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The Kiln Theatre in North London has announced its new season for 2025 and 2026.

The season features two new musicals, with musical comedy The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs by Iman Qureshi, and the world premiere of new musical Coven by Daisy Chute and Rebecca Brewer.

Other highlights include a reimagined Chekhov drama Seagulls, and Please Please Me by Tom Wright, about The Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein.

This will be artistic director Amit Sharma’s second season at the Kiln.

The season launches with Iman Qureshi’s The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs (13 June – 12 July 2025), a feel-good musical comedy about community, belonging, and the power of finding your voice.

The musical comes to the Kiln following a sold-out run at Soho Theatre, and is directed by Hannah Hauer-King (The Swell , Orange Tree Theatre; The Wife of Willesden), and co-produced with Emma Hall for Antic Productions and Kitty Wordsworth for Damsel Productions.

This is followed by the world premiere of new musical, Coven (31 October – 13 December 2025), that reinterrogates the true story of the seventeenth century Pendle Witch Trials.

This female-led musical, which centres the power of women, has music and lyrics by Grammy Award-winning Daisy Chute with Rebecca Brewer, book by Rebecca Brewer and is directed by Olivier Award winner Miranda Cromwell (Mlima’s Tale, Death of a Salesman). The show is produced in association with West End and Broadway producers Kindred Partners, and Eilene Davidson Productions.

Seagulls (12 February – 21 March 2026) is a new, Black British retelling of Chekhov’s iconic play The Seagull. Dipo Baruwa-Etti (The Clinic, Almeida Theatre) and Taio Lawson, former Associate Director at Kiln Theatre, co-write and direct Seagulls, which is a contemporary reimagining that explores art, ambition, and the fractures within family and fame.

Completing the season is the world premiere of Please Please Me (16 April – 23 May 2026) by Tom Wright, Associate Artistic Director at Kiln Theatre, and directed by Amit Sharma.

The play is an electrifying and deeply personal story of the troubled life of the ‘Fifth Beatle’, Brian Epstein, his relationship with John Lennon and his contribution to making The Beatles the greatest band on earth.

Full creative teams and casting for all productions to be announced.

Kiln artistic director Amit Sharma said in a statement: “I’m beyond excited to announce this new season at Kiln Theatre – a season packed with bold storytelling, thrilling music, and reimagined classics. We’re bringing four extraordinary productions to the stage, each one pushing boundaries and sparking conversation. From the joyous, rebellious heart of The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs to the raw ambition and vulnerability of Brian Epstein in Please Please Me, these are stories that demand to be heard. Coven is a powerhouse new musical about the Pendle Witch Trials – a fierce and timely exploration of womanhood, power, and survival – while Seagulls boldly reimagines a classic, bringing Chekhov’s themes of art and ambition into a fresh, contemporary light. I can’t wait for all these incredible artists to bring their magic to Kilburn.”

The Kiln Theatre’s hit production of Ryan Calais Cameron’s Retrograde, directed by Amit Sharma, is transferring to the Apollo Theatre in London, from 8 March 2025.

The Kiln’s current 2024 – 2024 season includes current show The Lonely Londoners (until 22 February), and Shanghai Dolls from 3 April to 10 May 2025.

More about tickets to The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs at the Kiln Theatre

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