Shows at London theatres
London Fringe - Black comedy
We have 16 shows listed in this category.
Upcoming show
Black comedy
Bush Theatre
20 Sep To 21 Oct 2017
20 Sep To 21 Oct 2017
In 1998, Ramona, of Englandshire, has a penchant for Enya and hates bananas. On her geography field trip she meets Jim, a local laddie wearing an anti-pill fleece. He’s obsessed with hermit crabs, rock erosion and making homemade Irn-Bru cocktails.
Playing now
Black comedy
Hope Theatre
To 1 Jul 2017
To 1 Jul 2017
Hero is dead. The night before the funeral, the strange circumstances of her death hang in the air - are the rumours about Hero to be trusted? At her coffin, the eye of the storm, her fiance Claudio is wracked with grief and guilt.
Upcoming show
Black comedy
Uproarious slapstick meets dubious morals as two young friends stash the proceeds of a bank robbery in an occupied coffin, attempting to hide their spoils from the attentions of a psychopathic policeman, a gold-digging nurse and a grieving widower.
Upcoming show
Black comedy
Park Theatre - Park 90
26 Jul To 19 Aug 2017
26 Jul To 19 Aug 2017
Susan is dangerously lonely. Frank is obsessed with hats. Their marriage is on the rocks but Frank has a plan to spice things up. He's taking their pet rabbit to be murdered - by a psychopath.
Upcoming show
Black comedy
Upstairs at the Gatehouse
5 Jul To 15 Jul 2017
5 Jul To 15 Jul 2017
A classic black comedy : a sweet little old lady, alone in her house, is pitted against a gang of criminal misfits who will stop at nothing.
Upcoming show
Black comedy
The Space
8 Aug To 12 Aug 2017
8 Aug To 12 Aug 2017
Emma's been seeing Darren. She thinks she's in love. Her boss thinks she's in breach of contract. A darkly comic look at the employee/employer relationship in our over-exposed modern lives.
Upcoming show
Black comedy
Theatre N16
12 Jul To 5 Aug 2017
12 Jul To 5 Aug 2017
The setting is a Wisconsin dairy farm where the heifer-breeding Frank and Emma live in rustic isolation. But their peace has been shattered by Graig Haynes, a radioactive refugee from a plutonium-producing establishment.
Upcoming show
Black comedy
Theatre N16
4 Jul To 8 Jul 2017
4 Jul To 8 Jul 2017
A stranger arrives in a small town. He is a businessman. He makes enquiries. He charms the local officials. He visits the local landowners. But there's something off about him. A story of greed and transgression that feels worryingly modern.
Upcoming show
Black comedy
Rose Theatre Kingston
7 Nov To 15 Nov 2017
7 Nov To 15 Nov 2017
Edith must clean to keep calm. Matthew must sit to tell a lie. Everyone creates their own rules for living. But what happens when an extended family gathers for a traditional Christmas dinner, and each of them rigidly follows those rules?
Upcoming show
Black comedy
Drayton Arms Theatre
12 Jul To 15 Jul 2017
12 Jul To 15 Jul 2017
Un couple apparemment sans histoire, Jacques et Martine, ainsi que leur ami Georges, un loser magnifique qui squatte leur canapé, ont organisé un diner en l'honneur d'un vieil ami devenu star de la télé.
Upcoming show
Black comedy
The Bread & Roses Theatre
27 Jun To 1 Jul 2017
27 Jun To 1 Jul 2017
Can you truly ever understand madness and what makes a person 'mad'? A production that aims to explore the theme of mental health through an adaptation of a children's book but for an adult audience.
Upcoming show
Black comedy
Print Room
18 Jan To 17 Feb 2018
18 Jan To 17 Feb 2018
Son and Daughter have come home to celebrate their Mother and Father's wedding anniversary but the atmosphere is strained and the dog is nowhere to be seen. Just as they hit stalemate, things start to take a very unexpected turn.
Upcoming show
Black comedy
King's Head Theatre
4 Jul To 8 Jul 2017
4 Jul To 8 Jul 2017
A black comedy, a modern fairytale, set in the bedroom (and inside the anxious mind) of Shy Girl, hopelessly waiting for her all-important date to turn up and give her validation. A provocative exploration of beauty, narcissism and neurosis.
Upcoming show
Black comedy
Bridewell
11 Oct To 14 Oct 2017
11 Oct To 14 Oct 2017
When heuthanasia expert Vincent is hired by Walter Bryce to help end the life of his terminally depressed wife, things are not as they seem.
Upcoming show
Black comedy
RADA - George Bernard Shaw Theatre
1 Jul To 8 Jul 2017
1 Jul To 8 Jul 2017
August 4th, 1892, Fall River Massachusetts. Mr Borden strokes his stocks and bonds; Mrs Borden ceaselessly eats. Their exhausted maid takes to her sweltering attic bed. They're all out of sorts.
Upcoming show
Black comedy
RADA - George Bernard Shaw Theatre
30 Jun To 8 Jul 2017
30 Jun To 8 Jul 2017
A series of short plays track Trump's meddling with the women he has encountered and employed decade by decade. This piece takes a darkly comedic look at the man who claims to love women.
