Gertrude Lawrence: A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening is the latest collaboration between “Superbly gifted” actor and singer, Lucy Stevens & pianist Elizabeth Marcus, following their previous acclaimed plays with music. Gertrude Lawrence was one of Britain’s brightest theatrical stars during the first half of the 20th century. A charismatic stage presence who excelled […]
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Bond: An Unauthorised Parody
From the team that brought you THE GHOST OF A SMILE, DONE TO DEATH BY JOVE!, MATA HARI-FEMALE SPY and SPITFIRE SOLO Bond is back – unfit, older but still wisecracking… and someone’s out to get him! Following tours in the UK, USA, Russia and Australia, producer/performer Gavin Robertson focuses his attention on the Bond […]
Old Herbaceous
Described as “Downton Abbey with gardening tips”, Old Herbaceous is the humorous love story of a single-minded yet gentle man with a passion for plants and is a charming one-man play which has entranced sell-out audiences all around the country over the last five years. An acute and sometimes hilarious observation of relationships between the classes […]
Haunted
The Book of Darkness & Light in association with LittleMighty presentsHAUNTED Two classic ghost stories adapted and performed by Adam Z. Robinson Two tales to chill the blood! In The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs the White family are visited by an old friend who brings with him a strange object, said to be able to grant […]
12 Silk Handkerchiefs
12 Silk Handkerchiefs, Reg Meuross’s 2018 album inspired by Brian W. Lavery’s book The Headscarf Revolutionaries, opened a window on Hull’s Hessle Road fishing community in the aftermath of the Triple Trawler Disaster of 1968. Joined on stage by stalwarts of the Hull folk scene, musicians Mick McGarry and Sam Martyn, Reg’s powerful songs are […]
3 Voices
Dez Allenby Frances Kelly Trevor Millum present a winning hand of Stories, Poems, Songs & Sketches plus Sue Wilsea & Sheri Revell and special guest Nick Lumb: ‘Working with Words and Pictures
A Pleasing Terror
Two ghost stories by M R JamesPerformed by R M Lloyd Parry Over a century after they were first published, the ghost stories of M R James retain their power to terrify and amuse. This gripping one man show retells two of the earliest and eeriest. In Canon Alberic’s Scrap-book, a young Cambridge antiquary discovers […]
The Three Ann(e)s
Everyone’s heard of the Brontë sisters – they lived at Haworth, died young, had a drunken brother and wrote novels. Clever Charlotte wrote Jane Eyre and eccentric Emily wrote Wuthering Heights. And then there was the other one. Er – what’s her name? – ANNE. Quiet Anne was overshadowed by her older sisters in her […]
Mark Farrelly in Jarman
This vibrant new solo play written and performed by Mark Farrelly brings Derek Jarman back into life for a passionate, daring reminder of the courage it takes to truly live while you’re alive. A journey from Dungeness to deepest, brightest Soho and into the heart of one of our most iconoclastic artists. A mighty spirit […]
Three Men in a Boat
After the huge success of Old Herbaceous, GSP productions are back with a rip-roaring barrel of fun, Three Men in a Boat, with Giles Shenton (Old Herbaceous himself!) playing the part of Jerome K Jerome. Join Jerome as he recounts the hilarious story of his boating holiday along the magnificent River Thames with his two […]
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