Riverside Studios presents a new roster of punchy, thought-provoking, inspiring and innovative theatre in bitesize pieces at Bitesize Festival from 7 July – 3 August 2025.
This four-week festival at West London venue Riverside Studios celebrates all things new and provides an opportunity forinspiring and innovative theatre and live performance makers to showcase their work.
The festival takes place in the smaller Studio 3 of the venue. It provides emerging artists with the opportunity to create, rehearse, and produce their shows. Riverside Studios offers in-house technical equipment, front-of-house and back-office services, as well as comprehensive marketing support. This setup gives creatives invaluable experience in producing a show to a professional standard.
Previous festivals have featured a variety of performances, including theatre, comedy, burlesque, improv, musicals, children’s shows, dance, immersive theatre, spoken word, gigs, drag, and cabaret.
At the end of each festival, awards are presented by a panel of judges comprising creatives and specialists from various sectors of the London creative industries.
The Bitesize Festival Pass is now available for just £50, allowing audiences to enjoy a pair of tickets for every show at the festival. Individual show tickets are priced at £12 each.
This is just a 4 show taster from the 2025 lineup that may be of interest to our QX readers:
PHILOS & AMICA DO TIME (7-12 July), a Greek/queer comedy spanning centuries
J.O.I (9-12 July), a part stand-up, part sci-fi comedy that brings together the queer, the cosmic, and the unpredictable;
FLOWER FACE (18-20 July), a bold reimagining of the Welsh myth of Blodeuwedd that confronts control, gender, and myths.
THE WISE MEN (30-31 July) uses drag, character work, acute observations, original song, dance and physical comedy to celebrate and critique the modern Jewish man in all his variations. Inspired by the Jewish folklore stories of The Wise Men of Chelm.
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