Innovative stories about issues related to addiction
Over the past twenty years we have produced more than 50 productions that have toured across London, the rest of the UK and been presented in partnership with off-West End venues. We have a celebrated history developing award-winning new work and collaborating with artists who have lived experience of substance misuse and addiction.
‘The plays hit a strong nerve in the lives of the audiences, many of who are seeing live theatre for the first time in their lives.’ – The Guardian
Current Season 2022
We are pleased to announce that we are returning to the VAULT Festival in 2022 with TWO incredible productions about addiction and deception!
1st February – 6th February 2022
Alexander Vlahos (TV’s Sanditon and Outlander) will star in the debut production of Drift written by Kristian Phillips (winner of a Special Commendation for last year’s Phil Fox Award for Playwriting) and directed by Matt Steinberg (Artistic Director of OETC). Drift is an honest and darkly comic exploration of addiction and toxic masculinity in small town Wales.
15th – 20th March 2022
An original production about lies and deceit, which will be directed by Hannah Hauer-King (Outside Edge Theatre Company’s Never Be Lonely and Papatango Award Winner The Funeral Director) and written with Jane Bodie (Women’s Prize for Playwriting shortlist, Hampstead Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company). Barefaced will be performed by The Company, which is Outside Edge’s ensemble of performers in recovery from issues related to addiction.
A Selection of Productions from Recent Seasons:
Ali Wright, Check In/Check Out, Outside Edge Theatre, VAULT, Vault Festival 
2021
Never Be Lonely (Online Streaming)
2020
SEE ME NOW (Munster Road)
2019
A Very Happy Scrappy Sackler Family Thanksgiving (Dare Festival/Shoreditch Town Hall)
Recovery Fest (Munster Road)
Tumulus (Soho Theatre)
Check-in/Check-out (VAULT Festival)
2018
Stockwell Rising (Wyck Gardens)
2017
Looking Up (Schools Tour)
2016
Unfinished Business (Treatment Centre Tour)
2015
Twas The Night Before Christmas (Munster Road)
Rockston Stories (Hoxton Hall)
Avoiding The Hole (Munster Road)
2014
Too High, Too Far, Too Soon (Tristan Bates Theatre)
The Trouble With Fairies (Munster Road)
Sign Of The Times (Munster Road)
Cries Unheard (Tour)
2013
Shooting The Moon (Tara Theatre)
Double Whammy (Tour)
2012
Substance Misuse The Musical (Hoxton Hall)
2011
A High Price To Pay (Hammersmith and Fulham Town Hall)
2010
One Day At A Time (Riverside Studios and Tour)
2008
Border Crossings (Tour)
Broken Glass (Tour)
2006
Burning Maps (Hammersmith and Fulham Town Hall)
Lost for Words (Tour)
2002
Sick and Tired (Tour)