Tender Trap Theatre is dedicated to developing and producing new writing in a vividly physical style. We also produce new versions of forgotten European classics, with an emphasis on writing from Eastern Europe. We make comedies about subjects that aren’t generally considered to be funny, and live vocal music is an important part of our style.

Recent News:

Reading of Moon River by Seiriol Davies, on Tuesday, 18 May, 12:30pm at Trafalgar Studio II

Esther won't talk.

Sandy won't shut up.

Ron mostly turns off his hearing aid.

Ingrid's dying for a drink.

Mary's dying for a fuck.

Glad can't get out of this place soon enough. But once you get out of here...where do you go? 

Moon River is a surreal comedy set in a day centre for pensioners in Chingford. Partly verbatim and partly devised, the play fearlessly examines old age in contemporary Britain. 

Hackney Forge Workshop Series

Moon River, by Seiriol Davies, 6th-7th March 2010. Participants: Julia Voce, Natalie Casey, Fran Moulds, David Meyer, Emun Elliott, Victoria Gould, Cath Whitefield, Seiriol Davies, and Eve Leigh. 

Untitled Arshile Gorky Project: An exploration of the life and work of a giant of modern art – and one of the most extravagant liars in the history of New York City.  

Stone Face: A black comedy about pratfalls, violence, and Buster Keaton.  

The Fisherman and the Skull: A movement theatre piece based on the Inuit folktale of a fisherman who catches the skeleton of a woman in his net. 

More workshops and a new commission to be announced soon. Watch this space!