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oneACTS shows
oneACTS shows

oneACTS shows

Runs 18th - 23rd May.

Selected Performance

5 more dates

20 May 2026, 19:45 – 22:00

Surbiton, 116 Douglas Rd, Surbiton KT6 7SB, UK

About

Every two years, the cornerHOUSE brings together a selection of exciting, innovative oneACT new plays to be performed on the cornerHOUSE stage across an incredible week!


Worms, a knitting challenge, the gulag, fitting in, an affair, an auction, misunderstandings and identity, are the subjects of this year's cornerHOUSE oneACTS festival, a celebration of original playwriting.


Expect drama, comedy, mystery and mayhem, as local actors, directors, and playwrights bring eight new plays to the arts centre in Douglas Road.


The festival, now in its 16th year, will see four plays performed on alternate nights from Monday, May 18 to Saturday, May 23 at 7.45pm.


Tickets are £12 (£10 concs). 

If you are wanting to see a particular play, please make sure you book for the correct night as the programme alternates.


The list of plays and the nights they are being performed is below.


Monday 18th/Wednesday 20th/Friday 22nd May

  • Ask for Angela, written by Peter Shaw, directed by Rick Radia

  • Books against Poverty, written by Ian Hey, directed by Emily Kuipers

  • The Good Guard, written by Carole Thorpe directed by Gary Langford 

  • Worms, written by Stephen Harding, directed by Matthew Down



Tuesday 19th/Thursday 21st/Saturday 23rd May

  • All Brown and Chocolatey, written by Deborah Shaw, directed by George Charlie

  • Chimneys, written by Becky Mayhew, directed by Robin Johannsen

  • Scarf Race, written by Tim Harrison, directed by Graeme Blackmore

  • Off-Peak, written by Adriana Zakowicz directed by Elise Linwood


Email cornerhouseoneacts@gmail.com for more details.


Learn more about oneACTS.

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