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Grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, Dr Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced Fronk-en-steen) inherits a castle in Transylvania leading him to fulfill his grandfather's legacy by bringing a corpse back to life. With help (and hindrance) from sidekick Igor, laboratory assistant Inga and feisty fiancée Elizabeth, his experiment yields madcap success and monstrous consequences.
Five farcical short plays each lasting between 3 mins and 20 mins THE PROBLEM WITH SMOKING -15 mins 15 min comedy solo monologue who is giving lecture to the audience on smoking but keeps going off track THE BEAR - 20 mins Comedy about a rough landowner who hates everyone coming to a widows house to collect money and she refuses. No one ever stands up to him apart from her so he makes quick decision he loves her, she has other plans THE PROPOSAL - 20 mins A father drinks because he is hen picked by bratty daughter and tries to marry her off to the neighbour who is unsuitable and a hypochondriac THE NINNY - 3 mins A nanny comes to ask for a pay rise and the home owner works out that after deductions for silly things, she owes them THE RUSSIAN ILLNESS Very silly piece about the over the top use of language in Chekhov boring plays and how someone cant stop talking Chekhovian, so visits doctor to find a cure The Actress - any age, asked to seriously over act and melodramatic
Our Summer festival of new writing is back, with a selection of ten brand new short plays of no more than 10 minutes. This year, due to the popularity of this event previously, we are repeating our shorts over five evenings. This year's theme is Sporty Shorts and our ten texts have been written with some nod to that and have been curated to span monologue and small company, drama and comedy, and contemporary and period. Something for everyone! The evening's programme will be (cast members in brackets) A Short Interview by Jacob Smith, directed by Mark Vinson (Ben Oakes, Jason Rosenthal) Strength and How to Obtain It, written and directed by Lisa Thomas (Matthew Davies, Tom Watts) Sweet Science by Matthew Davies, directed by Lorraine Spenceley (Caroline Doyle) The Transition by Mitchell Labiak, directed by Sarah Pearcey (Cheyenne Eugene, Barry Heselden) Mr Tuesday, written and directed by Charlotte Benstead (Victoria Waddington) Interval Rain Stopped Play by David Lydon, directed by Lucy Robinson (Charlotte Benstead, Dennis Fenton, Jack Harding, Yousaf Sharif) A Subaltern's Love, Set, Match by Robert Clarkson, directed by Cal Beckett (Roisin Deady, Stephen Grist, Richard Shead) The Goat by Henry Burt, directed by Roisin Deady (Imogen Buxton, Susan Cunningham, Jacob Loftus, Emmanuel Oduja) Sport by Caroline Doyle, directed by Peter Stevens (Eugene Duffy, Saskia van t'Hoff) Three Lions written and directed by Guy Jones (Oneikeh Campbell, Susan Cunningham, Ditta Demeter, Jacob Loftus) Total running Time (Estimate): 2 hours 10 minutes including an interval
The Quay Players will be performing the cult classic musical, Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens and we could not be more excited! Imagine Rocky Horror set in space with double the amounts of glamour, glitz and disco and you’re not even close! This production will be directed and musically directed by Mark Smith.
Please note, this show is not suitable for children or the faint hearted. Whilst there is no swearing, innuendo and character names that may raise an eyebrow or two are rife. There is huge scope for gender-blind casting and an array of possibilities for the deeply camp and fabulous!
This lesser known play by the great author enjoyed a spectacular revival in the west end. The play deals with familiar Williams themes of love and lust against a sultry southern American background. Our performance of this amazing piece of literature set in Glorious Hill, Mississippi from the 'turn of the century 1916'. It's centres on Alma Winemiller, a highly strung, unmarried minister's daughter and the spiritual / sexual romance that nearly blossoms between her and John Buchanan Jr. a wild undiscplined young doctor.
Posted 15/07/2023
Clacton Community Theatre
Oliver!
Author: Lionel Bart
Essex
Venue: Princes Theatre, Clacton
Box Office: TicketSolve Or call the Box Office on 01255 686633 (Opt 1)
25 Aug 2023 - 26 Aug 2023 7:30pm Sat Mat 2:00pm
CCT Productions return with their 4th charity musical and the talented group of youngsters are once again supporting The Robin Cancer Trust Last year the theatre group staged a production of Grease and donated £1000 to us! Bringing Charles Dickens' beloved novel to life, Lionel Bart's Oliver! takes audiences on a wild adventure through Victorian England. Join young, orphaned Oliver Twist as he navigates the London's underworld of theft and violence, searching for a home, a family, and - most importantly - for love. With spirited, timeless songs like "As Long as He Needs Me," "Food, Glorious Food," and "Where Is Love," Oliver! is a musical classic. Book tickets online now and show your support for these amazing talented young people
23 June 7:30pmR24 June 3pm & 7:30pm 25 June 3pm 29 June 7:30pm 30 June 7:30pm 01 July 3pm & 7:30pm
This production is an abridged version of Shakespeare's Macbeth where the action whips along at a fast and exciting pace. We are offering the audience a fresh perspective on the role that gender plays in guilt and accountability with a new and completely original take on the central roles. Who is the villain of this piece? You decide.
In Renaissance Italy, a wealthy merchant welcomes a victorious Duke and his entourage to his Tuscan Villa where they enjoy feasting, dancing, revelry and romance. However, the actions of an angry, vengeful man threaten to destroy friendships and ruin lives; but is foiled by the intervention of the 'intrepid' Night Watch. Join us in the atmospheric surroundings of The George Hotel's Jacobean courtyard as we perform one of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies.
Petal, Missy and Hen are on their way to Iona, searching for a miracle, when their train is halted by floods at Tarbet. At a B&B, they find Jim, Guy and Sonny. The strange weather and circumstances allow them a glimpse of others they have loved and lost - and offer them all the tantalising opportunity to dream it better. Shimmer has six parts that are suited to natural storytellers with a subtle, playful vibe. The stories told by our characters ebb and flow as they share their pasts and circle towards their futures. Time and reality shimmers in and out. Sometimes they are aware an audience is with them, sometimes not. Sometimes they hear each other, sometimes not. Somewhere along the line we loop around and feel like we've been here before, but somehow not quite. Will Hen ever get her cup of tea? Will Missy be able to let go? Will Petal make it to the loo in time? Will Sonny speak of who he needs to speak of? Will Jim ever make Hen her cup of tea? Will Guy climb his mountain? And will the fishman in his van make it through the flood?
Tuesday 27th June - Saturday 1st July 2023 7:30pm each evening plus Saturday matinee at 2:30pm
Private Peaceful is based on the book of the same name by one of Britain’s best loved story tellers, Michael Morpurgo (author of War Horse). The play tells the story of brothers Tommo and Charlie Peaceful whose lives are torn apart by the First World War. Tommo reflects on his childhood in Devon through memories of home – suppers around the kitchen table with his family, summers spent down at the riverbank, and of course, Molly – but these memories of village life are by no means as tranquil as they seem… Acknowledged by Morpurgo as his favourite work, Private Peaceful is set to be a compelling story of love and a deeply moving account of the First World War.
The Great Gatsby' centres on the titular mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his reputation for throwing lavish parties at his home in West Egg in the hopes that his long lost love, Daisy Buchanan will attend. Narrated by Daisy's cousin and Gatsby's new neighbour, Nick Carraway; when Gatsby is finally reunited with Daisy, a chain of tragic events ensue that will change Nick's life forever. 'The Great Gatsby' was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and is considered an American classic. It not only gives an accurate depiction of the lifestyle of the wealthy during the 1920s, but it challenges the values of the American dream and whether the idea that money, prosperity and popularity are all one needs to be truly happy.
Falstaff decides to fix his financial woe by seducing the wives of two wealthy merchants. The wives find he sent them identical letters and take revenge by playing tricks on Falstaff when he comes calling. With the help of their husbands and friends, the wives play one last trick in the woods to put Falstaff's mischief to an end. Join us performing the plays of William Shakespeare in the beautiful setting of The Rockery in Raphael's Park. In the event of RST cancelling a performance, due to poor weather etc, tickets can be allocated to a subsequent performance if available or a refund given. Refunds will not be given for your non attendance, should the event proceed as advertised.
Thursday 29th June – Saturday 1st July 2023. Evening performances at 7.30pm, Saturday matinee at 2.30pm.
A murder mystery that satirises the world of opera, illustrates the unfairness of being a person known for ‘a good personality’, and parodies a certain famous Phantom. Young Agnes (stage name ‘Perdita’) leaves the kingdom of Lancre for the great city of Ankh-Morpork to start a singing career at the bottom. She arrives at The Opera House to find the sparkling ingenue Christine, a new owner whose management expertise is cheese, a ‘Ghost’ that leaves notes with far too many exclamation marks, and a number of the kind of accidents that you prefer to call ‘accidents’. Being doomed to be sensible and actually being able to sing means Agnes is coping with all this pretty well. However, fellow Lancrastrians, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, see disaster ahead (not least for certain publishers) and head after Agnes because, after all, being the Good witches doesn’t mean they are Nice.
Posted 25/05/2023
Clacton Musical Theatre Society
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels the musical
Essex
Venue: Princes Theatre, Clacton Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton on Sea, Essex CO15 1SE
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, based on the popular 1988 MGM film, takes us to the French Riviera for high jinks and hilarity. Sophisticated, suave with a good dash of mischief, this hysterical comedy features a delightfully jazzy score by David Yazbek (The Full Monty) and was nominated for a staggering eleven Tony Awards. Lawrence Jameson makes his lavish living by talking rich ladies out of their money. Freddy Benson more humbly swindles women by waking their compassion with fabricated stories about his grandmother's failing health. After meeting on a train, they attempt to work together, only to find that this small French town isn't big enough for the two of them. They agree on a settlement: the first one to extract $50,000 from a young female target, heiress, Christine Colgate, wins, and the other must leave town. A hilarious battle of cons ensues that will keep audiences laughing, humming and guessing to the end! Some adult content This show has a harmless imitation firearm effect with a loud rapport.
This hilarious spoof of the best Agatha Christie traditions is set in a country manor house in the 1930s, with an assembled cast of characters guaranteed to delight- Bunting the butler; an English Colonel with the prerequisite stiff upper lip; a shady French art dealer and his moll; the bumbling police inspector and a well-meaning sleuth who seems to attract murder wherever she goes. They're all here and all caught up in the side-splitting antics which follow a mysterious death in the house. It soon becomes clear that the murderer isn't finished yet but will they be unmasked before everyone else has met their doom?
Venue: St George's Hall, Hambledon Road, Waterlooville PO7 7EH
Box Office: TicketSource or 07918 215947 Tickets £8 or £5 for under 16s
29, 30 June and 1 July at 7.30pm
Captain's Day at the Seven Lakes Golf Club gets off to a bad start when the men's Captain is indisposed. Club secretary, Simon, relishes the chance to take over but is soon thwarted by the arrival of Vice Captain, Nick and his girlfriend, Tiffany. Lady Captain, Fran, and enthusiastic but hopeless Barry add to the confusion as a series of disasters mount. With the unexpected arrival of Simon's wife, Laura, tensions build and things go from bad to worse. Set on the club house patio, the characters soon discover that personal relationships OFF the course are more dangerous than the hazards ON the course! Love or loathe golf, it will never seem quite the same again!
Posted 08/06/2023
Ringshall Amateur Theatrical Society - RATS
Death of the Parish Councillor
Author: An interactive Murder Mystery Radio Play by Tom Hitchcock
Suffolk
Venue: Ringshall Village Hall, near Stowmarket
Box Office: Tickets £7 - Call or text: 07821 105876
Box Office: Tickets cost £7 (plus 8% booking fee). Tickets are managed by the Crescent Theatre, and are available to purchase online, via phone or the Box Office. Tickets may be available to buy on the door, but advanced booking is highly recommended. Tickets can be purchased online: www.crescent-theatre.co.uk, or by calling the Box Office on: 0121 643 5858. For ticket queries, please email: boxoffice@crescent-theatre.co.uk. The Theatre Bar will be open before the production and during the interval. The Box Office opens one hour before the show.
Friday 30th June 2023 - 7.30pm Saturday 1st July 2023 - 2.15pm & 7.30pm
Join Stage 27 for an evening of psychological drama, as they delve deep into the complex mind of the infamous Dr Crippen… London, 1910. Three facets of Crippen's complex personality, Darkside, Parent and Child, battle for his immortal soul. Crippen's lover Ethel is pregnant, and his wife Belle, the star of the London stage has just found out. By morning, Belle will be dead. But, who is the murderer?
A two hour show featuring classic sketches, songs and challenges, brought to you by 3 times award winning theatre company, Chameleon Productions. The show combines both Adult Chameleons and the Teens for this FAMILY FRIENDLY SHOW, guaranteed to have you laughing and having a great time, in your lead up to the Summer Holidays. Don't miss out on this great night out for all the family, friends or colleagues
SATURDAY 1ST JULY Starts 4:30pm (Gates open 3:30pm)
Ever since she was a little girl, Wendy Darling had dreamt. Dreamt of lagoons, and wolf cubs, and mermaids and… a boy. But one day the boy appears in her bedroom and, before she knows it, Wendy and her brother Michael have been flown to the Never Land: a place where dreams come true and children live forever. Except there are pirates abroad. And a crocodile. And the boy - Peter Pan - is hiding something he’d rather forget. Scores must be settled and closure is needed. Maybe living forever isn’t for everyone? Wendy is going to discover that there are downsides to living the dream… Chameleon’s Web Theatre Company are well known for previous shows exploring the worlds of Lewis Carroll, Terry Pratchett and Roald Dahl. “Peter Pan and the Children of Never Land” is based on the story by J M Barrie and has been adapted by local writer James Potter (who also wrote the script for our 2017 tour “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”). Chameleon’s Web have a reputation for imaginative, fun-filled family entertainment and this summer will be no different. WHAT TO BRING: Please bring rugs, low back chairs and picnics. WHILST WE CAN GUARANTEE THE QUALITY OF THE PERFORMANCE, WE CAN’T GUARANTEE THE WEATHER! PLEASE BRING APPROPRIATE CLOTHING FOR A BRITISH SUMMER!
Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland in 1934, this is a strange comic tale in the great tradition of Irish storytelling. As word arrives on Inishmaan that the Hollywood director Robert Flaherty is coming to the neighbouring island of Inishmore to film 'Man of Aran', the one person who wants to be in the film more than anybody is young disabled Billy, if only to break away from the bitter tedium of his daily life. 'It’s a perfect example of McDonagh’s artistry — the sheer hilarity of the comic situation and the aching poignancy of the characters for refusing to see themselves in this wrenching film of their lives.'
Venue: Chester-le-Street Community Centre, Newcastle Road, DH3 3TS
Box Office: Tickets available now by calling our Box Office on 07552 789802 £12 Adults and £10 Concessions
Tuesday 4th to Saturday 8th July 2023 7.15 pm
E. Nesbit's well-loved tale of the three Victorian children sent to live in the countryside with their mother after their father has been disgraced for supposedly betraying his country's secrets is brought vividly to life in this new adaptation, losing nothing of the original spirit of humor, tension, adventure and the final triumph of good over evil.
This July, Lichfield Operatic Society are bringing the all-time classic Seven Brides For Seven Brothers to the Lichfield Garrick. From the Golden Age of movie musicals, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers is bursting with boisterous fun, rambunctious energy, and swooning romance. Set in 1850 Oregon, this truly rollicking adventure follows the story of Millie who learns that it takes a bride to turn seven unshaven unkempt brothers into romantic gentleman. This much-loved musical comedy is perfect for the whole family and features a classic soundtrack, including Bless Your Beautiful Hide, Goin’ Courtin, Wonderful Wonderful Day, and Sobbin’ Women.
An intimate look at the Father of the Modern Musical, featuring new arrangements of his most beloved work. Hailed as a "revelatory revue full of wonderful moments" and a "funny, affectionate and revealing tribute to musical theatre's greatest living composer and lyricist," Sondheim on Sondheim is an intimate portrait of the famed songwriter in his own words... and music. Through the use of exclusive interview footage, audiences get an inside look at the personal life and artistic process of famed composer, Stephen Sondheim. His story. His inspiration. His genius. The tapestry of creativity that characterizes Stephen Sondheim remained largely undiscussed, especially by the man himself, until the creation of Sondheim on Sondheim. Ranging from the beloved to the obscure, the carefully selected two-dozen songs hang from a framework of in-depth video interviews, delving into Sondheim's personal life and artistic process. Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Conceived and directed on Broadway by James Lapine Inspired by a concept by David Kernan Originally produced on Broadway by Roundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic Director, Harold Wolpert, Managing Director, Julia C. Levy, Executive Director This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International. All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.co.uk
Author: With music by Gary Barlow and book by Tim Firth, this heart-warming musical is based on the 2003 film "Calendar Girls".
Merseyside
Venue: Little Theatre Southport, Hoghton Street, Southport, PR9 0PA
Box Office: TicketSource Tickets are £18 (No concessions) and £16 for the Saturday matinee
Wed. 5th to 8th July 2023 7:30pm (Sat Matinee 2:30pm)
When Annie's husband dies from leukaemia, her close friend, Chris, wants to purchase a comfortable sofa for the visitors' lounge in the hospital where he was treated. Then she has a better idea! Why don't the Knapely branch of the Women's Institute produce a calendar featuring some of the WI members discreetly posing nude while engaged in traditional WI activities, such as baking and knitting?! Her proposal is initially met with great scepticism, but she eventually convinces ten women to participate in the project with her. They enlist one of the hospital workers, an amateur photographer named Lawrence, to help them with the calendar.
ADULTS ONLY MUSICAL SHOW!RStrictly 18+ only. A brand new adult comedy rock show Bow & Arrow The Plebs of Sherwood at the Hope Street Theatre. This is the third and final installment of the Sherwood adventures that all adults (who are very open-minded) 18+ need to see.
Friday 7th July 7pm Saturday 8th July 2pm & 7pm Sunday 9th July 2pm
In 1983 a tiny youth theatre was born and now 40 years later we celebrate the long history of CYT through a play covering 4 decades. Memories in a shoebox is a very personal uncensored re-telling of our history by Jane who has trawled through the archives, sharing memories and insights into the bizarre madness of developing and sustaining the company despite the countless setbacks and challenges! It’s all laid bare – the highs, the lows, the artistic achievements, the mad escapades, the personalities who have shaped CYT, the changes but also the similarities that have bound thousands of young people together through a shared experience. We hope you can join us for this one-off never to be repeated show. Memories in a Shoebox will be staged at Tettenhall College Theatre on Friday 7th – Sunday 9th July. Over this incredible weekend, we'll be hosting Q&A sessions with our alumni and current members as well as aftershow parties and opportunities to trawl through the CYT photo albums at years gone by. This is one NOT TO BE MISSED. To book your tickets click the button below.
Author: by Jean Anouilh translated by Christopher Fry
London
Venue: Welsh Church Hall, 881 High Road Leytonstone E11 1HR
Box Office: TicketSource Tickets are £10, or £7 concessions (60+, students, unwaged). Block bookings: Buy 9 tickets, get the 10th free.
Friday 7 July 2023 Saturday 8 July 2023 Friday 14 July 2023 Saturday 15 July* 2023 *BSL signed performance is available for those who require it. Please make it known when purchasing your ticket.
Frederic, who is shy and sensitive, and Hugo, who is heartless and aggressive. Frederic is in love with Diana, who is in love with Hugo. To save Frederic from an unhappy marriage, Hugo tries to distract him by bringing to a ball a beautiful dancer, Isabelle, who masquerades as a mysterious personage and becomes the triumph of the occasion. Isabelle is a susceptible maiden in her own right, who not only breaks up all the cynical romances that have been going on before she arrives, but she loses her heart as well.
Join Ware Musical Theatre for a concert version of Frank Loesser's celebrated musical comedy about the lives and loves of three small time hustlers in 1950's downtown New York. Including the classic numbers "Luck be a Lady", "I've Never Been in Love Before", " If I were a Bell", "Sit Down You're Rockin' the Boat" and the hilarious "Adelaide's Lament". We will bring you all the musical numbers from the show, with plenty of dancing - plus narration explaining the links between the numbers. Book your tickets now to join us on this wonderful trip to NYC.
A night of tunes and moves from all the popular shows such as Six, Hamilton and Juliet! Grab your tickets and grab your seats, enjoy a bar and some top notch local musical theatre! Who needs the West End? Have it right outside your doorstep! Sneak preview below…
Posted 22/06/2023
Witham Singers
A SUMMER CONCERT
Author:
Essex
Venue: The United Reformed Church, Newland Street, Witham CM8 1AH
Box Office: Tickets: £8 / uunder 16s FREE are available on the door!
Rachel Watson longs for a different life. Her only escape is the perfect couple she watches through the train window every day, happy and in love. Or so it appears. When Rachel learns that the woman she's been secretly watching has disappeared, she finds herself as a suspect in a mystery with bigger revelations than she could ever have anticipated. All except D.I. Gaskill are of a similar generation. They could be anywhere from late 20s to early 40s - the dynamics between the actors are more important than specific ages. Gaskill can be 30s to 60s. Kamal Abdic is described by another character as being Asian. The other characters can be of any ethnicity and we encourage anyone who feels they suit the role to apply.
Originally produced in conjunction with Frantic Assembly, at it's heart, Things I Know to be True is a poignant, well -written family drama with powerful characters, and a journey with an unexpected conclusion. The story of a marriage and a family is told through the eyes of four grown siblings who are struggling to define themselves beyond their parents' love and expectations. The parents think they have a strong family. The children are only doing what the parents want. All want to escape. The writing is beautiful, poetic. Things I Know to be True is a collaborative piece. All characters are on on -stage throughout and the picture of the family is drawn through movement and mime. The production will include movement workshops with professional practitioners.
Blue Apple looks at George Orwell’s Animal Farm through their own particular lens to tell this thought-provoking story as only this unique theatre company can. Join Manor Farm’s inhabitants when they take over and remake it in their own image. Sing along with ‘Beasts of England’ and obey the seven commandments. Comrades, you will laugh and you will cry… You’ll think that letting pigs run society is a really, really bad idea!
An absolutely hilarious full length play. This will be a special performance for a LADIES NIGHT and THEIR BRAVE MEN! The play tells the story of four women, overseen by their gentle and innocent line manager, who all work in the busy call centre of Aphrodite, a sex toy and sexy lingerie manufacturer, taking telephone orders for Teasey Maids, Titivators and rotating pearl g-strings. Needless to say, underneath all the fun there are the very human and often poignant stories of the disparate and complicated lives of our four ladies who work where they work because it’s a job like any other and pays the bills. Do join us for a fabulous night of fun and friendship. Even though this is a play we will be seated on round tables like we do for the theatre suppers which makes for a more intimate and fun setting with your friends. The bar will be open and we look forward to seeing you.,br>Sue Mooney is in the Director’s chair for this lovely play and she and her cast are waiting to welcome you to the world of Aphrodite! This amateur production of Sex Cells is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd on behalf of Samuel French Ltd www.concordtheatricals.co.uk
Venue: The Greenwood Theatre, 55 Weston St, London SE1 3RA
Box Office: Ticket information: Adult – £20 Concession (retired, unemployed, student) – £18 Group discounts (10 or more people) available Due to the nature of the show, it has been rated ages 12+ Tickets will be available on the door or online via www.quayplayers.org.uk/tickets/
Thursday, July 13th – 19:30 Friday, July 14th – 19:30 Saturday, July 15th – 14:30 and 19:30
Pippin tells the story of a young prince searching for meaning in life, whether that be through pursuing his passions, going to war, exploring his sexuality, or even murdering his own father. He is navigated through this turbulent journey by a fourth wall-breaking theatre troupe called the Players, spearheaded by the aptly named Leading Player. From the Players come a magnificent ensemble of supporting roles, who continue to guide Pippin to a mystifying finale, fulfilling a range of maternal, romantic and tyrannical roles in order to do so. Pippin’s music and lyrics were written by Oscar and Grammy Award-winning songwriter, Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Wicked), and it’s script by Roger O. Hirson. The original production, directed by Bob Fosse, whose style choreographers Zoe Stockwell and Emma Mitchell emulate consistently and exceedingly well, was bathed in the fantastical and outrageous. Quay Player’s 2023 production adheres to this tradition, embracing the theatrical and absurd nature of the show. During the rehearsal process, Sophie Stockwell, director, declares her enthusiasm for putting on this lesser-known musical: ‘it’s exciting, it’s funny, it’s silly and it’s dark - all my favourite things. It’s a bit of an epic to take on but with this creative team and with the talent at Quay Players, I’m so excited to see what we can create together.’ Supported by Joe Cryan, Musical Director, and Alex Finch, Assistant Director, the creative team’s casting decisions and collaborative directorial style especially supports the absurdity and fluidity of the show. Opting for a gender-blind casting for a majority of the roles relays the idea that it truly doesn’t matter who Pippin, or in fact any of the Players are played by, as they are bound to replaced, just as Pippin is replaced by Theo at the musical’s close. Head to London Bridge this July to experience one young man’s attempt to be extraordinary. This unforgettable new production is bound to awe, amaze and astound; tickets are available now!
Thursday, 13th July at 7.30 pm and runs nightly until Saturday 15th July (Matinee on the Saturday starts at 2.30pm)
Revolving around the music of the legendary ska band, Madness, and written by Tim Firth, (Calendar Girls), Our House is a very British musical. Set in 1980s Camden Town, this hilarious and evocative musical tells the story of London boy, Joe Casey. The night of his sixteenth birthday sees him out on his first date with his dream girl, Sarah, but events end up far from the romantic night he’d imagined. Desperate to impress, he breaks into a new building development, overlooking his own home in Casey Street, to show Sarah the view over north London. When the police arrive he has to make a lightning decision. Does he stay and face the consequences, or does he run? It is at this point his life splits in two and we witness the fortunes, and misfortunes of Good Joe and Bad Joe. As we watch the two parallel stories unfold and hurtle towards the explosive climax, we find out if that one quick decision of sixteen-year-old Joe changes his life and the lives of those around him. Does his choice lead him into a life of crime, or will he do the right thing? Does he turn his back on his home, family, the girl he loves and all that is dear to him, or will love, loyalty, and a sense of community win out? Don’t miss this thumping good comedy musical, accompanied by all the iconic Madness tunes, (Embarrassment, Baggy Trousers, It Must Be Love, House of Fun, Driving in My Car, Night Boat to Cairo and many more classics). If you grew up to the soundtrack of Madness, and London life in the 1980s, it’ll be a nostalgic and heart-warming night out and a great show to share with friends.
Box Office: If you book your tickets before 1st June, use code EB15OFF for 15% off at TicketSource or 07311826351
14th & 15th July 2023 7:30pm
Synopsis: Charles always shared the same bench in the park with his wife. Now Charles is alone, with only his memories of Rose sitting on the other end of the bench, until various people start to share the bench with him. These people may, or may not, be the cause of Charles misplacing something. Was it misplaced, or was it stolen? And who are the two mysterious people constantly checking their mobile phones and looking furtive?!
Venue: Mayflower Garden Theatre at Hare Leys Farm, just over a mile outside of Launton (postcode OX26 5AB) Parking and toilet facilities are available, and the garden is accessible for those with mobility restrictions.
Box Office: Tickets cost £10 for Adults and £5 for Children and are available from TicketSource or by calling 07864 715708. Refreshments can be pre-ordered or purchased on the day and contactless payments are available. All profits will be donated to UNICEF and the Bicester Food Bank.
15th & 16th July 2023 2:30pm
This is a family friendly open-air show, featuring popular songs (from West End musicals to modern pop songs), dancing, sketches and comedy skits, celebrating everything about the Great British Weather! Suitable for all ages. Bring a chair or picnic blanket and come and enjoy an afternoon's entertainment in a beautiful garden, and help use raise money for two very mportant charities! For more information please contact us on tickets@launtonvillageplayers.org.uk, call us on 07864 715708 or visit our website www.launtonvillageplayers.org.uk
Sat 15th July 2023 2:30pm & 7:30pm Sun 16th July 2023 2:30pm
Do you love musical theatre? Then you are in for a treat! Come and join the Danbury Players as they take you tour of all things musical. An eclectic mix of songs from the shows. Suitable for all ages.
Saturday 15th July 2023 TWO PERFORMANCES Ticket price includes a booking fee Matinee 2.00 for 2.30pm, Ticket £13.50 Evening 6.00 for 6.30pm, Ticket £13.50
The performance. opens in a glum workhouse in 19th century England, where the poor, hungry, hardworking children are waiting for dinner
Based on the hit film of the same name, The Full Monty follows the fortunes of six unemployed steelworkers in Buffalo, New York. With no job, money or prospects, they are fed up. When the men spy their wives and other local women going crazy over a group of male strippers, an idea begins to emerge. Overcoming their jealousy and feelings of emasculation, they decide to make some quick cash by forming their own act--a team of male strippers with ‘real man’ bodies. However, their rehearsals are not easy. As they prepare for the performance of their lives, they are tested and exposed, both physically and emotionally. Overcoming their fears, self-consciousness, and inner demons, the men realize that they are strong together and find solace in their friendship. This gives them the courage to finally ‘let it go’ and reveal all!
Posted 21/06/2023
Rattonians
Guys and Dolls
Author: Frank Loesser
Sussex
Venue: Royal Hippodrome Theatre, 106-114 Seaside Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 3PF
Box Office: royalhippodrome.com OPENING NIGHT Friday 21st July – All Tickets £17 Full Price £22 Under 16s £17
21st - 29th July 2023
Frank Loesser’s celebrated musical comedy about rolling the dice and falling in love under the bright lights of Broadway. Set in Damon Runyon’s mythical New York City, Guys And Dolls is an oddball romantic comedy. Gambler Nathan Detroit tries to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck; meanwhile, his girlfriend, nightclub performer Adelaide, laments that they’ve been engaged for 14 years. Nathan turns to fellow gambler Sky Masterson for the dough, but Sky ends up chasing the straight-laced missionary Sarah Brown. Guys And Dolls takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and even into the sewers of New York City, but eventually everyone ends up right where they belong. Considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy, Guys And Dolls ran for 1,200 performances when it opened on Broadway in 1950. It received nearly unanimous positive reviews from critics and won a bevy of awards, including Tony Awards, Drama Desks, and Oliviers.
The Northern Musical Theatre Orchestra return after the success of their production ‘South Pacific in Concert’ last July! Enjoy a thrilling evening out for the whole family as they stage one of Broadway’s oldest tales, brought to life by their glorious 50-piece orchestra. Set in Depression-era Times Square, ‘Guys and Dolls’ is about a couple of big city gamblers and the women who love them. It tells the overlapping stories of high-roller Sky Masterson, who falls in love with mission worker Sarah Brown, and lovable rapscallion Nathan Detroit, engaged for 14 years to Miss Adelaide, a headliner at the Hot Box Club. Nathan runs a famous floating crap game, and an ongoing plot line involves his quest for a safe place for the game as Adelaide continues her quest to convince him to marry her. Meanwhile, Sarah, mistakenly believing that Sky set up an illegal game at the mission, tries to fight her affection for the charismatic crapshooter. Professional scenery, lighting and sound enhances the show to be a feast for the eyes and ears. Proudly showcasing the talents of local musicians and singers with a passion for musical theatre, ‘Guys and Dolls in Concert’ will be a night you will remember for a long time to come! Warning, Theatrical smoke may be used in this performance Recommended audience age 14+
A bit about the musical.. On the night of his 16th birthday, Camden boy Joe Casey breaks into a building site to impress his new girlfriend. When the police show up Joe’s life split into two: the Good Joe, who stays to help, and Bad Joe, who runs away Put on your Baggy Trousers and get ready to jam along to your favourite Madness hits in this vibrant musical set in the beating heart of North Camden Town.
A gripping psychological drama seen through the eyes of Andre, who struggles to retain control of his life and make sense of his changing circumstances. The Father was awarded the Moliere Award for Best Play in 2014 and the award-winning film in 2021 starred Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman.
Author: Visiting Hours by Jane Lockyer WillisTwo patients and one other - a patient or a visitor? And what happened to the goldfish?
Night Duty by David Stroud Meryl, a student nurse, unexpectedly finds herself on duty with an experienced Charge Nurse, Gareth Slater. How will they get on?
27th, 28th, 29th July 7:45pm Matinees: 29th & 30th July 3:00pm
A summer afternoon/evening of new drama. The debut of two one-act plays, plus an interval glass of Prosecco (or fruit juice!) for our patrons, plus a Q&A with the authors.
Come smash the patriarchy with us We're performing our original show 'Fierce' on 28th July for one night only before we head up to the Edinburgh Fringe festival! And warming up the crowd will be some of our young superstars from the School of Rock castFierce - One Night Only
Box Office: Click *HERE* to go to our online booking page and pay by card; or download the booking form by clicking; fill in the form and post it to our box office at 41 Stephens Way, Sleaford, Lincs, NG34 7JN enclosing a SAE and a cheque for the full amount (number of tickets x £14 each) made payable to East Lane Theatre Club.RTickets are £14 each
25th -27th May 7:45pm Sun Matinee 28th May 3:00pmR1st - 3rd June 7:45pm
This is a tense courtroom drama with a difference, the audience is the jury. You will have to decide…..Did Dr Sherwood murder his wife? ….. Was Jennifer Mitchell his mistress? …..Which, if any, of his alibis should you believe?RAt the end of the trial you will deliver your verdict of guilty or not guilty.RThe play will continue – with one of two different endings, depending on your verdict. Only then will you finally discover the truth!
Posted 24/03/2023
Encore Performing Arts
Monty Python's Spamalot
Author: Eric Idle
Nottinghamshire
Venue: Hall, Trent College, Long Eaton
Box Office: TicketSource Tickets are £15 (£13.50 concessions)
30th May - 3rd June 2023 7.30pm (2.30 Saturday matinee)
Find your grail and give your audiences and performers the chance of a lifetime to experience one of the greatest musicals of the modern age, Monty Python's Spamalot! Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and features a bevy of beautiful show girls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits, and French people. Did we mention the bevy of beautiful showgirls? The 2005 Broadway production won three Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, and was followed by two successful West End runs.
Author: adapted from the film by Hirokazu Kore-eda Director: Mark Ireson
London
Venue: The Old Fire Station, 2a Norwood High Street, SE27 9NS
Box Office: TicketSource Ticket Prices:* Standard £14.00 Concession £12.00 SLT Member £10.00 SLT Concession £8.00
Tue 30th May 2023 - Sat 3rd June 2023 8:00pm
If you could spend eternity with just one precious memory, what would it be?RA group of strangers grapple with this impossible question as they find themselves in a bureaucratic waiting room between life and death. Encouraged by enigmatic officials, they must sift through their past lives to choose their forever. Adapted from Hirokazu Kore-eda's award-winning film, After Life is a surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live - and to die.
BillBoard Juniors presents the amazing Shrek The Musical Jr. This feel good, hilarious show is based on the much loved, fantastically fun film with added magical musical numbers. It's such a wonderful, half term show for all the family.
Five women are dead and there are no new leads... Senior Investigating Officer, George Oldfield must make a decision..pull together all five investigations under one roof. Something has been missed and they are going to find it. Welcome to The Incident Room!
Venue: Stewarton Area Centre, Stewarton, East Ayrshire
Box Office: All tickets are priced at a flat rate of £8.00 each and are on sale now at www.ticketebo.co.uk/sdg
Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd June 2023 at 7.30pm.
The first play is a special 10-year anniversary production of one of our most successful multi-award winning plays: EXCESS BAGGAGE. Set in the Secret Sanctuary Health and Beauty Spa, the play zooms in on four women, each carrying different kinds of baggage which they hope to offload. There is much humour as they collide with the pilates teacher, Sonya and the beauty therapist, Tiffany. As the comedy and tensions build, there are also touching moments, some home truths, and ultimately some strong female bonding. The second play is the black comedy: THE UNTIMELY OUTING OF MINTY McGRAW. In this play, Minty McGraw and a clutch of colourful characters meet up in an attempt to heal differences in a broken family – and where better to do this, than at a wedding reception? Can Minty, aided by his close associates, Rummage Rafferty and Tommy McNulty, succeed in doing one good thing in his life, or will he be thwarted by the formidable family unit of Bridie, Sandra, Frankie and Babs? There are loads of laughs along the way, but the burning question is how will it all end on this auspicious occasion? Stewarton Drama Group will be donating all proceeds from the raffle ticket sales on both evenings to the Ayrshire Hospice. Wine will be on sale at the Area Centre from 7.00pm each evening when doors open. Please note that both plays contain strong language.
Author: Ian Hislop and Nick Newman From an original story by Jonathan Gershfield and John Ross This amateur production of 'A Bunch of Amateurs' is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd., on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk Directed by David McCarrol
Keen to boost his flagging career, fading Hollywood action hero Jefferson Steele arrives in England to play King Lear in Stratford - only to find that this is not the birthplace of the Bard, but a sleepy Suffolk village. And instead of Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench, the cast are a bunch of amateurs trying to save their theatre from developers. Jefferson's monstrous ego, vanity and insecurity are tested to the limit by the enthusiastic am-dram thespians. As acting worlds collide and Jefferson's career implodes, he discovers some truths about himself - along with his inner Lear!
St George's Players present their spring production, the Agatha Christie classic murder mystery, Murder on the Nile. Murder On The Nile is the stage play of one of Agatha Christie’s most famous and renowned novels. Late in a sizzling 1930s summer, a group of strangers meet for a cruise down Egypt’s famous river. Among them are honeymooners, heiresses and high-principled Communists - and one acutely perceptive nun. But the party atmosphere soon sours as new arrivals turn up, confessing deadly agendas of their own. Yet when a body is discovered, everyone on board has a cast iron alibi. And with the realisation that one of them has got away with murder, the tensions reach boiling point beneath the hot sun…
An all-female cast will bring you The Regina Monologues by Rebecca Russell and Jenny Wafer. Three Catherines, two Anne's and a Jane Six women with one thing in common - marriage to a man called Henry - have passed into historical legend. Of course, it couldn't happen these days......? This moving and funny play gives a modern twist on their stories. The ticket gets you two for the price of one. We will also be presenting an additional one act play to complete the evening - Baggage by Bev Clark. Two women with very different lives share their stories and become friends.
Thu 1st June 2023 - Sat 3rd June 2023 7.30pm (licensed bar from 6:45pm)
Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, is all grown up and has a shocking secret that only Gomez knows. She’s fallen in love with a sweet young man from a respectable family. With his cherished Morticia in the dark, will Gomez manage to keep his daughter’s secret until the two families meet for a fateful dinner with hilarious consequences? Join them all for a heart-warming story of love, family and friendship… with a twist. From the team that brought you Chess, Evita, Carmen, - and last year's amazing production of Little Shop of Horrors – they are back, bigger, funnier and spookier than ever The show is based upon The Addams Family characters created by Charles Addams in his single-panel gag cartoons, which depict a ghoulish American family with an affinity for all things macabre. Although numerous film and television adaptations of Addams' cartoons exist, the musical is the first stage show based on the characters. The musical opened on Broadway in April 2010, featuring Nathan Lane as Gomez and was nominated for two Tony Awards, among other nominations. Presenting high quality staged productions for 60 years, BCOS’ latest promises to be yet another ‘not to be missed’ show. With stage musical and stage direction by Martin Quinn assisted by Nikki Fine, and with a stunning set and costumes, you won’t be disappointed.
Evan Goldman is about to turn 13, his life seems full of possibilities, until his parents get divorced, and he is forced to move with his mum from New York to Indiana. Evan grapples with his parents’ divorce, prepares for his impending Bar Mitzvah and navigates the complicated social circles of a new school. Full of humour and pathos with a cast of talented teens, the laughter and memories they provide is unmissable.
6th June - 10th June 7:45pm Sat Mat 11:30am 20th -24th June 7:45pm Sat Mat 11:30am
Measure For Measure is a marvellous morality play relocated to the glamorous world of Vienna in the early 1900s, where the upper classes danced to the music of Strauss while the Habsburg Empire began to crumble. When a young novice nun is compromised by a corrupt official, who offers to save her brother from execution in return for her chastity, she has no idea where to turn for help. When she threatens to expose him, he tells her that no one would believe her. Measure For Measure is a dark comedy as relevant today as it was in Shakespeare’s time. Opening night is Tuesday 6th June. For more details and to book, head over to Tolethorpe.co.uk See you in the summer!
For our final play of the season, we are very pleased to be staging this great play by Arthur Miller. The Crucible celebrates its 70th anniversary this year, and yet is as fresh and exciting as when it was first staged in 1953. The Crucible was written by Arthur Miller in the 1950’s to protest the witch-hunt against communists in the American Entertainment Industry. Copying Stalin’s purges of dissents in Soviet Russia, Senator Eugene McCarthy presided over show trials designed to root out and blacklist his political enemies…. As an allegory in his play to echo McCarthy’s bullying, Arthur Miller used the notorious 1692 witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts. For this compelling new production, the action has been re-located the action to a fictional 1940’s UK - where zealots in extreme organisations, fearful of change, demand loyalty to their creed on pain of exclusion and death.
A quiz night within a play. It's the end of the world! The last night on Earth! An asteroid is heading straight for us and there is nothing we can do about it so why not spend your last night in a pub? Landlady Kathy invites you to the last quiz night on earth with Quizmaster Ray. He's the host with the most. But with time ticking, some unexpected guests turn up out of the blue. Bobby wants to settle old scores and Fran wants one last shot at love. Expect the unexpected to the bitter end. This is the setting for Alison Carr's explosive pre-apocalyptic comedy The Last Quiz Night on Earth. You are not just part of the audience but a pub regular immersed in the show, as you take part in a quiz whilst watching the action unfold in front of you. So grab a drink from the bar and join us for a night you won't forget with plenty of drama. Quiz teams are limited to a maximum size of six people. Come as a team or just as you are and team up on arrival - or just come and watch the play.
Join us as we whisk you away to the 1930s, where we meet Inspector Peero on Platform 1 as we step aboard the Brantham Express for its maiden journey across England. Don your finery, a magnificent deer stalker and hone your art of detection as you help to solve the "murder on the Brantham Express"
Thurrock Courts Players invites you all to a very unusual dinner party. Each of the guests has an alias, the butler offers a variety of weapons, and the host is, well . . . dead. So whodunnit? Join the iconic oddballs known as Scarlet, Plum, White, Green, Peacock, and Mustard as they race to find the murderer in Boddy Manor before the body count stacks up. Based on the cult classic film and the popular board game, Clue is a madcap comedy that will keep you guessing until the final twist.
Fri 9th June 2023 - Sat 10th June 2023 8:00pm Sat Mat 3:00pm
When young Tracy discovers she is pregnant, she doesn't know how to break the news to her solid, dependable mother, to he hypochondriac father or to her boyfriend. Gran, who is permantly ensconced in a bed on stage, knows all, sees all and attempts to pave the way for Tracy's announcement.
Venue: The Canterbury Tales will be touring locally, June 12-17: Monday, June 12 at Liss village hall, Tuesday, June 13 at West Meon village hall, Wednesday, June 14 at the lovely new Henry Warren Hall in Nyewood, Thursday, June 15 at Petersfield Museum, and finishing at Butser Ancient Farm in the Great Roundhouse on Friday and Saturday, June 16 and 17. All performances start at 7.30pm.
Box Office: TicketSource Tickets are £12, (£15 at Butser Ancient Farm)
Lion and Unicorn are back on tour with an adaptation of five of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Director Kat Wootton said: "Basically, the premise is that four alchemists and a ragtag bunch of actors aim to revive the 'half-dead, half-alive 14th century poet' with a performance of some of his best-loved stories. "This is an adaptation from the original by Martin Riley and it includes the Pardoner's Tale, The Nun's Priest's Tale, The Wife of Bath's Tale, The Knight's Tale and the Miller's Tale. "Expect ridiculous props, singing chickens, bare bums, audience participation, kazoos, and lots of laughter. It's loud, it's rude and it's lewd. You'll love it! And don't worry; it's not performed in Middle English. "It's a bit like panto on tour!" The production stars some people whose names you may well recognise: Joff Lacey, Jack May, Jo Stephenson, Beryl Savill, Zoe Maddison, David Roberts, Mary Carmichael, Norman Stewart, Miri Bradder, Kat Wootton and Martin Hogg, with live music by Ali Hill.
Opening night is Tuesday 13th June. For more information and to book your tickets, head to Tolethorpe.co.uk Forced into exile in the Forest of Arden, lovers Rosalind and Orlando become entangled in a game of love, lust and mistaken identity. Rarely performed in his lifetime, this play has become one of Shakespeare’s most enjoyable comedies. Reimagined as a story from the Summer of Love, As You Like It blends a feisty cross-dressing heroine with a wisecracking fool, melodic songs, questionable poetry and laughs aplenty. Will love conquer all, or is it merely a summer madness?
A comedic look at the world of amateur dramatics! A summer evening’s barbecue is the setting for a social meeting of the Trealaw and District Operatic Society. Next season’s play is to be announced but Nick, the society’s business manager, has promised a different show and the plum roles to four different people. As the evening progresses each character’s foibles and talents are revealed. The complex relationships between players emerge as moments of pure slapstick and farce alternate with ones full of real drama and pathos. Not every hitch is resolved, but at the end of this exploration of the joys and heartaches of amateur theatrics, the society is intact and its members ready for another season of testing the magic and artifice that is theatre. This amateur production of 'Trivial Pursuits' is presented by arrangement with ConcordTheatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk
The Addams Family Musical tells the story of the iconic family whose values of love, acceptance, and loyalty are put to the test when their now 18 year old daughter Wednesday falls in love with a “normal” boy named Lucas. Gomez & Morticia try to embrace Wednesday’s new 'normal' boyfriend while staying true to their own values. The two families meet for a fateful dinner with hilarious consequences as Pugsley, Grandma and Fester try to meddle and end up disclosing far more than anyone had expected. The show is rated PG with some mild language and subtle bedroom humour.
14th-17th June Saturday 17 June at 2.30pm is a signed performance.
In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, the beautiful mermaid, Ariel, longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. King Triton's youngest daughter wishes to pursue Prince Eric, a human, in the world above and strikes a bargain with the evil sea witch, Ursula, trading her tail for legs. But the arrangement is not all as it seems and to ensure she doesn't become a poor unfortunate soul, Ariel needs the help of her friends, Flounder, Scuttle and Sebastian, to restore order under the sea. Based on one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved stories and the classic animated Disney film, The Little Mermaid is a hauntingly beautiful love story for the ages. With music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater and a compelling book by Doug Wright, this fishy fable will capture your heart.
Wednesday 14 June 2023 - Saturday 17 June 2023 various times
The Bentley Operatic Society is proud to return to the Epstein with a sparkling production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor®Dreamcoat by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The Bentley performed annually at the theatre from about 1926 up to the closure in 2004 – over 75 productions. For our ‘homecoming’ we are presenting one of the most popular Lloyd Webber shows, originally written for a school production in 1968, and now expanded into a spectacular full length musical. An Amateur production by arrangement with The Really Useful Group Ltd
Dragon Theatre Company's spring production is the witty and intriguing 'Agatha Crusty and the Village Hall Murders' by Derek Webb. Agatha Crusty is a crime novelist. She's also pretty adept at solving crimes. When her sister-in-law Alice invites her to spend a few days with her in the village of Chortelby, it's not long before she gets caught up in a series of murders which seem directed at members of the All Saints Village Hall committee. With many suspects to choose from, and a truly incompetent investigating officer to contend with, Agatha sets about solving the crimes, and there are plenty of laughs as the murders begin to pile up. While packed full of humour, this is also a genuine murder mystery with an ingenious plot to tax your little grey cells. Can you solve it? Come along and find out!
9 to 5 The Musical, with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick, is based on the 1980 hit movie. Set in the late 1970s, this hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic. Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to kidnap their sexist, egotistical boss and take control of the company. With a cast of talented local performers, this uplifting and energetic show promises to be a great night out. For ages 13 years+
Saturday 17th June Matinee - 2.30pm Evening - 7.30pm Sunday 18th June Matinee -2.30pm
Nina is keen to show off her fiancé to her sister Pippa and brother Roger. Sadly, Pippa finds him all too familiar, and his mobster parents aren’t much of a hit with the family either
Come along and join the crazy Zoosters on their eventful journey to Madagascar ! This show is packed full of fun and laughter, along with some cute and cuddly penguins.
Thursday 22 June until Saturday 24 June A special outdoor performance at the Museum of Power, Langford will take place on July 1
'Much Ado' is set in a pub in London's East End in 1945. It sees locals welcoming soldiers home from the war. As thoughts turn from conflict to love, can their hearts stay strong against rivalries, misdeeds, and misunderstandings?
22 - 23 Jun 2023 7:00pm 24 Jun 2:00pm & 7:00pm 25 Jun 2:00pm
Disney's FROZEN JR. is based on the 2018 Broadway musical and brings Elsa, Anna and the magical land of Arendelle to life on stage. The show features all of the memorable songs from the animated film with music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, plus five new songs written for the Broadway production. A story of true love and acceptance between sisters, Frozen JR. expands upon the emotional relationship and journey between Princesses Anna and Elsa. When faced with danger, the two discover their hidden potential and the powerful bond of sisterhood. With a cast of beloved characters and loaded with magic, adventure, and plenty of humour, Frozen JR. is sure to thaw even the coldest heart!
Posted 05/06/2023
Acting Up
We Don’t Have a Clue - an original musical murder mystery
Join Murdoch Jones and his trusted assistant, Dr Hopson, as they try to solve the murder of rising star, Lucky Silvers. With a dynamic soundtrack and a variety of colourful suspects, can you crack the case? Contains some adult material and flashing lights.
23 June 7:30pmR24 June 3pm & 7:30pm 25 June 3pm 29 June 7:30pm 30 June 7:30pm 01 July 3pm & 7:30pm
This production is an abridged version of Shakespeare's Macbeth where the action whips along at a fast and exciting pace. We are offering the audience a fresh perspective on the role that gender plays in guilt and accountability with a new and completely original take on the central roles. Who is the villain of this piece? You decide.
Danny lives happily and peacefully in a gypsy caravan with his devoted father and works his spare time in their small village petrol station. However, when Danny turns nine his world is turned upside down when he learns of his father’s secret passion for pheasant poaching in the estate of the nasty, greedy Victor Hazell, the local wealthy landowner. In the early hours, Danny awakes to find that his father has failed to return after a night of poaching. Fearing that his father may be in grave danger, Danny leaves the caravan and sets off on a courageous journey to rescue him. Soon, with a little help from the village, Danny finds himself the mastermind behind the most incredible and exciting plot ever attempted against Victor Hazell.
Old Gits by Caroline Doyle (a rehearsed reading) For one night only South London Theatre will present a rehearsed reading (script in hand) of a new piece of writing by Caroline Doyle. In an event so rare that the Guinness Book of Records is making enquiries, five stalwarts of the SLT stage will appear together for this one-off reading, ably support on the piano by Andrew Chadney. This is a gentle play about old friends. The kind of friendship that starts at school and wanders through the river of life, the currents throwing them together and taking them off on other journeys but the friendship remains. It reminds us that memories are precious and will take the audience back to the glory where youth resides and the firmest friendships are forged. AGES: 16+
An evening of monologues brought to you by an incredibly talent cast of Local actor’s. The audience will get the chance to vote for their favourite performance! Come along and support local theatre and performers, and maybe even grab yourself a prize in the raffle! Hosted by Fluffy TOP Productions as a fundraiser to support their work creating new, original theatre in Kent. Suitable for ages 16+ – themes of a sexual nature, violence and grief.
In Renaissance Italy, a wealthy merchant welcomes a victorious Duke and his entourage to his Tuscan Villa where they enjoy feasting, dancing, revelry and romance. However, the actions of an angry, vengeful man threaten to destroy friendships and ruin lives; but is foiled by the intervention of the 'intrepid' Night Watch. Join us in the atmospheric surroundings of The George Hotel's Jacobean courtyard as we perform one of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies.
Petal, Missy and Hen are on their way to Iona, searching for a miracle, when their train is halted by floods at Tarbet. At a B&B, they find Jim, Guy and Sonny. The strange weather and circumstances allow them a glimpse of others they have loved and lost - and offer them all the tantalising opportunity to dream it better. Shimmer has six parts that are suited to natural storytellers with a subtle, playful vibe. The stories told by our characters ebb and flow as they share their pasts and circle towards their futures. Time and reality shimmers in and out. Sometimes they are aware an audience is with them, sometimes not. Sometimes they hear each other, sometimes not. Somewhere along the line we loop around and feel like we've been here before, but somehow not quite. Will Hen ever get her cup of tea? Will Missy be able to let go? Will Petal make it to the loo in time? Will Sonny speak of who he needs to speak of? Will Jim ever make Hen her cup of tea? Will Guy climb his mountain? And will the fishman in his van make it through the flood?
Tuesday 27th June - Saturday 1st July 2023 7:30pm each evening plus Saturday matinee at 2:30pm
Private Peaceful is based on the book of the same name by one of Britain’s best loved story tellers, Michael Morpurgo (author of War Horse). The play tells the story of brothers Tommo and Charlie Peaceful whose lives are torn apart by the First World War. Tommo reflects on his childhood in Devon through memories of home – suppers around the kitchen table with his family, summers spent down at the riverbank, and of course, Molly – but these memories of village life are by no means as tranquil as they seem… Acknowledged by Morpurgo as his favourite work, Private Peaceful is set to be a compelling story of love and a deeply moving account of the First World War.
The Great Gatsby' centres on the titular mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his reputation for throwing lavish parties at his home in West Egg in the hopes that his long lost love, Daisy Buchanan will attend. Narrated by Daisy's cousin and Gatsby's new neighbour, Nick Carraway; when Gatsby is finally reunited with Daisy, a chain of tragic events ensue that will change Nick's life forever. 'The Great Gatsby' was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and is considered an American classic. It not only gives an accurate depiction of the lifestyle of the wealthy during the 1920s, but it challenges the values of the American dream and whether the idea that money, prosperity and popularity are all one needs to be truly happy.
Falstaff decides to fix his financial woe by seducing the wives of two wealthy merchants. The wives find he sent them identical letters and take revenge by playing tricks on Falstaff when he comes calling. With the help of their husbands and friends, the wives play one last trick in the woods to put Falstaff's mischief to an end. Join us performing the plays of William Shakespeare in the beautiful setting of The Rockery in Raphael's Park. In the event of RST cancelling a performance, due to poor weather etc, tickets can be allocated to a subsequent performance if available or a refund given. Refunds will not be given for your non attendance, should the event proceed as advertised.
Thursday 29th June – Saturday 1st July 2023. Evening performances at 7.30pm, Saturday matinee at 2.30pm.
A murder mystery that satirises the world of opera, illustrates the unfairness of being a person known for ‘a good personality’, and parodies a certain famous Phantom. Young Agnes (stage name ‘Perdita’) leaves the kingdom of Lancre for the great city of Ankh-Morpork to start a singing career at the bottom. She arrives at The Opera House to find the sparkling ingenue Christine, a new owner whose management expertise is cheese, a ‘Ghost’ that leaves notes with far too many exclamation marks, and a number of the kind of accidents that you prefer to call ‘accidents’. Being doomed to be sensible and actually being able to sing means Agnes is coping with all this pretty well. However, fellow Lancrastrians, Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, see disaster ahead (not least for certain publishers) and head after Agnes because, after all, being the Good witches doesn’t mean they are Nice.
Posted 25/05/2023
Clacton Musical Theatre Society
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels the musical
Essex
Venue: Princes Theatre, Clacton Town Hall, Station Road, Clacton on Sea, Essex CO15 1SE
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, based on the popular 1988 MGM film, takes us to the French Riviera for high jinks and hilarity. Sophisticated, suave with a good dash of mischief, this hysterical comedy features a delightfully jazzy score by David Yazbek (The Full Monty) and was nominated for a staggering eleven Tony Awards. Lawrence Jameson makes his lavish living by talking rich ladies out of their money. Freddy Benson more humbly swindles women by waking their compassion with fabricated stories about his grandmother's failing health. After meeting on a train, they attempt to work together, only to find that this small French town isn't big enough for the two of them. They agree on a settlement: the first one to extract $50,000 from a young female target, heiress, Christine Colgate, wins, and the other must leave town. A hilarious battle of cons ensues that will keep audiences laughing, humming and guessing to the end! Some adult content This show has a harmless imitation firearm effect with a loud rapport.
This hilarious spoof of the best Agatha Christie traditions is set in a country manor house in the 1930s, with an assembled cast of characters guaranteed to delight- Bunting the butler; an English Colonel with the prerequisite stiff upper lip; a shady French art dealer and his moll; the bumbling police inspector and a well-meaning sleuth who seems to attract murder wherever she goes. They're all here and all caught up in the side-splitting antics which follow a mysterious death in the house. It soon becomes clear that the murderer isn't finished yet but will they be unmasked before everyone else has met their doom?
Venue: St George's Hall, Hambledon Road, Waterlooville PO7 7EH
Box Office: TicketSource or 07918 215947 Tickets £8 or £5 for under 16s
29, 30 June and 1 July at 7.30pm
Captain's Day at the Seven Lakes Golf Club gets off to a bad start when the men's Captain is indisposed. Club secretary, Simon, relishes the chance to take over but is soon thwarted by the arrival of Vice Captain, Nick and his girlfriend, Tiffany. Lady Captain, Fran, and enthusiastic but hopeless Barry add to the confusion as a series of disasters mount. With the unexpected arrival of Simon's wife, Laura, tensions build and things go from bad to worse. Set on the club house patio, the characters soon discover that personal relationships OFF the course are more dangerous than the hazards ON the course! Love or loathe golf, it will never seem quite the same again!
Posted 08/06/2023
Ringshall Amateur Theatrical Society - RATS
Death of the Parish Councillor
Author: An interactive Murder Mystery Radio Play by Tom Hitchcock
Suffolk
Venue: Ringshall Village Hall, near Stowmarket
Box Office: Tickets £7 - Call or text: 07821 105876
Box Office: Tickets cost £7 (plus 8% booking fee). Tickets are managed by the Crescent Theatre, and are available to purchase online, via phone or the Box Office. Tickets may be available to buy on the door, but advanced booking is highly recommended. Tickets can be purchased online: www.crescent-theatre.co.uk, or by calling the Box Office on: 0121 643 5858. For ticket queries, please email: boxoffice@crescent-theatre.co.uk. The Theatre Bar will be open before the production and during the interval. The Box Office opens one hour before the show.
Friday 30th June 2023 - 7.30pm Saturday 1st July 2023 - 2.15pm & 7.30pm
Join Stage 27 for an evening of psychological drama, as they delve deep into the complex mind of the infamous Dr Crippen… London, 1910. Three facets of Crippen's complex personality, Darkside, Parent and Child, battle for his immortal soul. Crippen's lover Ethel is pregnant, and his wife Belle, the star of the London stage has just found out. By morning, Belle will be dead. But, who is the murderer?
Venue: The Old Fire Station, 2a Norwood High Street, SE27 9NS
Box Office: TicketSource Ticket Prices:* Standard £14.00 Concession £12.00 SLT Member £10.00 SLT Concession £8.00
2-6 May 2023 8:00pm
Brothers Austin and Lee are like chalk and cheese. Austin is a well educated scriptwriter and a family man. Lee is a drifter, hustler, an uneducated, heavy drinker, a part time-burglar, living on his wits. Austin is looking after their mother's home in Southern California, while she's on holiday in Alaska. He is trying to write a film script when Lee shows up, restless and lost, having lived out in the desert for months. The brothers try to communicate but it seems there is an ocean or a desert between them. Lee annoys Austin by badgering him about his art, while Austin is concerned that Lee will go out and burgle local homes, causing trouble.
Tues 2nd to Sat 6th May 2023 It's #SignLanguageWeek and the theme this year is 'Protecting BSL'. We're proud of being the first non-professional musical theatre group in the local area to add a BSL interpreted performance to each of our productions. For Kinky Boots, this will be on the evening of Saturday, 6th May.
Winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical, Kinky Boots features a joyous, Tony-winning score by Cyndi Lauper and a hilarious, uplifting book by four-time Tony winner Harvey Fierstein. Charlie Price has reluctantly inherited his father's shoe factory, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. Trying to live up to his father's legacy and save his family business, Charlie finds inspiration in the form of Lola. A fabulous entertainer in need of some sturdy stilettos, Lola turns out to be the one person who can help Charlie become the man he's meant to be. As they work to turn the factory around, this unlikely pair finds that they have more in common than they ever dreamed possible. and discovers that when you change your mind about someone, you can change your whole world.
Venue: Maddermarket Theatre, St John's Alley, Norwich NR2 1DR
Box Office: 01603 620917 or www.maddermarket.co.uk Tickets: All £16.50 with Friday night only student rate £10.
3rd May 2023 to 7th May 2023
‘Iolanthe’ is Gilbert and Sullivan at their best. Gilbert's hilarious satire on the House of Lords and the role of women in politics is complemented by Sullivan's sparkling music, making this one of the most popular of the G&S cannon. ENOS's exciting new production moves the action forward to the Roaring Twenties, promising a magical evening of melodious merriment.
Posted 06/02/2023
Encore Performing Arts
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Author: Jonathan Larson
Derbyshire
Venue: Duchess Theatre, Long Eaton, Derbyshire, NG10 1EF
Box Office: TicketSource Tickets are £15 (£13.50 concessions)
3-6th May 2023. Shows start at 7.30, with no interval.
Following Jon, a young theatre composer who's waiting tables at a New York City diner in 1990 while writing what he hopes will be the next great American musical. Days before he's due to showcase his work in a make-or-break performance, Jon is feeling the pressure from everywhere: from his girlfriend Susan, who dreams of an artistic life beyond New York City; from his friend Michael, who has moved on from his dream to a life of financial security; amidst an artistic community being ravaged by the AIDS epidemic. With the clock ticking, Jon is at a crossroads and faces the question everyone must reckon with: What are we meant to do with the time we have?
Since its electric Broadway and West End debut in the early 1970's, GREASE has remained one of the world's most popular musicals. Join us for an unforgettable night at the theatre as RMTC bring GREASE to the iconic Champness Hall.
Box Office: chelmsfordtheatre.co.uk or Call the box office on 01245 606 505 Opening night £18 per ticket - all other performances £20
9-13th May 2023 - Evening performances 19:30. Matinee 13th May 15:00
The true story of the Calendar Girls launched a global phenomenon, a million copycat calendars, a record-breaking movie, stage play and musical written by Tim Firth and Gary Barlow which coined the term ‘craughing’, the act of crying and laughing at the same time. With unforgettable songs, every performance continues to add to the millions already raised for charity and prove that there is no such thing as an ordinary woman. Every performance continues to add to the millions already raised for charity.
A jubilant, heartfelt musical about the power of home, the hearth, family and love featuring the songs of The Proclaimers. Sunshine on Leith follows the highs and lows of friends Davy and Ally as they search for normality after returning from a tour in Afghanistan. Families, friendships and life are not all plain sailing in this funny and moving story about love and life. Originally a stage musical before being transformed into the 2013 feature film adaptation, Sunshine on Leith will leave you asking: How many miles would you walk for the people and places you love?
10th to 13th May Performances nightly at 19:30. Matinee performance on Saturday 13th May at 14:45
Pastiche Musical Theatre Company, based in Hillingdon, return to the Compass Theatre in May with a production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's ground-breaking musical, Company. On his 35th birthday, Robert struggles to think of a wish to make as he blows out his birthday candles. Over a series of dinner parties, first dates, and thoughtful conversations, Robert attempts to understand the pros and cons of marriage from his diverse and frequently hilarious friends and begins to make sense of his own persistent bachelorhood. The show features some of Musical Theatre's most well-known songs such as 'Not Getting Married', 'You Could Drive A Person Crazy' 'The Ladies Who Lunch' and Sondheim's iconic anthem, 'Being Alive'. Proceeds from Pastiche's production will be donated to Crohn's and Colitis UK - a worthy charity that carries out remarkable work in raising awareness, campaigning and helping to fund research and also provides support to those living with Crohn's and Colitis (and their loved ones). Pastiche are incredibly proud to be supporting them with their production, once again picking a charity that is close to Pastiche's heart, as they have been supporting members of the company.
Inspired by a true story and based on the hit movie, 'Made in Dagenham' is the uplifting new British musical comedy about friendship, love and the importance of fighting for what is right. Essex 1968. Like millions of other working women, each morning Rita O'Grady is just trying to get her husband out of bed, get the kids off to school and get to work at the factory on time. But life is about to change forever when it's announced that the girls in the stitching room of Ford's Dagenham car plant will have their pay grade dropped to 'unskilled'. Quickly drawing on a strength she never knew she had, Rita leads her friends in a battle against the might of Ford and the corruption of the Union supposed to protect them. As the girls' inspiring journey gets bigger than anyone could have imagined, the pressure is too much for some, but can Rita keep up the fight and the happy home she's worked so hard for? Funny, touching and timeless, 'Made in Dagenham' shows how ordinary people can do extraordinary things when they stand together.
Box Office: Tickets £10 - Call 01825 722359 or 01825 722985, or go to our website info@newickdrama.org. You can also buy them from Newick Butchers, or on the door on performance nights.
10th - 13th May 202 Doors open at 7.15pm for an 8pm start
Spice up your life and join us for the incredibly funny classic comedy 'Run for Your Wife'. Written by Ray Cooney in 1982 - be warned, it's definitely of its time! Directed by Bronja Whitlock
Venue: The Dales United Reformed Church, 63 Parkdale Road (corner of Parkdale/Eastdale road), Bakersfield, Nottingham NG3 7GL
Box Office: Ticket prices: Adults - £8.00, Child (Under 16) - £6.00 Tickets can be purchased via dmdg.co.uk/tickets
Thursday 11th May 2023 @ 7:15PM Friday 12th May 2023 @ 7:15PM Saturday 13th May 2023 @ 7:15PM
The Dales Music & Drama Group Present the comedy thriller ' A Tomb With a View' written by Norman Robbins. Running from Thursday 11th May until Saturday 13th May. The sinister Tomb Family gather in the library for the reading of the last will and testament of their late father, Septimus Tomb. As the tension mounts, questions begin to arise. Who will benefit most from the will? Why has there been an extra place laid for dinner? Will anyone be left alive to inherit? Doors Open 6:45PM - Show Start 7:15PM Please note: This show may not be suitable for younger audience members.
Grimstone Halt Written by Peter Robbie Three television executives arrive at a run down hotel researching it as a possible location for a new show. Stories of murder and arson soon arise and things are not as they seem.,br>Last Tango in Little Grimley Written by David Tristram Little Grimley Amateur Dramatic Society is in trouble. Membership has dwindled to Four - The audiences aren't much bigger - and rent is due. They need a performance to save them all and Gordon the Chairman has a risky idea.
Box Office: Tickets only £8 each, available online or from E Grainger on Derby Street
11th May 2023 7:30pm
The Hollow Crown is an anthology, devised by John Barton in 1961, which presents in dramatic form speeches, documents, gossip and music, associated with the British monarchy from William the Conqueror to Queen Victoria Featuring Jean Pointon, Ian W Wilson, John Charlesworth, Judy Herbert, Alec Pointon and Brian Bogie, with singing from John Hurst and piano by Ian Jones. For one night only!!
Coventry Musical Theatre Society are back with the dazzling, fabulously sassy and uplifting Kinky Boots; strutting their stuff with sparkles, stilettos and a whole lot of heart. Winner of every major Best Musical award, and with songs by pop legend Cyndi Lauper, Kinky Boots is inspired by a true story. This musical celebration is about the friendships we discover, and the belief that you can change the world when you change your mind. A joyous high-heeled hit, taking you from the factory floor to the catwalks of Milan, in a feel-good and heart-warming tale of friendship, filled with joy and laughter. Charlie Price has reluctantly inherited his father's shoe factory, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. Trying to live up to his father's legacy and save his family business, Charlie finds inspiration in the form of Lola. A fabulous entertainer in need of some sturdy stilettos, Lola turns out to be the one person who can help Charlie becomes the man he's meant to be. As they work to turn the factory around, this unlikely pair finds that they have more in common than they ever dreamed possible. The multi award-winning Coventry Musical Theatre Society are proud to bring this spectacular show to the Belgrade Theatre. Following their highly successful productions of Peter Pan, Shrek, Annie, Monty Python's Spamalot and 42nd Street, this year they are thrilled to bring you Kinky Boots. This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.
Posted 12/05/2023
BOOM hush Theatre Productions
Let’s Be Bad
Kent
Venue: Avenue Theatre, Sittingbourne
Box Office: Tickets: £10.00 Book online at www.avenuetheatre.co.uk (6.5% booking fee applies) or call 01795 471140
Friday 12th & Saturday 13th May at 7.30pm
A Wickedly Villainous Concert, featuring songs from Les Miserables, Oliver, Chicago, Hamilton, Jekyl & Hyde, Mean Girls and many more. This concert is supporting and raising awareness of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
The work of Sir Terry Pratchett OBE comes to Guide Bridge Theatre in a wonderful adaptation by Stephen Briggs. If you like your comic fantasy turned up to the maximum you will be delighted with this tale of witches and royalty, loosely based on Macbeth. The ambitious wife of Duke Felmet persuades him to murder his cousin, King Verence I of Lancre. An escaping servant gives the King's crown and child to three witches; Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick. They hand the child to a troupe of travelling actors and hide the crown in the props-box. So destiny can take its course and the child can one day take his rightful place as king, right? Well things are never simple with these witches.
Venue: St. Joseph’s Hall, Chapel Street, Leigh WN7 2PR
The Gondoliers tells the story of two charming Gondoliers, Giuseppe and Marco, who are informed that due to an error of identity when they were young boys, one of them is now the heir to the throne of Barataria. Delighted with the situation, they agree to share the responsibilities of governing their new kingdom until it can be ascertained which one of them is the King. Matters become complicated when the Duke and Duchess of Plaza-Toro reveal that their beautiful daughter, Casilda, was married to the future king as an infant. However, Casilda is in love with her father's attendant Luiz, and both Giuseppe and Marco are newly married to Tessa and Gianetta, two local Venetian girls. Only one person can reveal the true identity of the King of Barataria .......
Sam and Molly, childhood sweethearts, are happily in love and living together in Brooklyn. On returning to their apartment one night, they are mugged at gunpoint, Sam is murdered and finds himself trapped between this world and the next, and as a ghost is unable to leave Molly. Sam quickly learns Molly is in grave danger. Oda Mae Brown, a local psychic helps Sam communicate with Molly in the hope of protecting her.
Every story starts somewhere. It’s the early hours of the morning and Danny’s the last straggler at Laura’s party. The flat’s in a mess. And so are they. One more drink?
Two lonely, damaged people come together at the end of a party. Over the course of an hour and a half, we follow their first teetering steps towards a relationship. Funny, poignant and moving, this is a brilliant, real-time play about risking it all and wearing your heart on your sleeve.
CHESS The Musical is an epic story of love and political intrigue underpinned by a fabulous score, with music by ABBA's Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and lyrics by Sir Tim Rice. It includes the international hits, I Know Him So Well and One Night in Bangkok. Set against the background of the Cold War in the early 1980s, the superpowers attempt to manipulate the international chess championships for political ends. Their two chess grandmasters, one a brash American and the other an earnest Soviet, find themselves drawn into a love triangle which threatens to destroy their lives. From the Tyrol to Thailand the players, lovers, politicians, CIA and KGB make their manipulative moves to control both the games and the love affair. But who will win? Supported by a full rock band, this rarely performed musical should not be missed.
Box Office: Harlequin Box Office on 01737 276500 or can book online harlequintheatre.co.uk Tickets: £18 - £21 £21 tickets discounted to £19.50 for those booking in a group of four or more
Wednesday 17th - Saturday 20th May, including a matinee show on the Saturday
It follows the story of America’s most notorious lovers and bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, as they go from small-town nobodies in Texas to America’s most renowned folk heroes and the Texas law enforcement’s worst nightmare - and features a non-traditional score of blues, gospel and rock music.
Pushed to boiling point, three female co-workers concoct a plan to get even with their sexist, egotistical, hypocritical boss. Set in the late 1970s this very funny story of friendship and revenge is based on the 1980 hit movie, and has music and lyrics by Dolly Parton. Recommended audience age 12+
Box Office: Ticketsolve Ticket price £20-£23 (EARLY BIRD OFFER. Book more than a month in advance for £2 off each ticket) Running Time 120mins Age restrictions 6+
17 - 20 May 2023 8:00pm 20 & 21 2:00pm
THOSE WERE THE DAYS is a brand new musical celebrating the ladies who unarguably left their mark on the music of the swinging sixties; Carole King, Aretha Franklin, Patsy Cline, Dusty Springfield, Diana Ross, Cilla Black, Petula Clarke, Tina Turner and many more... This high-energy musical gives a perspective on the life of women in the 1960s, contrary to the widely accepted vision of a Swinging Sixties full of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. It was certainly a progressive decade, bringing many life changing events, especially for women. The show takes audiences on a nostalgic trip down memory lane, featuring such timeless hits as Son Of A Preacher Man, River Deep Mountain High, You Can’t Hurry Love, I Say A Little Prayer, It’s My Party, Rescue Me, Respect, Please Mr Postman, Proud Mary, These Boots Were Made For Walking... Powerful voices, an unforgettable era and a night guaranteed to have audiences singing and dancing in the aisles...
Box Office: www.scunthorpetheatres.co.uk Tickets available at the offer price of 2 for £15 until Tuesday 9th May using the offer on the back of our fliers, from the Scunthorpe Theatres box office, by phone on 01724 296296 or online via their website.
Wednesday 17th May to Saturday 20th May
Maureen is a ‘big-boned’ widow who runs Mo-tivators, the worst health and fitness club in the country. The group meet in a small hall in the middle of nowhere, and only attracts clientele who have nothing better to do. This is a club where you can have your cake and eat it – quite literally! Jackie comes to get away from her philandering husband, and she’s started to bring along her young sister Whitney to keep her out of trouble. Donald comes because he secretly loves Maureen – he’s lost 12 stone so far – and if he doesn’t ask her out soon there’ll be nothing left of him! Things seem to be on the up when Sophie, a researcher for a reality TV programme, comes to check out the club. But when a snowstorm arrives it brings with it revelations which will change their lives forever in this comedy about friendship, frostbite and French fries. Contains strong language
Posted 17/04/2023
Platform Musicals
A Tale of Two Cities
Author: Book by Dave Ross & Vivienne Carter based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Music & Lyrics by Dave Ross, Neil Parker & Michael Mullane
A story of love and revenge set against the background of the French Revolution. Scenes range from quiet country gardens to the storming of the Bastille while the music is romantic, reflective, and stirring by turns.
Wed 17th, Thurs 18th, Fri 19th and Sat 20th May 2023 Doors open: 7.00pm, Performance: 7.30pm
A washed up Hollywood star is flown to England to play the title role in “King Lear” at “Stratford” believing he will be appearing onstage at the legendary Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford on Avon. Instead he finds he has signed on with the “Stratford Players’ in the Suffolk village of Stratford St John.....
Blithe Spirit is a comic play by Noël Coward, described by the author as "an improbable farce in three acts". The play concerns the socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant Madame Arcati to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires when he is haunted by the ghost of his wilful and temperamental first wife, Elvira, after the séance. Elvira makes continual attempts to disrupt Charles's marriage to his second wife, Ruth, who cannot see or hear the ghost. The play was first seen in the West End in 1941 and ran for 1,997 performances, a new record for a non-musical play in London. It also did well on Broadway later that year, running for 657 performances. Southend Drama Society will attempt to evoke the spirit of the ‘40’s and will present a costume drama, with a traditional box set. The Company has along history of performing period pieces, with a strong bias towards comedy. We promise every nuance will be observed and therefore expect an hilarious evening’s entertainment.
Posted 09/05/2023
St Dunstan's Amateur Operatic Society
9 to 5 the musical
Author: Dolly Parton
Manchester
Venue: St Dunstan's Parish Hall, Manchester, M40 9DL
Set in 1979, this hilarious story of friendship and revenge is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic. Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. Contains strong language and adult topics.
17th - 20th of May 2023 7.30pm Saturday matinee at 2.30pm
Whisky Galore - a musical! was performed professionally by Pitlochry Festival Theatre in its 2009 summer season and due to popular demand was repeated in the autumn of 2011 as part of the Theatre's 60th anniversary season. It is 1943 and the curse of rationing has visited the remote Hebridean islands of Little Todday and Great Todday to the extent that the thirsty islanders have all but run out of uisge beatha - the water of life. And it is not just the whisky drought that is causing problems either. Good Catholic girl Peggy Macroon has fallen for one of the soldiers stationed on the islands, Sergeant Odd, who is not just English, but Protestant to boot! Catriona MacLeod is having trouble prising meek schoolmaster George Campbell away from his Wee Free dragon of a widowed mother. And the dragon herself seems too much in sympathy with the army authorities for some people's liking . When a cargo ship, the SS Cabinet Minister, runs aground with fifty thousand crates of whisky aboard, the islanders rush to take advantage of the unexpected bounty. But then the officious Captain Waggett, the English officer commanding the Home Guard, learns of the illicit salvage operation - and is ordered to confiscate the liquor, notwithstanding the efforts of his long-suffering wife, Dolly. The islanders are led by the Catholic Joseph Macroon, who owns the local shop and post office, but who would like to have his fingers in even more pies. His foil is the Protestant Roderick MacRurie who owns the Snorvig Hotel and has to implement rations all round as the alcohol slowly dries up. Characters such as Willie Munro, the only Protestant on Little Todday, Father Macalister (who is no stranger to a dram), Jockey Stewart, and the poet Duncan Macroon ensure colour and adventure as they bring various escapades to life from the original text. In the first act the audience thoroughly enjoys the build up to, and the arrival of, the cargo of whisky on the stricken ship, and then the second act is devoted to the drinking of it, the hiding of it, and the disposal of it. The musical is based on Compton MacKenzie's funny, romantic and hugely entertaining novel of the same name that was made into a memorable film in 1949. The score conjures up the 1940s - with pastiches of the Andrews Sisters and Dad's Army - the unmistakable sounds of the Western Isles and good old fashioned heuchter-teuchter knees-up!
Fired from his skiffle band, Francis Henshall becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe, a small-time East End hood, now in Brighton to collect £6,000 from his fiancée's dad. But Roscoe is really his sister Rachel posing as her own dead brother, who's been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers. Holed up at The Cricketer's Arms, the permanently ravenous Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a second job with Stanley Stubbers, who is hiding from the police and waiting to be reunited with Rachel. To prevent discovery, Francis must keep his two guvnors apart. Simple. In Richard Bean's English version of Goldini's classic Italian comedy, sex, food and money are high on the agenda.
Based on the film by Roger Corman, Screenplay by Charles GriffithROriginally produced by the WPA Theatre (Kyle Renick, Producing Director) Originally produced at the Orpheum Theatre, New York City by the WPA Theatre, David Geffen, Cameron Mackintosh and the Shubert Organization The amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe) all authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI Europe www.mtishows.co.uk
Author: Terry Pratchett adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs
Rutland
Venue: Rutland County Museum, Catmos Street, Oakham LE15 6HW
Box Office: Tickets will be £9 in advance from an Oakham venue and online (with booking fee) and £10 on the door (cash) if you would like to pre order tickets to collect through the theatre company please message our Facebook page or infowyrdrats@yahoo.com
18th, 19th, 20th May 2023
Posted 22/11/2022
Hedges Productions
A Few Good Men
Author: Aaron Sorkin
Essex
Venue: Towngate Theatre, St Martin’s Square, Basildon
This Broadway hit about the trial of two Marines for complicity in the death of a fellow Marine at Guantanamo Bay sizzles on stage. The Navy lawyer, a callow young man more interested in softball games than the case, expects a plea bargain and a cover-up of what really happened. Prodded by a female member of his defence team, the lawyer eventually makes a valiant effort to defend his clients and, in so doing, puts the military mentality and the Marine code of honour on trial. This amateur production of “A Few Good Men” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk
Author: Alan Ayckbourn, directed by Richard O’Malia
Nottinghamshire
Venue: Southwell Library, King Street, Southwell
Box Office: Tickets £10 each, available now from Southwell Library or online at TicketSource
Thursday 18th May until Saturday 20th May 7:30pm door and bar open at 7pm
A new season, a new production, and Southwell Theatre Club’s spring play is to be Sir Alan Ayckbourn’s ‘Snake in the Grass’. The story revolves around two sisters; one, Annabel, returning from abroad, who is the beneficiary of their abusive father’s will, and Miriam, who has stayed at home to care for him. Hurling a dollop of intrigue into the pot is Alice, his former nurse, who throws accusations like confetti into the air. ‘Snake in the Grass’ is not in Ayckbourn’s normal style but he deftly brings his comedic lightness of touch to an otherwise challenging story in which ghosts and spectres of the past return. But are the ghosts all from the past?
Recent widower Guy Jones is transferred to a sleepy small town in Britain, where he decides to audition for an amateur production of " The Beggar's Opera." The director, Dafydd Ap Llewellyn, is such a tyrant that most of the actors quit, bringing Guy's role to more prominence. His local fame facilitates his seduction of numerous townswomen, including co-star Fay and Llewellyn's wife, Hannah
Box Office: Tickets £10 **TICKETS ON SALE APRIL 3RD** Tickets available from: Monday Players Members: 01430 861309 (Helen) or tickets@mondayplayers.com
Thursday 18th, Friday 19th and Saturday 20th May 2023 at 7.30pm
This riotously funny farce centres on the efforts of eight party guests to spare their unfortunate host, and themselves, from scandal. Ken and Chris have found their host Charley, a prominent Government official, in his bedroom, too dazed to speak, with a bullet wound in his ear lobe! His wife, Vivian, and a domestic help are nowhere to be seen. Len and Claire arrive, themselves injured in a car crash, and are soon joined by Ernest and Cookie and Glenn and Cassie, each with their own problems...
May 1997. Tony Blair has won the election and Katrina and the Waves have won Eurovision. Britain is the coolest place in the world. At the local comprehensive school it's a different story. Uncontrollable year 10s, a confiscated tamagotchi and a mission to stop muck-up day turning into a student revolution. The new German language assistant looks on. Things can only get better... At its heart, Education, Education, Education asks what we teach our children and why - through an evening of irreverent humour and inventive theatricality.
All is not well at the Footlights Theatre in Finkleton Fold. The Powderkeg Players are rehearsing for their next show ‘A Stab in the Dark’ which is due to open in two weeks. Nothing is ready much to the frustration of the director, who has many enemies in his midst… some with murder on their minds. Little Waltham Drams Group are proud to present ‘Who Killed the Director’, which is a Murder Mystery with audience participation. There will also be a licensed bar with drinks and snacks available at great prices. The show dates are 18th, 19th and 20th May and the ticket price is £9.00. We do hope that you and your friends will come along and join us in what will be a really enjoyable evening’s entertainment.
Richard Hannay is on the run and racing against time to save the country! His only hindrance is a cast of outrageous characters with implausible accents.oh, and a moving train, a biplane attack and a perilous drop from the Forth Bridge. This comedy spy thriller is an affectionate parody of Hitchcock's classic film, and is crammed with inventive stagecraft, thrilling chases, daring escapades - and a dash of old-fashioned romance. Suitable for ages 8-108. Be thrilled, be intrigued, be on the edge of your seat! Tickets on sale now.
Our Country's Good is a powerful drama which shows us how we can escape the chains that bind us.RIn 1787, ships each with over 700 convicts on board set sail on an eight-month voyage. When they arrive in Australia, their survival is by no means certain: supplies are running out, the convicts are stealing food or trying to escape and the guards are threatening mutiny. Our Country's Good tells the extraordinary true story of a group of convicts and a young officer who rehearse and perform a play - Australia's first theatrical production. With opposition from the officers and a leading lady who may be hanged, the odds are stacked against them.
Evenings 18th, 19th and 20th May 2023 7:30pm Matinee 21st May 2:30pm
To conclude our current season we are performing Teechers, a comedy about school days by the master of Northern comedy, John Godber. Through the medium of their end of term play, three fifth form students – Gail, Hobby and Salty – tell the hilarious story of their idealistic new drama teacher in his perilous first days at their local comprehensive school, and the affect of his lessons on the kids. Most of you will recognise your own school days in this play – the cool kid, the bully, the attractive female gym teacher, the head teacher, and what goes on behind the bike sheds! As the rowdy students gradually learn to be better people through their drama teacher’s love of his subject, the decision he makes at the end of the school year will change both his and his students’ lives forever.
Venue: THE BANK, 2 CASTLE STREET, EYE, SUFFOLK IP23 7AN
Box Office: To reserve tickets, email eyeswritesuffolk@gmail.com or book tickets at thebankeye.org In aid of the Ipswich and Colchester Hospital children’s wards Tickets £10
19th and 20th of May from 7:30 pm
The Ebony Man What’s Neville been up to in his shed? His long-suffering wife is about to find out! Treading the Boards Old rivalries raise their heads as it all kicks off down at the local Am-dram The Whalebone The past returns to haunt the regulars at the Whalebone Inn Mother’s Day Three sisters meet at the behest of their late mother; a guilty secret threatens to upset the apple-cart The Captain’s Table Ray is eagerly awaiting the Captain: Vince, Ray’s worst nightmare seems to be the only fly in the ointment Auntie There’s nothing much Maggie wouldn’t do to protect her brother and her inheritance!
Michael Cooney’s riotous farce has all the ingredients for rib-tickling hilarity and offers a colourful selection of character roles. Eric Swan (aided by his Uncle George and unbeknown to his wife, Linda) has pocketed thousands of pounds through fraudulent DSS claims. When Norman Bassett (the lodger) opens the door to Mr Jenkins, the DSS Inspector, deceptive mayhem follows – as do the undertaker, bereavement counsellor, psychiatrist, Norman’s fiancee, a corpse, the ominous Ms Cowper and a rather rebellious washing machine! Non stop laughs!
ACTING UP STAGE ROALD DAHL CLASSIC When James' parents are unceremoniously eaten by a rhinoceros that escapes from London Zoo, James is forced to go and live with his unpleasant aunts. Through a series of peculiar and magical happenings, James finds himself in a giant peach with a bunch of friendly giant insects for travelling companions. Determined to find a better life, the insects bite the great peach free from its tree and launch into an amazing journey to freedom accompanied by much humour and plenty of ridiculous rhymes!
Adapted from the well-known BBC television series. We are pleased to tell you that the performance licence fees for this show go to Comic Relief. Don’t miss out on this fabulously funny show. See you in Dibley!
Joseph is a pop musical extravaganza, originally developed out of a 15 minute pop cantata that Webber and Rice devised between 1968 and 70, into an amateur stage production in May 1970 in New York City, and from there it went on to take over the world and recently celebrated it’s 50th Anniversary with a concert production in New York City, before returning to the London Palladium and UK tour in 2021.
Posted 25/04/2023
Mint Theatre Society
Through the Cracks
Staffordshire
Venue: Aldridge Community Centre, West Midlands WS9 8AN
Sat 20 May 2023, 7:30PMRFri 26 May 2023, 7:30PM Sat 27 May 2023, 7:30PM
A Victorian lead mine hiding a terrifying secret. A young man searching for a place to stay the night. A university professor whose sanity is tested after finding a mysterious whistle. The Mint Theatre Society presents an evening of three short horror plays which will delight fans of Tales of the Unexpected and Inside No.9. 'Through the Cracks' is a unique show including brand new original writing by local writer and Mint member Charlotte Ball, as well as adaptations of the work of classic authors including M.R. James. Seven actors will take you on an unforgettable journey into the dark and mysterious depths of each twisted tale. we hope you will join us!
Lucentio loves Bianca but cannot court her until her shrewish older sister Katherina marries. RThe eccentric Petruccio marries the reluctant Katherina and uses a number of tactics to render her an obedient wife. Lucentio marries Bianca and, in a contest at the end, Katherina proves to be the most obedient wife.
After stunning sell-out shows Fame, Sister Act and Hairspray, YPPA are back with their next smash hit! Jamie New is sixteen and lives on a council estate in Sheffield. Jamie doesn’t quite fit in. Jamie is terrified about the future. Can Jamie become a sensation?! Supported by his brilliant, loving mum and surrounded by his friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies, and steps 'out of the darkness into the spotlight!' Join Jamie and see if he can make his dreams come true!
'I have read the play, Evelyn! I keep reading the play, but the play keeps on changing!' The world of theatre is full of wonderful, interesting, over-the-top, hugely talented delicate thespians and creatives, but sometimes the play just goes wrong! Stop! The Play is a laughter-filled, fast-paced show that sends up just how awful bad theatre can really be! Featuring five neurotic actors, a stressed-out stage manager and a director who only got the job because of his mummy and daddy. Ladened with nepotism, drama queens, divas, an American who is only there for the box office, a thespian who really can’t remember his lines and a monkey! What is it they say about never working with animals? Add to the mix that the play keeps on getting rewritten, ending up unrecognisable with hilarious results. You won’t be able to Stop! Laughing! Warning the show contains some strong language.
Box Office: 01895 250615 or www.hillingdontheatres.uk Tickets £22 / £16 for Over 65s and Under 18s / £15 each for groups of 8+ booked together
Wed 24, Thu 25, Fri 26 and Sat 27 May at 7.30pm, with matinees on Sat 27 and Sun 28 May at 2.30pm
Tender, passionate and occasionally surreal, full of emotion, magic and energy. Be transported for a night to a world of magic and mystery, where love becomes the centre of a battle for power and control. Harrow Opera presents the opportunity to be totally spellbound by the passion and vibrancy of Mozart’s astonishing music and the twists and turns of a truly incredible story.
Wednesday 24th May 2023 to Saturday 27th May 2023 at 7.30pm Matinee 2.30pm on Saturday 27th May 2023
This well-known Gothic drama, adapted by Neil Bartlett for the stage, redresses the gender balance by giving a voice to Hyde’s first victim. This young girl relates her distressing assault to the lady doctor at a London hospital who is so appalled that she becomes determined to discover the identity of the assailant. Investigations take her to the heart of the male establishment running the hospital and despite their powerful position of privilege and fraternity the truth is eventually revealed.
Theatre At Baddow presents Joe Orton’s dark comedy, in what would’ve been his 90th year. The mischievously provocative story of Mr Sloane, a sly and handsome young man who works his way into the household of Kath, her brother Ed, and their father. Kath wants something between a lover and a substitute baby, while Ed wants someone to drive his car dressed in a tight t-shirt and leather cap. But though the charismatic youth thinks that he holds all the cards with both brother and sister vying for his attention, the play soon becomes a shameless and unnerving tangle of sex, blackmail, bribery and violence.
Venue: Newhampton Arts Centre, Newhampton Arts Centre, Dunkley Street, WV14AN
Box Office: TicketSource Tickets are £6 concessions / £8 standard
Wed 24th May 2023 - Thu 25th May 2023
Bella Brown is the oddest of oddballs. Everything in her world is structured, ordered and beautiful. Everything apart from her garden which is a tangle of weeds and mess due to her profound fear of nature. When her cantankerous neighbour Alfie complains to the council about her, she has 4 weeks to get to grips with her fear of face eviction. Will she, do it?
Box Office: Click *HERE* to go to our online booking page and pay by card; or download the booking form by clicking; fill in the form and post it to our box office at 41 Stephens Way, Sleaford, Lincs, NG34 7JN enclosing a SAE and a cheque for the full amount (number of tickets x £14 each) made payable to East Lane Theatre Club.RTickets are £14 each
25th -27th May 7:45pm Sun Matinee 28th May 3:00pmR1st - 3rd June 7:45pm
This is a tense courtroom drama with a difference, the audience is the jury. You will have to decide…..Did Dr Sherwood murder his wife? ….. Was Jennifer Mitchell his mistress? …..Which, if any, of his alibis should you believe?RAt the end of the trial you will deliver your verdict of guilty or not guilty.RThe play will continue – with one of two different endings, depending on your verdict. Only then will you finally discover the truth!
Married to Prince Hilarion at the age of one she may have been, but Ida has no intention of becoming his wife. Rather, she has shut herself in Castle Adamant where she heads a women's university, shunning man, for 'Man is nature's sole mistake'. Thus King Gama, her father, informs King Hildebrand, who promptly incarcerates Gama and his three warrior sons pending Ida's compliance. Preferring persuasion to force, however, Hilarion and two friends decide to infiltrate the castle in an attempt to woo Ida, conveniently finding robes with which to disguise themselves (hilariously) as would-be students. All goes well, and then the wine begins to flow ... They are discovered. Meanwhile Hildebrand arrives with his soldiers, and threatens to storm the castle walls. Ida urges her ladies to be brave, but they are more inclined to be timid. A pitched battle is, however, avoided by pitting Gama's sons against Hilarion and his friends, with the inevitable result. Ida's resistance to marriage is then overcome in typical Gilbertian style, and all ends happily. Although lesser-known, 'Princess Ida' contains some of Sullivan's loveliest music, and some of Gilbert's sharpest wit. We hope this fun production brings out the best in both.
Fri 26th May 2023 - Sat 27th May 2023 7:30pm Sat Mat 2:30pm
Kevin is a Country music fan, about to have his first date in two years. What's more it's a blind date with Kate! Throw in a best friend that thinks he's god's gift to women, a next-door neighbour with a leaky tap, a stalker, a burglar and the police and it's a recipe for disaster. Will Kevin and Kate find true love? Will the neighbour get her tap fixed? Will the police catch their man (or woman)? Come along and find out!
The musical is about a group of street children who help Sherlock Holmes solve cases, and it is set in Victorian London. There are lots of comedy moments and catchy tunes!
Posted 01/05/2023
Encore Performing Arts
Monty Python's Spamalot
Author: Eric Idle
Nottinghamshire
Venue: Hall, Trent College, Long Eaton
Box Office: TicketSource Tickets are £15 (£13.50 concessions)
30th May - 3rd June 2023 7.30pm (2.30 Saturday matinee)
Find your grail and give your audiences and performers the chance of a lifetime to experience one of the greatest musicals of the modern age, Monty Python's Spamalot! Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and features a bevy of beautiful show girls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits, and French people. Did we mention the bevy of beautiful showgirls? The 2005 Broadway production won three Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, and was followed by two successful West End runs.
Author: adapted from the film by Hirokazu Kore-eda Director: Mark Ireson
London
Venue: The Old Fire Station, 2a Norwood High Street, SE27 9NS
Box Office: TicketSource Ticket Prices:* Standard £14.00 Concession £12.00 SLT Member £10.00 SLT Concession £8.00
Tue 30th May 2023 - Sat 3rd June 2023 8:00pm
If you could spend eternity with just one precious memory, what would it be?RA group of strangers grapple with this impossible question as they find themselves in a bureaucratic waiting room between life and death. Encouraged by enigmatic officials, they must sift through their past lives to choose their forever. Adapted from Hirokazu Kore-eda's award-winning film, After Life is a surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to live - and to die.
A thirty-fifth birthday party has Denis reaching breaking point as he plans to escape from his middle-class, housing-estate existence. Will he pack his rucksack and go or submit to the dreary life ahead? Grab the best seats in the house to see how this night unfolds.
BillBoard Juniors presents the amazing Shrek The Musical Jr. This feel good, hilarious show is based on the much loved, fantastically fun film with added magical musical numbers. It's such a wonderful, half term show for all the family.
Five women are dead and there are no new leads... Senior Investigating Officer, George Oldfield must make a decision..pull together all five investigations under one roof. Something has been missed and they are going to find it. Welcome to The Incident Room!
Dive into the award-winning Crowthorne Musical Players’ production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Full of magic and songs that you love, including Under the Sea, Kiss the Girl and, of course, Part of Your World. This spectacular show is not to be missed and will delight both you and your little ones this spring. Based on the animated 1989 Disney film of the same name and the classic story by Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid is about a mermaid who dreams of the world above the sea and gives up her voice to find true love. Along the way we meet Ariel’s friends Flounder, Scuttle and Sebastian, along with her evil aunt Ursula, King Triton and the dashing Prince Eric. We’ve got gadgets and gizmos a plenty to make this a fun time out for all the family, including early start times for evening performances and a relaxed performance on Wed 29 March.
Posted 02/03/2023
Croft House Theatre Company
Kinky Boots
Author: Book by Harvey Fierstein Music and Lyrics by Cyndi Lauper Original Broadway Production Directed and Choreographed by Jerry Mitchell Based on the Miramax motion picture Kinky Boots Written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth
Based on the 2005 British film Kinky Boots, the Broadway Musical with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper and book by Harvey Fierstein is inspired by true events and tells the story of Charlie Price. Charlie suddenly inherits his father's shoe factory, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. He faces the decision of whether to pursue a new life in London with his fiancée Nicola or return to the town in which he grew up and save his father’s dreams. Ultimately, Charlie decides to try to live up to his father's legacy and rescue the family business. In doing so, he finds unlikely inspiration in the form of Lola, a fabulous drag queen who needs some sturdy stiletto boots. Lola turns out to be the one person who can help Charlie become the man he's meant to be. As they work to turn the factory around, this unlikely pair find that they have more in common than they ever dreamed possible. With the door thrown open and the world at their feet, Charlie discovers that when you change your mind about someone, you can change your whole world. Join us for Kinky Boots - the spectacular, big-hearted hit musical full of singing, dancing, laughter…and fabulous heels!
Box Office: Call: 07713 257603 / Email: boxoffice@ruislipos.org TicketSource Tickets purchased before 31st December will be at our Early Bird price. We also offer a child ticket for children under 12 accompanied by an adult and a group rate - buy ten tickets and get one free. Child and group tickets can be purchased directly from our Box Office only on 07713 257603 or by emailing boxoffice@ruislipos.org
29th March ~ 1st April 2023 7:30pm Sat Mat 2:30pm
In it's Centenary year, the award winning Ruislip Operatic Society presents this high energy, high kicking and gloriously glamorous show. Crazy for You is the ultimate feel-good musical with a fabulous score from the Gershwin brothers’ songbook. The multi-award winning, musical charts the troubled love story of Bobby, son of a wealthy New York banking family and frustrated Broadway hoofer, and Polly, daughter of the proprietor of a failing theatre in Deadrock, Nevada. Sent to close the theatre down, Bobby falls for Polly and decides to save the theatre by putting on a show. Mistaken identities, plot twists, heartbreak, happiness and a wealth of memorable tunes, including I Got Rhythm, They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Nice Work If You Can Get It and Embraceable You, all feature in this exhilarating celebration of the great Broadway musicals.
THE ADDAMS FAMILY features an original story, and it’s every father’s nightmare. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family. A man her parents have never met. And if that weren’t upsetting enough, she confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before — keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.
29 March - 1 April 2023 at 7.30pm plus Saturday matinee 2.30pm
A collection of five short comedies by one of the world’s most popular and prolific playwrights – Alan Ayckbourn. Mother Figure, Drinking Companion, Between Mouthfuls, Gosforth’s Fete and A Talk In The Park. Originally produced in 1974, Confusions is a perennial favourite. The five plays are alternately naturalistic, stylised and farcical, but underlying each is the echoing problem of profound loneliness. With a cast of twenty actors bringing these five wonderfully funny plays to life over one evening, this show is not to be missed! Tickets on sale via Ticket Source from 10 February.
Something’s coming, something good. Following the success of All Shook Up, Hyde Musical Society return to the stage in 2023 with the one of the most popular musicals of all time – West Side Story. This masterpiece is filled with vibrant songs and dance routines including America, Tonight, Maria and I Feel Pretty, West Side Story is still an audience favourite after more than six decades. Set in 1950’s New York, this new production will feature dazzling choreographed numbers alongside flawless musical arrangements. Based on Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, West Side Story explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The story follows Tony and Maria, two young lovers from opposite sides of the street war. A story that will continue to be current in any age. West Side Story first opened at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway in September 1957 to rave reviews and has continued to delight audiences ever since. We are delighted to be bringing it the Hyde Festival Theatre.
A show that will 'tug at the heart and bring joy' A Man of No Importance is a delightful musical drama set in 1960s Dublin. It tells the story of Alfie Byrne, an Oscar Wilde-loving bus conductor whose passion is directing an amateur theatre troupe, the St. Imelda’s Players. When they are determined to stage the controversial and racy “Salome” at the local church, it angers the church authorities leading to personal truths being revealed and secrets exposed. The aftermath will change his life forever, showing the power of family, friendship and acceptance along the way. Featuring a host of wonderful characters of all ages, from a sarcastic stage manager and a trio of difficult actresses, to an Irish housewife, A Man of No Importance will fill the award-winning theatre company’s stage at the start of its 80th anniversary year. David Russell, the show’s director, said: 'It’s a story of friendship, acceptance and truth that will both tug at the heart and bring joy.' Prepare to laugh, cry and enjoy a big of Irish craic.
Lionel Bart's award winning adaptation of Charles Dicken's Oliver Twist. Including memorable numbers such as "Food, Glorious Food", "Consider Yourself", You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two" and "As Long as He Needs Me" Exciting new production in the round at the iconic Drill Hall. Audience on raised seating. Easy access by train ( 3 minute walk) and nearby parking in Broadmeads or Kibes Lane car parks ( 5 minutes walk).
Box Office: www.questors.org.uk TICKET PRICES: Wed - All £15.00, Thurs - Sat - £20.00/£17.00 conc
29th March - 1st April 2023 TIMES: Wed - Sat 7:30pm & Sat Mat 2:30pm
Come and meet those dancing feet at…42ND STREET THE MUSICAL It’s the toe-tapping, show-stopping Broadway musical…42nd Street! Join this fabulous cast on the journey of renowned Broadway director Julian Marsh and the upcoming production of his come-back musical “Pretty Lady”. But when the show's star Dorothy Brock is forced to drop out of the production due to injury, Marsh calls on the newest chorus girl Peggy Sawyer, who takes to the stage a "youngster" and comes back a "star". With one of the most iconic scores in theatreland including "We're in the Money", "Lullaby of Broadway", "42nd Street" and "Shuffle off to Buffalo", this timeless musical delivers on spectacular tap routines, showbiz romance and classic comedy. Don’t miss these dancing feet in Ealing this Spring!
Three elderly office cleaners faced by redundancy come up with a novel way of making extra cash before they are thrown on the scrap heap. Contains adult humour and sexual references throughout.
This lunatic show poses a fascinating mystery. When Barnaby Folcey is murdered at a family gathering at Marlgate Manor, it seems that he had a motive to murder everybody else, but no-one had a reason to want him dead. While dying, he scrawled the letters BAR which can implicate everyone. While the bizarre group frantically tries to unmask the murderer, people vanish, poison is found in the sherry, and the police take for ever to arrive. Meanwhile there’s a secret treasure to be found, a mystifying limerick to decode and all sorts of doom to be avoided before the killer is finally unmasked and destroyed using one of the funniest methods seen on stage.
30th/ 31st March - 7:30pm 1at April - 2pm show/ 6:30pm
All the well-born ladies in the village are in love with the "fleshly" poet, Bunthorne. Bunthorne enjoys the ladies' attention, but he is in love with Patience, the simple village milkmaid who cares nothing for poetry. When a rival "idyllic" poet enters the fray, Patience's world is turned topsy-turvy and she learns that true love must be completely unselfish! The ladies' military suitors don't care for poetry either, nor the strange fashion tastes that seem to come with it, but decide to try styling themselves like the poets in an attempt to win the women's hearts. While Patience traditionally satirises the aesthetic movement of the 1870s and '80s, our lavish production is set in the roaring twenties, where we examine the show's core themes: superficiality, vanity, fads, hypocrisy and pretentiousness. Will Patience learn how to love? Can a group of amateur singers of varying ages and abilities learn something resembling a Charleston in just a few short months? And who will be Bunthorne's bride? All will be answered in this not-to-be-missed production of Gilbert & Sullivan's most romantic work.
STONE PLAY by D.T.A.T.. by Duncan Crompton In a not-so-distant theatre, one small band of players and an AI assistant must face their greatest challenge yet- more so than even forgetting their lines or tripping over the furniture. Haunted by a virtually known future which is past, and a past virtually forgotten, they seek the MacGuffin of truth, as must all great players. Imagined and real worlds are taken, there’s no faking, Shakespeare has never looked so shaken, minds and Wills’ are breaking; in this twice in a life time event…
COMMENT IS FREE by James Fritz Everybody hates Alistair Cooper and they’re not afraid of saying it. A journalist forms the centre of a devastating media storm in this urgent, gripping and innovative play. Comment is Free is James Fritz’s brutal examination of our obsession with free speech and the voyeuristic nature of social media and 24-hour news. A stylised piece for many voices, it explores the aftermath of a fatal attack on a controversially outspoken political commentator through the ensuing online storm. It shines a harsh light on contemporary society and asks big questions about the power of words and personal responsibility, both on and off line.
This one hour adaptation of the RSC version if Baum's classic tale, specially designed for young performers and a young audience. When a tornado rips through Kansas, Dorothy and her dog Toto are whisked away in their house to the magical land of Oz. All your favourite characters and songs performed by BSA Performing Arts (Junior Group) in this amateur production which is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals.
This monster musical comedy by Mel Brooks, adapts his legendary funny film into a brilliant stage creation. Young Frankenstein has all the panache of the film with a little extra theatrical flair . With songs like "Transylvania Mania" and "Puttin on the Ritz", Young Frankenstein is scientifically proven, monstrously good entertainment.
Written in 1747 by the master of Italian comedy, this piece of slapstick foolery hasn't lost an ounce of freshness. Twins Zanetto and Tonino, separated at birth (played by one actor), turn up in Verona, one for an arranged marriage and the other to meet a girl who has run away from her family for him. They are mistaken for each other and the resulting chaos includes duels, betrayals, spats, arrests, a casket of stolen jewels and a death from poisoned wine. Fast, furious and set in the 1960s to a jazz soundtrack, this is everything a stylish and slick comedy should be.
After having Sister Act cancelled in 2020 (and again in 2021!) because of the pandemic, KLOS Musical Theatre are excited to finally be performing it in April 2023! This fabulously funny show is about a nightclub singer, Deloris, who witnesses a crime and has to hide out in a convent. Along the way she encounters trials and tribulations, learns some new lessons, and teaches some too. She makes new friends, and a few enemies as well. But one thing’s for sure, with Deloris around, life in the convent will never be the same again! With brilliant witty dialogue, superb dancing and amazing songs you will be singing and tapping your feet all the way home.
Author: by Tim Firth and with popular music from chart topping Ska band “Madness”
Kent
Venue: EM Forster Theatre, Tonbridge
Box Office: emftheatre.ticketsolve.com Tickets - £15 Early bird until 23rd February £18, £16 concessions (under 16 & over 65 year) Off Peak Shows - Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday Matinee. £20, £18 concessions (under 16 & over 65 years) Peak Shows - Friday & Saturday Evening. /FONT>
5-8th April 2023
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Dunmow Theatre Company are very excited to bring you Legally Blonde the musical by Lawrence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin. The story is based on the novel by Heather Hach and the film of the same name and is about Elle Woods, a sorority girl who enrolls at Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner. She discovers how her knowledge of the law can help others and successfully defends exercise queen Brooke Wyndham in a murder trial. Throughout the show no one has faith in Elle, but she manages to surprise them when she defies expectations whilst staying true to herself. A musical full of hope, colour and girl power! It's time to bend and snap people!! Please be aware, this show contains mature themes.
Saturday 08 – The Red House, Albrighton, near Wolverhampton Friday 21 – Montford Parish Hall, near Shrewsbury Saturday 22 – Hermon Chapel Arts Centre, Oswestry Saturday 29 – Montgomery Town Hall, Powys Doors open at 7.30pm and performances of 42 Crowns, start at 8pm for each of the venues.
SDC TO PERFORM SELF-PENNED COMEDY CELEBRATING THE KING’S CORONATION Performed by four actors and a musician and delivered through a combination of rhyming verse, songs, readings and poetry, 42 Crowns is a wry and quirky observation of the activities of our kings and queens during the reign of various regal houses; such as the Plantagenets, Tudors, Stuarts and Windsors; since 1066 and up to the incumbent monarch Charles III - 42 in total. Originally performed over two sold-out nights in Shrewsbury last summer as 41 Crowns, Michele Rowland-Jones has re written the script following Queen Elizabeth’s passing last September. She said: “Last summer’s two performances were a fun way to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee but the script has now been respectfully amended. It includes some additional music and poetry and is intended to commemorate the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, as well as marking the coronation of King Charles III. With this in mind we decided to take the production on a short tour. Although serious in parts, 42 Crowns is essentially an alternative, light-hearted take on the monarchy throughout the ages, which we hope once again will bring smiles to the faces of our audience.”
We're off to see the wizard! This beloved musical, in which a Dorothy travels over the rainbow to discover the magical power of home, has entertained audiences for generations.
As Britain teeters on the brink of war, William Beech is sent to the countryside as an evacuee by his abusive mother. Initially picked on by his peers, his relationship with the reclusive Tom Oakley and his dog develops into a warm friendship where William flourishes - until his mother calls for him to come home to London. Suitable for age 10+
Tuesday 11th - Saturday 15th April 2023 7:30 each evening plus Saturday matinee at 2:30pm
All Little Theatre Company shows are performed at The Brewhouse Arts Centre, Burton upon Trent 'Winner of the Tony 'Triple Crown' for Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, Avenue Q is back at the Brewhouse by popular demand. Filled with gut-busting humour and a delightfully catchy score, not to mention puppets, Avenue Q is a truly unique show that has quickly become a favourite for audiences everywhere. Although the show addresses humorous adult issues, it is similar to a beloved children's show; a place where puppets are friends, Monsters are good and life lessons are learned.'
Join Ratty, Badger, Mole and the impulsive Toad as they embark on a series of riotous adventures spiralling from Toad's insatiable need for speed! Full of humour and wit, with a gorgeous soaring score and heart-warming lessons of friendship, 'The Wind In The Willows' is the perfect fit for family audiences everywhere.
FRESH VOICES @gbtheatre is a celebration of new writing. From 13 to 15 April, we will be premiering four one act plays and two monologues written by members of Guide Bridge Theatre’s writers’ group.
THE INK RUNS DRY by TV McKaren Directed by Jane Marin The action follows the life and loves of actress Gloria Birch from her first leading role until the end of her long and illustrious career.
GUTTERS by Anna Foden Directed by TBC A dryly humorous monologue about the overwhelming responsibility of owning a property.
OVERLOOKED by Jane Martin Directed by Quina Chapman On the surface Audrey and Jack are poles apart, dig a bit deeper and they're not so very different, but can they overcome their preconceptions to forge a genuine friendship? This 45 minute play uses dialogue and performance poetry to cast a spotlight on issues of disability and homelessness. OVERLOOKED is premiering at Guide Bridge Theatre prior to appearing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August.
GET STUFFED by Andrew Connolly Directed by John Cocks-Evans A Tale of Life, Love and Taxidermy. Taxidermist Ted's long-suffering assistant D'reen has organised evening classes to bring in much needed extra income. Will Rupert, Anne, Steve and David master the art of taxidermy? Why is Ted obsessed with his cellar? Will Ted reciprocate D'reen's feelings? Who is Oswald? A black comedy, not for the faint-hearted.
THE COLD WITHIN by Tony Tibbenham Directed by TBC The chilling monologue of a girl who is escaping from captivity.
FEUD FOR LIFE by Sophie Marie Directed by Sophie Marie Cecilia wants an abortion. Tim does not. In a future where they must agree or go through the courts, the unhappy couple find themselves in front of a judge and jury (the audience) to decide the fate of the foetus.
Each performance features two one-act plays and one monologue. Tickets £8.50 per performance. Buy tickets for two performance dates for £15.
Coming to see both performances on Saturday 15? For just £5 more, why not join us between the performances for a bite to eat (chilli con carne - meat or veg options) and an opportunity to meet with the creatives behind this project.
This famous musical comedy follows Bill–a cockney chancer who suddenly discover he is the 14th heir to the Earl of Hereford. In order to inherit however, Bill has to impress the family and break up with his cockney girlfriend, Sally but Bill refuses to accept the title if cannot keep Sally as his girl. With a hilarious script revised by Stephen Fry and well-known songs including ‘The Lambeth Walk’, ‘The Sun has got his hat on’ and ‘Leaning on a lamppost’, it is no surprise that this show won multiple Olivier and Tony awards.
Box Office: Tickets £10 Concessions £8. Tickets Available for all four shows at TicketSource or phone 0333 666 3366, tickets also available at Footprint.
Thursday 13th April and Saturday 15th April 7:30pm Sat Mat 2:30pm
Goldilocks: Guilty? Or not guilty? Don’t be fooled by the innocent smile and the golden locks; this female protagonist is charged with breaking and entering, trespassing, vandalism, theft and social misconduct. We are looking for audience members to be our jury and decide if Goldilocks is indeed sweetness and light or a wolf in sheep’s clothing.RCome and meet a cast full of well-known fairy-tale characters; but all with their own unique personality twist. Is the wolf really big and bad or just misunderstood after years of bad press? And did The Cow really jump over the moon? There is much for you, the jury, to decide and the outcome of this twisted tale is in your hands. What will be your verdict? Court will be in session between Thursday 13th April and Saturday 15th April for our Easter family production: Once Upon a Crime – The Trial of Goldilocks. Join us for a fun-filled family show for laughs and fairy-tale frolic’s at Hatfield Heath Village Hall Courtroom.
We meet Richard as he is preparing for yet another interview and as usual he has gone overboard with the preparation. So much so that Lynne, his wife, decides to sneak off for some peace and quiet.
Sat 15th April 2023 at 18:00 Sun 16th April 2023 at 14:30
This April, Richmond Opera presents a fully staged performance of Blow's Venus and Adonis, the first-ever opera in English, alongside Purcell's Ode on St Cecilia's Day. Both performed with a baroque orchestra. In Blow's interpretation of the myth, Cupid's magical dart causes Venus, the goddess of love, to fall for Adonis, the young mortal. Sparks fly, Cupid makes merry... and tragedy seems inevitable.
Venue: The Centre, New Eltham Methodist Church, 435-439 Footscray Road, New Eltham, London, SE9 3UL
Box Office: Tickets are £10 per person, book individually or for tables of 6 people including light refreshments. Just call us on 01322 838 410 to book your tickets!
Saturday 15th of April at 4pm and 7:30pm
Introducing our next show, our popular murder mystery is BACK! The chair of a company is murdered during a board meeting. All the members of the board appear to have a motive and the means, can you work out who dunnit? Come along and join us for the return of our murder mystery show.
Posted 14/03/2023
Parts Theatre Company
Dear Diary
Author: an original horror drama musical by Adonis Kat
London
Venue: Etcetera Theatre, 265 Camden High Street, Above the Oxford Arms, London, NW1 7BU
It was 1:45pm when a black out plunged University of Baleham into darkness. A gunshot echoed across the campus. When the lights came back on, Kirsty Steer was found dead in the drama studio. The last witnesses were her four best friends. The only evidence found on the crime scene was her diary. A diary that will reveal the truth and you are about to read it. A new original horror/drama musical show coming to London
18TH APRIL TO 22ND APRIL 2023 - 7.30PM & 2.30PM SATURDAY MATINEE
Matchmaker Dolly Levi is a charismatic, enchanting widow, and a professional meddler - but everything changes when she decides that she will be in the next to fall in love. Set in New York City at the turn of the century, Hello, Dolly! is a boisterous and charming musical.
Winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical, Kinky Boots features a joyous, Tony-winning score by Cyndi Lauper and a hilarious, uplifting book by four-time Tony winner Harvey Fierstein. Charlie Price has reluctantly inherited his father’s shoe factory, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. Trying to live up to his father’s legacy and save his family business, Charlie finds inspiration in the form of Lola. A fabulous entertainer in need of some sturdy stilettos, Lola turns out to be the one person who can help Charlie become the man he’s meant to be. As they work to turn the factory around, this unlikely pair finds that they have more in common than they ever dreamed possible… and discovers that when you change your mind about someone, you can change your whole world. Lauper’s incredible pop-inspired score includes show-stopping numbers such as “Sex is in the Heel,” “The History of Wrong Guys,” “Everybody Say Yeah” and “Just Be”. Please note that this show is an amateur production and contains adult themes.
All aboard S. S. American, where nightclub singer Reno Sweeney is en-route from New York to England. Meanwhile, her friend Billy Crocker has stowed aboard to be close to his true love, debutante Hope Harcourt, who is engaged to wealthy English aristocrat, Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Billy’s boss and Wall Street tycoon, Eli Whitney, is also on board… so Billy must avoid discovery at all costs. Aided by Reno and Public Enemy #13, Moonface Martin, Billy sets out to win Hope’s heart through a variety of high-jinks, cunning disguises and even blackmail! Anything Goes is Cole Porter’s iconic joyful, fast-paced comedy musical that will take you back to the Golden Age of high society on the high seas. Featuring heart-warming romance, show-stopping dance routines and the most joyful, uplifting score, including the iconic ‘I Get A Kick Out of You’, ‘You’re the Top’, ‘Blow, Gabriel, Blow’ and of course, the breath-taking spectacle that is ‘Anything Goes’!
Tuesday 18th, Thursday 20th and Saturday 22nd April 2023 7:30pm
This is the story of a bewitching femme fatale who won’t play by the rules because in her world there aren’t any. This young woman is liberated and wickedly unpredictable and draws the eyes of every man and woman she meets. And, utterly careless of her own fate, her dramatic destiny is written into everything she does. Come and experience the steamy passions and infectious music of Bizet’s masterpiece. This show has more great tunes than the law should allow, including half a dozen absolute showstoppers.
Venue: The Old Fire Station, 2a Norwood High Street, SE27 9NS
Box Office: TicketSource Ticket Prices:* Standard £14.00 Concession £12.00 * Wednesday evening has a flexible price, minimum £5.00 per person.
Tue 18th April 2023 - Sat 22nd April 2023 8:00pm
For years Frank Dowling has had his acting students in his thrall. But two decades after starring in the West End hit, Spider, his vigour is waning. Set in a London drama school, we watch his students develop over the course of a year, their training culminating in an improvisational game set in Epping Forest. Here, over a few hot days in June, the students’ disillusionment gradually leads to an unravelling.
Author: music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick, is based on the seminal 1980 hit movie.
Hampshire
Venue: The Point, Eastleigh
Box Office: www.thepointeastleigh.co.uk Full Price: £17.50 / Over 60s: £15.00 / Student: £15.00 / Under 16 Years: £15.00
19th - 22nd April 2023 7:30pm Sat Mat 2:30pm
Set in the late 1970s this hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking, and even a little romantic. Pushed to the boiling point, three female co-workers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. In a hilarious turn of events, Violet, Judy and Doralee live out their wildest fantasy - giving their boss the boot! While Hart remains "otherwise engaged," the women give their workplace a dream makeover, taking control of the company that had always kept them down. Hey, a girl can scheme, can't she?
Join this timeless and enduring classic about the March sisters’ during the American Civil War. All adiences will enjoy acquainting — or reacquainting — themselves with the sisters: Meg, the eldest; Jo, the high-spirited tomboy; Amy, the self-centered beauty; and gentle Beth.
19th-22nd and 26th-29th April 2023 (8 nights over 2 weeks, Wednesday to Saturday)
Con man Moist Von Lipwig is given an offer he can’t refuse – face the hangman or revive the ailing Ankh-Morpork Post Office. Public service has its drawbacks; potential murder by assassins, a golem as parole officer, and a building full of undelivered mail. Will the mail get through? Will the rival Grand Trunk Semaphore Company triumph? Will Adora Belle Dearheart say yes to dinner? And what does KLATCH stand for?
Based on the novel 7 1/2 cents, this musical comedy sees the affable Sid Sorokin hired to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay rise at Iowa's Sleep-Tight Pyjama Factory. As the story unfolds, Sid faces several challenges, including warding off the jealous knife-throwing foreman, Vernon Hines, and resisting falling for the main advocate to the pay rise, Katherine 'Babe' Williams. With catchy recognisable songs such as 'Steam Heat' and 'Hernando's Hideaway', this feel good comedy is fun for the whole family.
Spamalot tells the legendary tale of King Arthur’s quest to find the Holy Grail. Inspired by the classic comedy film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the musical also diverts a bit from more traditional versions of the legend. Instead, Spamalot features shenanigans including a line of beautiful dancing girls, flatulent Frenchmen, and killer rabbits. Outside, there is plague with a 50% chance of pestilence and famine. Throughout the show, Arthur, traveling with his servant Patsy, recruits several knights to accompany him on his quest, including Sir Bedevere, Sir Robin, Sir Lancelot, and Sir Galahad. Besides the rabbits and farting Frenchman, they meet such characters as the Lady of the Lake, Prince Herbert, Tim the Enchanter, Not Dead Fred, the Black Knight, and the Knights who say Ni.
The place is London, the time is now. Celebrated playwright Alceste despises hypocrisy. Unfortunately, he lives in a world of sycophancy and media attention with Jennifer, the woman he loves, at its very centre. No wonder it all unravels in the end. Just like Molière's original, Martin Crimp's modern-verse adaptation of The Misanthrope is full of wit and social commentary, only on the 21st rather than the 17th century ?? or maybe they are not so different.
Three couples. Two dining rooms. One big mess. Alan Ayckbourn’s classic comedy takes us into a chaotic world of dysfunctional marriages, domestic drama, and infidelity. The lives of three couples frantically intertwine in this classic Ayckbourn comedy of confusion and chaos. When one of the women arrives home suspiciously late one night, a chain of events unfolds drawing each of the couples ever deeper into hilarious misunderstanding.
Author: the British playwright Alexi Kaye Campbell
Surrey
Venue: The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU
Box Office: www.trybooking.co.uk or request by email tickets@q2players.org.uk/phone 07915 067007 (4-6pm)
Thursday April 20th-Sat April 22nd 7:45pm Sat Mat 2:30pm
Bracken Moor set in 1937, against the back drop of the colliery crisis and general depression, the play takes place in the home of colliery owner Harold Pritchard, who is planning to mechanise the mines to save money, despite knowing that this will result in the loss of many jobs. Ten years previously, his twelve year old son Edgar died tragically. Edgar had been best friends with Terence Avery, who moved to London with his parents the day before Edgar’s death. The Averys are now back to visit the Pritchards, after ten years apart, and hope to draw Elizabeth, Harold’s wife, out of her deep seated grief and back into life again, including into London society. In a weave of ghost story, social commentary and family drama, this play develops darkness and tension as the characters interact, opinions clash and the spirit of Edgar takes over Terence.
In The Allotment, four women are serving community punishment orders growing vegetables for soup kitchens. The appearance of their new probation officer prompts revelations that expose the realities of their lives – and a long held secret. A Little Box of Oblivion opens with Cool Guy sitting peacefully on a park bench. A woman appears with a box that she places in his care, emphasising that it must not be touched or tampered with. Passers-by then come up with more and more lurid theories as to what it contains, finally pushing Cool Guy to lose his temper and wave the box above his head. But it’s just a box – isn’t it?
Thursday 20th April, Friday 21st April, and Saturday 22nd April 2023 Doors open at 7.15pm and the performance will start promptly at 7.45pm
Billed as 'The Office meets Lord of the Flies meets Miranda'; Sheila’s Island is a sparkling, sharp-witted comedy from writer Tim Firth (Calendar Girls, The Band/Greatest Days, Kinky Boots). Sheila, Denise, Julie, and Fay are Team C in Pennine Mineral Water Ltd.’s annual outward bound team-building weekend. Somehow, Marketing Manager Sheila has been nominated team leader, and, using her cryptic crossword solving skills, has unwittingly stranded her team on an island in the Lake District. As the mobile batteries die, and cold and hunger take over - questions are asked, truths are told, dirty laundry is aired. What is Julie’s husband really up to in Aldi? What is it that should be never be mentioned to Fay? And why are they on this bloody team building exercise when they could be at a spa? Can Sheila keep tempers from fraying, and get her band of executives safely back to shore?
Box Office: www.tickettailor.com Tickets for Young Frankenstein are now on sale through our fully interactive online booking system as well as through more traditional means. As usual, we have a special preview night on Monday 24th April for which all tickets are £10... but hurry, these will sell fast! We welcome group bookings and offer a 10% discount on full priced front stalls and balcony seats. We also have wheelchair accessible seats for all performances. Please contact our Box Office by phone on 0300 201 0080 or e-mail boxoffice@waos.org for group and wheelchair accessible bookings.
24th - 29th April 2023
The story of Frankenstein and his monster has lived in our cultural history for the past 200 years, with each generation bringing its own twist to the story of this man and his creation. We welcome you to the twenty-first century’s musical take on this age-old character. With the aid of Mel Brooks and his knack for parody, Young Frankenstein zaps a new breath of life into Mary Shelley’s story. The perfect mixture of horror, comedy, and musical frenzy, this production puts a beating heart into the pages of its original story. The musical follows the grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, Dr Frederick Frankenstein, who inherits a castle in Transylvania. With the help of a hunchbacked side- kick Igor and a leggy lab assistant Inga, Frederick finds himself in the mad scientist shoes of his ancestors. “It’s Alive!” he exclaims as he brings to life a creature to rival his grandfathers. Of course, the monster escapes and hilarity abounds.
hilarious and haunting A funny, touching and at times savage portrait of a family full of longing that’s losing its grip. Anarchic, feisty but growing old, high-society drop-out Judy Haussman remains in spirit with the ashrams of the 1960s. After an operation, she is joined by her wayward offspring, her sharp-eyed granddaughter, a local doctor and a troubled teenager. Over a few sweltering months they alternately cling to and flee a chaotic world of all-day drinking, infatuations, long-held resentments, free love and failure. Stephen Beresford’s play The Last of the Haussmans was first staged at the National Theatre, London, in 2012, in a production starring Julie Walters and Rory Kinnear. The Last of the Haussmans contains strong language and adult themes.
Mid-fifties university tutor Frank is a brilliant academic and frustrated poet in a committed relationship with whiskey. Rita is a mid-twenties, working class hairdresser, stuck in a less than committed marriage because she too is frustrated. She craves the expansion of her horizons. Frank and Rita’s very different worlds collide when Rita signs up to an Open University course. Frank is less than enthusiastic about taking on the very persistent Rita but as their relationship develops they both soon realise just how much they have to teach each other. Willy Russell’s hilarious and heart-warming comedy won the Olivier Award when it was produced in London’s West End by the RSC. It was adapted into the multi award-winning film which starred Julie Walters and Michael Caine. Sue Mooney will be Directing this delightful play for Woodford Players. This amateur production of Educating Rita is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd on behalf of Samuel French Ltd www.concordtheatricals.co.uk
Recently widowed Gerald is hoping to spend his days quietly in his own home with memories of a long and happy marriage to Helen but he has not reckoned on the plans his late wife, family and friends have in store for him. Drastic measures are required to ensure he gets the peace and tranquility he craves.
Box Office: To book tickets for this production telephone the Dorking Halls Box Office on 01306 881717 or visit their website at www.dorkinghalls.co.uk Tickets: DDOS Members: £14 | DDOS Non-Members: £16
26th - 29th April 2023
Matthew Barber’s Enchanted April, based on Elizabeth Von Arnim’s beloved novel of the 1920s, is a gentle and romantic comedy of manners. Against the backdrop of a country still reeling from World War I, Enchanted April offers to its characters, and viewers, a necessary balm of sunshine and renewal. Lotty Wilton and Rose Arnott, both unhappy in their marriages, make a daring plan: they will rent a small Italian castle for the month of April. In order to reduce costs, they are joined by two other ladies in need of an escape – the beautiful Lady Caroline and the overbearing Mrs Graves. Although tensions flare at first, as the sun-drenched days go by, San Salvatore works its magic on each sad and hardened heart, helping to break down social barriers and forge new friendships. But with the arrival of an attractive artist and two chastened husbands, will the magic of the castle be enough to help romance bloom again?
After a hit and run accident, naive country girl Sasha comes to the aid of ex-villain Val who is using a bogus identity as an ex-policeman. Sasha befriends Val and welcomes him into her home; overcome by her generosity and childlike innocence, he showers Sasha with lavish gifts whilst his rival Ashley, knowing of Val’s sordid past, seeks to protect Sasha from this potential danger.
Lady of the Sea by Lucy Atkinson & Try it Again by JB Priestly
North East
Venue: Sedgefield Parish Hall
Box Office: Tickets are pay what you feel and there will be a limited bar and a raffle.
Wednesday 26th April at 7.30pm
To raise funds for our trip to the Northern Semi-Final of the All England Theatre we will be performing our 2 entries. We would love to see you there and hopefully raise some money towards our fantastic achievement!
Rome must rise! In a near-future dystopian society where corporate interests hold political power above all, conspiracy runs rampant as those closest to Caesar plot against him. As factions rise and propaganda floods the streets, can Rome pull back from the brink of chaos or will all out war set in motion the end of order? Bath Drama's Julius Caesar tells the age-old Shakespearean saga of power struggles between elites at untold cost. Played in the original language with innovative modern staging, this production examines the cycles of political control and how good intentions can spiral into unforeseen consequences.
Box Office: We would love to see a good audience on the 26th to cheer the show on so we are offering Buy One Get One Free. Get your Tickets at www.saltburnarts.co.uk £6.13 for 2 adults and £3.96 for 2 Under 16s. Tickets will also be available on the door for £5 and £3.
Wednesday April 26th at 7.30pm
We are off to compete in the Northern Final in Liverpool at the end of April. With the production of ‘A Cream Cracker Under The Settee’ by Alan Bennett . At the recent Drama Festival winning Best Actress, Best Director, Best Production and the Audience Award. Before we head off to Liverpool we are performing ONE NIGHT ONLY at Saltburn Community Theatre
Box Office: Tickets available on the website or by calling the hotline and leaving a message on 01902 267322
Wednesday 26th - 28th April 2023 7:30pm & Saturday 29th April 2023 2:30pm
Aphrodite is a funny and poignant play set in the busy call centre of an ‘adult’ toy manufacturer. The play features four fascinating, complicated and deeply human women – plus one meek and slightly old-fashioned man. Aphrodite asks big questions with humour, warmth and intelligence whilst the characters are dealing with telephone orders for the company’s products. Sylvie is desperate to have a baby, but her single-minded approach is taking its toll on her marriage and causing friction with her co-workers. With five children, Janice rarely finds time for herself or her husband. Tiffany is young and single, looking for ‘the one’ but wary of sacrificing her independence. Meanwhile Lily, the star employee, is stuck in a loveless marriage and estranged from her son, but buries her pain in wisecracks and work. Their gentle and innocent manager, Mr Causeway, attempts to keep the peace while suppressing a longstanding crush. Aphrodite is a play about friendship, love, loss and motherhood.
This play takes place during the early days of Pratt’s career when he is a police sergeant. The play opens on Christmas Eve in the manor house of the bumbling aristocrat, Sir Walton Gates and his wife Grace. His daughter from a previous marriage arrives from town with her new companion in tow, the dashing James Washington. Added to the mix is Sir Walton’s estranged brother Archie, recently returned from years spent in Australia, bringing with him an appetite for mischief and a dodgy accent. Enter England’s most confused police officer, Sergeant Pratt, and the evening soon descends into chaos with failed magic tricks, gunshots and confused identities. Can Pratt identify the individual with murderous intent? Probably not! All performances will have café style seating, where you are invited to bring your own drinks and nibbles.
A laugh out loud comedy with deeply touching moments. Margot Buchanan an ex-actress living in an actor's retirement home, is trying to forget it's her seventieth birthday but all those around her are intent on reminding her.
Posted 05/03/2023
Wellingborough Cooperative Amateur Dramatic Society - WCADS
Third Week in August
Author: Peter Gordon
Northamptonshire
Venue: Star Hall, Laws Lane, Finedon, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire NN9 5LU
A comedy set on a caravan site. When Sue decides to take a holiday she is soon taken under the wing of expert but inadequate caravanner Neville when he’s not engaged in battle with his wife or trying to cope with his recently separated sister-in-law. Matters become complicated with the arrival of enthusiastic Tony and his sceptical girlfriend Jenny, who has joined him against her better judgement. In an effort to boost “camp spirit”, Neville decides that a communal barbecue is the order of the day….then things really do start to hot up!
In the kooky, upside-down world of the Addams Family, to be sad is to be happy, to feel pain is to feel joy, and death and suffering are the stuff of their dreams. THE ADDAMS FAMILY A comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and it is every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family – a man her parents have never met. If that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he's never done before- keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. In one fateful, hilarious night, secrets are disclosed, relationships are tested, and the Addams family must face up to the one horrible thing they’ve managed to avoid for generations: change.
A brilliant drama where one woman must face twelve of her peers in a tense legal standoff.rLucy Kirkwood’s gripping drama will have you on the edge of your seat as you witness a young women, Sally, on trial for her life for the murder of a child, condemned on one man’s word. She claims her wicked lover, already swinging from the gibbet, has left her with child. Twelve of her fellow women must decide if she tells the truth or if she lies to escape the noose. Only one women defends her and has the fight of her life to convince the other women that Sally speaks the truth. PLEASE NOTE: The Welkin contains strong language and scenes some my find upsetting.
Tuesday 28th February to Saturday 4th March 2023 7:30pm
Grab your wine, nibbles and notebooks and get ready to join Linda and her fellow 'book clubbers' as they attempt to dissect the literary classics, over the course of 12 months. This gentle comedy explores the idiosyncrasies of a group of random acquaintances brought together (through Linda’s heavy persuasion) by their love (or mild interest) of books. As we move through different meetings, each covering an array of classic novels, free flowing wine, endless crisps and small pockets of insight into each character’s life, we’re left with the question: can this motley group of strangers actually become friends? And what exactly is a cheese puff?
Tensions are running high in H.M. Prison Larkhall. Old school prison officer, Jim Fenner, reigns over his corrupt domain, assisted by his willing supporter and fellow officer, Sylvia “Bodybag” Hollamby. He asserts his control over the female prisoners, encouraging sexual favors in return for preferential treatment. In the prison, we meet the ultimate top-dog inmate Yvonne Atkins, old-timer Noreen Biggs, the comical Two Julie’s, and ruthless Shell Dockley, who manipulates fellow inmate Denny Blood to do her dirty work. However, Jim Fenner’s rule is interrupted by the appointment of the new Wing Governor, the idealistic Helen Stewart. She contests Jim’s way of running things and the pair quickly butt heads. Helen’s situation is further complicated when she finds herself in a complicated relationship with charismatic prisoner, Nikki Wade. However, chaos comes to the prison wing when Jim Fenner is implicated in the suicide of new prisoner, Rachel Hicks. As the inmates protest and make their voices heard, Helen Stewart’s job and reputation are on the line. Rising up, inmates and staff decide that it is time for Jim Fenner to face up to his misdemeanours and be exposed as a corrupt officer once and for all.
Author: Written by Justin Cartledge & Amy Clayton Directed, Choreographed & Vocally Arranged by Amy Clayton Featuring the Original Music of Justin Cartledge & Darren Matthews
'I just wanted to be human, not a soulless digits clump, Tie existance to the future, and decipher acts of past. I was captured by betrayal that placed me behind those bars, but my honour won't be broken, even by the killing squad'. An intimate and moving piece high-lighting the horrors of the Holocaust and the human will to survive. Forgetting extermination is a part of extermination. Never forget.
Box Office: Tickets cost £17 on Wednesday and £18 on Thursday and Friday(£17 for over 60s and under 12s). Tickets are available from Old Rep Theatre by phone or online but the very best way to obtain them is via this email. Don’t forget if you book through us you won’t have to pay a booking charge. Contact me by email on tickets@birminghamsavoyards.org.uk or 07928917436 to arrange tickets or if you have any queries.
Wednesday 1st March to Friday 3rd March 2023 7.30pm
Our next production is possibly the most popular of the G and S works and needs no introduction. Please note that we are at the Old Rep Theatre, Station Street Birmingham earlier than our usual date and we are only performing for 3 evenings so make sure that you get your tickets in plenty of time. Performances will start at 7.30. Pirates is probably one of the most popular and well known of Gilbert and Sullivan’s works: who doesn’t know a policeman’s lot is not a happy one? Do come and join us as we climb over rocky mountains, find true love and solve the paradox of being born in a leap year.
Box Office: 01724 296296 or www.scunthorpetheatres.co.uk Ticket Prices: £12 (plus booking fee) for performance on 1 March at 7:30pm and 4 March at 2pm £15 (plus booking fee) for all other performances
1 March at 7:30pm 2 March at 7:30pm 3 March at 7:30pm 4 March at 2pm & 7:30pm
This new stage version of Half A Sixpence was reinvented for the modern age, following young Arthur who learns that if you want to have the chance of living the right life, you need to make the right choices. Arthur Kipps is a poor draper's apprentice who unexpectedly inherits a fortune which propels him into high society. He becomes confused about everything he thought he knew about life as his childhood sweetheart Ann watches him being manipulated by the classy Helen Walsingham and her conniving mother. This is a high energy, fast moving and very entertaining family show with some fabulous musical numbers including 'Half a sixpence' and 'Flash Bang Wallop'
'The Dumb Waiter' Ben and Gus are two hired assassins waiting in a basement room for their target to appear. But strange events unfold inside the basement. It all becomes clear at the end - or does it?
'The Lover' Sarah And Richard are a respectable conventional suburban couple. However, appearances can be deceptive. While Richard is at work, Sarah's lover comes to the house -- and Richard frequents a prostitute in the city. The couple are happy to discuss their respective amorous activities openly, until events take an unexpected turn.
It’s 1985 and rock-star wannabe Robbie Hart is New Jersey’s favourite Wedding Singer. He’s the life of the party, until his fiancée leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. As luck would have it, Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever.
A story on many levels. It touches on feminism, poverty, gender/social class inequality and examines the subservient role of women in the Victorian era. In circa 1840 our young Jane is introduced as an orphan; her former benefactor Mr Reed has long since passed. Jane is left in the abusive care of Mrs Reed, who quickly discards her onto the Lowood School for Girls. Jane’s mistreatment continues at the school but she does find kindness from a friend and a teacher, who inspires her to eventually become a teacher herself. However tragedy soon strikes again, once more leaving Jane alone. Jane stays at the school and becomes a teacher until her 18th birthday. She then advertises for employment as a governess, receiving an offer at Thornfield Hall, the home of Mr Rochester, to tutor his young ward Adele. Whilst at Thornfield, Jane uncovers many secrets, not just those of Mr Rochester, but of the family she never knew. Jane Eyre is a story of strength and resilience. This amateur production of 'Jane Eyre' is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd.
Author: music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick
Scotland
Venue: Corran Halls, Oban, Argyll
Box Office: liveargyll.co.uk Tickets cost from £13-£15 for adults/£9-£11 for concessions (small transaction charge for online purchases). Only tickets purchased from our Ticketsource box office (or the Corran Halls in show week) are valid. Be wary of reselling sites claiming to sell tickets as they may be fraudulent. From 1st December to 31st December grab 10% discount by using code DOLLY10 at checkout! If you are unable to book online or wish to pay by cash/cheque or make a group booking please email tickets@spotlightmtg.co.uk or call 07706 766524
Thursday 2nd - Saturday 4th March 2023. Doors open at 7pm with curtain up at 7.30pm each night.
Spotlight Musical Theatre Group return to the Corran Halls in Oban after their triumph of recent shows including Monty Python's Spamalot and Fiddler on the Roof. 9 to 5 The Musical, with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick, is based on the seminal 1980 hit movie. Set in the late 1970s, this hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic. Pushed to the boiling point, three female co-workers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. In a hilarious turn of events, Violet, Judy and Doralee live out their wildest fantasy – giving their boss the boot! While Hart remains "otherwise engaged," the women give their workplace a dream makeover, taking control of the company that had always kept them down. Hey, a girl can scheme, can't she? Recommended age 12+
The play concerns the exploits of Valene and Coleman, two brothers living in a rural village on the west coast of Ireland, whose father has recently died. They are constantly at war with each other over the most trivial of things and this will require choreographed physical violence between the two main actors. Their warring antics are interrupted by frequent visits from Father Welsh, a young alcoholic priest, who tries to reconcile the brothers whilst struggling with his own faith, and Girleen, a young village girl who sells illegal booze to the brothers and has a secret crush on Father Welsh. The play is in turns vicious and hilarious, and provides a marvellous opportunity for all cast members to display comic virtuosity alongside emotional pathos. The play is set in the west of Ireland in the 1990s.
The next of our popular murder Mystery events. If you think you can solve the crime, then gather together a team, bring along drink and food, meet at Ashingdon and Hawkwell Memorial Hall on 4th March 2023, watch the crime unfold, question the suspects and identify the murder. Simple! This is a fun, interactive night out.
Box Office: blackmoretheatre.co.uk/tickets or ticket line 07484509514 (between 9.30-7pm) or on the door up to an hour before each performance Tickets at £12.50
March 6-11th 7:30pm plus matinee @ 2.30pm on Saturday 11th
The story of the relationship between Margaret Rutherford, ‘the funniest woman alive’ and Agatha Christie’the queen of crime’
A Gripping drama about Ruth Ellis. Ruth Ellis, was the last woman to be hanged in Britain. A divorcee with a young child, Ruth works in nightclubs where there’s more than just a drink on offer. The girls work hard, play hard - and dream of a movie-star life. When she meets David Blakely, a wealthy racing driver, she falls in love but her passion becomes an obsession. Fame comes - but not in the way she imagines. Why does their relationship end in murder? Why does she plead ‘not guilty’ but offer no defence? Why does she show no remorse? And who is she trying to protect? Amanda Whittington's gripping play takes a fresh look at the woman behind the headlines.
Venue: The Old Fire Station, 2a Norwood High Street, SE27 9NS
Box Office: TicketSource Ticket Prices:* Standard £14.00 Concession £12.00 SLT Member £10.00 SLT Concession £8.00R* Wednesday evening has a flexible price, minimum £5.00
Tue 7th March 2023 - Sat 11th March 2023
They’re friends. Best friends? One goes to an anti-war protest, but the other doesn’t. One gets spectacularly drunk, one goes sober. They both try to communicate, but sometimes the truth hurts more than it heals. Two young men from different classes and cultures want to make their mark in a world that seems to be dragging them further apart. Can a friendship survive when priorities change and saying how you feel doesn't come easy? From Mike Bartlett, the powerhouse writer of King Charles III, Cock, The 47th, and the TV drama Doctor Foster, An Intervention is a chilling and comical two-hander about what happens when you don’t see eye to eye with the people you love the most.
The tale of the merchant who enters into a contract with the Jewish banker Shylock and then can’t pay is one of Shakespeare’s most famous tales. But there are strangely current themes within the play: the use of the law, the use and abuse of power and who has it, using an abusing public opinion for their own sakes. This very special Wick Theatre Company version sees the tale brought completely up to date, as the ideas are already current, not least are the themes of religious prejudice and the fundamental sense of right and wrong. An intriguing blend of Shakespeare in modern times will be a unique and riveting version: one definitely not to miss.
Box Office: Tickets are £12 (£10 concessions) and can be booked by calling 07575 711522 or emailing boxoffice@westernplayers.co.uk
Wednesday 8th - Saturday 11th March 2023
When Sue decides to try a 'get away from everybody' caravan holiday, little does she realise that she's booked into the caravan site from hell. She is soon taken under the wing of expert but inadequate caravaner, Neville … that's when he's not engaged in battle with his wife or trying to cope with his difficult sister-in-law. Matters become complicated with the arrival of the enthusiastic Tony and his complaining girlfriend, Jenny. When Neville decides that a communal barbecue is the order of the day, things really start to hot up!
Venue: Welsh Church Hall, 881 High Road, Leytonstone E11 1HR
Box Office: TicketSource Tickets are £10, or £7 concessions (60+, students, unwaged). Block bookings: Buy 9 tickets, get the 10th free. We request that audience members wear masks unless exempt.
Fri 10 March 2023 8pm Sat 11 March 2023 2:30 & 8pm Fri 17 March 2023 8pm Sat 18 March 2023 2:30* & 8pm *BSL signed performance available
All Hallows Eve Local priest Hugh is having difficulty in defending his deeply held faith against the views of his wife, Morwenna, and his goth son, Emmett. At Halloween - when something takes place in the church graveyard,seen only by Hugh - the family are reconciled
Tracks A group of strangers meet in a dirty subway station. They have arrived with limited personal belongings, their watches have stopped and they all claim to be in different cities. They reflect upon their lives, recalling and confessing past deeds of which they are not proud. As the subway train finally approaches, they must decide whether to stay and ponder their actions further, or to have faith and climb aboard.
