Twelfth Night
23rd - 30th January
A COMEDY OF MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND MISTAKEN IDENTITIES - BRIMMING WITH FOOLS, LOVERS, MUSIC AND DRUNKEN PRANKS!
Till the Stars Come Down
6th - 13th March
Set during a scorching summer wedding in a former East Midlands mining town. The youngest sister Sylvia marries Marek, a Polish immigrant, long-held family secrets, grievances, and cultural tensions surface, blending heartbreak and comedy into a single volatile day.
As the wedding reception kicks off and the alcohol flows freely, the festive atmosphere quickly becomes volatile. The guests are forced to reckon with issues that have divided the family for years. As the hours pass and passions boil over, the happy celebration is threatened testing the limits of what it means to be a family.
2:22 A Ghost Story
24th April - 1st May
Jenny and Sam – and their baby Phoebe – have recently moved into their new home. But something feels frightening and wrong. Very wrong. Over the baby monitor, at 2:22 every night, Jenny hears footsteps around her daughter's cot. Could the house be haunted?
When their friends Lauren and Ben come round for a housewarming dinner, they drink wine, relive their pasts, and argue about the existence of ghosts. They decide to stay up until 2:22, to discover the truth. Over one adrenaline-filled night – as the foxes scream outside – secrets will emerge and ghosts may appear…
Spine-chilling, funny and scary, Danny Robins' play 2:22 was premiered at the Noël Coward Theatre in London's West End in August 2021, directed by Matthew Dunster, and starring Lily Allen, Julia Chan, Hadley Fraser and Jake Wood. It went on to win Best New Play at the 2022 WhatsOnStage Awards and was nominated for Best New Play at the Olivier Awards.
The Door Behind the Bookcase
5th - 12th June
Set in Amsterdam in 1940, the play takes place in the office of Otto Frank, the director of the German company Opekta. His young newly married secretary is Miep Gies. When the Netherlands are invaded, Otto and his family have left it too late to leave. With the help of Miep and other employees, a plan is put together to keep them in hiding until the allies break through. It is Miep, with the help of her husband Jan, who must carry out this daring plan. But A German official is anxious to find out where the Franks have gone, and it is Miep who must hold everything together in this moving story of bravery and courage.
Interspersed with video, this play recounts the well known wartime story from a different angle, highlighting the valour, guts and daring of a past generation who refused to let freedom die.
Witness to the Prosecution
17th - 24th July
Witness for the Prosecution is a gripping courtroom drama by Agatha Christie, centering on Leonard Vole, accused of murdering a wealthy widow, and the shocking role of his wife in the trial.
The Revlon Girl
4th - 11th September
On 21st October 1966 one of the 7 coal tips above the mining village of Aberfan suddenly slipped down the hill. The slurry flowed over 2 farms, glanced off the secondary school then, catastrophically, hit Pantglas Junior school and a row of houses. It was 9.15 am, the day before half term.
The Revlon Girl is set 8 months after this disaster and follows a group of bereaved mothers who meet every week in a room above a local hotel to talk, cry and laugh without feeling guilty. At one of their meetings, they admit how much they’ve let themselves go. Afraid people would think this frivolous, they secretly arrange for a representative from Revlon to come and give them a talk on beauty tips.
All the above is true,
The characters in the play are fictional.
The Revlon Girl is about how these women find their individual ways back from their losses. It’s a superbly crafted drama, ultimately full of hope, resilience, survival and looking to the future. It’s moving and funny and the women are all amazing in their different ways. All the roles are superbly drawn, the characters well rounded, all very different. Definitely a play for actresses to get their teeth in to.
The Importance of Being Earnest
16th - 23rd October
The Importance of Being Earnest is a glorious comedy of mistaken identity, which ridicules codes of propriety and etiquette.
It is a farcical comedy depicting the tangled affairs of two young men about town who lead double lives to evade unwanted social obligations, both assuming the name Ernest while wooing the two young women of their affections.
It's A Wonderful Life
29th November - 4th December
Christmas Eve, 1946, Bedford Falls. Down-on-his-luck banker George Bailey feels life has passed him by, and he’s at the end of his rope. But when George’s guardian angel pays him a visit, he’s amazed to discover what life in his beloved town would be like without him. Maybe it’s a wonderful life, after all?
Based on the critically acclaimed Frank Capra movie, Mary Elliott Nelson’s reimaging is a joyful story of love, hope and community.
