Talos Sci-Fi Theatre Festival

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

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 @breadandrosestheatre for info & tickets 🎟️🛸🧜 #sciencefiction #theatre #mythology #festival #fringe #londontheatre #acting

Our 5th science fiction theatre festival is starting tonight!!! We're back here so soon after a fabulous run of Odysseus, Not Your Hero at the Lambeth Fringe! /whats-on.html

Thank you to The Londonist @londonist_com for recommending our sci-fi theatre festival as among the "Things To Do in London this Week"! 😍 Link to the piece: /london/things-to-do/things-to-do-in-london-this-week-8-14-december-2025 Tickets at: /whats-on.html Come see the enchanting "Babel Beast" by @sofnatoli , the innovative "Assigned Earth at Birth" by @intrapology , our own Odysseus parody directed by @emmakopf.creative , the horror comedy "Failure of the Century" by @concentrateandtryagain & directed by @kira.e.wiggins and "Occasionally Gleeful Worms in Hell" by Goblin Futures ( goblin-futures.itch.io ) 5 shows for our 5th festival! #london #londonist #londonlife #londontheatre #fringe #lambeth #festival #scifi #sciencefiction #mythology #drama #comedy #parody #interaction #games #roleplaying #adaptation #odyssey #cabaret #performance #performer #performingarts #greekmythology #stage #directing #acting #arts

Our access dramaturgy is led by @quiplasharts Join us THIS FRIDAY 12th December at @talosfest , online and at @breadandrosestheatre #interactivetheatre #queertheatre #hybridevents #digitaltheatre #disabilityarts

Nostalgic vibes... Founded Talos in 2015 when we staged a series of sci-fi shows at the @chelseatheatreworldsend . Since then we've taken the festival to @breadandrosestheatre , the studio of @omnibustheatre , & the @cockpittheatre 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 🛸 #scifi #sciencefiction #theatre #genre #odyssey #odysseus #myth #adaptation #cabaret #queertheatre #performance #horrortheatre #horrorcomedy #parody #interactive #games #fringe #festival

Behind the scenes of “Odysseus, Not Your Hero” rehearsals. Date & Time: Thursday 11th December 6pm Saturday 13th December 5.30pm Running Time: 55mins Content warnings: Age 14+ Swearing, References to Cannibalism, Violence, War & Suicide Check our @talosfest bio for ticket link or the @breadandrosestheatre website! #odyssey #odysseus #greektheatre #greekactor #sciencefiction #scifi #fringe #theatre #mythology #myth #adaptation #parody #playwriting #roleplaying #performance #interactive #foley #games #director #siren

Cyborphic Presents: “Odysseus, Not Your Hero” Greek warrior-king Odysseus is on the way home after the Trojan war. But his questionable methods have upset Poseidon, the God of the Sea. The God captures Odysseus and challenges him to a series of games - from cooking for a cannibal Cyclops to resisting the song of Siren influencers. The games will determine the hero’s worth and whether he deserves to make it home safe. Who is the real hero of the Odyssey, the king or the people? A new comedy adaptation by a Greek writer, “Odysseus, Not Your Hero” blends theatre and role-playing to ask questions about pride, complicity, and the parasocial relationship we have with our heroes - and the heroes of others! The audience are invited to participate as Odysseus’ crew and help determine the fate of the king and of his kingdom. The Talos version of the show features interactive elements, improvisation & live sound effects. Quotes “The play juggles incisive and intelligent commentary with silly gags and personable audience interaction, cunningly shaking up the story of Odysseus that many cultures and corporations have reduced and repackaged for global mass consumption.” - Eden Jun, Theatremaker "A whirlwind of characters and stories bound together in an informal manner which makes it perfect for an audience of today.” - Richard Lambert, Theatrereviews.design Details Cast & Creatives Writer: Christos Callow Jr Director: Emma Kopf Odysseus: Yiannis Sykovaris Stephanie Christodoulidou (Poseidon / Siren) Design by Amelia Kyriacou Foley Supervisor: Yiannis Sykovaris Poster: Evangelos Callow Date & Time: Thursday 11th December 6pm Saturday 13th December 5.30pm Running Time: 55mins Content warnings: Age 14+ Swearing, References to Cannibalism, Violence, War & Suicide Check our @talosfest bio for ticket link or the @breadandrosestheatre website! #odyssey #odysseus #greektheatre #greekactor #sciencefiction #scifi #fringe #theatre #mythology #myth #adaptation #parody #playwriting #roleplaying #performance #interactive #foley #games #director #siren

Join us live for our hybrid performance, online and at @breadandrosestheatre with @talosfest on 11th and 12th December. Shape the story a new way by altering what our non-binary alien characters say and do. We're all Assigned Earth at Birth. #interactivetheatre #queertheatre #onlineperformance #hybridevents

"Odysseus, Not Your Hero" with muscles / t-shirt designed by @ameliakyriacoudesign Left: Odysseus (@lambethfringe edition, Christos Callow) Right: Odysseus (@talosfest edition, Yiannis Sykovaris) Come flex with the Greek hero December 11 & 13. Tickets via the @breadandrosestheatre website 💪🌊🔱 #odysseus #greekactor #greektheatre #classics #hero #tshirt #fringe #theatre #mythology

First meeting and read-through with the team of the first ever WIP sharing of “The Failure of the Century” by Nick Mamatas coming to @talosfest at @breadandrosestheatre ! Date & Time: Saturday 13th December @1.30pm Running Time:  50mins Content warnings: Age 16+, early 20th century discussions of race & sexuality, mental illness Check our @talosfest bio for ticket link or the @breadandrosestheatre website! #theatre #performance #horrorcomedy #horrortheatre #lovecraft #WIP #festival #londontheatre #fringe #writer #playwriting #londonactor #americantheatre

Cyborphic presents “The Failure of the Century” by Nick Mamatas H. P. Lovecraft is dying to write. But the controversial horror writer cannot bring himself to finish his magnum opus, “The Shadow Out of Time”, and it’s eating away at his stomach. Then over one long and shadowy Christmas night, Lovecraft receives three visitors at his tiny Rhode Island bedsit—his younger colleague Frank Belknap Long; then his estranged wife Sonia Greene; and finally the Crawling Chaos himself – the witch-cult king, the pharaonic Outer God, Nyarlathotep! “The Failure of the Century”, a blend of Lovecraftian Horror & A Christmas Carol, is the first play by award-winning Greek American writer & Hugo-award nominated editor Nick Mamatas. Nick is the author of instant cult classic Move Under Ground and the Lovecraftian murder mystery I Am Providence. His latest novel, Kalivas! Or, Another Tempest, is an anticolonial sci-fi revision of Shakespeare’s play. Date & Time: Saturday 13th December @1.30pm Running Time:  50mins Content warnings: Age 16+, early 20th century discussions of race & sexuality, mental illness Check our @talosfest bio for ticket link or the @breadandrosestheatre website! #theatre #performance #horrorcomedy #horrortheatre #lovecraft #WIP #festival #londontheatre #fringe #writer #playwriting #londonactor #americantheatre