Category Archives: Theatre

By Robert Louis StevensonAdapted and performed by Mark Stratford ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ – a mystery tale about the timeless conflict between good and evil – caused a sensation when it was published in 1886. In this highly acclaimed, gripping solo play, Mark Stratford offers a compelling and faithful adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s gothic classic. […]

A celebration of the glory days of Variety Freddie Francis has been a second spot comic for thirty years touring the country on every variety bill going. We find him in 1956 recalling his life spent touring the halls; the ups, the downs, the riotous, the fantastic and the downright silly! He recalls his days […]

A celebration of the glory days of Variety Freddie Francis has been a second spot comic for thirty years touring the country on every variety bill going. We find him in 1956 recalling his life spent touring the halls; the ups, the downs, the riotous, the fantastic and the downright silly! He recalls his days […]

The award-winning Dyad Productions and Company Gavin Robertson are joining forces! It’s a pedigree of the first degree!  Between them, Dyad’s recent productions – Austen’s Women: LADY SUSAN, A Christmas Carol, A Room of One’s Own, That Knave, Raleigh  – and Gavin Robertson, with Done to Death by Jove!, The Ghost of a Smile and […]

Merely Players present FAKESPEARE a deceptively truthful tale by Stuart Fortey There are two problems with deception.The first is being found out.The second is not being found out. In 1794, noted antiquarian Samuel Ireland is delighted when his son William brings him unknown documents in the hand of Shakespeare, obtained from an anonymous source. But […]

Clap Trap Theatre presents… BLINDFOLD—by BAFTA-nominated writer Tom Needham Featuring Florrie Stockbridge, Natasha Jones and Cal Stockbridge. In 1914, two boyhood friends went to fight for their country—only one came back. After the war, the surviving soldier and his sister encounter an old friend who is being haunted by the ghost of a young man […]

Other Lives Productions presents Just Dickens! To herald the Christmas Season, a gallimaufry of readings, snippets, anecdotes, factoids and semi-dramatisations from “the man who invented Christmas”. Thia performance is part of our Members’ 241 Offer. Please ask for details.

TWO DICKENS GHOST STORIES WITH A COMIC TWIST Adapted and directed by Gavin Robertson and performed by Nicholas Collett From the team who brought you ‘Done To Death By Jove!’ and “Is That A Whip In Your Hand?” Two of Charles Dickens’ creepy tales – with a comic twist. Tales with a tingle, but also […]

THE GOOSEBUMPS OF DELIGHT!Adapted & Directed by Gavin RobertsonPerformed by Nicholas Collett A sequel to THE GHOST OF A SMILE, and spookily apt between Halloween and Christmas, two (more) of Charles Dickens’ ghost stories, but with a comic element- adapted from his original stories ‘The Baron of Grogzwig’ – in which a downhearted Noble is visited by […]