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  • Venue Southwark Playhouse Borough, London
  • Performance dates Booking to 29 November 2025
  • Running time 2 hours (including interval)
  • Age guidelines 12+

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Don’t miss brand new musical Gwenda’s Garage – a joyful, exuberant, queer call to arms, fired by fun, feminism, friendship, and above all an affirming belief in the power of collective action.

Created by an all-lesbian team of writers and composers, Gwenda’s Garage draws on real-life oral histories from the founders of Gwenda’s Garage, and women who fought to make space for themselves in a hostile world.

Full of humour, heart, and original songs, the show celebrates working-class women, lesbians, and the power of collective action.

Written by Nicky Hallett, with music by musician and composer Val Regan, as Queer rights continue to be challenged across the world, this rousing new musical based on real life events couldn’t be speeding on to stage at a more timely moment.

Gwenda’s Garage is playing at Southwark Playhouse Borough in London from 30 October to 29 November 2025.

The story follows mechanics, Bev, Carol and Terry, their apprentice Dipstick, and ally Feona, as they fight Section 28 and advocate the right to live free from prejudice, creating space for women and LGBTQ+ rights. 

The musical is based on a true story. The real Gwenda’s Garage was founded in 1985 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire by three women mechanics: Ros Wollen (aka Roz), Annette Williams, and Ros Wall. They defied the odds in a male-dominated field, by establishing their own repair workshop in what was then a run-down area of the city. Named after Gwenda Stewart, a pioneering, record-breaking racing driver, the garage became a hub for women’s education and activism alongside the day-to-day of car repairs.

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Stars and Creatives

Who is in the cast of Gwenda's Garage?

Starring The show stars Nancy Brabin-Platt as Bev, Eva Scott as Carol, Sia Kiwa as Terry, Lucy Mackay as Dipstick, Georgina Coram as Feona, with other roles played by Liz Kitchen

The band features musical director Val Regan, associate musical director Liz Kitchen, Jude Holland on bass guitar, Richard Body on keyboards, Liz Kitchen on drums, and Becky Eden Green on sax and clarinet

Who are the creative team of Gwenda's Garage?

  • Written by Nicky Hallett
  • Music by Val Regan
  • Director & Dramaturg Jelena Budimir
  • Costume designer Becky Graham
  • Set designer Sarah Booth
  • Sound designer Joe Dines
  • Lead producer Jas Nisic
  • Associate producer Gabby Vautier for imPOSSIBLE Producing
  • Produced by Out of the Archive Theatre in association with Sheffield Theatres

Venue Information

Southwark Playhouse Borough , 77-85 Newington Causeway, London, SE1 6BD

Nearest Tube or Train: Elephant & Castle (Bakerloo line, Northern line)

Nearest Buses: 35, 40, 133, 136, 333, 343, C10, N35, N133, N343

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Critics' reviews of Gwenda's Garage

● "The show’s joyful punch-in-the-air defiance of bigotry and its pride in the story it’s telling is uplifting" - TimeOut

● "An unruly and joyful story of making change" - The Guardian

● "Enjoyable and empowering" - West End Best Friend

● "Warm, uplifting, exuberant" - On: Yorkshire Magazine

Frequently Asked Questions

Gwenda's Garage is playing at the Southwark Playhouse Borough in London
The running time of Gwenda's Garage is 2 hours (including interval)
The age recommendations for Gwenda's Garage are: 12+
Yes, Gwenda's Garage has matinee performances on the following days: Tuesday, Saturday
No, sorry, Gwenda's Garage has now completed its run and is no longer on sale.

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