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Spin Cycle: The Lesbian Launderette Play
Following a sell-out, multi-award winning run at Edinburgh Fringe, ‘Spin Cycle’ returns to London.
Packed with heart, wit and emotional depth, this play presents a liminal world where past and
present collide in the space of a single wash cycle, allowing forgotten memories to be rinsed clean.
Eyes lock. Hearts thump. But something is off. This snappy two hander delves into sapphic yearning in a witty, evocative and plot-twisting story. Under the neon lights of a launderette, Kitt and Noel meet. Against the thrum of whirring washing machines they must decide whether it’s better to have loved and lost, or never loved at all?
Off West End’s 2026 OffFest award-winner, Spin Cycle champions Irish heritage and queer and gender non-conforming characters. Produced by London-based Berserk Theatre, the company is founded by queer American-Irish artist Zofia Zerphy (How to Urn a Living, Hen and Chickens Theatre; Girl Kisser, Lion and Unicorn Theatre) and Rhiannon Bell (Hope Street, BBC One; Joe Carstairs, Omnibus Theatre). Directed by Bethan Rose (Swash and Buckle, SIDE/STEP Festival; Waterfowl Collective), Spin Cycle tosses queerness, class, Irish identity, and memory into the same wash cycle to rinse and repeat until all that is dirty becomes clean.
Previous praise for Spin Cycle: The Lesbian Laundrette Play:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ meets ‘The L Word' in this bittersweet, absurdist launderette
meet-cute - 5 stars, Broadway Baby
A seriously refreshing show on queer love, whirring memory and finding the truth in it all -
5 stars, A Youngish Perspective
A heartbreaking showdown of grief… the messiness of life in all its glory - 5 stars, Ed Fringe Review
Cover and skillfully constructed - 5 stars, A Diary for Strangers
Packed with heart, wit and emotional depth, this play presents a liminal world where past and
present collide in the space of a single wash cycle, allowing forgotten memories to be rinsed clean.
Eyes lock. Hearts thump. But something is off. This snappy two hander delves into sapphic yearning in a witty, evocative and plot-twisting story. Under the neon lights of a launderette, Kitt and Noel meet. Against the thrum of whirring washing machines they must decide whether it’s better to have loved and lost, or never loved at all?
Off West End’s 2026 OffFest award-winner, Spin Cycle champions Irish heritage and queer and gender non-conforming characters. Produced by London-based Berserk Theatre, the company is founded by queer American-Irish artist Zofia Zerphy (How to Urn a Living, Hen and Chickens Theatre; Girl Kisser, Lion and Unicorn Theatre) and Rhiannon Bell (Hope Street, BBC One; Joe Carstairs, Omnibus Theatre). Directed by Bethan Rose (Swash and Buckle, SIDE/STEP Festival; Waterfowl Collective), Spin Cycle tosses queerness, class, Irish identity, and memory into the same wash cycle to rinse and repeat until all that is dirty becomes clean.
Previous praise for Spin Cycle: The Lesbian Laundrette Play:
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ meets ‘The L Word' in this bittersweet, absurdist launderette
meet-cute - 5 stars, Broadway Baby
A seriously refreshing show on queer love, whirring memory and finding the truth in it all -
5 stars, A Youngish Perspective
A heartbreaking showdown of grief… the messiness of life in all its glory - 5 stars, Ed Fringe Review
Cover and skillfully constructed - 5 stars, A Diary for Strangers
Wed 30 Sep to Monday 12 October
134 Lower Marsh London SE1 7AE
Performance Dates: September 30th - October 12th (not 6th), 19:00, 14:00 (Saturdays only)Prices: concession £12.50, regular £15, pay it forward £17.50
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