We are excited to announce that Housemates Festival is returning from 1-19 September 2026.
This year’s Housemates Festival invites seven writers to take over Brixton House in September: Danny Bailey, Alejandra Chamorro Cuevas, Max Hyner, Lara Grace Ilori, Abir Mohammad, Razak Osman and Ariana Xeno.
Alongside new works, this year’s expanded Housemates Festival also includes three weeks of wrap-around events aimed at career and creative development. Collaborative sharing event for new work featuring emerging actors, A Space For Us All, is produced by Limitless Presents. The company’s founder, Lucie Lutte, is a former member of Brixton House’s Front-of-House team who established the inclusive actor training course to tackle class inequality in the sector.
The festival is part of Brixton House’s deep commitment to invest in artists to develop their creative potential. Beyond its walls, the venue has previously supported artists such as LULA.XYZ to perform at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, tour nationally, and it paved the way for an award-winning commission on BBC Radio 4 (Corey Bovell’s Chicken Burger N Chips).
“I am excited to announce the return of our flagship artistic development programme, Housemates Festival, back bigger and bolder for its fourth year. We are continually supporting new artists, delivering opportunities and opening up our space at a time when it’s most needed.”
Ruth Hawkins, Brixton House Executive Creative Producer
What’s on
Brixton House & Fruit Box Theatre present
SUGA
By Max Hyner
1-5 Sep
In a world that commodifies everything, even our connections, what is actually left for us?
Brixton House & Collective Productions present
Tube Chronicles
By Razak Osman
1-5 Sep
Join Razak Osman – actor by day, tube worker by night – for a night shift on the London Underground.
Brixton House present
We Can’t Be Friends
By Abir Mohammad
8-12 Sep
As desire collides with devotion, two gay Muslim men are forced to choose: honour their vows to Allah or risk everything for each other.
Brixton House & Nuu Theatre present
Pressure
By Danny Bailey
8-12 Sep
A pulsating journey through rebellion, revolution, and Caribbean resistance.
Brixton House & Visual Sauce present
Runner Girl
By Lara Grace Ilori
15-19 Sep
Follow the one-woman rhythmic story of Anu, a heart-on-her-sleeve Yoruba South-Londoner whose routine run takes a terrifying turn triggering long-buried wounds she’s fought a lifetime to keep hidden.
Brixton House & Umba Arts
Goodbye
By Alejandra Chamorro Cuevas
15-19 Sep
In this tribute to friendship, connection and life in the face of suicide, William navigates his way through London’s first assisted suicide clinic.
Brixton House present
Stomach
By Ariana Xeno
15-19 Sep
One’s beaten. One’s hollowing. One’s filling with blood.
Stomach follows three parallel lives, winding in and out of doctor’s appointments, exploring girlhood and hope.
Brixton House present
Housemates 2026: In Conversation With…
3 Sep
Our brand new Housemates panel talks bring together artists, producers, theatre-makers and industry leaders for a series of candid conversations exploring the ideas, challenges and opportunities shaping contemporary theatre today.
Brixton House present
Housemates 2026: A Week of Readings
7-12 Sep
After receiving over 200 submissions, we wanted to create space for scripts we loved — stories and voices that stood out to us and deserved further development and audience connection.
Brixton House present
Housemates 2026: Open Mic Night
9-16 Sep
Whether you’re a writer, poet, musician, performer, spoken word artist or creative experimenting with something new, these evenings are designed to celebrate emerging voices and create opportunities for artists to connect with audiences and one another.
Brixton House present
Housemates 2026: A Space For Us All
16 Sep
A bold new initiative created to champion working-class actors and confront one of the most persistent and under-addressed barriers in the performing arts industry: class inequality.