On a planet far, far away made completely of trash, your old, abandoned pair of jeans wade through a lifetime of waste. Every empty Tesco meal deal, cracked iPhone and lost opportunity. Every second of wasted time, millimeter of wasted space and scrap of wasted potential.

Presented by JEAN, a shapeshifting, gender-bending drag thing, Wasted is a surrealist drag show that explores our collective relationships to things that are discarded, rejected and forgotten.  

double bill

Want to make a night of it? Join us after Wasted for Booters X Fabio Lezonli: Booted Rivalry and save £2 on each ticket you book. Discount applies automatically.

open mic

We'll be hosting an Open Mic on Saturday 11 July in our bar to celebrate the opening week of Summer in The Ditch 2026. If you want to try out some quick material, sing a ballad or show us your close up magic skills, then pop by with your tap shoes. MC'd by our very own Helen Highwater. 8.30 - 9pm, booking isn't required, just turn up.

Summer in The Ditch

Nights of live performance, drag and cabaret.

Following the success of our annual artist takeover, Summer in The Ditch returns for a third year to showcase a dynamic mix of camp, queer, and cult work in our basement space.

With experimental new work, and rough and ready sessions from artists, ventriloquists, singers and performers, anything can happen and the unexpected is always welcome.

For the full Summer in The Ditch line-up, click here

All performances will be relaxed: audiences are allowed to move around, make noise and leave the room. Latecomers will be admitted.

Image: Danilo Zocatelli