DATES

SHOW

VENUE

22 Sep 2025
to
27 Sep 2025

Gaslight
by Patrick Hamilton

Auditorium

Jack Manningham is slowly and deliberately, driving his wife (Bella)

insane. He has almost succeeded when help arrives in the shape of a

former detective, Rough, who believes Manningham to be a thief and

murderer. Aided by Bella, Rough proves Manningham's true identity and

finally Bella achieves a few moments of sweet revenge for the suffering

inflicted on her. The origin of the contemporary term “Gaslighting” the

play explores themes of domestic abuse and toxic masculinity.

6 Oct 2025

to

11 Oct 2025

Revlon Girls
by Neil Anthony Docking

Studio

Eight months after the Aberfan Disaster of 1966, in which 144 people

were killed (116 of them children), a group of bereaved mothers meet

weekly above a local hotel to talk, cry and even laugh without feeling

guilty. At one of their previous meetings, the women looked at each

other and admitted how much they felt they’d let themselves go. Afraid

that people will think them frivolous, they’ve secretly arranged for a

representative from Revlon to come and give them a talk on beauty tips.

This is a remarkably warm, sorrowful and at times even funny study in

the masks grief wears, what it takes and what it might mean, to put on a

brave face.

27 Oct 2025
to
1 Nov 2025

Home I'm Darling
by Laura Wade

Auditorium

Every marriage needs a little fantasy to keep it sparkling. But behind the

gingham curtains, being a domestic goddess isn't as easy as it looks...

Home, I'm Darling is Laura Wade's new dark comedy about sex, cake

and the quest to be the perfect 1950s housewife. A timely analysis of the

gender divide, which manages to ask important questions about what

women might want and how they might successfully find it. It’s a sharp,

funny and sad dissection of a doomed attempt to achieve marital bliss

by retreating into a delusional cocoon.

24 Nov 2025
to
29 Nov 2025

The Crucible

by Arthur Miller

Auditorium

This classic drama set against the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, is both a

gripping historical play and a timely parable of our contemporary

society. The play is a fictionalized account of how a small group of girls

in Salem, Massachusetts falsely accused others of witchcraft. The story

tells how small lies build and build until a whole town is involved,

eventually condemning 19 men and women to the gallows for being

possessed of the Devil. The play explores themes of mass hysteria, the

importance of standing up for one's beliefs and the devastating effect of

power when it is wielded by persons of questionable morality.

11 Dec 2025
to
20 Dec 2025

The Last Noel
by Chris Bush

Studio

It's Christmas Day, sort of, and Alice, Mike and Tess – three generations

of the one family – are busy preparing a feast, singing songs, spinning

yarns and squabbling about snacks... like only a close family can. But

someone is missing from the table. Telling their stories in turns, and

breaking off for the odd musical interlude, the family pass the time

waiting for Tess's mum to arrive. As they do, we see a picture of how one

family forms its traditions – and how those traditions matter most when

there are problems on the horizon.

12 Jan 2026
to
17 Jan 2026

The Cat's Meow
by Steven Peros

Auditorium

Based on the true story of a mysterious Hollywood death, The Cat's

Meow offers a fascinating cross section of Jazz Era characters who

intersect in 1924, for one notorious weekend on board William Randolph

Hearst's Luxury yacht. The guests include movie mogul Thomas Ince,

who is hoping to revive his flagging fortunes by forming a partnership

with Hearst, and Charlie Chaplin who has much more mischievous

‘Recreational’ motives for being onboard. A stylish and sardonically

funny exposé of corrupt Tinseltown values, this darkly comic morality

play is laced with clandestine romance, Hollywood excess, and steadily

heating tensions.

9 Feb 2026
to
14 Feb 2026

Things I Know to Be True

by Andrew Bovail

Auditorium

Originally staged in collaboration with Frantic Assembly, this is a

complex and intense portrait of the mechanics of a family and a

marriage. Bob and Fran have worked hard to give their four children the

opportunities they never had. Now, with the kids ready to make lives of

their own, it's time to sit back and smell the roses. But the change of the

seasons reveals some shattering truths. Through the eyes of four

siblings, who struggle to define themselves beyond their parents' love

and expectations, we see this once close knit family split apart and then

tentatively take the first steps to re-tie those precious family bonds.

19 Feb 2026
to
21 Feb 2026

The Glad Game
by Phoebe Francis Brown

Auditorium

A mesmerising portrait of Hope. Intimate, boundary-pushing, brilliant,

Phoebe Frances Brown’s autobiographical one-woman show is a

compelling and intimate retelling of a life cut tragically short. Growing up

in Nottingham, acting has defined Phoebe’s life. She took every

opportunity (including the Central TV Workshop). In 2018, as a 26-year-

old actor, now working in London, she’s auditioning for television,

filming feminist comedy sketches and has just been cast in Small Island

at the National Theatre. But in November, doctors discover an incurable

tumour in her brain that will severely affect her speech and memory, the

“two very basic things” required to act. The Glad Game is Phoebe’s

story; the story of finding yourself in the darkest moments, about leaning

on those who love you and finding reasons, however small or silly, to find

humour and be glad.

16 Mar 2026
to
21 Mar 2026

Youth Theatre Show TBC

Auditorium

TBC

13 Apr 2026
to
18 Apr 2026

Uncle Vanya
by Anton Chekov; adapted by Cynthia Marsh

Auditorium

In the heat of summer, Sonya and her Uncle Vanya while away their days

on a crumbling estate deep in the countryside, visited occasionally only

by the local doctor Astrov. However, when Sonya's father suddenly

returns with his beautiful new wife declaring that he intends to sell the

house, the polite facades crumble and repressed feelings start to

emerge with devastating consequences. Uncle Vanya, is a portrayal of

life at the turn of the 20th century, full of tumultuous frustration, dark

humour and hidden passions.

27 Apr 2026
to
2 May 2026

Hansard
by Simon Woods

Studio

This tender and brutal comedy/drama, set around the passing of the

Section 28 legislation in 1988, is a witty and devastating portrait of the

British governing class. Hansard is an intimate domestic drama about a

long and troubled marriage. It is also a comedy about politics and

identity and the failings of the ruling class. Set around the passing of the

Section 28 legislation in 1988, which banned the “promotion” of

homosexuality. It is funny, tender, brutal, and ultimately devastating.

18 May 2026
to
23 May 2026

The Duchess of Malfi
by John Webster

Auditorium

The Duchess of Malfi is a revenge tragedy play by John Webster that tells

the story of a widowed duchess who marries her steward against her

brothers' wishes. The play explores themes of class, power, and the

corruption of the Catholic Church. A defiant woman is destroyed by her

corrupt brothers in this violent revenge tragedy, full of dark humour. In

an attempt to prevent the fiercely independent Duchess from marrying

the man she loves, her corrupt brothers go on a disturbing quest to

destroy her. Remarkable for its inventive and grotesque violence, yet full

of dark humour, this violent revenge tragedy asks how anyone can

survive in a world where masculinity has become toxic.

24 May 2026
to
30 May 2026

German Visit

Auditorium

TBC

23 Jun 2025
to
28 Jun 2025

Accidental Death  of An Anarchist
by Dario Fo adapted by Tom Basden

Auditorium

Originally based on the 1969 Piazza Fontana bombing and the death of

anarchist Giuseppe Pinelli during interrogation by the Milan police, this

adaptation is set in a Contemporary Metropolitan Police Station. After

getting himself arrested, the Maniac (a mysterious but dangerously

unstable man with a talent for impersonations) manages to convince the

police that he is actually the judge overseeing the investigation into the

anarchist’s death. He forces the officers to reenact the interrogation,

exposing the countless lies and inconsistencies in their story. The whole

time, he mercilessly mocks the policemen’s corruption—although they

are often too dim-witted to notice—and secretly tape-records all the

evidence of their guilt. At the end of the play, he presents the audience

with a fateful dilemma that forces them to ask what justice might look

like under a thoroughly rotten government.

20 Jul 2026
to
25 Jul 2026

How to Succeed in Business, Without Really Trying
by Frank Loesser & Abe Burrown

Auditorium

The story concerns young, ambitious J. Pierrepont Finch, who, with the

help of the book How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, rises

from window washer to chairman of the board of the ‘World-Wide

Wicket Company’. Our hero, J. Pierrepont Finch, runs into many

obstacles and overcomes them like a modern, comic Siegfried: there's

his rival (the boss's nephew), the mailroom trap, the office wolf, the

dangerous secretary, the board meeting, jealous executives and, of

course, the big boss himself. From the first coffee break to the last

elevator load on Friday night, office life is never the same once "Ponty"

Finch settles in for the trip to the top.