Loading Events

← Back to Events

Coach House Theatre

+ Google Map
Grange Rd
Malvern, WR14 3HA

Past Events

Events List Navigation

June 2017

The Odd Couple

27th June 2017 - 1st July 2017

    Felix Ungar is holding on to life by his fingertips, his wife has thrown him out, and to top it all he’s missing the Friday night poker game cos he’s roaming the streets of New York with nowhere to go and no future. Step in unlikely guardian angel, Oscar Madison. Oscar thinks nothing of stubbing out his cigar in the meatballs or leaving the laundry to fester under the sofa. To say he’s a slob is an insult…

Find out more »
September 2017

Murder in Play

11th September 2017 - 16th September 2017

  Malvern Theatre Players (resident company of the Coach House Theatre) 41st season present (by permission of Samuel Frech Ltd)    Murder in Play by Simon Brett    Boris Smolensky’s budget repertory company’s production of “Murder at Priorswell Manor” is looking decidedly shaky. The cast are more interested in their egos than the play, and life imitates art when Boris’s wife Renee is murdered on stage. Rehearsals are not going well!! It seems that each of this inept group of actors could…

Find out more »

Les Intouchables (15)

24th September 2017 7:30 pm

  Malvern French Film Centre at the Coach House Theatre In Paris, the aristocratic and intellectual Philippe is a quadriplegic millionaire who is interviewing candidates for the position of his carer, with his red-haired secretary Magalie. Out of the blue, the rude African Driss cuts the line of candidates and brings a document from the Social Security and asks Phillipe to sign it to prove that he is seeking a job position so he can receive his unemployment benefit. Philippe…

Find out more »
October 2017

To book for individual events please click HERE.  To book for the full day please call the box office on 01684 892277.

Find out more »

Tout en haut du monde (PG)

15th October 2017 7:30 pm

  Malvern French Film Centre at the Coach House Theatre Director: Rémi Chayé It is 1882, Saint Petersburg. Sasha, a young Russian aristocrat, has always been fascinated by her grandfather's life as an adventurer. A renowned explorer, he designed a magnificent arctic ship, but he hasn't returned from his last expedition to the North Pole. To save her family's honor, Sasha runs away. Headed towards the Great North, she follows her grandfather's trail in search of his famous ship. (Animation)…

Find out more »

Montparnasse in Concert

20th October 2017 7:30 pm

  Parisian singer Céline Dommart brings her unique blend of French chanson, Spanish tango and American jazz to the Coach House, Malvern on Friday 20th October 2017.  Following airplay on BBC Radio 3 for her debut EP 'La Vie En Rose', Céline has just released an album (Dans Les Cafes Voisins) with her quartet.  The band - Montparnasse – features  award winning acoustic guitarist Cris Tolley, double bass legend Paul Smith and drum wizard Robin Payne on drums and percussion.…

Find out more »

Lore of Averages

28th October 2017 7:30 pm

  “You scare little children for a living, his sister’s married to an elf, and I’m the one that’s not normal?” Myth and legend.  Gods and monsters.  Stories from the distant past. But what happens when they are brought into the 21st Century? Join Treefrog Theatre Company for a light-hearted look at what happens when folk lore meets the modern world. This show contains strong language and brief nudity, and is therefore not suitable for under-16’s

Find out more »
November 2017

Être et avoir (U)

12th November 2017 5:00 pm

  Malvern French Film Centre at the Coach House Theatre Director: Nicolas Philibert How do we learn to live with others and their wishes? This is the question posed in a village schoolhouse in Auvergne, where Georges Lopez teaches 13 children, ages ranging from about four to 12. Against a landscape of mountains and farmland, in weather from driving snow to rain to sun, the children gather in Lopez's warm and colorful classroom, to read, write dictation, cook, and sort…

Find out more »

Le goût des autres (15)

12th November 2017 7:30 pm

  Malvern French Film Centre at the Coach House Theatre "The Taste of Others" Director: Agnès Jaoui Castella owns a industrial plant, Bruno is his flute-playing driver, Franck is his temporary bodyguard. His wife Angélique does interior decorating and loves her dog. Castella decides to hire Clara, an actress, to tutor him in English, and he finds her and her Bohemian lifestyle fascinating. Is this love? What would she say if he declared himself? Through Bruno, Franck meets Manie, a…

Find out more »

Travesties

22nd November 2017 - 25th November 2017

    Here To There Productions Limited is a theatre company whose ethos is to present dynamic and challenging  productions and, as the name suggests, in different locations throughout the West Midlands and wider areas.  

Find out more »
December 2017

The Witches (Malvern Theatre Players)

16th December 2017 - 31st December 2017

  (Resident Company of the Coach House Theatre) 41st Season Present The Witches By Roald Dahl adapted by David Wood   Roald Dahl’s story is magically and stylishly adapted for the stage by the master of storytelling David Wood and reveals the whole ghastly truth about these horrible creatures. Children will be thrilled by the illusions and puppetry as people disappear into thin air on stage or are turned into mice, and grown-ups will be engaged by the sly humour…

Find out more »
January 2018

Tous les matins du monde (12)

21st January 2018 3:00 pm

  Malvern French Film Centre at the Coach House Theatre Director: Alain Corneau It's late 17th century. The viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe returns home to find that his wife died while he was away. In his grief he builds a small house in his garden into which he retreats, thus avoiding the outside world, to dedicate his life to music.  Rumour about him reaches to the court of Louis XIV, who wants him to play in…

Find out more »

Tous les matins du monde (12)

21st January 2018 5:30 pm

Malvern French Film Centre at the Coach House Theatre Director: Alain Corneau It's late 17th century. The viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe returns home to find that his wife died while he was away. In his grief he builds a small house in his garden into which he retreats, thus avoiding the outside world, to dedicate his life to music.  Rumour about him reaches to the court of Louis XIV, who wants him to play in Lully's…

Find out more »
February 2018

Alive and Brel

10th February 2018 7:30 pm

  The finest songs from the master of the modern chanson, Jacques Brel, come to life when this trio of singers perform their revue, ‘Alive and Brel’. Brel’s music, famed for its emotional power and ironic wit, has been recorded by international stars ranging from Frank Sinatra and Dusty Springfield to David Bowie and Marc Almond. The show features popular hits such as If You Go Away/Ne me quitte pas, Jacky and Amsterdam. These songs, which are laced with dark…

Find out more »

Tirez sur le pianiste (12)

11th February 2018 3:00 pm

  Malvern French Film Centre at the Coach House Theatre "Shoot the Piano Player" Director: François Truffaut While resident pianist in a bar, Charlie Kohler helps his crook brother Chico Saroyan, to escape from being chased by two gangsters who he has double-crossed. The two criminals then keep a close watch on Charlie and the waitress Lena, who is in love with him. The shy Charlie tells Lena about when he was famous under the name of Edouard Saroyan, rejecting…

Find out more »
March 2018

Where Is Mrs Christie?

15th March 2018 - 16th March 2018

  Agatha Christie was one of the greatest thriller writers of all time and certainly the most prolific. In 1926, she was at the centre of a mystery as perplexing as any of her fiction, a series of events which sparked one of the biggest and most extensive police hunts in history. Her crashed car was discovered in Surrey and the famous author was missing, presumed dead by many, for eleven days. However, she was eventually found at a luxury…

Find out more »

La Règle du jeu (PG)

17th March 2018 11:00 am

  Malvern French Film Centre at the Coach House Theatre Aviator André Jurieux has just completed a record-setting flight, but when he is greeted by an admiring crowd, all he can say to them is how miserable he is that the woman he loves did not come to meet him. He is in love with Christine, the wife of aristocrat Robert de la Cheyniest. Robert himself is involved in an affair with Geneviève de Marras, but he is trying to break…

Find out more »

La Grande Illusion (U)

17th March 2018 3:00 pm

  Malvern French Film Centre at the Coach House Theatre During 1st WW, two French officers are captured. Captain De Boeldieu is an aristocrat while Lieutenant Marechal was a mechanic in civilian life. They meet other prisoners from various backgrounds, as Rosenthal, son of wealthy Jewish bankers. They are separated from Rosenthal before managing to escape. A few months later, they meet again in a fortress commanded by the aristocrat Van Rauffenstein. De Boeldieu strikes up a friendship with him but…

Find out more »

  Malvern French Film Centre at the Coach House Theatre The film follows the generally harmless misadventures of a lovable, gauche Frenchman, Monsieur Hulot, as he joins the newly emerging holiday holiday-taking classes, for a summer vacation at a modest seaside resort. But accidents and misunderstandings always follow him wherever he goes.  The peace and quiet of the hotewl guests doesnt last very long with M.Hulot around, because although his intentions are good, thins always end catastrophically. Comedy Cert: U Running…

Find out more »

Quai Des Brumes (PG)

18th March 2018 11:00 am

  Malvern French Film Centre at the Coach House Theatre Jean is a deserter who arrives at night in Le Havre, looking to leave the country. He obtains some civilian clothes, a little bit of money, a passport, and a dog, and he also meets Nelly, a 17-year-old who's grown up too fast. She's the object of lust of men: including a boyfriend Maurice, her putative protector Zabel, and Lucien, a local hood. Jean falls for her, faces down Lucien, and gives…

Find out more »

Le Jour Se Leve (PG)

18th March 2018 3:00 pm

  Malvern French Film Centre at the Coach House Theatre Francois, a sympathetic factory worker, kills Valentin with a gun, then locks himself in his apartment and starts remembering how he was led to murder. He met once Francoise, a young fleurist, and they fell in love. But Francoise was gotten round by Valentin, a dog trainer, a machiavellian guy... Crime/Drama Cert: PG Running time: 93 mins   Great Classics of Film Weekend Also available to book: Saturday 17th March: La…

Find out more »

Le Salaire de la Peur

18th March 2018 7:30 pm

  Malvern French Film Centre at the Coach House Theatre In a desolate South American village there are no jobs to speak of and one day seems to just blend into the next. When a major fire breaks at the oil drilling site, the oil company hires four men to transport highly volatile nitroglycerin over a rough terrain and roads that have been virtually abandoned. The four accept the job because of the money they're offered is more than enough to…

Find out more »
April 2018

  Malvern French Film Centre at the Coach House Theatre "Welcome to the Sticks" Director: Dany Boon Although living comfortably in the South of France, Julie is depressed. Philippe, her post office administrator husband, decides to try, by any means, to obtain a transfer to the French Riviera. He is unfortunately caught while trying to con an inspector and is banished to Bergues in the cold North of France. Leaving his wife behind, he sets off for an area inhabited…

Find out more »
May 2018

Demain (PG)

13th May 2018 7:30 pm

  Malvern French Film Centre at the Coach House Theatre "Tomorrow" Directors: Cyril Dion, Mélanie Laurent A documentary about the changes needed for a sustainable future. But not one that starts with doom and gloom images of what lies in store if we don't mend our ways, then ends with a "happy chapter". Not here. The overall tone is realistically optimistic, showing a 5-themed search for examples of projects and persons trying to put into practice what needs to be…

Find out more »
June 2018

Delicatessen (15)

10th June 2018 7:30 pm

    Malvern French Film Centre at the Coach House Theatre Directors: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet Here is a post-apocalyptic scenario set entirely in a dank and gloomy building where the landlord operates a delicatessen on the ground floor. Living in an otherwise meatless world, the bucther-landlord keeps his customers happy by chopping up unsuspecting victims, and he's sharpening his knife for the new tenant who's fallen in love with his dhort-sighted daughter. She tries to foil her father's plans…

Find out more »
September 2018

The Get Out

3rd September 2018 - 8th September 2018

  Malvern Theatre Players are proud to present A technical comedy by Nick Wilkes The Get Out at the Coach House Theatre   The curtain has fallen... The performance has concluded and the audience are on their way home. For some however, the evening has only just begun... Props to pack away, Furniture to move, Scenery to take down, Lights to lower, Ropes to haul, A lorry to pack, A lost microphone to locate, A romance to conclude, And no accidents…

Find out more »

  Style and fashion have been important in the evolution of dance and the concert displays some short dance pieces that show the way that dance has evolved through the last three hundred years. So let us entertain you with a minuet, a rumba, a waltz and a tango and other toe tappers. In the second part of the concert we listen to“the breath of the night wind” in a setting of Dover Beach by Samuel Barber with Alan Fairs…

Find out more »
October 2018

The Blinding Light

17th October 2018 - 20th October 2018

  Howard Brenton’s new play tells the astonishing story of August Strindberg’s ‘Inferno’ period. Abandoning theatre, living a life of squalid splendour, Strindberg practises alchemy. In his hotel room, he attempts to make gold by finding the philosopher’s stone, the secret of creation. As his grasp of reality weakens his first two wives visit him to bring him to his senses. But their interventions spin out of control. And – are they really his wives at all? For four years…

Find out more »

  LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT THE BBC Marking the centenary of Bernstein's birth A BBC documentary film made for the renowned Monitor arts series. The eloquent Bernstein talks about his work and conducts Elgar's Nimrod in a breathtaking performance, never to be  forgotten. Location - Coach House Theatre On the left of Malvern Theatres, Grange Rd. WR14 3HA Sponsored by Hilary Elgar & Jean Upton The Autumn in Malvern Festival is a renowned series of artistic events & exhibitions held annually…

Find out more »
November 2018

  Vamos Theatre present FINDING JOY at Coach House Theatre, Malvern This production is kindly supported by Malvern Town Council Finding Joy trailer from Vamos Theatre on Vimeo. The funny and fearless sell-out mask production from the UK’s leading full mask company. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll find joy! Joy is 83 today: she’s feisty, loves to dance, and is losing her memory. Her grandson Danny is rebellious, bright and always getting into trouble. When Danny decides to look after…

Find out more »

Zuzka as The Christmas Showgirl

30th November 2018 7:45 pm

  “Everybody has their story to tell. This is mine.” So opens Zuzka’s concert in which she performs songs to illustrate her journey as a musician, mother-of-3, partner, career-woman and lover of all things that sparkle! Zuzka reflects on these various roles through sharing songs from the film ‘The Greatest Showman’, Christmas songs and other classics from film and stage. The show offers heartfelt high-quality vocal performances, readings and ‘time out’ to reflect on what makes each one of our…

Find out more »
December 2018

The Railway Children (Malvern Theatre Players)

15th December 2018 - 21st December 2018

  (Resident Company of the Coach House Theatre) 42nd Season Present The Railway Children Adapted for the stage by Dave Simpson From the novel by E Nesbit By arrangement with Samuel French Ltd A superb adaptation for the stage of E Nesbit’s classic novel. Following the wrongful arrest of their father, an Edwardian family are forced to move from their London home to the country and endure a life of genteel poverty. Their modest house, “Three Chimneys”, is close to a…

Find out more »

The Railway Children (Malvern Theatre Players)

27th December 2018 - 30th December 2018

  (Resident Company of the Coach House Theatre) 42nd Season Present The Railway Children Adapted for the stage by Dave Simpson From the novel by E Nesbit By arrangement with Samuel French Ltd A superb adaptation for the stage of E Nesbit’s classic novel. Following the wrongful arrest of their father, an Edwardian family are forced to move from their London home to the country and endure a life of genteel poverty. Their modest house, “Three Chimneys”, is close to a…

Find out more »
January 2019

Alex Cofield: Supernova

18th January 2019 7:00 pm

  Faced with the grim reality of a life of seclusion in the genteel English countryside, Alex’s dreams of youthful urban living seem light years away; and when a nefarious village plot it revealed, there may be no chance of escape! A comedic concerto: Supernova is the critically acclaimed, funk-fuelled hip-hopera rap musical from Melbourne Comedy Award Nominee Alex Cofield, based on his real experience of growing up under the shadow of the Malvern Hills. Now he’s trying to rap…

Find out more »
February 2019

Racing Demon

6th February 2019 - 9th February 2019

  Here to There Productions Ltd present Racing Demon By David Hare Performed at the Coach House Theatre In a Church of England torn with internal dissension on matters of doctrine and practice, four clergymen struggle to make sense of their mission in the inner city. "Quite simply drama at its athletic and magisterial best." The Sunday Times "Bracingly intelligent and highly entertaining." The Guardian This production of Racing Demon is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French Ltd.

Find out more »

Anonymous Is A Woman: It Is Now

24th February 2019 2:00 pm

  30th of July 1966, a date that would go down in history; when two sides collide, a day filled with ‘A Groovy Kind of Love’, as you are invited to the wedding of Laura and Joe. Whether you’re on the side of the bride or the groom, of England or (dare I say it?) Germany, you can expect to join them for a raucous evening of laughs, romance, drama, and the sounds of the swinging sixties  

Find out more »
March 2019

Alive and Brel

15th March 2019 7:30 pm

  The finest songs from the master of the modern chanson, Jacques Brel, come to life when this trio of singers perform their revue, ‘Alive and Brel’. Brel’s music, famed for its emotional power and ironic wit, has been recorded by international stars ranging from Frank Sinatra and Dusty Springfield to David Bowie and Marc Almond. The show features iconic hits such as If You Go Away/Ne me quitte pas, Jacky and Amsterdam.  These songs, which are laced with dark…

Find out more »
April 2019

A Bunch of Amateurs (Postponed)

8th April 2019 - 13th April 2019

  Malvern Theatre Players And Melting Pot Theatre  Production of A Bunch of Amateurs At The Coach House Theatre  Postponement of performances from 8th to 13th of April 2019 to September 30th to October 5th 2019  Unfortunately one of our cast members has broken her ankle and we have had to postpone performances of the play. We very much hope that you will be able to join the cast and crew in the revival of the play in the Autumn…

Find out more »

Malvern French Film Centre 2018-2019 Season

14th April 2019 7:00 pm
|Recurring Event (See all)

One event on 14th April 2019 at 7:00pm

One event on 19th May 2019 at 7:00pm

One event on 16th June 2019 at 7:00pm

  Click film title for more information: Monthly Sunday Films at The Coach House: 14th April at 3.30pm & 7pm - Les amants 19th May at 3.30pm & 7pm - Le Colonel Chabert 16th June at 3.30pm & 7pm - Indochine Booking: Tickets £6 each (including 12% booking fee), available online, in person at Malvern Theatres Box Office or by calling 01684 892277, or from The Coach House on the day (subject to availability).   FILM INFORMATION (All films are shown…

Find out more »
July 2019

  Malvern Theatre Players THE ANNIVERSARY  by Bill Macilwraith Every year since her husband died, Mum has held an anniversary party (despite the absence of her husband) which she has always insisted all the family must attend. Her three grown-up sons are still dominated by their scalpel-tongued, deviously possessive mother, both in their daily business and personal lives, a woman who usually manages to make them do whatever she wants, regardless of their own family needs. This year they gather as…

Find out more »
August 2019

Live Art No Safety Net

17th August 2019 7:30 pm

  phil ironside presents LIVE ART NO SAFETY NET Risk>Intention>Execution Never been attempted by him before with a live audience or on such a scale Watch and hear his extraordinary creative process while he paints a 2.4m x 1.5m canvas LIVE IMMERSIVE ART The changes we perceive consciously are only a fraction of the information we act on every second. Everything we see, hear, smell, touch and perceive affects us. Just by being there you will affect the outcome of…

Find out more »
September 2019

  2004 (PG) Colour 97mins (music/drama) Christophe Barratier French with English subtitles Clément Mathieu, a former music teacher, comes to a school for “difficult” boys run by Rachin a cruel minded principal. The motto of the school is “Action – Reaction”, but this technique obviously isn’t working as there are a lot of problems and problem children. Clément tries to reach his boys and build trust and true order through music, particularly with the rebel Pierre whose single mother he begins to develop…

Find out more »

A Bunch of Amateurs

30th September 2019 - 5th October 2019

  Malvern Theatre Players A Bunch of Amateurs  by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman Presented by arrangement with Samuel French Ltd  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…

Find out more »
October 2019

  STEPHEN COCKAYNE talks about THE LANCHESTER MARIONETTES IN MALVERN For period of 15 years, Foley House, Great Malvern, was home to the Lanchester Marionettes. In this illustrated talk you will meet Waldo and Muriel Lanchester, and discover the people, Places and puppets that encompassed their world, before during and after the Second World War. Steve Cockayne was born into a puppeteering family in North London. He worked for BBC Television, and is the author of Master of the Marionettes,…

Find out more »

Arrivals and Departures

16th October 2019 - 19th October 2019

  Arrivals and Departures By Alan Aykbourn   A poignant, timely comedy of two strangers meeting in the midst of an increasingly farcical anti-terrorist operation. A terrorist code-named Cerastes is on the loose, and an undercover anti-terrorist squad have planned a sting to capture him as he steps off a train at a London station. The operation, led by the hapless Acting Major Quentin Sexton, has drawn in two outsiders - traffic enforcement officer Barry and his assigned bodyguard Ez.…

Find out more »

  1958 (U) – B&W 116mins (comedy) Jaques Tati French with English subtitles The hopeless Monsieur Hulot once again finds himself affecting people’s lives without realizing what he has done. Hulot’s young nephew lives in an ultra-modern house where his overly pretentious mother will barely let him breathe. Hulot has taken the boy under his wing, but concerned that he may be a bad influence, Hulot’s sister and brother-in-law devise a plan to keep him away. However an attempt to introduce…

Find out more »

  When Shakespeare died, he famously left his wife Anne only one thing, the second best bed. This superb one-woman play, full of both humour and pathos, has received great critical acclaim since its premier at the Swan Theatre Worcester in 2012. Liz Grand stars as Anne Hathaway on the night of Shakespeare’s funeral. The wake has finished, the mourners have all gone home, leaving Anne to remember her life with the most talented playwright the world has ever seen.…

Find out more »

Jesus My Boy by John Dowie

25th October 2019 7:45 pm

  Meet Joseph, just about the worst carpenter in the area. He first got to know his wife when she returned to complain about a table she had bought from him. It didn’t stop him asking her out and they eventually got married. A pretty unremarkable marriage until Mary announces that she is pregnant and that Joseph is not the father. When the boy grows up, he turns out to have a remarkable talent with wood, lending further weight to…

Find out more »

  Agatha Christie was one of the greatest thriller writers of all time and certainly the most prolific. In 1926, she was at the centre of a mystery as perplexing as any of her fiction, a series of events which sparked one of the biggest and most extensive police hunts in history. Her crashed car was discovered in Surrey and the famous author was missing, presumed dead by many, for eleven days. However, she was eventually found at a luxury…

Find out more »

Vesta by Chris Jaeger

27th October 2019 3:00 pm

  On A Role and the Worcester Repertory Company proudly present Vesta, a one woman show about the life and music of Vesta Tilley, written by Chris Jaeger and performed by actress and singer Claire Worboys. Vesta Tilley is one of the most remarkable female entertainers that has ever lived.  Born in Worcester in 1864, she became an international superstar, equally famous on both sides of the Atlantic. She always appeared on stage dressed as a man, although ironically, she did a great deal to further the cause…

Find out more »
November 2019

  1961 (U) B & W 94 mins (drama/mystery) French with English subtitles Alain Renais In a picturesque old-fashioned luxury chateau hotel, an enigmatic man tries to convince a married woman that they met in the Czech spa-town of Marienbad and spent time together there the previous year. The woman has no recollection whatsoever of having met this man and is convinced that he is just making all of this up. However, the more the man talks about their activities…

Find out more »
December 2019

A Christmas Carol on Screen

20th December 2019 - 21st December 2019

  A CHRISTMAS CAROL, by Charles Dickens  Adapted and performed by Nick Wilkes  Directed by Jon Legg Charles Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL is one of the most beloved books in the English language and has become a classic Christmas tale for generations of grown-ups and children alike. Brought to life in an astounding one-man performance by actor and writer Nick Wilkes. For over two decades Nick Wilkes has appeared in countless productions both in the UK and overseas working in…

Find out more »
January 2020

Tickets are available to purchase on the day of the performance at the Coach House Theatre.  1947 (PG) – B&W 93 mins (fantasy/romance) Jean Cocteau 3pm (with English subtitles) &  7pm (with French subtitles) Returning home late one night a merchant takes shelter in a castle. As he leaves the next morning, he takes a rose to give to his daughter Belle. But just then the master appears, a creature half man and half beast, telling the merchant he must…

Find out more »
February 2020

  Tickets are available to purchase on the day of the performance at the Coach House Theatre.    SATURDAY 15TH & SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARY - SIX GREAT GANGSTER MOVIES 2009 (18) colour 155 mins (crime/drama)  Jaques Audiard French with English subtitles Malik, an illiterate eighteen year-old Franco-Arab is sent to Brécourt prison sentenced to six years for assaulting police officers. Alone and without money, he finds himself unprotected in an environment of corruption and violence from the opposing Corsican and Muslim…

Find out more »

  Tickets are available to purchase on the day of the performance at the Coach House Theatre.    SATURDAY 15TH & SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARY - SIX GREAT GANGSTER MOVIES   1965 (16) -B&W 105 mins (comedy/action/crime)  Georges Lautner French with English subtitles Ex-gangster Fernand receives a call from a dying friend, a mob boss nicknamed “The Mexican”. The declining mobster talks Fernand into taking care of some unfinished criminal business and also asks him to look after his soon-to-be-married daughter.…

Find out more »

  Tickets are available to purchase on the day of the performance at the Coach House Theatre.  SATURDAY 15TH & SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARY - SIX GREAT GANGSTER MOVIES 1955 (12) – B&W 118 mins (crime/thriller) Jules Dassin French with English subtitles Fresh out of jail after a five-year imprisonment, a weary master burglar returns to a rain-soaked Paris only to find his girl is now the mistress of a rival dope-dealing gangster. Utterly disheartened, he reluctantly accepts the proposition of…

Find out more »

  Tickets are available to purchase on the day of the performance at the Coach House Theatre.  SATURDAY 15TH & SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARY - SIX GREAT GANGSTER MOVIES 1954 (15) – B&W 83 mins (crime/drama) Jaques Becker French with English subtitles Max, an old gentleman gangster, and his buddy Riton, have got away with 50-million francs worth of gold bars, which they have “put away for their retirement”. But Riton’s mistress, Josy, has grown tired of him. She has found…

Find out more »

  Tickets are available to purchase on the day of the performance at the Coach House Theatre.  SATURDAY 15TH & SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARY - SIX GREAT GANGSTER MOVIES 2005 (15) – colour 108 mins (crime/drama/music)  Jaques Audiard French with English subtitles Tom, 28, is a pretty tough guy who leads a life that might be regarded as criminal. While feeling he is at a critical point in his life, a chance encounter prompts him to take up the piano again…

Find out more »

  Tickets are available to purchase on the day of the performance at the Coach House Theatre.  SATURDAY 15TH & SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARY - SIX GREAT GANGSTER MOVIES 1937 (PG) – B&W 94 mins (crime/drama/romance) Julien Duvivier French with English subtitles Pépé le Moko, one of France’s most wanted criminals, hides out in the Algerian Casbah. Protected by his gang, he eludes the authorities and capture, all the while knowing the police will be waiting for him if he ever…

Find out more »

Through a Glass Darkly

18th February 2020 - 22nd February 2020

We very much regret that this production has been cancelled.   Malvernbard presents... Through a Glass Darkly  A Transcendental Thriller, by Nick Wilkes  The Prime Minister has been assassinated, at a state banquet. A high-ranking church official, well known to the nation and with seemingly no previous animosity towards the government, extended his arm… and drew his steak-knife towards him… Nick trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and has worked extensively in the theatre over the past two…

Find out more »
March 2020

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

10th March 2020 - 14th March 2020

  Melting Pot Theatre Company returns to the Coach House to present Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In the early hours of the morning at a New England college, as the alcohol flows, increasingly toxic games of truth or dare expose the secrets of two marriages against a backdrop of the fading of the American dream at the beginning of the 1960s. Expect an intense and absorbing staging of this American classic in the style of Melting Pot’s…

Find out more »

  Tickets will be available to purchase directly from the Coach House Theatre 30 mins prior to the screening. 1970 (15) colour 93 mins (drama/thriller) Claude Chabrol French with English subtitles Helénè, a lonely village headmistress, befriends the local butcher Popaul. On Popaul’s birthday Hélène gives him a lighter. Later, during an excursion with her class to a cave in the woods, Hélène stumbles across the latest stabbed victim of a presumed serial killer. She recognises the woman and finds Popaul’s…

Find out more »
April 2020

  Unfortunately this event has been postponed indefinitely. If you originally purchased tickets online, you will receive an automatic refund to your original method of payment.  If you purchased tickets directly through the box office, we will contact you in order to issue a refund.  Alternatively, please call the box office on 01684 892277, Mon-Fri 10am-12pm. Please email rachel@malvern-theatres.co.uk if you have any queries regarding your refund.

Find out more »

This event has been postponed, it will now take place on Saturday 19th December.  For more information and to book tickets please click HERE.

Find out more »
May 2020

  Unfortunately this event has been cancelled. If you originally purchased tickets online, you should have received an automatic refund to your original method of payment.  If you purchased tickets directly through the box office, you should have received a call from us to arrange a refund. If we have been unable to contact you, we will issue a cheque refund in the post. Please email rachel@malvern-theatres.co.uk if you have any queries regarding your refund.

Find out more »

  Unfortunately this event has been cancelled. If you originally purchased tickets online, you should have had an automatic refund to your original method of payment. Please email rachel@malvern-theatres.co.uk if you have any queries regarding your refund. If you purchased tickets directly through the box office, we will contact you by phone as soon as the box office reopens to arrange a refund. Alternatively, if you would like a credit voucher redeemable against future productions please email rachel@malvern-theatres.co.uk with details…

Find out more »
December 2020

Amelia Marriette – CANCELLED

19th December 2020 5:00 pm

  Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.  

Find out more »
July 2021

Chinese Boxing

24th July 2021 7:30 pm

  BOOKING INFORMATION: Due to the limited size of The Coach House Theatre, customers will be asked to wear face coverings beyond 19th July. Chinese Boxing A new one-man play by Mark Kitto Will China and the West ever understand each other? Sir Claude MacDonald, formerly Her Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary to Peking, does his best to resolve the issue. ‘Chinese Boxing’ is a topical and entertaining one-man show with a powerful message about China and ‘The West’, inspired by the Siege…

Find out more »
August 2021

Dracula (Drama Studio London) CANCELLED

12th August 2021 - 14th August 2021

  Unfortunately this event has been cancelled due to cases of Covid-19 within the cast.  If you purchased tickets online you will have received an automatic refund for the cost of your tickets plus any booking fee paid.  If you purchased tickets directly through the box office you will receive a call offering a refund.  If you have any queries please contact the box office directly on 01684 892277 (Mon-Sat 9.30am-8pm).  

Find out more »
September 2021

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice at The Coach House

6th September 2021 - 11th September 2021

  BOOKING INFORMATION: Due to the limited size of The Coach House Theatre, customers will be asked to wear face coverings beyond 19th July. Malvern Theatre Players (Resident Company of the Coach House Theatre) 44th Season The Rise and Fall of Little Voice  By Jim Cartwright  Little Voice has a hidden talent. Alone in her room with only her dead father’s record collection for company, she sings along with the greatest divas of the 20th century with a voice that is…

Find out more »

Kemp’s Jig – CANCELLED

17th September 2021 - 18th September 2021

Unfortunately, this production has been cancelled. If you purchased tickets online you will receive a full refund to your original method of payment.  If you booked via the box office we will contact you in order to arrange a refund. If you have any queries, please contact the Box Office team 01684 892277.  

Find out more »

  BOOKING INFORMATION: Due to the limited size of The Coach House Theatre, customers will be asked to wear face coverings beyond 19th July. *This event will be sold via Malvern Theatres box office until 6pm on 18th September.  After that, tickets will be available to purchase (subject to availability) from the Coach House Theatre directly, 30 minutes prior to the film start time.* Director: Jean-Marie Poiré While searching for the sacred jewels, Knight Godefroy and his squire are accidentally transported to…

Find out more »
October 2021

My Dearest Kate CANCELLED

2nd October 2021 7:00 pm

  Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.  If you purchased tickets you will have been issued an automatic refund.  If you have a booking query, please contact the box office on 01684 892277 (Mon-Sat, 9.30am-8pm).  

Find out more »

  Director: Paul Grimault What is now regarded as a masterpiece of French animation, began life in 1948, as The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep (loosely based on the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Andersen) but it was not completed until 1980. It is a true explosion of fantasy the basic plot of which involves a chimney sweep and a shepherdess seeking to escape from the clutches of a tyrannical king. The whole film, though, is a…

Find out more »

  Enjoy the magic of the string quartet with music by Haydn,Dvorak, Beethoven, Mozart and the recently rediscovered Emilie Mayer.  

Find out more »
November 2021

Mrs. Churchill – My Life with Winston

12th November 2021 - 13th November 2021

BOOKING INFORMATION: Due to the limited size of The Coach House Theatre, customers will be asked to wear face coverings beyond 19th July.   WORLD PREMIERE Starring Liz Grand as Clementine Churchill Written by Kit Hunter Winston Churchill is arguably one of the most famous Englishmen that has ever lived. His inspirational leadership helped win the Second World War, and his parliamentary career of 62 years ensured he was responsible for momentous decisions. They say that behind every great man, there…

Find out more »

The Musical Storytellers – Cancelled

13th November 2021 11:00 am

  Unfortunately this event will no longer be going ahead.

Find out more »

Director: Jaques Demy This is the story of 16-year-old Geneviève and 20-year-old Guy who are very much in love. Her kind mother won’t hear of her marrying, particularly as Guy has yet to complete his military service. Geneviève is heartbroken when he leaves for army service in colonial Algeria and is upset to have only received one letter from him in two months. She is also pregnant. Her mother’s solution to this situation is kindly diamond-merchant Roland Cassard. He agrees…

Find out more »

Snowflake

24th November 2021 - 27th November 2021

  THIS PRODUCTION OF ‘SNOWFLAKE’ IS PRESENTED BY SPECIAL LICENCE ARRANGEMENT WITH NICK HERN BOOKS Here to There Productions SNOWFLAKE By Mike Bartlett “Because Christmas, well... That’s when they say people come home.” Andy loves nostalgic television, pints down the pub, and listening to the whole album from beginning to end. His daughter, Maya, wears good shoes, likes good arguments, and has a secret plan to bring down the government. The trouble is, three years ago Maya left home, and…

Find out more »
December 2021

Little Women

3rd December 2021 - 4th December 2021

  Jenny Wren Productions presents Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women One actress. One musician. One enchanting new adaptation.  “I want to do something splendid, something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead.” This brand new take on Little Women retains all the charm and spirit of the original novel, with a twist; the four sisters, their family and friends are all played by just one woman. Holed up in the attic of her Massachusetts home just after the American Civil War, Jo…

Find out more »

Mother Christmas at the Coach House Theatre CANCELLED

16th December 2021 - 18th December 2021

  Unfortunately this event has been cancelled due to Covid-19.  Malvern Theatres Box Office will be in touch to offer a full refund as soon as possible, however if you would like to get in contact please call us on 01684 892277.

Find out more »
January 2022

Director: Patrice Leconte Milan is a beleaguered old thief who rolls into a small French town with the aim of robbing its bank. However, with no place to stay and following a chance meeting with Manesquier, a retired poetry teacher, he accepts his offer of shelter, which leads to an unexpected friendship. Milan has grown tired of his adventurous life on the run and wishes to retire in peace; Manesquier craves the danger he's never known in his bookish existence.…

Find out more »
February 2022

  Director: Pierre-François Martin-Laval Forced to flee his native Bangladesh, eight year-old chess prodigy, Fahim, arrives in Paris with his father. By a stroke of luck, Fahim meets one of France's top chess coaches, who tutors him and gives him a sense of purpose. The film tells the story of a child who learns to live without his mother and his father, far from home, his roots and his language. It is not only a moving account of the grim…

Find out more »
March 2022

  Director: Sebastien Marnier A replacement teacher arrives for a class of elite students after their previous professeur committed suicide. The substitute soon notices the strangely violent behaviour of this close-knit group of six. Unusually smart and precocious, the teens are intent on cutting themselves off from the rest of the school, engaging in activities that resemble the creepy rituals of a sect, spreading hostility and fear across the school. Soon, the teacher discovers their dark vision of a doomed…

Find out more »
April 2022

  Director: Denis Dercourt Mélanie Prouvost, a ten-year-old butcher's daughter, is a gifted pianist, which is why her parents decide that she should sit for the Conservatoire entrance exam. Although it is expected that Mélanie will be admitted, she unfortunately gets distracted by the president of the jury's offhand attitude and she fails. Ten years later, Mélanie becomes the page turner for the same woman and waits for a revenge opportunity. 2006 (15) - colour 85mins (drama/music) César Awards 2007:…

Find out more »

  Based on Mary Shelley’s The Last Man By award-winning writer Sam Chittenden, featuring Amy Kidd. Set in a 21st-century world troubled by a deadly plague, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s 1826 novel 'The Last Man' is poignant and hugely relevant today. Written after the death of her husband and three of her children, it expresses Mary’s own sense of loss and isolation and features characters based on Mary herself, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron and Claire Claremont. This one-woman adaptation explores the…

Find out more »
May 2022

  Director: Daniel Auteuil Part one of Pagnol's Marseilles Trilogy. Marius' biggest dream is to embark on a boat and sail to a faraway land. Fanny has secretly been in love with Marius since her childhood; Marius, never admitting it, has always loved Fanny. One day, Marius is offered a job on an exploratory ship. Fanny confesses her love for him and thereby provokes a fight between Marius and Panisse, who despite his old age, has been courting Fanny. Torn…

Find out more »

  Director: Daniel Auteuil Part two of Pagnol's Marseilles Trilogy. Marius has now gone to sea on a five-year contract to follow his dream; Fanny discovers she is pregnant. Her mother and Marius' father, César, distraught at the idea of an unmarried mother, persuade her to accept the romantic advances of the much older suitor, Panisse. To save face and despite her disappointment, Fanny accepts the arrangement and marries the rich merchant of the Vieux Port. Although he is 30…

Find out more »

  Director: Henri Verneuil A small town seeking publicity tries to bring together the quintuplet grandsons of the town's oldest inhabitant. This film is mainly a vehicle for the great Fernandel, the wonderful comedic actor with the "horse-faced" grin, who plays not only the old man, but all five grandsons. This is a classic French comedy with not only Fernandel but also Louis de Funes. By nature of the plot, it is episodic featuring each of the grandsons and some…

Find out more »

  Director: Claude Berri In this sequel to Jean de Florette, Manon, the daughter of Jean Cadoret, has remained on the farm, tending goats, in the hills of the idyllic Provencal countryside, growing into a beautiful young woman. Cesar’s business has greatly prospered from the fresh spring water and the carnations grow well. Ugolin, his grandson, begins to turn his mind towards ideas of love and steadily falls for the distant Manon. Meanwhile she has discovered the treachery that once…

Find out more »
June 2022

  Director: Jean Renoir (son of Pierre-Auguste Renoir) It's 1890 and Henri Danglard, proprietor of the fashionable (but bankrupt) café 'Le Paravent Chinois' featuring his mistress, belly-dancer Lola, goes slumming in Montmartre, where the then old-fashioned cancan is still danced. There he conceives the idea of reviving the cancan as the feature of a new, more popular establishment and meets Nini, a laundress and natural dancer whom he hopes to make the star of his new show. But a tangled maze…

Find out more »

Dancing at Lughnasa at The Coach House

20th June 2022 - 25th June 2022

  Malvern Theatre Players (Resident Company of the Coach House Theatre) 46th Season Dancing at Lughnasa By Brian Friel Dancing at Lughnasa, set in the summer of 1936 Ireland was hailed  by Time magazine as “the most elegant and rueful memory play since The Glass Menagerie”. The story of five sisters, living a fragile life in rural Ireland, is told through flashbacks of one of the sisters’ illegitimate son, Michael. Though the sisters’ tragic fates are revealed through Michael’s memories…

Find out more »
July 2022

Malvern French Film Centre: LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS Marcel Carné  Strolling indolently around the 1830s vibrant Parisian avenue called the Boulevard du Crime, the graceful and elusive courtesan, Garance, finds herself wrongfully accused of pickpocketing. But, Baptiste, comes to her rescue, only to hopelessly fall for her. Venice Film Festival 1946 Winner Feature Films Marcel Carné, Online Film & Television Association 2010 Winner Hall of Fame   Cert: 12 Runtime: 189 mins (with interval) Year: 2019 Format: Black & White  Genre: Drama/Romance

Find out more »
August 2022

Crumble By The Sea

2nd August 2022 - 6th August 2022

  Anomaly Presents CRUMBLE BY THE SEA Mr Thumb and his daughter Georgina come to the town of Crumble-by-the-Sea to take part in a  baking competition to bake the biggest pastry to fill the King’s belly. There are rumours in the town of a dragon in the mountains. Mr Thumb just can’t get the oven hot enough to bake this pastry, so Georgina sets out on a quest to find something hot enough to heat the oven. Relaxed Performances: Wednesday…

Find out more »

  The Coach House Theatre presents Matilda the Musical JR. A performance full of fun, energy, brilliant characters and a cracking story too...  as Matilda would say, sometimes you have to be a little bit naughty! Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical JR. is adapted from the full-length musical which was based on the book by Roald Dahl, and features a book by Dennis Kelly and music and lyrics by Tim Minchin. The show opened on the West End in 2011…

Find out more »

  In March 2019, Amelia Marriette was going to launch her book Walking into Alchemy: The Transformative Power of Nature in Malvern, her hometown. But due to Covid-19, the event had to be postponed. So, we are delighted to announce that Amelia will be here visiting the UK from Austria. Amelia will also be talking about her next book – based on the diaries and watercolours of her father, Leonard Eason, which cover his time in Austria from 1946-1948. Please…

Find out more »
September 2022

God of Carnage

14th September 2022 - 17th September 2022

Here to There Productions presents God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza Translated by Christopher Hampton A Comedy of Manners - Without the Manners! What happens when two sets of parents meet up to deal with the unruly behaviour of their children? A calm and rational debate between grown-ups about the need to teach kids how to behave properly? Or a hysterical night of name-calling, tantrums and tears before bedtime? Boys will be boys, but the adults are usually worse - much…

Find out more »

Malvern French Film Centre: AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS (PG) Dir. Louis Malle. A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives.  This leads first to difficulties and then ultimately to disaster for the school. Cert: PG Runtime: 104 mins Year: 1987 Format: Colour  Genre: Drama/War https://youtu.be/qIaTVS7iQQk      

Find out more »
October 2022

Alive & Brel

1st October 2022 7:30 pm

  The finest songs from the iconic master of the modern chanson, Jacques Brel, come to life when this trio of singers perform their cabaret revue, ‘Alive and Brel’.  Featuring well-known classics such as Ne me quitte pas/If You Go Away, Amsterdam and Jacky, Brel’s music is famed for its emotional power and ironic wit. His songs, which have been recorded by international stars ranging from Frank Sinatra and Dusty Springfield to David Bowie and Marc Almond, have been likened…

Find out more »

  Performed by the award winning Natura Contemporary Theatre Company,    The Gardening Times, tells the story of how a North Gloucestershire garden was created by the Lady of the House, the Head Gardener, the Under Gardener and He-Who-Cuts-The-Grass.   Humorous and engaging, The Gardening Times, is written by sisters, Angela and Caroline Summerfield (Jane Austen and The Cheltonians - Best Stage Drama 2021 Writer's Guild nominee), as an uplifting response to our present times. Starring the award winning actress, Ellie Darvill. WRITTEN BY: ANGELA…

Find out more »
+ Export Events