Clap Trap Theatre in association with York Theatre Royal When it comes to scattering their mother’s ashes, three siblings are hit with a bombshell revelation that turns their world upside downThis remarkable play is based on the very simple premise that ‘it’s not what you say, it’s the way that you say it’The first act […]
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Macready! Dickens’ Theatrical Friend
This highly acclaimed show – written and performed by Mark Stratford – tells the compelling story of the great Victorian actor-manager, William Macready – the man to whom Charles Dickens dedicated Nicholas Nickleby. A must for drama fans, this remarkable true tale captures the sheer joy, graft and tribulations (!) of a life lived in theatre With […]
Henry Blofeld: “Sharing my Love of Cricket”
Legendary cricket broadcaster, Henry Blofeld, takes the audience on a charming journey through modern cricket, while looking back at the great games of yesteryear. Henry has been close to the heart of cricket for more than 50 years. He has seen the game grow into a hugely international sport, where franchises continue to have massive […]
That Knave, Raleigh
Following their five-star show, I, Elizabeth, the award-winning Dyad Productions (A Christmas Carol, Lady Susan, A Room of One’s Own, Christmas Gothic, Austen’s Women, Female Gothic) return to the Elizabethan era. To the famous and fabulous Elizabethan explorer, sailor, dandy, and warrior, Sir Walter Raleigh. Elizabeth I’s favourite and James I’s knave. This is a journey through […]
Gruoch
Gruoch is a feminist, myth-centred examination of the bereaved and abused girl who became Lady Macbeth as an act of revenge for the death of her father. She did indeed manipulate Macbeth to kill Duncan, but not through vaulting ambition… this “icon of evil” may be the power behind the throne, but as the only […]
Is That A Whip In Your Hand?
A Company Gavin Robertson presentation Written and Performed by Gavin RobertsonDirected by Nicholas Collett. Following performances in USA, UK and recently, Australia, Gavin Robertson focuses his attention on the fortune-hunter movie phenomenon encompassing everything from ‘Indiana Jones’ to ‘National Treasure’ via ‘Romancing The Stone’ – in his latest physical cartoon style adventure – spoofing the […]
Chopped Liver & Unions
“The world is changed by the women you push too far” It’s 1956. On the international stage the Suez crisis hits and Soviet tanks roll into Hungary. In the UK Sara Wesker is writing a letter. Back in the day Sara led the “singing strikers of 1928” to win better working conditions for the female […]
Kate Fox: Bigger on the Inside
Like the TARDIS in Doctor Who, we’re all Bigger on the Inside. Join stand-up poet and BBC radio regular Kate Fox on a funny, thought provoking and poetic trip through time and space as she uncovers new ways to think about labels like Autism and ADHD. She finds inspiration in Doctor Who and in the […]
Havisham
Written and Performed by Award winning actress Heather Alexander Direction & Dramaturg by Dominique Gerrard A journey into the psyche of Miss Havisham from Great Expectations ‘If you knew my story, your heart would break too. A cobwebbed tale of heartbreak’ This is the story that Dickens left out…. Who was the woman being behind […]
Amy Johnson: Last Flight Out
Written and performed by Jenny Lockyer Directed by Vern Griffiths Born in the year the Wright Brothers made their first flight and into an age where the romantic heights of flying captured her heart, Amy Johnson became the second woman in the world to qualify as a ground engineer and then, in 1930, the first […]
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