Police Cops: The Musical returns with workshop presentations at Battersea Arts Centre

Following a sell-out run at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe, two hit runs at Southwark Playhouse and two Off West End Theatre Awards (Best New Musical and Best Choreography), Police Cops: The Musical returns for a limited run of public work-in-progress workshop presentations at Battersea Arts Centre from 25 September to 3 October 2026.

The workshop presentation, which includes eight brand-new songs, has an original score by Brit Award-winning Ben Adams (Eugenius!) and will be directed by Sean Foley (Dr Strangelove, The Ladykillers), with Rich Morris (The Cher Show, Heathers) as musical supervisor, orchestrator and arranger.

Creators Zachary Hunt, Nathan Parkinson and Tom Roe return, joined by Catarina de Luca, making her professional debut, Emma Salvo (Come From Away, The Toxic Avenger) and Sara Bartos (Fly More Than You Fall, Beetlejuice).

Police Cops are a three-man, multi-award-winning comedy company who have enjoyed multiple sell-out years at the Edinburgh Fringe with their first three shows, Police Cops, Police Cops in Space and BADASS Be Thy Name. They create highly playful performances that combine inventive physical storytelling with their own brand of off-the-wall comedy.

Set in the USA in 1980 – an era of tight jeans, fast cars and uncompromising facial hair – a pair of mismatched police cops are on the case to bring down the baddest cat in America. Audiences can expect scripts in hand, plenty of chaos and a rare opportunity to experience the show's next evolution before anyone else.

Police Cops: The Musical is produced by ROYO with Glass Half Full Productions and James Seabright. It runs at Battersea Arts Centre from 25 September to 3 October 2026, with tickets priced at £20.