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Glengarry Glen Ross

By David Mamet

A fly-by-night office in Chicago. A brutal sales competition: Top dog wins a Cadillac. Second wins a set of steak knives. Third and fourth get fired. Four real estate agents cheat, fight and steal to come out on top — but can any of them win?

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45 Years

From the film by Andrew Haigh — Adapted for the stage by Hannah Patterson

Buried for decades, the body of a young woman is found in the melting ice. A thousand miles and 45 years away... a crack forms in the crystal of a marriage. It's the week leading up to Kate and Geoff's wedding anniversary and preparations for the party are in full swing....

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RON

By Ted Walliker

RON is an absurd, violent, genre-bending queer odyssey exploring the nature of unrequited love; how far would you go to show someone you love them? Sometimes you're just the Ron person in the Ron place at the Ron time.

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Recent Openings

Million Dollar Quartet

By Colin Escott & Floyd Mutrux

Barn Theatre, Cirencester

Previews15 June 2026
Opens/Press Night18 June 2026
Closes22 August 2026
Running Time1 hour 45 minutes
First PerformedBarn Theatre Cirencester, 2022
Presented ByBarn Theatre in association with TRW Production Ltd

The award-winning musical that tells the electrifying story of the night in 1956 when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis came together to make music and ended up making history. It is inspired by the actual event that took place on 4 December 1956 at Sun Records in Memphis and features over 20 of the greatest rock 'n' roll, gospel, R&B and country hits ever written including: Blue Suede Shoes, I Walk The Line, Fever, Great Balls of Fire, Hound Dog, Folsom Prison Blues and Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On. The legendary meeting was masterminded by Sun Records' founder Sam Phillips, who discovered all four of the musicians, and brought Elvis Presley (and his then girlfriend) back to the recording studio that launched him to stardom. Together with Sun Records' fast-rising new superstar Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins, who was still chasing his next big hit after writing and recording Blue Suede Shoes, the fourth member of this impromptu "quartet" was Phillips' latest signing, Jerry Lee Lewis. Million Dollar Quartet is a story of fame, friendship, discovery, divided loyalties, professional jealousy and incredible music as four of the music industry's most extraordinary talents, all in their creative prime, made music together for the first and only time in their careers.

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Venus and Adonis

By William Shakespeare

Oxford Playhouse, Oxford
& touring

Previews18 June 2026
Opens/Press Night18 June 2026
Closes20 June 2026
Running Time1 hour
First PerformedThe Other Place theatre Stratford-upon-Avon, 2004
Presented ByRoyal Shakespeare Company & the Little Angel Theatre

Narrated live on stage by Simon Russell Beale and animated by a team of world-class puppeteers with live musical accompaniment, this unique production blends comedy, tragedy and Shakespeare's incredible poetry to bring the famous story of Venus and her obsession with the handsome Adonis thrillingly to life in a rich, immersive theatrical experience. Drawing inspiration from the bewitching artistry of Japanese Bunraku puppets and the Jacobean Court Masque, this spellbinding production tells the story using marionettes, rod, shadow and table-top puppets. As part of a limited UK and European tour, this is an exclusive and rare opportunity to witness, close at hand, this powerful erotically-charged story of unrequited love.

See cast, creatives, and 3 reviews

Nell Gwynn

By Jessica Swale

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
& touring

Previews12 June 2026
Opens/Press Night16 June 2026
Closes04 July 2026
Running Time2 hours 25 minutes
First PerformedShakespeare's Globe London, 2015
Presented ByShakespeare North Playhouse, Theatre by the Lake & Storyhouse

The year is 1660. The Puritans have run away with their drab grey tails between their legs and Charles II has exploded onto the scene with a love of all things loud, French and sexy. On Drury Lane, a young Nell Gwynn is peddling her satsumas and wit with equal gusto but, little does she know who is watching...

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