Brixton Calling at Southwark Playhouse isn’t just another jukebox celebration of British music—it’s a bold, theatrical love letter to one of the country’s most iconic venues and the community that helped shape it. Rooted in the wild true story of Simon Parkes, who bought the crumbling Brixton Academy for £1 in 1983, the play promises to bring the chaotic brilliance of 1980s Brixton to life with sound, spirit, and rebellious energy.