Arcola theatre

Arcola theatre

24 Ashwin Street, Dalston, E8 3DL

Getting here

Closest Tube Station

Highbury & Islington

Closest Train Station

Dalston Junction

Hold On To Your Butts is the current production at Arcola theatre. The upcoming booking period for Hold On To Your Butts at Arcola theatre starts 10/12/2024 20:00:00 and runs until 04/01/2025 19:30:00. Tickets for Hold On To Your Butts start at £19 and are available to book now.

Women Who Blow On Knots is the current production at Arcola theatre. The latest booking period for Women Who Blow On Knots at Arcola theatre started 24/10/2024 19:30:00 and runs until 23/11/2024 19:30:00. Tickets for Women Who Blow On Knots start at £19 and are available to book now.

Distant Memories of the Near Future is the current production at Arcola theatre. The upcoming booking period for Distant Memories of the Near Future at Arcola theatre starts 12/11/2024 19:00:00 and runs until 30/11/2024 19:00:00. Tickets for Distant Memories of the Near Future start at £15 and are available to book now.

Diary of a Gay Disaster is the current production at Arcola theatre. The upcoming booking period for Diary of a Gay Disaster at Arcola theatre starts 05/11/2024 19:00:00 and runs until 09/11/2024 19:00:00. Tickets for Diary of a Gay Disaster start at £22 and are available to book now.

Arcola is just 2 minutes’ walk from both Dalston Kingsland and Dalston Junction stations, on the London Overground.

  • 5 minutes by train from Highbury & Islington (connecting with Victoria line).
  • 10 minutes by train from Whitechapel(connecting with District and Hammersmith and City lines).
  • 10 minutes by train from Stratford(connecting with CentralJubileeDLR lines and National Rail).

Arcola is a 5-minute bus ride away from Hackney Downs station (10 minutes from Liverpool Street, connecting with CentralCircleHammersmith and City and Metropolitan lines).

 

Arcola is served by the following bus routes:

  • 149 from London Bridge or Edmonton Green.
  • 242 from Tottenham Court Road via Liverpool Street or Hackney Central.
  • 6 or 243 from Old Street or Wood Green.
  • 38 or 56 from Angel or Clapton Pond Roundabout/Lea Bridge Road.
  • 30 or 277 from Highbury and Islington.

Opera

Elephant Steps

An occult, surrealist opera.

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The Cutting Edge

The Cutting Edge a new show by Jack Shepherd at London's Arcola Theatre

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Spun

“Yeah, but where are you really from?"

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The Plague

The Plague is Albert Camus’ electrifying story about living through a time of crisis and fighting back against despair.

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Ute Lemper: Rendezvous with Marlene

Ute Lemper: Rendezvous with Marlene

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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives

Four wives, one husband and a devastating secret.

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Not Talking

“If I don’t want to tell anyone, it’s up to me, right?”

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New Nigerians

Patrice Naiambana returns as the rabble-rousing Greatness Ogholi in Rosamunde Hutt’s acclaimed production.

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Mrs Dalloway

Forward Arena present a fast-paced, dynamic staging of Virginia Woolf‘s tale, in a bold new version by Hal Coase (Callisto: a queer epic).

Musical

Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine pulls into the Arcola Theatre. Tickets are available now!

Play

Mark Thomas: Check-Up

Based on a series of interviews with leading experts and residencies in hospitals and surgeries.

Opera

The Rape of Lucretia

In Rome, 510 BC, Lucretia is sought out in the night by the prince Tarquinius.

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Stop and Search

Stop and Search

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Radio

Al Smith's Radio play takes over the Arcola Theatre this summer with some of the cheapest London theatre tickets around.

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The Dance of Death

The Dance of Death comes to London's Arcola Theatre

Opera

Greek

Greek is a riotous, contemporary retelling of the Oedipus myth, based on the verse play by Steven Berkoff (East, Decadence).

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Until The Flood

Tickets to see Dael Orlandersmith come to the Arcola with Until the Flood

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Games

Henry Naylor's Fringe First winning show Games comes to the Arcola Theatre for a limited 3 week run!

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The Daughter-in-Law

Nominated for 3 Off West End Awards (Best Female Performance, Best Costume Design, Best Direction)

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A Hero Of Our Time

After a sold out Edinburgh Fringe run, A Hero Of Our Time comes to London's Arcola Theatre for 4 weeks only!

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Keith?

Keith? A Comedy comes to the Arcola Theatre for 3 weeks only!

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Sitting

Katherine Parkinson's debut play Sitting, for one month only at the Arcola Theatre

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#WeAreArrested

Arcola's first RSC co-production based on the book by Can Dündarook, #WeAreArrested

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Borders

Winner of multiple awards at the Edinburgh Fringe Borders has come to London's Arcola Theatre for an extremely limited run.