2019 Season
Please note: The season is subject to rights confirmation.
Synopsis:
Keen to boost his flagging career, fading Hollywood action hero Jefferson Steel arrives in England to play King Lear in Stratford – only to find that this is not the birthplace of the Bard, but a sleepy Suffolk village. And instead of Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench, the cast are a bunch of amateurs trying to save their theatre from developers. Jefferson’s monstrous ego, vanity and insecurity are tested to the limit by the enthusiastic am-dram thespians. As acting worlds collide and Jefferson’s career implodes, he discovers some truths about himself – along with his inner Lear!
Play 2
God of Carnage
Written by Yasmina Reza
Directed by Cheryl Butler
May 10th to June 15th
Wednesday, May 8th (Charity preview)
Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays, May 19th, Jun 2nd & 9th at 2pm
Box Office opens
Saturday, April 27th 2019
Synopsis:
God of Carnage, (originally in French 'Le Dieu du carnage'), is a play about two sets of parents, one of whose child has hurt the other at a public park. They agree to meet to discuss the matter in a civilised manner. However, as the evening goes on, the parents become increasingly childish, resulting in the evening devolving into chaos.
Play 1
A Bunch of Amateurs
Written by Ian Hislop & Nick Newman
Directed by Tom Richards
February 15th to March 23rd
Wednesday, Feb 13th (Charity preview)
Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays, Feb 24th at 1pm &
Mar 10th & 17th at 2pm
Box Office opens
Saturday, February 2nd 2019
Synopsis:
Keen to boost his flagging career, fading Hollywood action hero Jefferson Steel arrives in England to play King Lear in Stratford – only to find that this is not the birthplace of the Bard, but a sleepy Suffolk village. And instead of Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench, the cast are a bunch of amateurs trying to save their theatre from developers. Jefferson’s monstrous ego, vanity and insecurity are tested to the limit by the enthusiastic but slapdash thespians. As acting worlds collide and Jefferson’s career implodes, he discovers some truths about himself – along with his inner Lear!
Play 3
The Female of the Species
Written by Joanna Murray-Smith
Directed by Sue Turner
August 2nd to September 7th
Wednesday, Jul 31st (Charity preview)
Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays, Aug 11th, 25th & Sep 1st at 2pm
Box Office opens
Saturday, July 20th 2019
Synopsis:
Thirty years ago Margot Mason, pioneer of the 1970s Women's Liberation movement and fearless academic, wrote her groundbreaking work and numerous best-sellers followed. Now she has writer's block. Molly, an unannounced visitor and committed fan of Margot and her work, offers a potential solution - until Molly produces a gun and calmly informs Margot that she intends to kill her because she blames her for warping her mother's mind and ruining her life with her hit book The Cerebral Vagina.
Loosely inspired by a real-life incident in 2000, when author Germaine Greer was held at gunpoint in her own home by a disturbed student.
Play 4
Death of a Salesman
Written by Arthur Miller
Directed by Neil Moulang
October 25th to November 30th
Wednesday, Oct 23rd (Charity preview)
Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays, Nov 3rd, 17th & 24th at 2pm
Box Office opens
Saturday, October 12th 2019
Synopsis:
Willy Loman is on his last legs. Failing at his job, dismayed at his the failure of his sons, Biff and Happy, to live up to his expectations, and tortured by his jealousy at the success and happiness of his neighbour Charley and his son Bernard, Willy spirals into a well of regret, reminiscence, and a scathing indictment of the ultimate failure of the American dream, and the empty pursuit of wealth and success.