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By Joe Orton Directed by Michael Cabot Within his private psychiatric clinic, Doctor Prentice is interviewing a new secretary. Geraldine wants the position but seems underqualified and uncertain about her parentage. Mrs Prentice appears, flushed and in urgent need of a drink, following an illicit encounter at the Station Hotel. In the meantime, Doctor Rance, a Government Inspector and Sergeant Match, a policeman, arrive amidst increasing chaos with searching questions of their own. WHAT THE BUTLER SAW is Joe…
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Our Star Theatre Company present Community Musical, Fiddler on the Roof! Set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in 1905, The show sees local milkman Tevye, a father of five spirited daughters, try to maintain his Jewish faith as prejudice rocks his community, and new influences come into the family’s life through the love of his three eldest daughters. This classic musical features the well-known songs ‘Tradition’, ‘Sunrise, Sunset’, ‘Matchmaker’ and ‘If I Were a Rich Man’,…
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Malvern Theatres Young Company is remembered for its powerful staging of Sophocles’ Antigone in 2018 and its production of Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood the following year. This strong and capable ensemble returns with Euripides’ Medea. A heartbreaking portrayal of a mother’s betrayal, despair and ultimate revenge, Medea is as shocking today as it was 2,500 years ago. Director Nic Lloyd’s perfectly scaled production will leave audiences in no doubt as to why the play remains the most frequently…
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Starring Alasdair Baker, Isabella Inchbald, Eliza Langland, Joey Lockhart, Luke Rhodri and Theo Woolford. Middle Ground Theatre Company Ltd is delighted to present the World Stage Premiere of Dial M For Mayhem, a brand new charming farcical comedy drama from the author and director of the hugely successful courtroom phenomenon The Verdict. A rollicking comical and poignant yarn set in 1991 of a group of travelling actors from south of the Scottish border as they conquer the beautiful unforgiving…
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Josh Beaumont & Original Theatre present ART A comedy by Yasmina Reza Translated by Christopher Hampton The multi award-winning, smash hit comedy returns. ‘You'll roar with laughter’ New York Post Named best comedy at the Olivier Awards, Tony Awards and Moliere Awards, ART played a historic nine years in London's West End and two years on Broadway as well as travelling around the globe to entertain audiences worldwide. When Serge buys a large, expensive, completely white painting, his friend…
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The History Boys By Alan Bennett Directed by Seán Linnen The 20th anniversary production of Alan Bennett’s brilliant modern classic, winner of 30 major awards, and voted The Nation’s Favourite Play in 2013. A-Level results day. Cutler’s Grammar School. 1980s Sheffield. Eight unruly teenagers burst into adulthood with the best grades their school has ever seen, but their sights are set on something higher: to study at the most famous academic institutions in the world - Oxford and Cambridge. But their teachers can’t agree how…
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Malvern Theatres, Rose Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, and Royal & Derngate, Northampton present You were brought into this world for a purpose. And your futures — all of them — have been decided. NEVER LET ME GO A play by Suzanne Heathcote Based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro Directed by Christopher Haydon Kazuo Ishiguro’s international best-selling novel arrives on stage in this world premiere of Suzanne Heathcote’s gripping new adapation. What if you discovered your whole reason for being…
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Winter 1934 and an avalanche stops The Orient Express dead in its tracks. A murder. A train full of suspects. An impossible case. Trapped in the snow with a killer still on-board, can the world’s most famous detective, Hercule Poirot, crack the case before the train reaches its final destination? Murder on the Orient Express is one of Agatha Christie’s greatest literary achievements, with a final twist that is amongst her very best. Gripping, tense and masterfully cryptic, this…
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Original Theatre & JAS Theatricals in association with Birdsong Productions & Wiltshire Creative present Sebastian Faulks’s BIRDSONG Adapted by Rachel Wagstaff Directed by Alastair Whatley ★★★★★ ‘Riveting’ Telegraph There is nothing more than to love and be loved. Sebastian Faulks’s epic story of love and loss returns to the stage marking the 30th anniversary of the international best-selling novel. The critically acclaimed show returns in a brand-new production for 2024. Telling the story of one man’s journey through an…
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