experience, explore the conflict between thought and reality, and what it is to find your way in the world. 

It Never Rains by Wendy Fisher: Three generations. Countless secrets. One world in crisis.

Eat. Sleep. Ruminate, Repeat by Jaylie Wayling: How can our thoughts be SO painfully ridiculous, yet we convince ourselves they’re facts?

Vernon by Gary Bates: ‘What’s it like? Being dead?’ ‘It’s like having a good long sleep’ ‘Doesn’t sound that bad’ she said. Vernon deals in death every day. For him it’s nothing to fear. 

Post Grad by Kadijah Hayden: Once you graduate life for many begins, it starts, it begins to flourish. For Assata it may have stopped.

How to Date  by Stephanie McNeil: Clarissa, an independent girl from North London meets Emily, a spoiled girl from Cheltenham, who dreams of being a film star. Eagerly searching for partners, they face the realities of the disastrous dating scene in London.

Spin Cycle by Zofia Zerphy: Noel and Kitt lock eyes in the neon glow of a launderette, a queer feeling washing over them- they’re strangers, but something feels too familiar. 

Alphabet Rainbow – a Fistful of Queer plays written and directed by Nick Myles: Five plays exploring queer lives today, with laughs, high drama, politics, families and relationships of varying shapes and shades. 

Booking and full details: https://brockleyjack.co.uk/se-fest-25/

https://thebridgehousetheatre.co.uk/se-fest/

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