Good Night Out Presents is one of the resident theatre companies at

The Cock Tavern Theatre The Cock Tavern Theatre was a pub theatre located in Kilburn, London, Kilburn in the north-west of London. The venue specialised in new works and critical revivals. Resident companies Good Night Out Presents and OperaUpClose were also based at t ...

in London.

History

Good Night Out Presents was formed in August 2008 and moved to The Cock Tavern Theatre following a residency at

The White Bear Theatre The White Bear Theatre is a fringe theatre founded in 1988 at the White Bear pub in Kennington, London, and run by Artistic Director and founder Michael Kingsbury. It is one of London's leading pub theatres, as well as one of the longest establis ...

. The company received its first transfer when ''Studies for a Portrait'', directed by

Adam Spreadbury-Maher Adam Spreadbury-Maher is an Australian/Irish theatre artistic director, producer and writer. He is the founding artistic director of the Cock Tavern Theatre, OperaUpClose and The Hope Theatre, and is the current artistic director of the King's ...

transferred for a month-long run at the

Oval House Theatre Ovalhouse, formerly called Oval House Theatre, was an Off-West End theatre in the London Borough of Lambeth, located at 52–54 Kennington Oval, London, SE11 5SW. It closed in 2020, and moved to Brixton, becoming the Brixton House theatre (located ...

. A revised production of ''Studies for a Portrait'' opened at

The King's Head Theatre The King's Head Theatre, founded in 1970 by Dan Crawford, is an off-West End venue in London. It is the second oldest operating pub theatre in the UK. In 2021, Mark Ravenhill became Artistic Director and the theatre focusses on producing LGBTQ ...

in March 2010 for an 8-week run and featured music by

Boy George George Alan O'Dowd (born 14 June 1961), known professionally as Boy George, is an English singer, songwriter, DJ, author and mixed media artist. Best known for his soulful voice and his androgynous appearance, Boy George has been the lead singe ...

written specifically for the production. Other productions from Good Night Out Presents included Adrian Pagan’s ''The Backroom'', revived at The Cock Tavern Theatre for the first time since the play’s premiere at the

Bush Theatre The Bush Theatre is located in the Passmore Edwards Public Library, Shepherd's Bush, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It was established in 1972 as a showcase for the work of new writers. The Bush Theatre strives to create a spa ...

in 1999. Additionally, the ensemble had formed a relationship with Nick Ward, the theater's resident playwright. Ward's ''The Present'' was revived at The Cock Tavern Theatre under the guidance of the playwright in 2009. The Good Night Presents was dissolved on May 17 2016.

References

External links

Cock Tavern Theatre official website
Theatre companies in London Organizations established in 2008 {{UK-theat-stub