Talos: The Science Fiction Theatre Festival of London

14/12/2025

So happy with Talos V, here's a lovely interview with Spotlight at Riverside Radio from earlier this week 😊
https://www.mixcloud.com/riversideradio/spotlight-show-featuring-cyborphic-theatre-and-the-cosmic-shambles-091225/

13/12/2025

Third day of the festival is here! We're ready to encounter Lovecraft and those haunting him in Nick Mamatas' hilarious "The Failure of the Century" - to meet the worms, Orcs, joys and horrors of "Occasionally Gleeful Worms in Hell: Palestine Benefit Edition" by Goblin Futures - the interactive nerdy games between Odysseus and Poseidon in "Odysseus, Not Your Hero" - and the explosive monstrous cabaret of "Babel Beast"! Our longest and most ambitious day of drama, poetry, games, song and spectacle!

Join us, visit for info & tickets 🎟️🛸🧜

09/12/2025

Woohoo, our festival is among the Things To Do in London this week, as recommended by the Londonist!

08/12/2025

Talos Fest goes wonderfully weird 🪱✨

Occasionally Gleeful Worms in Hell - Palestine Benefit Edition

Step into the retrofuturistic world of occasionally gleeful worms: holding down jobs, playing strange games, and trying to heal an ancestral curse. Featuring Uncle Phil, local Orcs, and plenty of interactive storytelling, including a live played Twine where you can be a worm too.

Part of Talos V Science Fiction Theatre Festival

13 Dec 👉 breadandrosestheatre.co.uk

07/12/2025

Nostalgic vibes... Founded Talos in 2015 when we staged a series of sci-fi shows at the . Since then we've taken the festival to , the studio of , & the Now we're back at the Bread & Roses, staging 5 sci-fi, horror & mythical shows for Talos V!

Join us for three days and nights of imaginative, subversive, interactive & genre-bending shows! Share with your favourite theatre & sci-fi nerdy friends and see you there soon 🛸

07/12/2025

Woohoo let's go, a show full of cosmic chaos from our favourite Greek-American eldritch santa Nick Mamatas!

Talos Fest brings Christmas cosmic chaos 👻🎄
The Failure of the Century (WIP)

H. P. Lovecraft can’t finish his magnum opus, The Shadow Out of Time, and it’s eating him alive… literally. Over one shadowy Christmas night, he’s visited by his colleague Frank Belknap Long, his estranged wife Sonia Greene, and the Outer God himself - Nyarlathotep.

A darkly comic mash up of Lovecraftian horror and A Christmas Carol, written by award-winning Greek-American author Nick Mamatas.

Expect cosmic terror, seasonal chaos, and a twisted look at genius under pressure.

Part of Talos V Science Fiction Theatre Festival

13 Dec // tix: breadandrosestheatre.co.uk

09/11/2025

We've been fans of Nick Mamatas' unique genre-bending novels for years... So happy to present his Lovecraftian Christmas Carol play "The Failure of the Century" at Talos V & excited to work with visionary director Kira E. Wiggins to bring it to life! A WIP production of a hilarious fresh take on Lovecraft's legacy! 🐙

Thanks Kira for the online group selfie too!

Come experience a different kind of Lovecraftian story... December 13 at !

Tickets / more info:
https://app.lineupnow.com/event/talos-v-science-fiction-theatre-festival-the-failure-of-the-century-wip

08/11/2025

Excited for this collaboration - working on one of the five plays of Talos V, our own production of a nerdy parody of the Odyssey! Full schedule: https://www.cyborphic.com/talos-2025

New Odysseus (Yiannis Sykovaris) meeting old Odysseus (Chris Callow) under the watchful eye of director Emma Kopf who's taking our parody of the Odyssey to new destinations⛵️

December 11 & 13 at Bread & Roses Theatre, part of Talos: The Science Fiction Theatre Festival of London

https://app.lineupnow.com/event/talos-v-science-fiction-theatre-festival-odysseus-not-your-hero

08/10/2025

This looks exciting for artists who want to get into playwriting!

WRITE A SHORT PLAY - our NEW online COURSE!
26 November 2025 - 21st January 2026
Learn the craft of short playwriting in a focused, practical online course.

Led by Ironclad Creative's Co-founder and Artistic Director of Cast Iron, Andrew Allen, you'll cover everything you'll need to go from idea to finished short across seven weeks.
We'll have a final online showcase in week 7 to hear it brought to life by actors at our read-through.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/write-a-short-play-online-7-week-course-tickets-1741134132059?aff=oddtdtcreator

07/10/2025

Thrilled for all the submissions we've had for Talos V! Looking forward to our 10th anniversary festival! We'll respond to all applicants ASAP ❤️😎👽