A celebration of dark & twisted theatre in the bleeding heart of London!

Now entering it’s frightful fifth year, our horror festival has grown in size and terror since we began in 2022 at the haunted Old Red Lion Pub & Playhouse. Last year we partnered with the wonderful Barons Court Theatre and Bread & Roses Theatre to host even more grim plays, cabarets, musicals and even clowning, puppets and interactive shows. And we are thrilled to say they will hosting companies again this Halloween season.

If you are a fan of live horror then please follow the best dedicated festival of horror theatre in the city – find us on Twitter (X) and Instagram @grimfestuk 

GrimFest is back 13th-31st October 2026 

Applications will open April 13th-30th April.

Join us for a glimpse of madness in our Scratch Night of new work on Monday 16th March

If you have any questions about GrimFest please get in touch – grimfestuk@gmail.com

Produced and Curated by

Medium Rare Productions & Pither Productions