Black Comedy
By Peter ShafferYoung sculptor Brindsley Miller is on the brink of success. He is expecting a visit from an influential art collector, whose approval could secure his future, and he is determined to present himself as sophisticated and successful. The problem? His flat is sparsely furnished, most of the contents borrowed without...
Continue reading...The Tempest
By William ShakespeareOn a remote island, an exiled Duke prepares to perform his swansong, his great act of revenge. Kenneth Branagh takes the role of Prospero in Shakespeare's final play, a meditation on art, power and freedom, directed by Richard Eyre. Prospero summons his magical gifts into a devastating sea storm...
Continue reading...Magic
By David Haig'Exclude the impossible and what is left, however improbable, must be the truth.' Harry Houdini is the greatest illusionist the world has ever known. Arthur Conan Doyle is the creator of literature's most brilliant detective, Sherlock Holmes. Their mutual admiration blossoms into a profound friendship, even as they discover...
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Atonement
By Ian McEwan — Adapted by Christopher HamptonChichester Theatre, Chichester
I'll wait for you. Come back. Come back to me. On an English country estate during the blazing summer of 1935, 13 year-old Briony Tallis witnesses a passionate scene between her elder sister Cecilia and the son of their housekeeper, Robbie. In a disastrous desire for drama but only a dim understanding of its impact, Briony makes an accusation which will fatally alter Cecilia and Robbie's lives and many others too - for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone. Stretching from the 1930s through the Second World War to the present day, Ian McEwan's dazzling masterpiece was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and voted by Time Magazine and the Guardian as one of the 100 greatest novels of the past century.
See cast, creatives, and 5 reviewsChitty Chitty Bang Bang
By Ian Fleming — Adapted for the stage by Jeremy SamsThe Watermill Theatre, Newbury
Delve into the hearts and imaginations of eccentric inventor Caractacus Potts, his children Jeremy and Jemima, and Truly Scrumptious as they set off on an audacious adventure in their car with the big personality. Following three critically acclaimed, sellout summer musicals, this new production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang puts the Watermill's signature storytelling, inventiveness and imagination at its heart. Experience the much-loved classic songs played live by an ensemble cast of actor-musicians, including ‘Truly Scrumptious', ‘Hushabye Mountain' and ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'. Fasten your seatbelts – summer at the Watermill is about to take off!
See cast, creatives, and 5 reviewsMrs Dalloway
By Virginia Woolf. Adapted by Jen HeyesStoryhouse Theatre, Chester
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A single day, unfolding both in June 1923 – and in this very moment. Clarissa Dalloway travels across London preparing for her party, while war veteran Septimus Smith struggles with the horrors of his own experience. Their stories unfold side by side; blurring past and present, memory and identity. Fusing drama, live music, film and technical artistry into a fully immersive experience of modern cine-theatre, Mrs Dalloway invites you into Woolf's world to ask – what makes us who we are?
See cast, creatives, and 4 reviews