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ALBERT NOBBS

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

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DANCING ATTENDANCE

After a series of strokes, Jack Slaney has been forced into early retirement. Slaney, a successful Midlands-based printer, nonetheless remains the cantankerous self-made man he's always been even when confined to his wheelchair. Now living with his daughter Zita, Slaney…

Cast 2 male 1 female

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DAVID COPPERFIELD

Performed to critical acclaim in theatres around the country, this powerful adaptation is now restructured and revised with an even stronger text. Scrupulously faithful to Dickens’ original, its remarkable achievement is that the audience leaves the theatre with the impression…

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DRIVING MISS DAISY

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a long-running hit in New York and the West End. When Daisy Wertham, an aging crotchety Southern lady, smashes up yet another car, her businessman son informs her she must rely on the services…

Cast 2 male 1 female

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HEAVEN CAN WAIT

Take a trip back in time to 3rd February 1959, and the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa. The Winter Dance Party featuring Buddy Holy, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens is just ending and the boys leave for that…

Cast 4 male 1 female

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LITTLE GREEN SHOOTS

The latest play from the author of A Seat in the Park is located among the garden-like environment of the Eden Grove Allotment. For nearly fifty it has provided a welcome respite from the stresses and strains of urban life.…

Cast 5 male 5 female

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MAGNIFICENT MR. BOOTH, THE

Switching between the 1950s and the present day, this play re-enacts the romantic adventures of a Tory MP, Gerald Gray, with a fatal weakness for the 'fairer' sex. While the house in which these adventures took place is being demolished,…

Cast 2 male 5 female

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MISCONCEPTIONS

World premiere: April 2002 as a co-production between Derby Playhouse and Salisbury Playhouse. A new comedy about sex, infertility and DIY artificial insemination! After years of attempting to conceive without success, Matthew and Linda's marriage has come under great strain.…

Cast 2 male 2 female

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MUMBO JUMBO

Joint-winner of the 1985 Mobil Playwriting Competition and premiered at the Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre, this play recently enjoyed a highly successful run at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. Set in a Protestant boys' public school in present-day Belfast, this both…

Cast 6 male 3 female

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ON GOLDEN POND

A touching, funny and warmly perceptive study of a spirited and lovable elderly couple facing their twilight years. Ethel and Norman Thayer return to their summer home on Golden Pond for the 44th year. He is a retired professor, nearing…

Cast 3 male 2 female

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SELF CATERING - A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD

A plane loaded with holiday-makers crash lands on a deserted island, somewhere en route to Majorca. The five survivors are forced not only to come to terms with the disaster, but also deal with the prospects of survival in an…

Cast 2 male 3 female

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SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION

Winner of the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Play and inspired by a true story, the play follows the trail of a young con man who infiltrates the lives of wealthy New Yorkers. Arriving at the home of Ouisa and…

Cast 13 male 4 female

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SOMETHING BLUE

It's going to be the Wedding of the Year - money is no object and the Minster in Beverley has been booked for over a year. Vera, the groom's mum, has everything under control, but what no one could have…

Cast 1 male 4 female

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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

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TRUE WEST

In a suburban southern California house, Austin, an aspiring screenwriter, is busy writing a romantic screenplay for his producer Saul. Austin is plant-sitting for his mother while she is on holiday in Alaska, but his peace and quiet is broken…

Cast 3 male 1 female

WATERS OF THE MOON

The dull routine of a modest and shabby private hotel in the West Country is broken by the arrival of unexpected and exciting guests whose car breaks down nearby. Helen Lancaster, a vivacious and attractive woman, together with her husband…

Cast 4 male 6 female

WITCH, THE

A short one-act play with three characters, one of whom appears only briefly. A lady confronts an actress claiming that the actress has stolen her husband’s affections. The actress denies the claims and convinces the lady that her husband is…

Cast 3 female