Join us for our regular Scratch nights of quick fire acts showcasing fresh new material. Scratch nights contain a variety of performances, including short plays, sketch comedy, film, poetry and spoken word.

If you wish to submit for future Scratch nights, please email Serena at

September’s line up:

Boys by and with Joe Miller. Reading Festival, a place of booze, drugs, mud and sick and one certain girl named Eliana. Written and performed by Joe Miller, directed by Gus Gordon

Smashed Fruit by and with Natalie Harper. Liz and Jess and a mighty big row.

Scar Tissue by Amy Blakelock. Faye is on the road to recovery from a breakdown until a visitor arrives. Directed by Joseph Winer.

Poetry in Motion by and with Bethany Fox. Big city dreams are not all they seem in a play that may rhyme, from time to time… Also with Oliver Burkill and directed by Django Holder

Jo Burke with an extract of her hilarious new comedy creation, Peculiar. Jo Burke is feeling a little peculiar.  She’s flipped her lid and will take you on a whirlwind tour of everything she finds odd, annoying or simply unacceptable in life.  Be the first to see this ten minute extract from her new show.