In addition to its consistent Seasons of work, The Centre for the Less Good Idea has a regular For Once programme in which new work is invited into the space to be incubated and shown for one-night only.

Works shown are by regular collaborators of The Centre as well as by visiting artists, researchers, and arts organisations from abroad. The For Once performances range from the experimental and the collaborative, to pre-existing works that have been invited to be played with, developed and staged in the space.

Works shown as part of the For Once programme have taken the form of debut musical performances and full-length theatre works, to short-form physical theatre pieces and site-specific public performances. Many of these performances are later further developed and take on lives on their own following their showing at The Centre.

More recently, The Centre's For Once programme has grown to house similar once-off projects and performative moments, including The Highway Notice Project, The Long Minute, A Kafka Moment and more.