Join Damn Cheek at the wonderful Canvas and Cream venue for a performance of our acclaimed show, The Door.
When
Wednesday 29 October 2025 at 7.30pm.
Optional Q&A after the show.
Where
Canvas and Cream
Forest Hill
London
SE23 3HF
Bar and restaurant open all day, with last food orders at 6.45pm.
View the Canvas and Cream menus.
Post-show, the awesome Canvas and Cream bar will remain open – so do be sure to hang around!
Tickets
Tickets are £15.50 available via TicketSource.
Listen to a short interview about the play with writer Tony Earnshaw:
About the show
Two men, and a banging door that neither will close. As the door bangs, we hear accusation and excuse, and the story of a dead hero. Who is responsible?
The Door is a pungent comment on recent and current wars, and our own passivity in the face of failure. It’s also a fascinating journey of 2 men – a leader and a follower from widely divergent backgrounds – searching for a common understanding.
Featuring Damn Cheek’s Founding Artist Jonny Vaughton alongside Artistic Director Darren Cheek – under Rob Swinton’s direction – The Door is a taut, tense exploration of the relationship between these men, as well as our justifications for action and inaction.
First written and produced 15 years ago by Tony Earnshaw, Damn Cheek revived, reworked and toured this production between 2015 and 2020. Still one of Damn Cheek’s most successful shows to date, The Door has won over audiences and critics alike at festivals, and in towns and cities including (among many others) Edinburgh, Buxton, Guildford, Dunoon, London and New York.
The Door kickstarted Tony’s career as a playwright and was a catalyst in the formation of Damn Cheek Productions. Ten years after Damn Cheek first performed this version, this powerful play still retains its poignant and apposite topicality.
Don’t miss this opportunity to see what all the fuss is about!