Underground cult horror comedy The Unseen Hour presents a brand new tale of the uncanny, the macabre and the absurd. Part of a new series of strange and appalling visions of destruction.  Rufus Strideforth, a blundering coward, once again encounters perilous, apocalyptic circumstances that threaten the very fabric of reality.

Three actors perform multiple roles and create live sound effects in an absurd and chaotic live radio drama. In this second stand alone story – THE BLOOD SHED AT LAKE GRISSEL 2 – a group of unwise teenagers take a vacation to a lake resort which was made famous by a series of gruesome murders, but it begins to seem that they have stumbled into a sequel… [You don’t need to have heard the first Blood Shed episode, but if you want to it’s Episode 17 - unseenhour.com/listen/lakegrissel]

Each performance of The Unseen Hour features a monologue and musical act, written and performed by guests, providing variety interludes throughout the hour of surreal old school live radio theatre. Guests for this show to be announced.

9:15pm | 16 February 2020 | £11.50
Network Theatre
VAULT Festival
246A Lower Rd
London SE1 8SJ
Tickets: www.vaultfestival.com
Nearest station: Waterloo

Underground cult horror comedy The Unseen Hour presents a brand new tale of the uncanny, the macabre and the absurd. Part of a new series of strange and appalling visions of destruction.  Rufus Strideforth, a blundering coward, once again encounters perilous, apocalyptic circumstances that threaten the very fabric of reality.

Three actors perform multiple roles and create live sound effects in an absurd and chaotic live radio drama. In this second stand alone story – ARACHNOPHAGE – a cowardly brain-washed idiot acts as servant to a god-cursed blood-sucking demon in a snow-bound gothic castle, only to have his world turned upside down by the arrival of a dashing vampire-killer…

Each performance of The Unseen Hour features a monologue and musical act, written and performed by guests, providing variety interludes throughout the hour of surreal old school live radio theatre.

This show: monologue written by Naz Osmanoglu. Music from MAGUIRE.

9:15pm | 5 February 2020 | £11.50
Network Theatre
VAULT Festival
246A Lower Rd
London SE1 8SJ
Tickets: www.vaultfestival.com
Nearest station: Waterloo

Underground cult horror comedy The Unseen Hour makes its highly anticipated return with a whole new season of strange and appalling visions of destruction. Rufus Strideforth, a blundering coward, once again encounters perilous, apocalyptic circumstances that threaten the very fabric of reality.

Three actors perform multiple roles and create live sound effects in an absurd and chaotic live radio drama. In this first stand alone story – MUTATION REBELLION – transgressive, unregulated science in a brutal and desperate dystopia places the world in danger when human test-subjects develop unusual abilities, and mysterious forces impel the world towards a catastrophic psychic event with unspeakable consequences.

This late show features a monologue written and performed by Anna Maguire and a live music from David Leopold , providing variety interludes throughout the hour of surreal old school live radio theatre.

9:15pm | 1 February 2020 | £11.50
Network Theatre
VAULT Festival
246A Lower Rd
London SE1 8SJ
Tickets: www.vaultfestival.com
Nearest station: Waterloo

Underground cult horror comedy The Unseen Hour presents a brand new tale of the uncanny, the macabre and the absurd. Part of a new series of strange and appalling visions of destruction.  Rufus Strideforth, a blundering coward, once again encounters perilous, apocalyptic circumstances that threaten the very fabric of reality.

Three actors perform multiple roles and create live sound effects in an absurd and chaotic live radio drama. In this second stand alone story – ARACHNOPHAGE – a cowardly brain-washed idiot acts as servant to a god-cursed blood-sucking demon in a snow-bound gothic castle, only to have his world turned upside down by the arrival of a dashing vampire-killer…

Each performance of The Unseen Hour features a monologue and musical act, written and performed by guests, providing variety interludes throughout the hour of surreal old school live radio theatre.

This show: monologue written by Naz Osmanoglu. Music from MAGUIRE.

6:30pm | 5 January 2020 | From £12.00 (book early for the best price)
Boulevard Theatre
6 Walker’s Court
Soho
London W1F 0BT
Tickets: https://boulevardtheatre.co.uk/whats-on/sunday-service-podcasts-5-january/
Nearest station: Piccadilly Circus

Underground cult horror comedy The Unseen Hour makes its highly anticipated return with a whole new season of strange and appalling visions of destruction. Rufus Strideforth, a blundering coward, once again encounters perilous, apocalyptic circumstances that threaten the very fabric of reality.

Three actors perform multiple roles and create live sound effects in an absurd and chaotic live radio drama. In this first stand alone story – MUTATION REBELLION – transgressive, unregulated science in a brutal and desperate dystopia places the world in danger when human test-subjects develop unusual abilities, and mysterious forces impel the world towards a catastrophic psychic event with unspeakable consequences.

This late show features a monologue written and performed by Anna Maguire and a live musical act (to be announced) , providing variety interludes throughout the hour of surreal old school live radio theatre.

10:00pm | 30 November 2019 | £9.50
London Podcast Festival Presents... Audio Drama
King's Place, 90 York Way
London N1 9AG
Tickets: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/the-unseen-hour-2/
Nearest station: King's Cross St. Pancras

Episode 51 - CALLIRRHOE

THE UNSEEN HOUR returns with a brand new episode. Rufus Strideforth, a blundering coward, once again encounters perilous and catastrophic circumstances that threaten the very fabric of reality. Three actors playing ten roles and creating live foley sound effects, in a chilling tale of transgressive science and mysterious psychic mutations…

The Unseen Hour is a live show performed every month. Three actors perform ten roles in two stand-alone horror-comedy stories.

Join us for two completely new episodes:The Unseen Hour returns to VAULT Festival for its FINAL EPISODES! The Unseen Hour was born at VAULT Festival in March 2017. Since then there has been a show every single month. Come and see two brand new episodes at VAULT!

Episode 49 - LEDA

Featuring a monologue written by Adal Rifai and music from Jay Chakravorty.

and

Episode 50 - ADRASTEA

Featuring a monologue written by James Carney and music from The Unrecorded.

More details to be announced soon!

4.30pm | 26 January 2019 | £12
VAULT Festival
Leake Street, London SE1 7NN
Tickets: www.VAULTFestival.com/whats-on/the-unseen-hour
Nearest station: Waterloo

The Unseen Hour is a horror-comedy podcast, performed live every month at the Rosemary Branch Theatre. 

All is not what it seems in these stories of the uncanny, recorded in front of a live audience and transmitted across the world.
Episodes may be unnerving, macabre or absurd. Featuring live music and special guest appearances.

Join us for two brand new episodes.

CARME
...

ANANKE

8pm | Wed 12 December 2018 | £10
Rosemary Branch Theatre
2 Shepperton Road, N1 3DT
Tickets: www.rosemarybranch.co.uk
Nearest stations: Essex Road, Haggerston

🎃 🦇 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL 🦇 🎃

🕸️🦉👻AT LONDON HORROR FEST! 👻🦉🕸️

The absurd horror comedy podcast The Unseen Hour brings two brand new stories of the uncanny, the mysterious and the ridiculous, LIVE, to The London Horror Festival!

With four actors playing eleven roles and special guest writers, performer and musical acts, this is a show not to be missed!

Join us for two brand new stand alone episodes:

Episode 45 - SINOPE - Masculine Toxicity
...
Featuring a guest monologue written by Tilly Lunken and live music!

and

Episode 46 - LYSITHEA - The Bechdel-Kampf Test
...
Featuring a guest monologue written by James Huntrods and live music from Crom-lus!

More details to be announced soon!

9:30pm | 28 October 2018 | £10 (£8 concession)

London Horror Festival
Old Red Lion Theatre
418 St John Street
London EC1V 4NJ
Tickets: https://www.oldredliontheatre.co.uk/the-unseen-hour

The Unseen Hour is a horror-comedy podcast, performed live every month at the Rosemary Branch Theatre. 

All is not what it seems in these stories of the uncanny, recorded in front of a live audience and transmitted across the world.
Episodes may be unnerving, macabre or absurd. Featuring live music and special guest appearances.

Join us for two brand new episodes.

ELARA
...

PASIPHAE

8pm | Wed 3 October 2018 | £8
Rosemary Branch Theatre
2 Shepperton Road, N1 3DT
Tickets: www.rosemarybranch.co.uk
Nearest stations: Essex Road, Haggerston

The absurd horror comedy podcast The Unseen Hour brings two brand new stories of the uncanny, the mysterious and the ridiculous, LIVE, to The London Podcast Festival!

With three actors playing ten roles and special guest writers, performer and musical acts, this is a show not to be missed!

Join us for two brand new stand alone episodes:

Episode 41 - HIMALIA - A Wheelbarrowful Of Dollars

In which a gunslinger puts himself into the middle of a local dispute...

Featuring a guest monologue written and performed by David Devereux, and music from Interiors!

and

Episode 42 - AMALTHEA - Sciatica

In which a detective learns disturbing details of a series of murders...

Featuring a guest monologue written by Alex Lynch and performed by John Henry Falle music from The Unrecorded!

More details to be announced soon!

9.30pm | 16 September 2018 | £9.50

London Podcast Festival

King's Place, 90 York Way

London N1 9AG

Tickets: https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/the-unseen-hour/

Nearest station: King's Cross St. Pancras

The absurd horror comedy The Unseen Hour returns to Edinburgh for the second year with two brand new stories of the uncanny, the peculiar, and the ridiculous!

Join us in the cinema space at The Banshee Labyrinth for ONE NIGHT ONLY during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as tree actors perform ten roles PLUS guest writers, guest performers and guest musical acts. Two brand new episodes:

Episode 40 - GANYMEDE - The Mysterious Case Of The Mathanock Murders
in which a respectable gentleman is exposed to the sordid underbelly of ...
Featuring a guest monologue written by Casey Jay Andrews and music from Fuzzystar!

and

Episode 40 - CALLISTO - The Keepers Of Forbidden Knowledge
in which a dispossessed soldier embarks on a dangerous quest into the mountains... 
Featuring a guest monologue written and performed by Cecil Baldwin, and music from Phil Grainger!

More details to be announced soon!

This event is unticketed. Arrive early to avoid disappointment!
Donations appreciated. There will be a bucket on your way out.
T-shirts and badges available!

6.10pm | 22 August 2018 | Pay What You Can
Cinema Room
The Banshee Labyrinth
Niddry Street, Edinburgh EH1 1LG

The absurd horror comedy The Unseen Hour returns to Edinburgh for the second year with two brand new stories of  the uncanny, the peculiar, and the ridiculous!

Join us in the cinema space at The Banshee Labyrinth for ONE NIGHT ONLY during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as tree actors perform ten roles PLUS guest writers, guest performers and guest musical acts. Two brand new episodes:

Episode 40 - GANYMEDE - The Implausible Case Of The Mathanock Brain-Snatcher
in which a respectable gentleman is exposed to the sordid underbelly of an dissolute society...
Featuring a guest monologue written by Casey Jay Andrews and music from Fuzzystar!

and

Episode 40 - CALLISTO - The Vile Keepers Of The Ontologeon
in which a dispossessed soldier embarks on a dangerous quest into the mountains... 
Featuring a guest monologue written and performed by Cecil Baldwin, and music from Phil Grainger!

More details to be announced soon!

This event is unticketed. Arrive early to avoid disappointment!
Donations appreciated. There will be a bucket on your way out.
T-shirts and badges available!

6.10pm | 22 August 2018 | Pay What You Can
Cinema Room
The Banshee Labyrinth
Niddry Street, Edinburgh EH1 1LG

The Unseen Hour is a horror-comedy podcast, performed live every month at the Rosemary Branch Theatre. 

All is not what it seems in these stories of the uncanny, recorded in front of a live audience and transmitted across the world.
Episodes may be unnerving, macabre or absurd. Featuring live music and special guest appearances.

Join us for two brand new episodes on the 4th of July.

IO - On/Off
... in which a lonely man falls in love with his new smart-phone operating system.
Featuring a monologue written by Ella Villiers, and performed by Thomas Jancis, and music from Eve Owen.

EUROPA - Soft Breakfast
... in which an existentially troubled couple votes on what to have for breakfast.
Featuring music from Sealionwoman. 

8pm | Wed 4 July 2018 | £8
Rosemary Branch Theatre
2 Shepperton Road, N1 3DT
Tickets: www.rosemarybranch.co.uk
Nearest stations: Essex Road, Haggerston

The Unseen Hour is a horror-comedy podcast, performed live every month at the Rosemary Branch Theatre. 

All is not what it seems in these stories of the uncanny, recorded in front of a live audience and transmitted across the world.
Episodes may be unnerving, macabre or absurd. Featuring live music and special guest appearances.

Join us for a brand new episode on the 6th of June.

JUPITER - 

Featuring a monologue written by David K. Barnes.

8pm | Wed 6 June 2018 | £8
Rosemary Branch Theatre
2 Shepperton Road, N1 3DT
Tickets: www.rosemarybranch.co.uk
Nearest stations: Essex Road, Haggerston

The Unseen Hour is a horror-comedy podcast, performed live every month at the Rosemary Branch Theatre. 

All is not what it seems in these stories of the uncanny, recorded in front of a live audience and transmitted across the world.
Episodes may be unnerving, macabre or absurd. Featuring live music and special guest appearances.

Join us for THREE brand new episodes on the 2nd of May.
Usually it's two episodes. This time it's THREE.

CLOTHO - The Dull Sessions #33-OO-01: Re-Abnegator
... in which we hear the recordings of a therapist whose patients are somewhat unusual.
Featuring a monologue written by Jen Sugden, and live music from Bearpark.

LACHESIS - The Dull Sessions #34-EE-02: The Creature In The Rye
... in which a monster, set loose, finds his own way in the big wide world.
Featuring a monologue written by Thomas Jancis and performed by Alice Osmanski. Live music from David Gunawardana.

and

CLOTHO - The Dull Sessions #35-OOO-03: Frankenstein 2046
... in which the monster returns to confront his mistakes and pay the price...
Featuring a monologue written by Amanda DiGioia.

Further guests to be confirmed. Details may be amended. 

8pm | Wed 2 May 2018 | £8
Rosemary Branch Theatre
2 Shepperton Road, N1 3DT
Tickets: www.rosemarybranch.co.uk
Nearest stations: Essex Road, Haggerston

The Unseen Hour is a live show performed every month at the Rosemary Branch Theatre. Three actors perform ten roles in two stand-alone horror-comedy stories.

Join us for two completely new episodes:

31 - ALAUDA

and

32 - ASTRAEA

More details to be announced soon!

8pm | 6 December 2017 | £8
Rosemary Branch Theatre
2 Shepperton Road, N1 3DT
Tickets: www.rosemarybranch.co.uk
Nearest stations: Essex Road, Haggerston

The Unseen Hour is a live show performed every month. Three actors perform ten roles in two stand-alone horror-comedy stories.

Join us for two completely new episodes:The Unseen Hour returns to VAULT Festival for its ANNIVERSARY SHOW! The Unseen Hour was born at VAULT Festival in March 2017. Since then there has been a show every single month. Come and see two brand new episodes at VAULT!

Episode 30 - EUPHROSYNE - The Masque Of The Manic Dancing Death Madness
... in which a medieval town is beset by a deadly epidemic of laughing and dancing.
Featuring a monologue written by Katie Arnstein and music from James Carney and Joey Timmins! 

and

Episode 30 - AURORA - Join Us Underground
... in which a popular Fringe Arts Festival becomes the last refuge against a tide of the risen dead.
Featuring a monologue written by Josh Morrall and performed by Mat Burt, and music from Tim Wilson!
Plus a special safety announcement from Festival Director Andy George...

More details to be announced soon!

6.10pm | 8 March 2018 | £9.50
VAULT Festival
Leake Street, London SE1 7NN
Tickets: www.VAULTFestival.com/whats-on/the-unseen-hour
Nearest station: Waterloo

The Unseen Hour is a live show performed every month at the Rosemary Branch Theatre. Three actors perform ten roles in two stand-alone horror-comedy stories.

Join us for two completely new episodes:

27 - THEMIS
???

and

28 - HYGEIA
???

More details to be announced soon!

8pm | 6 December 2017 | £10
Rosemary Branch Theatre
2 Shepperton Road, N1 3DT
Tickets: www.rosemarybranch.co.uk
Nearest stations: Essex Road, Haggerston

The Unseen Hour is a live show performed every month at the Rosemary Branch Theatre. Three actors perform ten roles in two stand-alone horror-comedy stories.

Join us for two completely new episodes:

25 - PATIENCIA - The Unseen Unseen Unseen Hour Hour Hour Files Files Files
... in which the excrement really hits the air conditioning.

With a monologue written by Sid Singh.

and

26 - ALETHEIA
???

More details to be announced soon!

8pm | 6 December 2017 | £10
Rosemary Branch Theatre
2 Shepperton Road, N1 3DT
Tickets: www.rosemarybranch.co.uk
Nearest stations: Essex Road, Haggerston

The Unseen Hour is a live show performed every month at the Rosemary Branch Theatre. Three actors perform ten roles in two stand-alone horror-comedy stories.

Join us for two completely new episodes:

23 - DORIS - The Unseen Hour Files Files
... in which fairytales and folklore lead a journalist towards a better understanding of a mysterious internet phenomenon - or a sticky end...

With a monologue written by James King and performed by Leticia Inferno, and music by Andy Grieve.

and

24 - DIOTIMA - The Unseen Unseen Hour Files Files.
... in which philosophy and metaphysics lead a journalist towards a clearer understanding of a dark and threatening internet radio show.

With a monologue written and performed by Luke Courtier and music by Jonny Taylor.

AND
FREE SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE:
20 - PALLAS - Eat Me Too
... in which two government agents enlist the help of a canabalistic psychopath in order to track down a serial killer. 
With a monolgue written by Holly Morgan and performed by Alexa Brown, and music by Len Blanco.

In addition to all this, the second half will be opened with a song from the inimitable Isobel Rogers!

This is more than we've ever done in a single show. If anyone can't afford the ticket, you can turn up for the extra episode at 9 for free (or pay what you want - we have a hat). 

8pm | 6 December 2017 | £10
Rosemary Branch Theatre
2 Shepperton Road, N1 3DT
Tickets: www.rosemarybranch.co.uk
Nearest stations: Essex Road, Haggerston

21 - THISBE - Cracks In The Walls

Featuring a monologue written and performed by Karla Marie Sweet.

and

22 - PSYCHE - The Unseen Hour Files

An investigative journalist delves into the mystery of a podcast which appears to be about his own life, only to discover that someone doesn't want him asking questions.

Featuring a monologue written by Joseph Cullen and performed by Richard Holt.

More details to be announced.

17 - NEMESIS
and
18 - DAPHNE

Details to be announced.

15 - EUNOMIA - Murder On The National Express
... in which a despicable crime is solved.

and

16 - JUNO - The Protocols Of The Elders Of Robotics.
... in which our very way of life is threatened.

AND
FREE SPECIAL BONUS PIRATE EPISODE:
14 - AMPHITRITE - The Krakening!: A Disaster With Pirates
... in which you will be transported into the belly of a whale. 
This bonus episode will have no guest performers. The guest performances - a monologue written by Max Kreisky and performed by Taqi Nazeer, and music from Fiona Jane Thom - will be EXCLUSIVE to the podcast. 

Reseve tickets by emailing boxoffice@rosemarybranchtheatre.co.uk. Their new booking system will be up soon. 

These details may be amended.

The quest for fame and fortune in a city of bright lights, and terrors from the depths of the ocean... These details may be amended.

Wednesday 16th August in The Dining Room at Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh. 

A rainbow and the fountain of youth... These details may be amended.

A search for a place to call home, and the discovery of unusual powers... These details may be amended.

In these coming episodes, something is not as it was before. A ghost story of creeping dread, and a catastrophe of global panic. These details may be amended.

Tickets on sale now.

Werewolves and War. Expect the sound of blood. These details may be amended. 

Tickets on sale now.