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19:30, Friday 6 June 2025 (Doors open 18:00)If you’re an Oasis aficionado but didn’t manage to get tickets for Oasis’s Reunion Tour this summer, then come to Barnes’ own version of this legendary 90s band. Oasis Maybe, one of the most sought-after Oasis tribute bands, will perform a fabulous line-up focusing on Oasis’s early glory years from 1994-1997 including their record-setting debut albumDefinitely Maybewhich topped the charts. Transport yourself back to this golden musical era and enjoy the hits of one of the most defining and globally successful groups of the Britpop genre.This event is kindly sponsored by Laurent Residential Additional Information and Terms and Conditions The site will be open from 6.30pm. With the exception of the VIP pre-booked tables, you will need to supply your own picnic rug or chairs: spaces will be allocated on a first come first served basis. There will be a BBQ and Bar on-site which will open at 6.30pm and remain open throughout the event. All alcohol on-site must be purchased at the Bar; you will not be permitted to bring your own. Accessibility: if you require additional support to attend this event, please email info@osoarts.org.uk so we can fast-track you onto the site and provide you with a table and chair if required. Unfortunately, due to the temptation of picnic food, dogs will not be admitted. All events will go ahead, whatever the weather, with the exception of Met Office weather warnings. If this is the case you will have the option to request a refund or - as this is a fund-raising event for the OSO and the BCA - consider donating the ticket price to cover the cost of running the event.Please note that this performance is subject to a licence being granted to stage this event on Barnes Green. In the unlikely event that permission is not granted, the price of your ticket will be refunded.General Admission £25.00Members Ticket £22.50Member's VIP DeckchairsReserve yourself two deckchairs with a coffee table at the front of the seating area.£75.00Member's VIP Table of 8Don't worry about bringing a picnic blanket! We'll provide you with a trestle table and chairs in a separate VIP area, so that you can sit back, relax and enjoy the show in style!£250.00
14:00, Saturday 7 June 2025 (Doors open 13:00)Nashville comes to Barnes! Cat’s Country Band is a southern-style party band, with a fresh & modern take on Country music that will have us all up and dancing in Barnes’ very own hoedown to classics including Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5, Don Maclean’s American Pie, Texas, Beyonce’s Texas Hold Em and Taylor Swift’s Love Story.This event is kindly sponsored by Laurent Residential Additional Information and Terms and Conditions The site will be open from 1pm. With the exception of the VIP pre-booked tables, you will need to supply your own picnic rug or chairs: spaces will be allocated on a first come first served basis. There will be a BBQ and Bar on-site which will open at 1pm and remain open throughout the event. All alcohol on-site must be purchased at the Bar; you will not be permitted to bring your own. Accessibility: if you require additional support to attend this event, please email info@osoarts.org.uk so we can fast-track you onto the site and provide you with a table and chair if required. Unfortunately, due to the temptation of picnic food, dogs will not be admitted. All events will go ahead, whatever the weather, with the exception of Met Office weather warnings. If this is the case you will have the option to request a refund or - as this is a fund-raising event for the OSO and the BCA - consider donating the ticket price to cover the cost of running the event.Please note that this performance is subject to a licence being granted to stage this event on Barnes Green. In the unlikely event that permission is not granted, the price of your ticket will be refunded.General Admission£20.00Members Ticket£18.00Member's VIP DeckchairsReserve yourself two deckchairs with a coffee table at the front of the seating area.£60.00Member's VIP Table of 8Don't worry about bringing a picnic blanket! We'll provide you with a trestle table and chairs in a separate VIP area, so that you can sit back, relax and enjoy the show in style!£200.00
19:30, Saturday 7 June 2025 (Doors open 18:00)osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173661936Join one of the leading ABBA tribute bands, the FABBAGIRLS, to be transported back to the golden days of ABBA. The evening will include many of ABBA’s iconic hits includingMama Mia, Dancing Queenand Voulez-Vous. Sparkles and sequins optional - but be ready to dance the night away!This event is kindly sponsored by Laurent Residential Additional Information and Terms and Conditions The site will be open from 6.30pm. With the exception of the VIP pre-booked tables, you will need to supply your own picnic rug or chairs: spaces will be allocated on a first come first served basis. There will be a BBQ and Bar on-site which will open at 6.30pm and remain open throughout the event. All alcohol on-site must be purchased at the Bar; you will not be permitted to bring your own. Accessibility: if you require additional support to attend this event, please email info@osoarts.org.uk so we can fast-track you onto the site and provide you with a table and chair if required. Unfortunately, due to the temptation of picnic food, dogs will not be admitted. All events will go ahead, whatever the weather, with the exception of Met Office weather warnings. If this is the case you will have the option to request a refund or - as this is a fund-raising event for the OSO and the BCA - consider donating the ticket price to cover the cost of running the event.Please note that this performance is subject to a licence being granted to stage this event on Barnes Green. In the unlikely event that permission is not granted, the price of your ticket will be refunded.General Admission £25.00Members Ticket £22.50Member's VIP Table of 8Don't worry about bringing a picnic blanket! We'll provide you with a trestle table and chairs in a separate VIP area, so that you can sit back, relax and enjoy the show in style!£250.00
Soho comes to Barnes! Each performance features a compère plus three different comedians, meaning there’s something for everyone. Previous acts at the OSO have included: Paul Sinha, Zoe Lyons, Paul Thorne, Laura Lexx and Emmanuel Sonubi. Inspired by the comedy clubs in New York and LA and set up in 1979, the Comedy Store began a comedy revolution and today is a recognised platform for established standup comedians.
23 January - 24 Apr 2026Ticket information: osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173669569
The very private PL Travers lives quietly in Chelsea. Out of the blue, her very own creation, Mary Poppins, suddenly appears in Travers’ office, asking difficult questions Travers would rather not answer. The fun-filled chaos is soundtracked by the kind of music PL Travers really wanted in the Mary Poppins film. From The Telling (who brought you the sell-out show What the Dickens?, Creating Carmen and Into the Melting Pot), past OSO Artist in Residence Lottie Walker, award-winning writer Clare Norburn and BAFTA-nominated director Nicholas Renton.
Ticket information: osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/117366955410 - 15 February 2026
A mighty spirit is about to reawaken. Yours. Derek Jarman: film-maker, painter, gardener at Prospect Cottage, gay rights activist, writer…his influence remains as strong as it was on the day he died in 1994. But his story, one of the most extraordinary lives ever lived, has never been told. Until now. This vibrant solo play from Mark Farrelly (Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope) brings Derek back into being for a passionate, daring reminder of the courage it takes to truly live while you’re alive. A journey from Dungeness to deepest, brightest Soho and into the heart of one of our most iconoclastic artists. Jarman’s works include taboo-breaking films like Sebastiane, Jubilee and Caravaggio, pop videos for the Pet Shop Boys, his extraordinary borderless garden in Dungeness, his shocking last paintings, and his unforgettable final film Blue. NOMINATED BEST SOLO PERFORMANCE OFF-WEST END AWARDS 2023 ????? Queer Guru ????? Bum on a Seat ???? The Stage ???? Theatre-News.com ???? Sardines Magazine
Ticket information: osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173669471
Jonny DancigerIf we were deprived of all our senses, how would we experience reality? This unique immersive installation creates a narrative audio piece inside your own body. Participants lie in a custom 'sound bed' built to exploit sensory phenomena through innovative bone conduction techniques. The piece is inspired by Dalton Trumbo's 1938 anti-war novel Johnny Got His Gun. It was developed by sound artist and theatre director Jonny Danciger (The Sound Collector, Beauty and the Beast) with support from ArtHouse Jersey. This installation works using bone conduction - the same technology that drives many hearing implants. Therefore, this audio installation will be accessible to many hearing-impaired individuals.
Ticket information: osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/117366810019 - 20 February
This enchanting, original show tells the story of a little fairy who is on a mission. She has lost her sparkle—that essential inner light that makes her smile from the inside out. Believing she must find it, the story begins as the fairy sets off with just her faithful suitcase as her guide, taking us all along on her journey.On her path to sparkle again, the fairy encounters a delightful cast of characters. She meets a friendly robin, a gentle bunny, and a playful fish. These animals burst into life, showing the fairy—and the audience—all the unique things that bring them joy and make them happy. Through these heartwarming encounters, the fairy finally discovers where her sparkle has been hiding all along.Created by Sally Ann Staunton and Damo Rose, this immersive theatrical experience is a feast for the senses. It is bursting with poetic narration, live music, catchy songs, vibrant animation, silly dancing, and sensory theatre.Designed for children aged 3+ and their families and carers, the show beautifully gets to the heart of finding what makes us all sparkle.“You have your magic inside of you and when you’re ready the world will see how magical you are and how wonderful life can be.”
Ticket information: osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173669596
Supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy. Kathryn Murphy will be discussing themes from her forthcoming book, The Tottering Universal: Metaphysical Prose in the Seventeenth Century, which addresses the philosophical and stylistic complexities of 17th century prose. It examines the ways in which seventeenth-century writers responded to what I call ‘the anxiety of variety’ – the concern that the human intellect can never be adequate to the teeming, various, incorrigibly plural world – and how they developed a vernacular philosophical style from the generative tension between traditional Aristotelian styles of thinking, and new discourses of experience and experiment. There are chapters on John Florio and Michel de Montaigne, Lancelot Andrewes, Francis Bacon, Robert Burton, Thomas Browne, and John Milton. A Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford, Dr Murphy is a literary critic and scholar with interests in several areas: literature and philosophy in the seventeenth century; the genre of the essay, from Montaigne to the present; letters and alphabets, written, printed, engraved, baked, stitched, heard, and imagined; the production of images as ways of thinking or representing knowledge, especially in the early modern period, and even more especially in still life; and the relationship between poetic form, rhetorical figure, and theological and philosophical ideas.
Ticket information: osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173669821General admission: £5
“Oh I needed that laugh. I can tell you. Feel quite lightened truth be told.” Jack and Freddie attend ballroom dance classes at their local Recreation Centre. Freddie has been tasked by the teacher to bring Jack up to speed. Jack has lived Freddie’s lifetime three times over. Jack wants to woo his wife, and Freddie needs the company and to calm his scattered brain. They meet every Tuesday, to try to waltz. This quietly sparkling tale of coping and a friendship bridging generations, written by 2020 Pinter Commission recipient Miriam Battye (Scenes with Girls, Strategic Love Play, Succession), finds a home in London for the first time.
Ticket information: osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/117366947226 February - 1 March 2026
A woman opens the door at two in the morning and tries to hang on to normal.?Lisa doesn't have the right words or know what questions to ask in this new world of crime and law. So, what happens when doing the right thing isn't the right thing anymore??This solo show explores the world of knife crime from a fresh perspective as a woman is forced to confront the unfamiliar world her son has collided with and compromise on what she thinks she believes in. Lot of legal stuff being said that I don’t even get and they ask if I’m an appropriate adult.? ?Well yeah... I’m his mum?’? Throughout all this, however, Lisa maintains a lively down-to-earth approach to life and the play aims to find humour in the most random moments as well as showing the impact on a mother trying to hold it all together.? Based on real events and lived experience, this story is told with an original soundscape created by In-Spire Sounds and the voices of young people who have developed music with them through the ‘Inspiring Change Through Music’ project. MotherHood is the state of being a mother, but what if?you’re a mother in a state?
Ticket information: osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173669506
"The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means" - The Importance of Being EarnestThe production, led by veteran Mark Beer, features an integrated cast of actors with disabilities both visible and invisible. Oscar Wilde’s classic satirical tale tackles Victorian society’s obsession with social status, marriage, and superficiality. A charming, funny, tongue-in-cheek adaption that speaks to society now almost as much as when it was written in the 1890’s!
11 - 15 March 2026. Ticket information: osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173664730
Trapped beneath the Atacama Desert, Chile, for 69 days, the youngest of the 33 miners faces a lifetime learning how to live again. Man 33 is a new musical inspired by true events – a story of survival, silence, and what happens when the world stops watching. Blending music, memory, and emotion, it explores the weight of being seen, the cost of being saved, and the quiet fight to find light after the dark. Man 33 is by Liam Holmes, the brains behind the 5-star sellout runs of Mr Jones - An Aberfan Story at the Edinburgh Festival and Finborough Theatre in 2025. Music is by Ian Lloyd Jones and lyrics by Kevin Sheeran.
18- b21 March 2026. Ticket information: osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173669507
Supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy. Professor Matravers will be discussing the philosophy of T.E. Hulme, a philosopher and poet who has been called “The First Conservative of the 20th Century”, and was described by T.S. Eliot as ?“classical, reactionary, and revolutionary”. Focusing on Hulme’s thinking about the relationship between the individual and the state, we expect Prof. Matravers to talk about Hulme’s view of human nature as deeply flawed, and therefore in need of external discipline, order and absolute values.Derek Matravers read for a degree in?Philosophy?at University College, London,?after which he?completed a PhD?at Darwin College, Cambridge. He?was supervised by Hugh Mellor on the topic of ‘Art and the Emotions’. He spent a further three years in Cambridge as a post-doctoral Research Fellow before moving to The Open University in 1994. He has written on various areas of aesthetics and the philosophy of art, as well as in ethics and the philosophy of mind. He is a Fellow of?Churchill College, Cambridge, and has?held visiting positions at the University of Latvia, the University of British Columbia, the University of Otago, Shanghai Normal University, Rhodes University (South Africa), and The University of Auckland.
Ticket information: osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173669822General admission £5
The OSO is thrilled to host graduating students of St Mary's University, for their annual Festival of Creativity.'A timeless absurdist play. Six characters wander into an uninspiring rehearsal room, interrupting the actors and director. They are looking for their author, who is nowhere to be seen. Their arrival prompts the questions;What is an actor?What is a character?What is a person?Where does one begin and the other one end?A thought-provoking exploration into the nature of theatre and existence. A deeply serious exquisite piece of nonsense or a nonsensical piece of serious theatre - it lingers and resonates long after the curtain call.'
Ticket information: osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173669595
Oat Cakes and Jam is an anarchic, darkly comic piece inspired by Angela Carter’s The Company of Wolves from The Bloody Chamber. Developed over eleven weeks at the OSO, it will blend movement, text, music, and visual design to explore transformation, desire, and rebellion. Built through a layered, collaborative process, each creative element - from clowning to photography, costume, and lighting - will be developed independently before being woven together into a rich theatrical collage. The process will celebrate chaos, humour, and play, drawing inspiration from radical performance-makers such as In Bed With My Brother and Figs in Wigs. At its heart, Oat Cakes and Jam will embrace Carter’s fairytale world while reimagining it through a contemporary theatrical lens. The result will be a visceral, multimedia gothic fairytale that blurs the boundaries between text, movement, music, and visual design. This work-in-progress sharing will invite audiences to step into a world where the wild and the human blur, offering a glimpse into the collaborative making of a bold and playful theatrical experiment.
Ticket information: osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173669594General admission: £12Members: £10.80
Following last year’s successful Easter Art Exhibition, we are pleased to once again pack up our theatre for the Easter weekend and build our display space giving our local community the opportunity to view and purchase affordable and original art in a beautiful setting. We will be welcoming 30+ artists drawn from the Barnes area and further afield to exhibit at the OSO. There will be a Private View on Maundy Thursday from 7-9pm for our Members and for the artists’ family and friends.
Event details: osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/11736695982 April - members private viewing3 - 6 April: General admission (free entry)NOTE: you can meet the artists on 6 April
Green Tea is an award-winning and critically acclaimed theatrical production, delving into demonic possession in a Victorian world. The play, narrated by philosophical physician Dr. Martin Hesselius, investigates the strange case of the Reverend Mr. Jennings, a man living with an unnatural affliction. Green Tea is a timeless portrayal of mental fragility, captivating audiences with its exploration of spirituality and the shadows that haunt us all. After winning the Standout Actor Award at the 2018 Sydney Fringe, Green Tea was slated to première in Edinburgh in 2020. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it finally made its long-awaited Edinburgh Festival première in 2023.
9- 10 April 2026. Ticket information: osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173669508
All the ladies in Chinquapin, Louisiana come to Truvy’s beauty salon to have their hair done. Outspoken Truvy dispenses shampoo and free advice to the town’s curmudgeon, Miss Ouiser, the eccentric Miss Clairee, and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby is about to get married. Comedy turns to tragedy when Shelby, a diabetic, risks her life with a dangerous pregnancy. Confronted with the harshness of mortality, the ladies draw together to find strength – and love – in the wake of tragedy. Produced by Skipp Productions in association with OnBook Arts and directed by Jason Moore and presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk
14 - 18 April 2026. Ticket information: osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173669559
As Solomon grapples with his own sexuality within a society bound by conservative norms, he finds solace in unexpected friendships with individuals such as Henry Holiday, Edward Burne-Jones, Oscar Browning, and Algernon Charles Swinburne. The play unfolds as Solomon navigates the complexities of his desires and aspirations, all the while existing in a world that casts a critical eye upon those who deviate from societal expectations. Solomon, written by Stuart Eggleton, debuted at Tsitsit Festival 2023 before further development at the Royal Academy of Art. Directed by Joseph Winer. This production is supported using public funding by Arts Council England. Content Warning: The play contains sexual references, homophobic themes, and strong language.
22 April 2026. Ticket information: osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173669544
Yasmine comes to the OSO with her joyously stylish One Woman Show, performing songs from some of the most inspirational songwriting-singer-pianists of our time, including Carole King, Billy Joel, Roberta Flack, Randy Newman, Stevie Wonder, Donald Fagen and Elton John. Yasmine's record of live performances, along with her vast repertoire is astonishing. She has released two albums of original songs with her husband and producer Peter Giles, who is an original founder member and bass player with the legendary prog rock band King Crimson. Yasmine can offer no guarantee that Peter won't leave the mixing desk, grab his bass and join her on stage. You have been warned! "What a beautiful voice! I could sit and listen to Yasmine all night..." - Bruce Oldfield, British fashion designer "Her playing and singing delight the audience with sheer perfection of execution, technical mastery and precision that produces music with style and heart..." - Pia Graettinger, Badische Zeitung "Always better than the originals - every time!" - Lamar Raine, Portrait Artist
23 April 2026. Ticket information: osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173669545
Mr Sleepybum is sad. He can’t dream. To solve this problem, he invents a machine that magically brings dreams to life, featuring dinosaurs, robots, car chases, the world's largest blanket, and much more! This award-winning interactive show is filled with sketches, slapstick, and silliness, ensuring maximum fun for the whole family. Suitable for 3 – 8 years.
24 - 25 April 2026. Ticket information: osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173669597
“I am being harassed. I’m in fear of my life. I live in fear. They Know Who I Am…” Christopher has been confined to a psychiatric ward for a month. He wants out. The problem is he still thinks oranges are blue. A junior psychiatrist, convinced he needs help, wants to section him. The senior consultant thinks it’s all a question of culture: at home in Shepherd’s Bush, Christopher will be amongst ‘his people’. And besides, it costs taxpayers’ money to keep Christopher in care. Race, madness and medical ethics collide in Joe Penhall's exquisitely sharp, Olivier Award winning modern classic. OSO Artistic Director Lydia Sax (Enigma Variations, Things I Know to be True, The Revlon Girl, Once Upon a Bridge) directs this groundbreaking satire on the NHS: as timely now as it ever was.---Praise for previous productions: Explosive and mesmerising… a contemporary classic’ The Arts Desk ?????‘Unmissable’ The Telegraph ?????Praise for previous in-house productions: 'Pitch perfect’ Spy in the Stalls ?????'A masterpiece of storytelling’ Plays to See ?????
29 Apr - 10 May 2026. Ticket information: osoarts.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173669566
The OSO Arts Centre is right by the Pond on Barnes Green, with its entrance on the Green itself, behind Côte Brasserie.Getting to the OSO is easy:They are a short walk from Barnes and Barnes Bridge railway stations, with regular trains from Clapham Junction, Waterloo and Richmond.Frequent buses run from Putney and the south side of Hammersmith Bridge. Please note that Hammersmith Bridge is temporarily closed. For more details please check the Transport For London websiteIf you prefer to drive, there are parking spaces near Barnes Green and parking is free in many spots after 12pm.
For detailed access information please visit the theatre's access page: www.osoarts.org.uk/accessibility
The OSO Arts centre is a professional fringe Theatre and Cafe/Bar, located in the heart of Barnes Village (20 minute direct train from Waterloo), overlooking beautiful Barnes Green. Their 130 seat venue offers an eclectic and ever-changing programme of comedy, new writing, music, cabaret, family shows and much much more besides.
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