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The Monocle

Welcome to The Monocle… where nothing is impossible…This dance production choreographed by award-winning choreographer Mathieu Geffré, reveals and celebrates the long-forgotten pioneering history of Le Monocle, the legendary 1930s Paris nightclub where glamorous lesbians dined, danced, sang and socialised without fear of persecution within its plush, secret walls. Featuring a smouldering, versatile cast of seven, including the celebrated early jazz singer Imogen Banks, this compelling work of dance, music and song will return to Wilton’s Music Hall on the 15th and 16th of May 2026.

“Breathtaking” ★★★★★ Attitude Magazine – Jamie Tabberer

“Mathieu offers us a gift here: the opportunity to see for ourselves what it looks like to be free in a safe space” Helen Redfern – NARC Magazine

“It is an experience that I will cherish for a long time.” Peter Sampel – tanznetz.de

“Atmospheric and intense as immaculate storytelling combines with sublime, sinuous dance, The Monocle is stunning.” ★★★★★ Rosie Sharman-Ward – Pink Prince Theatre Review

Featuring: Alyssa Lisle, Caroline Ryan, Coralie Calfond, Imogen Banks, Mutyat Anibaba, Natassa Argyropoulou, Ruth Howard, Zara Phillips.

Choreographer: Mathieu Geffré
Associate Director / Dramaturg: Andrew Gardiner
Composer: James Keane
Set and Costume Design: Helen Hébert and Nate Gibson

This performance is BSL interpreted and available in Audio Description

EMCA Presents Song Queen: A Pidgin Opera

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Song Queen: A Pidgin Opera, a groundbreaking production that unites music, culture and storytelling in a powerful celebration of diverse voices. Written and composed by the visionary Helen Epega (The Venus Bushfires), this unique opera blends Nigerian Pidgin English, Patois, Creole, Cockney, Hip-Hop Vernacular and Multicultural London Slang with Western Classical music, creating a truly multisensory experience.

Follow the heroine Kenate on a journey of love, betrayal and redemption through an Afrofuturistic lens. This 90-minute performance features a stellar cast, including Helen Epega (Composer, Librettist, Lead Vocalist, Hang Drum), Richard Ọlátúndé Baker (AfricanPercussion), Abdul William (Steel Pans), Francis Angol (Choreographer) and Baba Epega (Executive Producer), alongside Louisa Martin (Soprano), Francesca Bartolo (Mezzo), Jacob Cole (Tenor), Ted Day (Baritone) and Elliott Park (Piano).

After sold-out performances across London and a triumphant return to Wilton’s Music Hall, Song Queen: A Pidgin Opera continues to captivate and inspire. Hailed as “incredible” by LondonTheatre1, “fantastic” by Daniel Neale, BBC and an “eye-opening experience” by Maxim, The Prodigy, this opera celebrates African culture, pushing the boundaries of traditional opera with its innovative sound and storytelling.

Join us for this special anniversary run—a celebration of music, culture and the power of
creative expression. Song Queen: A Pidgin Opera is an enchanting experience that will
stay with you long after the final note.

Instagram – @songqueen_apidginopera and @thevenusbushfires 

Book your tickets now for an unforgettable evening!

Frank’s Closet

Presented by Ladbon MacLeod Barnes and the Union Theatre

Frank’s Closet – The Cult Hit Musical Returns!

An outré camp classic of 21st century British musical theatre.

Seven Divas, a closet full of frocks, a blush of beautiful Gaiety Girls, and a slightly bemused – though always dashing – Frank, teetering on the verge of matrimony. Mix in a collection of glorious songs that straddle the Great British, Broadway (and Swedish) songbooks – and you have Frank’s Closet, a glittering, eccentric and high-camp paean to the delights of love and musical theatre (and what greater pleasures are there?)

Conceived in 2009 for Hoxton Hall, one of the last living Victorian music halls in England, this queer reimagining of a Dickensian opium dream (with the Divas as embodiments of Love past, present, and future…) is delighted to be returning to its music hall roots at Wilton’s.