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Whistle and I’ll Come to You A Ghost Story by M. R. James ‘He saw quite clearly for a moment a vision of a wide, dark expanse at night, with a fresh wind blowing, and in the midst a lonely figure’ From the finest writer of the ghost story genre, M. R. James’s Oh Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad tells the tale of a young professor who, whilst walking in an English coastal village, stumbles upon…
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Last Night, on Llandudno Pier Script Reading with Mia Stevens “You never know what tale you might find tucked up in an old mollusc” ... Alun, a postcard seller from the seaside town of Llandudno calls upon a group of sightseers to “hear the voices in the land”. Through music, poetry, diaries and seashells, Last Night traces the fading fragments of a community’s collective nostalgia. Mia has trained for the past three summers with Malvern Theatres Young Company, performing…
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One of the greatest British comedies ever written returns to Malvern after a successful West End run. Starring Liza Goddard, Paul Bradley and Simon Shepherd, Michael Frayn’s celebrated play serves up a riotous double bill – a play within a play. Hurtling along at breakneck speed, Noises Off follows the on and offstage antics of a touring theatre company as they stumble their way through the fictional farce, Nothing On. From the shambolic final rehearsals before opening night in Weston-super-Mare,…
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National Theatre Live On Screen Dear England a new play by James Graham directed by Rupert Goold Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale) plays Gareth Southgate in James Graham’s (Sherwood) gripping examination of nation and game. The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game? With the worst track record for penalties in the world, Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and…
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Direct from the RSC: Laurie Lee’s extraordinary story, told in a captivating weave of music and his own words. Red Sky at Sunrise follows Lee through his much-loved trilogy, Cider with Rosie, As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, and A Moment of War, when Lee leaves his Cotswolds home one summer morning, and ends up fighting with the International Brigades against Franco’s forces in the Spanish Civil War. Two of our best-loved actors, Anton Lesser (Game of Thrones,…
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Jane Asher, Clive Francis and Nicholas le Prevost in The Circle By W Somerset Maugham Will history come full circle? Or can one generation learn from their parents’ mistakes? Jane Asher (Alfie, Deep End) plays Lady Kitty, a society beauty who notoriously abandoned her stuffy husband Clive (Clive Francis, The Crown), and eloped with the handsome Lord Porteous (Nicholas Le Prevost, Shakespeare in love, Testament of Youth). Thirty years later, love’s young dream has descended into non-stop squabbling ...…
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Our Star Theatre Company presents Death(s) at Sea A small theatre company are performing their new murder-mystery play Death at Sea, but despite their best efforts, everything goes wrong! Their play, Death at Sea, is a thrilling murder mystery set on a small ship carrying just five passengers and its Captain. When one of the passengers, Mr Inus, is found dead, the remaining passengers speculate and turn on each other until the real murderer is caught ... But that…
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Please note - For performances at The Coach House Theatre, sales via Malvern Theatres Box Office will close 1 hour prior to the performance start time. Tickets will then be available to purchase from The Coach House directly (subject to availability). Vita and Virginia by Eileen Atkins (abridged by NKP Theatre Company) 60 minutes. No interval "An astonishing piece of theatre" FRINGE REVIEW Virginia Woolf meets fellow author Vita Sackville-West in London in the 1920s. They embark on a 20-year…
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What happens when the lights go out? New Year’s Eve. A car crash on a lonely road brings famous but troubled singer Danny Sierra and his extended family to an isolated holiday cottage in rural England. From the moment they arrive, a sequence of inexplicable events begin to occur... and then the lights go out. This thrilling new ghost story will thrust you into darkness and have you on the edge of your seats until the final chilling twist.…
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National Theatre Live Vanya adapted by Simon Stephens, after Anton Chekhov directed by Sam Yates designed by Rosanna Vize Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. Hopes, dreams, and regrets are thrust into sharp focus in this one-man adaptation which explores the complexities of human emotions. Recommended Age: 15+ Running time: 1hr 57mins (no interval) Please click HERE…
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