Riverside Studios

28/08/2026

Dinner, drinks & a film by the river 🍷

Make a night of it at Riverside Studios.

Start with dinner and drinks in our Bar & Restaurant, settle in with a glass of wine and enjoy views across the Thames and Hammersmith Bridge, before heading to or catching a show.

On the big screen, don’t miss TONY, showing at Riverside!

Book your table, grab your tickets and make an evening of it.

HammersmithBridge DinnerAndAMovie

26/08/2026

Celebrate National Burger Day! 🍔 Join us this Thursday, 27 August, for our double smashed beef burger with crispy pancetta, smoked cheddar, caramelised onion jam and black garlic aioli, served with fries and house pickles. Add a soft drink or a pint of our Riverside Lager (our exclusive collab with Lost and Grounded Brewers for £15. Who's coming down with us?

25/08/2026

Just 6 days until opening night!

QUENTIN CRISP: NAKED HOPE, markfarrellyuk hugely acclaimed solo play, arrives at Riverside Studios for THREE PERFORMANCES ONLY.

Discover the extraordinary life of Quentin Crisp: openly gay since the 1930s, beaten for refusing to hide who he was, and eventually a global icon via The Naked Civil Servant. This is a portrait of him at two defining moments, an unknown man alone in his Chelsea flat, and thirty years on, a celebrated wit performing to sold-out New York audiences.
Funny, moving, and fearlessly honest.

★★★★★ "A truly life-affirming play and an absolute triumph" — All That Dazzles
★★★★ "An uncanny feat of resurrection. Farrelly's mastery of his audience is total" — Time Out
★★★★ "Brilliant" — The Stage
Written and performed by Mark Farrelly
Directed by Linda Marlowe

📍 Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London
🗓️ Sun 30 Aug - Tue 1 Sep 2026
Recommended age 14+
🎟️ Book now:
https://riversidestudios.co.uk/whats-on/un0-quentin-crisp-naked-hope/

25/08/2026

NEW ARTWORK REVEALED!

Introducing ROMEO AND HAMED. A bold, provocative q***r reimagining of Shakespeare's tragedy, from debut writer Scott Horgan.

Told in relentless, lyrical verse, this is a story for right now. Urgent, feral, and unafraid to ask difficult questions about family devotion, identity, religion and belonging.

"HIGHLY COMMENDED" — National Theatre Script Department
Directed by Maddy Corner
★★★★ "Enthralling… fascinating analysis of the human condition" — Guardian
"Corner brings an inventiveness to the staging that keeps everything visually interesting and distinctive" — The Stage

Wed 2 - Sun 6 Sep 2026
All performances Creatively Captioned
🎟️ Book now:

“Tonight, a story, a myth, a testamentThat tells of love, sorrow and loves descentA tale that tells of two lovers heartsWritten in stars, ancient heavenly charts.”Romeo and Hamed is a bold, provocative q***r reimagining of Shakespeare’s tragedy from

24/08/2026

HOW CAN A BODY WITHSTAND THIS?
Sat 29 - Sun 30 August 2026 | Bitesize Festival 50

"If they want to push my body this far, then I want them to look at me."

In the hours after Roe v. Wade is overturned by the US Supreme Court, a woman in rural Tennessee is denied abortion care that she could have had the day before. Thrust into a dizzying world of doctors, protesters, crossing state lines and a media frenzy, her best friend returns to the beginning to understand how we got here.

A gripping solo play about friendship, home, grief, and yes – abortion.

🎭 What is Bitesize Festival 50?
Celebrating 50 years of Riverside Studios, Bitesize Festival 50 is a 5-week festival showcasing 50+ performances and events across theatre, comedy, dance, cabaret, spoken word, live music, visual art and short film, championing the next generation of artists.

🎟️ Tickets from £8
🔗 Book now: https://riversidestudios.co.uk/whats-on/ER-how-can-a-body-withstand-this/

24/08/2026

THE GREAT DIVINATOR: TOUCHED BY SPIRITS
Fri 28 August 2026 | Bitesize Festival 50

Fake Moustache! Real Mindreading! Celebrated 19th century spirit medium The Great Divinator returns to the stage following a career break of 106 years... Vintage mind reading and outrageous audience participation in this unique evening of comedy Victorian seance and spooky paranormal happenings from multi award-winner and member of the Magic Circle Katie Tranter (The Magician's Table, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Doctor Who).

Expect comedy, drag, mentalism and a lot of audience interaction in this 'extraordinary evening'. (NE Bylines).

🎭 What is Bitesize Festival 50?
Celebrating 50 years of Riverside Studios, Bitesize Festival 50 is a 5-week festival showcasing 50+ performances and events across theatre, comedy, dance, cabaret, spoken word, live music, visual art and short film, championing the next generation of artists.

🎟️ Tickets from £8
🔗 Book now: https://riversidestudios.co.uk/whats-on/yL-the-great-divinator-touched-by-spirits/

24/08/2026

PLAYING THE FEELD
Thu 27 - Sun 30 August | Bitesize Festival 50

Playing the Feeld is a raucous comedy about s*x, dating, and the things we do in search of connection. Newly single, Emily throws herself into the world of Feeld, collecting stories, surprises, and the occasional emotional bruise. As one date blurs into the next, she discovers that finding what turns you on/off is often easier than figuring out what you actually want. Silly, s*xy, and startlingly honest, Playing the Feeld is a celebration of desire in all its messy glory.

🎭 What is Bitesize Festival 50?
Celebrating 50 years of Riverside Studios, Bitesize Festival 50 is a 5-week festival showcasing 50+ performances and events across theatre, comedy, dance, cabaret, spoken word, live music, visual art and short film, championing the next generation of artists.

🎟️ Tickets from £8
🔗 Book now: https://riversidestudios.co.uk/whats-on/oO-playing-the-feeld/

24/08/2026

BABY STEPS
Wed 26 - Fri 28 August 2026 | Bitesize Festival 50

Georgina is trying to decide whether she wants children or not. The only problem is, she’s currently in labour. Twenty-something years old, spiralling, alone, Georgina travels from London to her hometown hospital with the notion of getting her no-nonsense, midwife ex-best friend, Molly, to deliver her baby. Between contractions, Molly and Georgina dive head first into quarter life existential crises. Meanwhile, we take you on a crash course covering 400 years of the history of midwives. From the witch hunts to forceps, this comic yet disturbing story reveals how midwives have been pushed aside for men to show them how it’s (not) done.

Grounded in Georgina and Molly’s rekindled friendship, Baby Steps is a heart-warming, pressure-cooker comedy about the impossible tangle of life-decisions facing young women right now.

🎭 What is Bitesize Festival 50?
Celebrating 50 years of Riverside Studios, Bitesize Festival 50 is a 5-week festival showcasing 50+ performances and events across theatre, comedy, dance, cabaret, spoken word, live music, visual art and short film, championing the next generation of artists.

🎟️ Tickets from £8
🔗 Book now: https://riversidestudios.co.uk/whats-on/Es-baby-steps/

24/08/2026

THE RISE OF JOSEPHINE BAKER
Tue 25 - Sat 29 August 2026 | Bitesize Festival 50

The Rise of Josephine Baker follows the African American performer as she escapes segregation-era America to become an international sensation. Arriving in 1920s Paris during the dazzling Jazz Age, she prepares for her breakthrough in La R***e N***e, a sensational production which ignited controversy and propelled her to fame across Europe.

Marking 100 years since her iconic Banana Skirt Dance, the show revisits a performer both celebrated and contested, prompting reflections on race and desire. With a colourful cast of characters shaping her image and career, from artist Paul Colin to lover Pepito Abatino and theatre producer André Daven, Josephine embarks on a journey to find success on her own terms.

Rooted in archival research from the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, The Rise of Josephine Baker captures life at the threshold of international stardom during the era of Le Tumulte Noir - The Black Craze.

With ambition, romance, and hedonism abound - Paris awaits darling…

🎭 What is Bitesize Festival 50?
Celebrating 50 years of Riverside Studios, Bitesize Festival 50 is a 5-week festival showcasing 50+ performances and events across theatre, comedy, dance, cabaret, spoken word, live music, visual art and short film, championing the next generation of artists.

🎟️ Tickets from £8
🔗 Book now: https://riversidestudios.co.uk/whats-on/o8-the-rise-of-josephine-baker/

24/08/2026

L.A BABY
Tue 25 - Fri 28 August | Bitesize Festival 50

The unbelievable truth of nearly a decade in L.A from award-winning actor and comedian Ambrosine Davies (Funny or Die, The Inbetweeners) L.A Baby is the darkly comedic story of Davies’ nine years in L.A, caught in a cycle of cringeworthy auditions, balancing odd jobs and working as a nanny for an Orthodox family in the middle of the world’s most expensive divorce. Soon swapping comedy aspirations for hard won survival skills, Davies’ relationship at home escalates from toxic to terrifying. When stalking, death threats and the prospect of carrying a gun to school pick-ups become her only viable option, Davies realises her American Dream has become a life-threatening nightmare.

🎭 What is Bitesize Festival 50?
Celebrating 50 years of Riverside Studios, Bitesize Festival 50 is a 5-week festival showcasing 50+ performances and events across theatre, comedy, dance, cabaret, spoken word, live music, visual art and short film, championing the next generation of artists.

🎟️ Tickets from £8
🔗 Book now: https://riversidestudios.co.uk/whats-on/E0-la-baby/