Opening at Southwark Playhouse Borough in April 2026, comedy drama Invisible Me brings to life a trio of sixty-year-old Londoners, all single for different reasons, who discover life’s most exciting chapters still await them and insists that the need for love and companionship does not diminish with age.
James Holmes (Miranda, BBC; Doomers, Rosemary Lipman Centre), Tessa Peake-Jones (Only Fools and Horses, BBC; Grantchester, ITV; The Five Wives of Maurice Pinder, National Theatre), and Kevin N Golding (EastEnders, BBC; Mary Page Marlowe, Old Vic Theatre) in Invisible Me
In this production, James Holmes, best known for his role as Clive in BBC’s hit sitcom Miranda, will play Jack, an HIV+ man widowed after 35 years. He is joined by EastEnders’s Kevin N Golding, who will play Alec, a divorced father estranged from his children
and clinging to the memory of his 80’s punk lifestyle. Completing the trio is Tessa Peake-Jones, national treasure from Only Fools and Horses, who will play Lynn, a hotel cleaner eager to rejuvenate her love life after years within a dead marriage.
Invisible Me takes a dive into the universal subject of navigating the dating pool and addresses themes British theatre typically avoids – sexagenarian dating, sudden bereavement, the social effects of being HIV+ and the need for community – whatever our age, while capturing the vulnerability of wanting connection in an increasingly digital society.
Invisible Me
Date: Wednesday 8th April 2026 – Saturday 2nd May 2026
Location: Southwark Playhouse Borough, 77-85 Newington Causeway, London, SE1 6BD
Box Office: https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/invisible-me/
Price: £10 Pioneers’ Preview /£16 previews / £22 standard / £18 concessions (Monday to Wednesday (inclusive)) and £25
standard / £20 concessions (Thursday to Saturday (inclusive))
Running Time: 75 Minutes
Cast
Lynn – Tessa Peake-Jones
Jack – James Holmes
Alec – Kevin N Golding
Creatives
Set and Costume Designer: David Shields
Lighting Designer: Jodie Underwood
Sound Designer: Julian Starr
Stage Manager: Dani White
Writer: Bren Gosling
Director: Scott Le Crass
Producer BACKSTORY and Olivier-nominated producer Joe Brown
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