Gingerbread is delighted to once again be working with Voila! Theatre Festival as performances in 60 different languages take over eight London venues in November. 450 artists come together to complete Voila! Theatre Festival’s exhilarating programme of 101 shows and events. Reflecting contemporary flows of cultures, stories and aesthetics, this vibrant celebration of international theatre puts challenge and change firmly in the spotlight.

Following its expansion into a multi-venue festival with support from Arts Council England in 2024, Voila! went on to achieve record-breaking ticket sales in 2025.

Throughout its programme, Voila! Theatre Festival pursues its welcoming grassroots ethos for both artists and audiences, which is especially important to everyone involved as it grows in scope and ambition.

With a focus on showcasing work using as many languages as possible, Voila! Theatre Festival hosts three weeks of performances, live streams, workshops, and events, offering a huge range of performances, championing underrepresented artists and focusing on representing stories from any corner of the world.

Voila’s programme is panlingual, multidisciplinary and the festival is fully committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI).

“For me theatre is not to be understood. It is a medium, a conversation, a reciprocal event – a shared experience.” — Katharina Reinthaller, co-director of Voila!

Host venues are: Barons Court Theatre, Canal Cafe Theatre, Etcetera Theatre, The Playground Theatre, Theatro Technis, The Space Theatre, Upstairs at the Gatehouse and the festival’s home and producer, The Cockpit; with each venue a regular launchpad for early career artists working in theatre, platforming their work across the capital.

To encourage as broad an audience as possible, over half the programme will be performed in both English and at least one other language. Most shows remain wholly accessible to English speakers, with subtitles/surtitles provided for those works not performed in English. Key aims are to enable venues to engage more with their non-English-speaking local communities, encourage local people to get more involved in the arts and provide a space for social cohesion, support, and cultural development.

We’re proud to be working with Voilà! Theatre Festival, celebrating the extraordinary diversity of voices, cultures and stories that make up London’s theatre scene.