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Departure Lounge 2025
In Good Company and Derby Theatre’s unmissable summer festival is back and bolder than ever! Returning for its 13th incredible year, this two-day celebration is your invitation to dive headfirst into a world of fresh, bold, and boundary-breaking performance.
Join us this summer for a thrilling mix of cutting-edge contemporary theatre, dynamic performances, and thought-provoking panel discussions that challenge ideas, spark conversation, and inspire change. From experimental new works to interactive experiences, the festival is a playground for innovation and imagination.
Whether you’re a passionate performer, an avid theatre-goer, or just curious to explore something new, this is your moment to connect, create and celebrate the power of live performance.
Dive into a two-day celebration of fresh, fearless and boundary-pushing live performance – packed with bold theatre, thought-provoking panels and much more!
2025 FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Complicité – The Cocoa Butter Club with Afronaught - C*ck of Ages from Send In The Clowns - our ever-popular Industry Panel Discussion - Sh*t Life Crisis by Silent Uproar - Sepondment by Sinéad Brady - Jamal Harewood with The Privileged – Stumbling from Woosun Choi and Syania Shaharuddin - MANDEM from Amelia Michaels …PLUS MUCH MORE!
Festival Weekend Pass – ONLY £49 includes:
C*ck of Ages, Afronaught, MANDEM, Defiant Symposium, Sepondment and Into the Pit double bill, Jamal Harewood’s The Privileged and Sh*t Life Crisis PLUS a reserved space for our Industry Panel Discussion and welcome lunch PLUS FROM SCRATCH hosted by Tito Bone at the Festival launch on Thu 12 Jul.
Friday Day Pass - £27.50 includes:
C*ck of Ages, Afronaught and MANDEM PLUS a reserved space for our Industry Panel Discussion and welcome lunch
Saturday Day Pass - £27.50 includes:
Defiant Symposium, Sepondment and Into the Pit double bill, Jamal Harewood’s The Privileged and Sh*t Life Crisis
Join us this summer for a thrilling mix of cutting-edge contemporary theatre, dynamic performances, and thought-provoking panel discussions that challenge ideas, spark conversation, and inspire change. From experimental new works to interactive experiences, the festival is a playground for innovation and imagination.
Whether you’re a passionate performer, an avid theatre-goer, or just curious to explore something new, this is your moment to connect, create and celebrate the power of live performance.
Dive into a two-day celebration of fresh, fearless and boundary-pushing live performance – packed with bold theatre, thought-provoking panels and much more!
2025 FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS
Complicité – The Cocoa Butter Club with Afronaught - C*ck of Ages from Send In The Clowns - our ever-popular Industry Panel Discussion - Sh*t Life Crisis by Silent Uproar - Sepondment by Sinéad Brady - Jamal Harewood with The Privileged – Stumbling from Woosun Choi and Syania Shaharuddin - MANDEM from Amelia Michaels …PLUS MUCH MORE!
Festival Weekend Pass – ONLY £49 includes:
C*ck of Ages, Afronaught, MANDEM, Defiant Symposium, Sepondment and Into the Pit double bill, Jamal Harewood’s The Privileged and Sh*t Life Crisis PLUS a reserved space for our Industry Panel Discussion and welcome lunch PLUS FROM SCRATCH hosted by Tito Bone at the Festival launch on Thu 12 Jul.
Friday Day Pass - £27.50 includes:
C*ck of Ages, Afronaught and MANDEM PLUS a reserved space for our Industry Panel Discussion and welcome lunch
Saturday Day Pass - £27.50 includes:
Defiant Symposium, Sepondment and Into the Pit double bill, Jamal Harewood’s The Privileged and Sh*t Life Crisis
Thu 10 Jul to Saturday 12 July
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Individual shows: from £10 Day Pass – £27.50 pp
Festival Pass (Thu – Sat) – £49 pp
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