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After a life of hard graft, retirement isn't at all what Albert Nobbs had expected. Instead of relaxing and taking things at a leisurely pace, the curmudgeonly Albert finds himself bored and nagged senseless by his wife Connie. But Albert's…

Cast 1 male 2 female

ANGEL CITY

An exploration of the destructive nature of the Hollywood entertainment industry. A trio of unknown screenwriters has been brought together by a pair of hungry producers who are anxious to make the ultimate cinematic apocalypse. The three are a cowboy-shaman,…

Cast 4 male 2 female

BAKERSFIELD MIST

by Sachs, Stephen

Maude Gutman, an unemployed bartender living in a trailer park in the California desert, believes the painting she bought in a thrift store for three dollars as a gag gift is really an undiscovered Jackson Pollock worth millions. Is this…

Cast 1 male 1 female

BASINFUL OF THE BRINY, A

A basinful of mishaps and misunderstandings occur in the second of Leslie Sands' 'Seaside Trilogy'. When Mr and Mrs Pepper return to the 'Seaview Guest House' to celebrate their 1st Anniversary, not only do they once again encounter the dragonish…

Cast 3 male 6 female

BESIDE THE SEASIDE

The first play in Leslie Sands' trilogy of seaside capers at the Seaview Guest House. The tyrannical landlady Mrs Austin terrorises her lodgers with her bread and butter pudding, while newlyweds Mr and Mrs Pepper realise that marriage is no…

Cast 3 male 6 female

BLACK CHIFFON

by Storm, Lesley

On the eve of her beloved son's society wedding, the highly respected Alicia Christie makes one defiant criminal gesture - a cry for help - when she steals a black chiffon nightdress from a reputable department store. This play is…

Cast 3 male 4 female

BORDER, THE

by Swannell, Graham

An intriguing exploration into the roles people play in each other's lives after many years together. As Travers and Beatrice are enjoying a relaxing drink in the garden one summer's evening, it transpires that he has met an acquaintance of…

Cast 1 male 1 female

BREAKING POINT

One act comedy by Alfred Shaughnessy.

Cast 3 male 5 female

CASTRO'S BEARD

by Stewart, Brian

On the eve of Fidel Castro’s historic visit to the United Nations Assembly in 1960, a clandestine meeting takes place in Washington DC – a CIA think tank is hastily assembled whose sole aim is to take down the Castro…

Cast 4 male

CAT'S CRADLE

In a last desperate attempt to resurrect his career in the CID, Inspector Frost re-opens the case that ruined him - a kidnap and possible murder he failed to solve some years before. With a new piece of evidence, he…

Cast 4 male 4 female

CHICAGO (Play)

An Obie Award wining play by Sam Shepard, where a man contemplates the end of civilisation from his bathtub.

Cast 4 male 3 female

CHRISTMAS CAROL, A

by Schario, Christopher

Focusing on Dickens' powerful language, humor and warmth, this charming version of A CHRISTMAS CAROL simply and directly tells the story of the redemption of a human soul. The play follows the ever-powerful story of Scrooge, a lonely miser, who,…

Cast 3 male 2 female

CHRISTMAS CAROL, A

by Sharkey, Stephen

Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year . . . well it for everyone except the miserable, miserly Scrooge. He has no time for friends or fun, celebrating Christmas with misery and meanness rather than mistletoe and merriment. Bah,…

Cast 6 male 4 female

CONSCIENCE OF SERGEANT CLUFF, THE

The latest play from the author of Cat's Cradle and Something to Hide is set in an isolated farmhouse on the Yorkshire moors, where an investigation is underway following the suspicious death of Tom Norton, a local farmer who died…

Cast 5 male 3 female

COWBOY MOUTH

The play is about Cavale and Slim, two absolute messes living in sin together. Unable to move, yet at complete unrest, Slim swings from blaming Cavale for the disaster that is his life to begging her to tell him stories…

Cast 2 male 1 female

DOUBLE CUT

An ingenious thriller set in a luxury villa on the Costa del Sol. The plot revolves around diamond heiress Olivia Prescott whose villa is disturbed by an enigmatic stranger claiming to be her supposedly dead brother. He seems to know…

Cast 4 male 3 female

EVENING WITH GARY LINEKER, AN

by Smith, Arthur

July 4th, 1990. In Italy, England are playing Germany in the Semi final of the World Cup. In Majorca, Bill and Monica are on holiday trying to rekindle a failing marriage. Monica dreams of an affair with Gary Lineker, the…

Cast 3 male 2 female

FANCY MAN, THE

by Stott, Mike

Does Amy Granville have a 'fancy man'? Set in a small Pennine village in the 1920's, Amy and Arthur have been married just under a year, but the small community begins to talk in whispers when Amy starts visiting the…

Cast 4 male 3 female

FOR PETE'S SAKE

Early comedy by the ever-popular Leslie Sands.

Cast 4 male 6 female

FULSTOW BOYS, THE

“A powerful and passionate play that lingers in the mind” (Luxe Magazine). At the turn of the centenary of the armistice, the award-winning writer of Studs, A Kick in the Baubles, Albert Nobbs and Grow Up Grandad gives us this…

Cast 10 male 3 female

GIRLS' NIGHT OUT

by Simpson, Dave

Why has Tony recently been spending lots of time in his room, playing Rod Stewart hits at top volume? His mum Ivy doesn’t see anything strange in this, at least until Ivy organises a hen night for the heavily pregnant…

Cast 4 male 4 female

GIRLS' NIGHT OUT IN IBIZA

by Simpson, Dave

The hilarious sequel to Girls' Night Out finds Tony and Pete in Ibiza, where Tony is organising a male strip show for the girls of Ibiza. Jane had thrown Pete out back home and he's arrived looking for work. He…

Cast 4 male 4 female

GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME

The final chapter in Leslie Sands' "Seaside Trilogy" alongside BASINFUL OF THE BRINY and BESIDE THE SEASIDE. Five years have elapsed, and Mr and Mrs Pepper return to the seaside resort for a 'second honeymoon'. Avoiding the infamous "Seaview" guest…

Cast 4 male 5 female

GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (Baker)

by Steinbeck, John

First produced to great acclaim at Clwyd Theatre Cymru, Tim Baker's new adaptation of Steinbeck's classic novel is stunningly adapted for the stage. More than just an epic tale of the Joad family's fated trip from the dust bowls of…

Cast 10 male 6 female

GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (Galati)

by Steinbeck, John

Steinbeck's story of the Joad family and their tragic flight from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to California in search of the promised land is powerfully realised in Frank Galati's stage adaptation. Thrown off their land and lured by promises of…

Cast 18 male 4 female

GROW UP GRANDAD

Poppy is eleven and has attitude. When she finds herself living with her cantankerous grandfather, a man she neither likes or loves all hell breaks loose. Something of a hermit, a man living in the past who sees very little…

Cast 1 male 5 female

HOLY GHOSTLY

An early short play from Sam Shepard written in 1969 involving the confrontation of a father with his son.

Cast 4 male 1 female

ICARUS' MOTHER

Over the course of an afternoon, a pleasant, lazy picnic trnasforms into a menacing apocalypse.

Cast 3 male 2 female

INTENT TO MURDER

Within minutes of the opening of this play, we are plunged into the middle of an explosive situation. Janet Preston, a well-known authoress who lives alone in a remote cottage on the Yorkshire Moors, has killed her husband, a complete…

Cast 3 male 3 female

KICK IN THE BAUBLES

"Executed with panache, A Kick in the Baubles might just jingle your bells" ~ The Times It's another peaceful Christmas in the Bauble household, but chestnuts aren't roasting on an open fire. And although a Silent Night would be welcome,…

Cast 4 male 5 female

KICKING A DEAD HORSE

The play begins with a man alone in a desert landscape digging a grave. Hobart Struther's horse has just dropped dead. He stands there in the vast open desert trying to figure out what to do about his predicament. Every…

Cast 1 male

LIGHT OF DAY, THE

by Swannell, Graham

From the author of A State of Affairs comes a provocative and insightful exploration of marriage as it is shaped by independence and individualism in the modern world. After seventeen years of marriage, Ralph and Louise are both driven to…

Cast 1 male 2 female

LIVE BED SHOW, THE

by Smith, Arthur

From the co-author of An Evening With Gary Lineker comes this hilarious boy meets girl tale for the over-30’s. Seen in the West End starring Paul Merton and Caroline Quentin, Live Bed Show finds one couple manoeuvring through a tussle…

Cast 1 male 1 female

LOVE AFFAIR

A deliciously light and very funny version of the highly successful Paris comedy Coup de Soleil set in Paris in the spring of 1925. During a recent UK tour, Sian Phillips starred as Valentine Matignon, a passionate and vivacious lady…

Cast 4 male 3 female

MARRAKECH

by Swannell, Graham

The mid-life crisis strikes Walter and Vivien when Walter announces his intentions to rebel against his house husband existence in London and leave for Marrakech to write a book - alone. Walter's plans go astray when Vivien, a successful GP,…

Cast 1 male 1 female

NAKED TRUTH, THE

by Simpson, Dave

When five very different women sign up for Gabby’s pole dancing class at the local village hall, none of them have any idea what lies ahead – each of them have their own reasons for taking up pole dancing, whether…

Cast 6 female

OF MICE AND MEN

by Steinbeck, John

Steinbeck's own stage version of his classic novel tells the story of George and Lenny, the fast-talking farm hand and the simple giant who accompanies him on a life of casual labour in the California Agricultural Belt of the 1930's.…

Cast 9 male 1 female

OLD HERBACEOUS

It's not often that you find a play which gives you gardening tips and cookery suggestions! This one-man show about Bert, the head gardener at a country house, has entranced audiences all around the country. Indeed the play was performed…

Cast 1 male

ON THE TIN

by Stewart, Brian

The committee members of the Granary Theatre are trying to revive their organisation’s flagging fortunes by pinning their hopes on an enthusiastic newcomer, Steve, who seems to know a lot about theatre. He’s keen to push Brecht and Pinter and…

Cast 5 male 2 female

OUR WIFE

Early comedy by Leslie Sands.

Cast 5 male 4 female

PLAYING AWAY

by Sykes, Chris

Elisabeth is at the centre of a love triangle. She has one lover in London, Roger Rodgers, and another life in Paris with paramour Pierre. But can she carry on having her gateau and eating it? Playing Away is a…

Cast 2 male 1 female

SCALES OF JUSTICE

by Saunders, Peter

Based on a true story, Scales of Justice is a fascinating exploration of the nature of British justice and sense of fair play. At the height of the 1914-18 war between Great Britain and Germany, Hans Muhler, a recently naturalised…

Cast 9 male 3 female

SOMETHING TO HIDE

This most ingenious thriller concerns an author who finds that his wife (who is also his publisher) has run over his mistress in a car and killed her. They agree to dispose of the body and the rest of the…

Cast 3 male 4 female

STUDS

The Eston Bank Hotel are only one of hundreds of teams playing Sunday League football, but the passion and desire is as strong as any Premiership team and winning the County Cup is everything. Managed by Ronnie, who tries to…

Cast 3 male 2 female

TEA COSY, THE

Early comedy by Alfred Shaughnessy.

Cast 4 male 5 female

THERESE RAQUIN

A skilful adaptation of the 19th Century novel with a special twist to Zola's original ending. This well-paced and gripping tale of retribution provides a penetrating study of sexual obsession and guilt. The play tells the story of the secret…

Cast 4 male 2 female

TOOTH OF CRIME, THE

This two-act play with music tells the tale of the battle between two rock stars, Hoss and his young rival, Crow. Between them they battle it out in the manner of heavyweight prizefighters using musical styles which only one man…

Cast 7 male 1 female

TRENCH KISS

by Smith, Arthur

Jim and Sally are on holiday in Flanders, fulfilling not only Jim's obsession with the First World War but his search for the fate of his grandfather, who went missing in battle. While Jim is off looking at gravestones, a…

Cast 2 male 1 female

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