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< Back David Ballard Previous Production Next Production 3 January 1920 to 3 January 1920 By Charles McEvoy CAST Bonson, John P Booth, G Frederick Gordon, Eleanor Higgs, Elsie Lowe, Lois M Nixon, Walter S Warburton, George A Warburton, Ida Wilson, Tom Wilkinson, John

< Back Present Laughter (2022) Previous Production Next Production 28 February 2022 to 5 March 2022 By Noel Coward Directed by Carole Carr At the centre of his own universe sits matinee idol Garry Essendine: suave, hedonistic and too old, says his wife, to be having numerous affairs. His life is spiralling out of control… He is plagued with worry about his looming theatrical tour of Africa, being middle aged, his receding hairline and the friends who bring their bizarre problems to him. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis, as his sprawling myriad of relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soul-searching. Noël Coward’s Present Laughter premiered in the early years of the Second World War just as such privileged lives were threatened with fundamental social change but now this play is a surprisingly modern reflection on fame, desire and loneliness and, of course, is extremely funny!

< Back Rutherford and Son Previous Production Next Production 1 January 1919 to 1 January 1919 By Githa Sowerby CAST Blackburn, Lydia Hill, Arthur P Matthews, Marion?Thwaite Moston, Harry Nixon, Walter S Warburton, George A

< Back The Drone Previous Production Next Production 1 January 1916 to 1 January 1916 By Rutherford Mann CAST Bonson, John P Higgs, Elsie Hutchinson, T D B Megson, Miss Margaret Nixon, Walter S Noble, Jack Noble, Miss May Warburton, George A Wilkinson, John

< Back The Will and The Way Previous Production Next Production 1 January 1920 to 1 January 1920 By Walter R Matthews CAST Gorman, Dora Gorman, Philip?Norris Hough, B G Llewellyn, Helen M Lowe, Edgar M Matthews, Marion Thwaite Nixon, Walter S Owen, Gwen Winn, Rex

< Back The Quest Previous Production Next Production 4 January 1915 to 4 January 1915 By Matthew Boulton CAST Nixon, Walter S Noble, Miss May Slinn, Ella Wilkinson, John

< Back Calendar Girls - The Musical Previous Production Next Production 20 June 2022 to 25 June 2022 By Gary Barlow and Tim Firth Directed by Joseph Meighan Musical Direction by Mark Goggins “To unexplored horizons in the mind and new coastlines in the heart…” The death of a much loved husband prompts a group of ordinary women in a small Yorkshire Women’s Institute to do an extraordinary thing. Blasting away all preconceptions of what it is to be in a women’s institute, they decide to do an artistic nude calendar to raise money for charity. Upturning preconceptions is a dangerous business and none of them expect the emotional and personal ramifications, but gradually the making of the fabulous and funny calendar brings each woman unexpectedly into flower. The true story of the Calendar Girls launched a global phenomenon, a million copycat calendars, a record breaking movie, stage play and now a musical written by Tim Firth and Gary Barlow which coined the term “craughing” – the act of crying and laughing at the same time. With unforgettable songs, every performance continues to add to the millions already raised for charity and also prove that there is no such thing as an ordinary woman.

< Back House of Ghosts Previous Production Next Production 23 May 2022 to 28 May 2022 Directed by Mike Shaw Oxford, 1987, and a young actress playing Shakespeare’s doomed heroine Ophelia ends up dying on-stage during a theatrical production of Hamlet. A “suspicious death” inquiry is opened, but when a suspect in the case is also murdered, veteran police Inspector Morse becomes convinced the two deaths are related to the strange events of a similar student production from 1962, one that he himself was a part of… Morse faces dark memories and suspects in a theatrical murder mystery by Alma Cullen.

< Back The Widowing of Mrs Holroyd Previous Production Next Production 2 January 1920 to 2 January 1920 By D H Lawrence CAST Bott, Miss Hill, Arthur P Matthews, Marion Thwaite Nixon, Beryl Nixon, Philip N Nixon, Walter S Owen, Gwen Pownall, Clarence Warburton, George A Warburton, Ida Winn, Rex Wilkinson, John

< Back If Four Walls Told Previous Production Next Production 4 January 1920 to 4 January 1920 By Edward Percy CAST Blackburn, Lydia Brierley, Norman Green, Freda Loft, J H Harold Lowe, Lois M Matthews, Marion Thwaite Owen, Gwen Pownall, Clarence Winn, Rex Wilkinson, John

< Back A Streetcar Named Desire Previous Production Next Production 15 November 2021 to 20 November 2021 By Tennessee Williams Directed by John Cunningham Winner of the Pulitzer Prize One of the greatest American plays Fading Southern belle Blanche DuBois depends on the kindness of strangers and is adrift in the modern world. When she arrives to stay with her sister, Stella, in a crowded, boisterous corner of New Orleans, her delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with Stella’s crude, brutish husband Stanley. Eventually their violent collision course causes Blanche’s fragile sense of identity to crumble, threatening to destroy her sanity and her one chance of happiness.

< Back The Lady In The Van Previous Production Next Production 4 October 2021 to 9 October 2021 Directed by Carole Carr It is said that charity begins at home. For Alan Bennett, it began at the bottom of his drive with a yellow custard van inhabited by an irascible eccentric who refused to budge. The Lady in the Van is the true story of Miss Shepherd, an offbeat woman of uncertain origins, who “temporarily” parked her broken-down van in writer Alan Bennett’s London driveway, and proceeded to live there for the next 15 years. Miss Shepherd’s stay may have been a blight on Bennett’s front garden, but it eventually allowed him to unravel the fascinating story of her life – for which we are all eternally indebted.