Drama
The Games
Spike Theatre Company
An 'undiscovered' Aristophanes comedy, The Games tells the story of three Greek nobodies caught up in a celestial bet between Zeus, Hera and Hercules. Our unwitting heroes: Stanzas (a terrible poet), Darius (the runt of the litter) and Hermaphrodite (born a girl) travel to compete in the ancient Olympics and take on the heroes of the sporting world with epic results for mankind.
The Games incorporates clown, original music, song, shadow puppetry and original music.
Way Out West
The Future is Unwritten
Two men walk into a pub - and then it stops being normal.
Pints are drunk; conversation spans the creation of the universe, the meaning of happiness, the chemical construction of pork scratchings - and how they seem to know more about each other than complete strangers could, or should. And they both seem to recollect dreams in which they met Laurel and Hardy, and each other.
As the alcohol kicks in Simon and Peter find themselves lurching towards an unnerving philosophical and spiritual world, where it becomes a distinct possibility that they are Laurel and Hardy reincarnated... but that's simply laughable, absurd and beyond comprehension - isn't it?
This funny, tender, melancholic and puzzling play comes from the company who created recent hit shows Meeting Joe Strummer and Don't Shoot The Clowns.
Thin Air
Cottongrass Theatre Company
"Ash, feathers, wings, raven, prophesy. Always the same... circles, dips, lost, looking for something"
A young man's dream of flight has ghostly consequences. Set in the shadow of two world wars, this haunting family saga is a tale of ambition and secrets and passion unspent.
Thin Air is a new play by Carnegie Award-winning author Berlie Doherty. The supernatural story of a First World War fighter pilot who returns home from the horrors of the war in possession of a secret that will haunt his community for generations to come...
Tuesday 20
March 7.30pm
Wednesday 21
March 7.30pm
Thursday 22
March 7.30pm
Friday 23
March 7.30pm
Saturday 24
March 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Main Theatre
£8
£7 Saturday Afternoon
£7 Tuesday
Broadway Rocks!
PADOS Youth Theatre Group
Gin and Chronic Arthritis
MaD Theatre Company
Love is in the air in the Pickles household. Mariah Pickles loves her boyfriend Jarvis, they are expecting their first child, Baby Ga Ga. Mariah's Mam loves her Bobby, but he's inside for looting and her brother Carlton is looking for love on the internet.
Mariah's Nanna however has lots of loves. One night, one of her fancy men, Wheelchair Barry, takes her on a date to a psycic supper where she's contacted by a lover from long ago. Nanna is over the moon but Barry is jealous of the fella from the other side.
From the producers of Angels With Manky Faces, Thai Brides and Teacakes and The Demise & Rise of Bunny Lamar this is MaD Theatre Company's latest comedy. Miss it and your life will be that bit emptier than it should be.
The Harbour
Limbik Theatre
Peter, a quiet, awkward fisherman, still lives at home with his acerbic and overbearing mother. One fateful night, he brings a seal-woman home from the sea. As Sally grows into life on land, their hopes and secrets catastrophically collide in this funny, moving, and visually striking retelling of a selkie myth. With simple staging and haunting live music, The Harbour unearths an over-fished world filled with impossible desires.
"A masterclass in surreal storytelling.
" - East Anglia Daily Press.
"Such revels are the reason we venture forth to the theatre...one quickly relaxes into total confidence in the troupe's ability to conjure and entertain, which is a rare treat."
- The Prague Post
Limbik creates new theatre work that explores human stories set in epic environments, combining innovative theatrical style with strong narrative craft.
Tuesday 24
April 7.30pm
Wednesday 25
April 7.30pm
Thursday 26
April 7.30pm
Friday 27
April 7.30pm
Saturday 28
April 2.30pm & 7.30pm
Main Theatre
£12 Saturday Evening
£10 Wednesday - Friday, And Saturday Matinee
£8 Tuesday
Jekyll and Hyde
PADOS Theatre Group
Robert Louis Stevenson's famous story comes to life in this new production by PADOS Theatre Group.
Wednesday 17
October 7.30pm
Thursday 18
October 7.30pm
Friday 19
October 7.30pm
Saturday 20
October 7.30pm
Main Theatre
£8 Early Bird Offer
Buy TicketsMore InfoCalendar Girls
PADOS
A group of extraordinary women, members of a very ordinary Yorkshire WI, spark a global phenomenon by persuading one another to pose for a charity calendar with a difference! As interest snowballs, the Calendar Girls find themselves revealing more than they'd ever planned...
A very British story, with a very British heart, Calendar Girls is Tim Firth's record-breaking stage adaptation of the 2003 film.
"An uplifting and very inspiring true story that is quirky, poignant and hilarious".
"A show whose feelgood factor is sky-high".