CIRCA-CLUB EVENTS 2026

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The Code @ Southwark Playhouse

In Hollywood, being yourself is the most challenging role of all. This entire town is a cesspool, darling. Beautifully lit. Well appointed. But a cesspool nonetheless. Hollywood, 1950. A fading star. A rising one. An agent with an agenda. And a legend whos seen it all. Tallulah Bankhead magnetic, mercurial, and unapologetically sharp-tongued stops in for a cocktail at the home of former screen idol turned interior designer Billy Haines, who may or may not be planning to disappear from the town he once ruled. Enter power agent Henry Willson and his all-too-perfect protg Chad Manford, setting the room alight. In a world where image is everything, and identity must be carefully edited to survive, can any of them break the code without losing everything? Starring Olivier Award-winner Tracie Bennett and star of stage and screen John Partridge, and directed by Tony-nominee Christopher Renshaw, The Code lays bare the unspoken rules of Hollywood, then and now: a world where image still shapes opportunity, where authenticity is curated and identity remains politicised.

Tickets : £ Various Tickets

Address : Southwark Playhouse Elephant
1 Dante Place
London
SE11 4R

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  • 01 August – Yves Saint Laurent (1936–2008), French fashion designer
  • 01 August – Lionel Bart (1930–1999), British writer & composer of pop music and musicals, including Oliver!
  • 02 August – James Baldwin (1924–1987), American novelist
  • 04 August – Walter Pater (1839–1894), English essayist & art critic
  • 04 August – Marcus Urban (1971–), German footballer & diversity adviser
  • 04 August – Rudi van Dantzig (1933–2012), Dutch choreographer, ballet dancer & writer
  • 05 August – Heward Grafftey (1928–2010), Canadian politician & business executive
  • 06 August – Jim McGreevey (1957–), American seminarian & politician, and former Governor of New Jersey
  • 06 August – Andy Warhol (1928–1987), American painter, printmaker & filmmaker
  • 08 August – Michael Urie (1980–), American actor, television producer & director
  • 09 August – Michael Kors (1959–), American fashion designer
  • 10 August – Andrew Sullivan (1963–), English author & political commentator
  • 11 August – Angus Wilson (1913–1991), English novelist & short story writer
  • 13 August – Herb Ritts (1952–2002), American fashion photographer
  • 13 August – Domenico Dolce (1958–), Italian fashion designer and co-founder of Dolce & Gabbana
  • 13 August – Sam Champion (1961–), American television personality & weather anchor
  • 14 August – Horst P. Horst (1906–1999), German-American fashion photographer
  • 14 August – Nick Grimshaw, also known as Grimmy (1984–), English radio & television presenter
  • 14 August – Mark Pocan (1964–), American Democratic congressman for Wisconsin
  • 18 August – Marcel Carné (1906–1996), French film director
  • 19 August – Malcolm Forbes (1919–1990), American magazine publisher
  • 21 August – Miguel Vale de Almeida (1960–), Portuguese anthropologist, LGBT activist, professor & politician
  • 24 August – Stephen Fry (1957–), English actor, screenwriter, comedian & television presenter
  • 24 August – Marsha P. Johnson (1945–1992), gay liberation activist
  • 25 August – Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845–1886), King of Bavaria
  • 25 August – Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), American conductor, composer, music lecturer & pianist
  • 25 August – Rob Halford (1951–), English singer & songwriter, and lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Judas Priest
  • 26 August – Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986), English novelist
  • 27 August – Tom Ford (1961–), American fashion designer & film director
  • 29 August – Jean Lorrain (1855–1906), French poet, novelist & dandy
  • 30 August – Ben Bradshaw (1960–), British Labour politician, former Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport, and former MP for Exeter

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