New Diorama Theatre has unveiled its Autumn 2025 season, presenting two bold new productions from acclaimed independent companies: UPROOTED by Ephemeral Ensemble and Precipice by Timelapse.
Running from 23 September to 25 October, UPROOTED marks the return of Ephemeral Ensemble following their multi-award-winning REWIND. This new work is described as a “tropical-punk, ecofeminist rallying cry” inspired by the voices of displaced peoples and frontline environmental defenders in Latin America and beyond.
Through fierce physicality, searing visuals, and bone-stirring music, UPROOTED explores the machinery of colonial capitalism and the resilience of communities fighting back. The production promises to be a visceral and poetic experience.
“Raging against the machinery of colonial capitalism, UPROOTED is a tropical-punk, ecofeminist, rallying cry inspired by the voices of displaced peoples and frontline environmental defenders,” reads the official description.
Later in the season, from 11 November to 13 December, New Diorama continues its commitment to pioneering new musicals with Precipice, the debut production from Timelapse.
Set across two timelines—one in the near-present and one 400 years in the future—Precipice is a darkly funny musical that explores crisis, humanity, and hope through an original electro-folk score. The story unfolds in a single flat where past mistakes and future reckonings collide.
Precipice is collaboratively created by a team of six, including Olivier Award-winner Darren Clark (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), and is the result of New Diorama’s post-pandemic initiative, Intervention01.
Speaking about the season, Head of Programme Emma Clark said:
“During an intensely challenging moment for independent ensembles, we are so proud to be presenting the work of Ephemeral Ensemble and Timelapse, two bold and distinctive companies with fiercely passionate visions for what is possible within theatre making and the wider world. These poetic, humane, and wildly theatrical new shows dive headfirst into the systems we are all entangled in, pushing past collapse toward hopeful, rewilded futures.”
Listings and ticket information can be found here
