JEEZUS! Brings Its Edinburgh Fringe Smash to New Diorama Theatre This April

Following a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and winning the prestigious Untapped Award in 2025, JEEZUS! arrives at New Diorama Theatre for its London premiere, running 21 April to 9 May 2026.

Written and performed by Sergio Antonio Maggiolo and Guido Garcia Lueches, and directed by Laura Killeen, the show is co-produced by migrant-led company Alpaqa and New Diorama Theatre. Set in 1990s Peru during the Fujimori dictatorship, it follows altar boy Jesús as he prepares for his first communion and begins to feel something deeply unholy about the man on the cross.

Catholic guilt collides with Latin heat in a 69-minute live music show that draws on Bad Bunny beats, cumbia, salsa and South American folk, played live on stage by musical director Tom Cagnoni. The production is unrepentantly queer, funny and politically sharp. What the company calls what you would get if Bo Burnham, Bad Bunny and Bertolt Brecht had a child together.

Maggiolo, whose own upbringing in South America shaped the work, has spoken about the show's relationship with religion. For many queer people, he has said, faith was a language for love and community that came with conditions attached. JEEZUS! does not mock religion. It wrestles with it.

Edinburgh audiences responded with five-star reviews across the board. The Stage called it deliciously subversive and multi-layered. The Scotsman praised the performances as blisteringly good. Queer Guru said blasphemy had never been so much fun.

The London production is scaled up from the Edinburgh version, with a full creative team including production designer Carolina Rieckhof, choreographer Vivian Gabel and dramaturg Alejandro Clavier.

Dates: 21 April to 9 May 2026, New Diorama Theatre, London

‍Press night: 24 April, 7.30pm

‍Running time: 69 minutes

‍Age guidance: 16 and over

Tickets: Previews (21 to 23 April): £13Main run (24 April to 9 May): £19Pay What You Can: Saturdays 25 April and 2 MayNo booking fees. Groups of 6 or more receive a 10% discount.

Book at newdiorama.com

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