Issue Nº 18 Summer 2026 South London Performance Quarterly Reading the Room Issue Nº 18 Summer 2026 South London Performance Quarterly Reading the Room
Section · 02

Long reads,
profiles,
and reported
essays.

The longer side of the magazine. Reported pieces, slow profiles, and the occasional argument. Usually between 3,000 and 7,000 words, usually three drafts beyond what we'd want to admit.

Selected writing.

Rehearsal room
Feature · Inside the room

Six weeks inside a physical theatre rehearsal.

A diary from the rehearsal of a new ensemble piece — written by an outsider who left mostly confused, and entirely converted.

Iliana Cosma · 18 minRead article →
Clown make-up
Feature · Craft

What clown school actually teaches you.

A first-week diary from one of Europe's quieter clown courses, where the red nose comes out late and the silence comes first.

Bea Tholen · 12 minRead article →
Dance studio
Feature · Dance

A choreographer who works only with non-dancers.

For five years, every piece has been made with people who never trained.

Marek Ostrowski · 10 minRead article →
Performance archive
Feature · Archive

The performance archive that lives in a shed.

Twenty years of South London cabaret, catalogued by one woman.

Naomi Adekoya · 11 minRead article →
Festival field
Feature · Festival

Notes from a festival that refused to grow.

One field, three nights, eighty-six attendees — by design.

Tomás Verheyden · 8 minRead article →