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A Month in the Country

By Ivan Turgenev. Adapted by Brian Friel

Hundreds of women would envy me, wouldn't they? A beautiful house in the Russian countryside. A doting husband, a circle of admirers. A life of order, tranquility and quiet restraint. It's enough to make you scream. Natalya Petrovna looks to all the world like a contented woman, but the arrival...

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Electra/Persona

By Benedict Andrews after Sophocles & Ingmar Bergman

Fusing two iconic texts - Sophocles' ancient myth Electra and Ingmar Bergman's celebrated film Persona - into one theatrical event. Electra. A daughter consumed by grief and rage, clinging to the idea of justice as her world comes apart. Persona. During a performance of Electra, an actress suddenly falls...

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The Story

By Tracey Scott Wilson

There's the truth and then there's the story When a white teacher is killed in a black neighbourhood, four journalists race to get the headline - at any cost. But when shocking new evidence pulls them into the dark heart of the case, they are each forced to...

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Recent Openings

East is East

By Ayub Khan Din

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
& touring

Previews04 September 2026
Opens/Press Night08 September 2026
Closes03 October 2026
Running Time2 hours 35 minutes
First PerformedBirmingham Repertory Theatre, 1996
World premiere of this new revival
Presented ByOctagon Theatre Bolton, Citizens Theatre and Wiltshire Creative in association with Derby Theatre

Salford, 1971. The Khan family are living above a chip shop and on the fault line between two cultures. George Khan is determined to raise the family in his Pakistani way. His English wife, Ella, just wants to keep the peace. Their seven children? They're busy discovering disco, denim, and defiance. When George begins arranging marriages for his sons, rebellion erupts and loyalties are tested. What follows is a hilarious and deeply moving battle between tradition and change.

See cast, creatives, and 4 reviews

King Lear

By William Shakespeare

Sheffield Theatres - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

Previews29 August 2026
Opens/Press Night04 September 2026
Closes19 September 2026
Running Time2 hours 55 minutes
First PerformedWorld premiere of this revival
Presented BySheffield Theatres Production in association with MGC

In an attempt to spend the remaining years of his life unburdened by the pressures of monarchy, King Lear decides to pass his lands and responsibilities to his three daughters. When he tells them they must secure their inheritance by proving how much they love him, his eldest daughters make dramatic speeches. The youngest, refuses and is banished by her father. Once in control of their father's kingdom, Lear's remaining daughters trade declarations of love for cold hearted treachery, ejecting the former king from their homes, and stripping him of his authority, his dignity, and ultimately, his sanity.

See cast, creatives, and 7 reviews

We Dance in Fire

By Joe Judd

Golden Goose Theatre, London

Previews02 September 2026
Opens/Press Night04 September 2026
Closes05 September 2026
Running Time1 hour 5 minutes
Presented ByRiot Run Productions

The Stink, a mysterious foul odour and sudden animal deaths, plunges a crumbling city into a state of panic and paranoia. Trapped together indoors, two estranged sisters become the targets of an escalating online digital witch-hunt fueled by conspiracy theories. The dark comedy explores how modern technology weaponises public fear, turning community protection into modern-day persecution.

See cast, creatives, and 2 reviews
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