by Neil Anthony Docking How do you carry on after unimaginable loss? How do you even face the world? Set eight months after the Aberfan Disaster of 1966, this is the real life story of a group of bereaved mothers who met every week above a local hotel to talk, cry and even laugh without feeling guilty. At one of their meetings, the women looked at each other and admitted how much they fel...

by Laura Wade Judy and Johnny's world seems perfect- a beautiful home, handcrafted cocktails, and a carefully curated life of domestic bliss. However, perfection often comes at a price. Behind the smiles and immaculate surfaces, tensions begin to simmer. Home, I'm Darling is a sharp, stylish comedy with a layered take on nostalgia, feminism, and the complexities of relationships. It explores...

by Arthur Miller When a vindictive lie unleashes a campaign of state-sanctioned terror, and when sanctimonious piety becomes obligatory, it falls to a self-confessed sinner, John Proctor, to call out the lies. But will anyone believe him? Arthur Miller’s award-winning play asks us the most troubling questions. Written during the McCarthy witch-hunts of 1950s America, it dramatises events sur...

by Chris Bush Tess’s parents work for the emergency services and that has always meant that Christmas celebrations have to be a moveable feast. Today is no different, and Tess, her Gran, and her Uncle Mike are once more awaiting their arrival. But something is different this time, and if everything is changing, then maybe the stories they tell have to change too? Maybe traditions need to be ...

by Steven Peros Sex, drugs and the Charleston! Based on the true story of a mysterious Hollywood death, The Cat's Meow offers us a fascinating cross section of Jazz Era characters who intersect for one notorious weekend in 1924, on board William Randolph Hearst's luxury yacht. The guest list includes film stars, writers, lawyers, money-men and the ever present frivolous flappers, but most...

by Andrew Bovell Would you be able to list all the things you know to be true in your life? What exists for you that is concrete, dependable and safe? The Price family are pretty certain that they know what’s true for them. That is until their lives begin to unravel. Andrew Bovell’s remarkable play presents us with some hard truths about family, love and the things we take for granted. Fa...

by Phoebe Frances Brown The Glad Game is Phoebe’s story; the story of finding yourself in the bleakest of moments and of discovering reasons, however small or silly, to be glad. Growing up in Nottingham, acting defined Phoebe. By the age of 26 she is living and working in London, in pursuit of her dream; a career in acting. Just as things are starting to take off, with a role lined up at The...

by Anton Chekhov; translated by Cynthia Marsh Chekhov is not often seen as a radical writer, but his work makes us see the world in a different light. In Uncle Vanya (1896) he creates a critical view of Russia which rolls down the decades to the future we now know. And he does it with a daring combination of comedy and harsh reality. The Serebryakov family scrape a living on their country fa...

by Simon Woods Robin Hesketh, Tory MP and junior minister, returns to his country house looking forward to a restful weekend, only to find a fox digging up his lawn and his wife digging up the past. 1988. It’s a year into Margaret Thatcher’s third term as PM and her government has just passed Section 28, forbidding schools and local authorities from “promoting the acceptability of homosexuality...

by John Webster Webster’s violent tale of misogyny and deceit. A forbidden marriage. A hidden family. A dangerous web of secrets and lies. Remarkable for its inventive and grotesque violence, yet full of dark humour, Webster’s tale of misogyny and deceit is propelled forwards in time to the period of the Industrial Revolution. This Steam-Punk inspired production highlights the rigid male-dom...

or Comic Potential by Alan Ayckbourn Brought to us by Theater Die Käuze. A hilarious satire of television and a touching romantic comedy. This production will be performed in German for free, but a ticket will be required to assure your seat.

by Joe DiPietro & Jimmy Roberts Brought to us by Jakobus Theater. An updated version of the hilarious musical revue! This crowd-pleasing comedy takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum know as “the relationship.” This production will be performed in German for free, but a ticket will be required to assure your seat.

by Dario Fo & Franca Rame; adapted by Tom Basden Welcome to the crazy world of Accidental Death of an Anarchist, where those in charge have completely lost the plot! When a certified ‘Maniac’ (whose hobby is impersonating authority figures) arrives at a police station, it prompts an unscheduled investigation. The subject is the mysterious death of a man who left the building during an interr...

by Frank Loesser & Abe Burrows A satire of big business and all it holds sacred. This show tracks the rise of J. Pierrepont-Finch in 1960’s corporate America. Following the guidance of a little handbook called ‘How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying’, he climbs the corporate ladder from lowly window washer to high-powered executive. On route, he has to tackle such familiar, b...