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Dance of Death

By August Strindberg — Adapted by Richard Eyre

A plague rages across Europe. On a remote island, former actress Alice (Lisa Dillon) and army Captain Edgar (Will Keen) are quarantined together – locked in a bitter, brutal, and addictive marriage. When an old friend arrives to help celebrate their wedding anniversary, it's the perfect excuse for the couple to...

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The Ladies Football Club

By Stefano Massini Adapted by Tim Firth

With World War I forcing men onto the front line to fight, the women of Sheffield take their place in the factories, constructing the bombs and the bullets. When they start kicking a football around on their lunch breaks, it soon becomes clear that it's not just positions on...

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The Manningtree Witches

By AK Blakemore. Adapted by Ava Pickett

Essex, 1643. A country divided. A town on it's knees. A teenage girl with a dangerous secret. As the Civil War rages on, in the quiet town of Manningtree, most of the men have gone off to fight, leaving the women to run the town. 17-year-old Rebecca West is like...

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Recent Openings

All the Happy Things

By Naomi Denny

Bristol Old Vic, Bristol
& touring

Previews10 March 2026
Opens/Press Night12 March 2026
Closes14 March 2026
Running Time1 hour 20 minutes
First PerformedSoho Theatre London, 2025
Presented BySH Productions

Sienna is trying to deal with her grief by clinging on tightly to what she knows – in short, she's seeing her dead sister everywhere she goes. Not only seeing her, but having full on conversations with her. As Emily's presence becomes more and more overwhelming, seeping into her relationship, damaging her performance at work, and straining her commitment to her ailing parents, the line between happiness and delusion becomes blurred. How do you truly let go of someone when you imagined they'd be there forever? All The Happy Things is an award-nominated dark comedy about the power of sisterhood and grief, told through a Global Majority lens.

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The Grand Babylon Hotel

By Arnold Bennett — Adapted by Deborah McAndrew

Hull Truck Theatre, Hull
& touring

Previews10 March 2026
Opens/Press Night10 March 2026
Closes13 March 2026
Running Time2 hours 20 minutes
First PerformedNew Vic Theatre Newcastle, 2025
Presented ByClaybody Theatre in Association with New Vic Theatre

American heiress Nella Racksole wants steak and beer for her birthday treat, but these are not on the menu at the exclusive Grand Babylon - so her wealthy father obligingly buys the entire Hotel. However, Theodore Racksole soon discovers there's more than a juicy steak on his plate – with kidnapping and murder for starters!

See cast, creatives, and 3 reviews

Two

By Jim Cartwright

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot

Previews06 March 2026
Opens/Press Night10 March 2026
Closes28 March 2026
Running Time1 hour 50 minutes
First PerformedOctagon Theatre Bolton 1989
Presented ByShakespeare North Playhouse

Behind the bar of their northern pub, the Landlord and Landlady welcome their regulars with open arms. Lending an ear for stories of celebration, of loss, of love and of despair, the bickering couple work together to keep the locals in high spirits – with drinks, conversation and laughter. But what is their story? As a lost boy turns up on their doorstep looking for his Dad, the couple must confront their own demons and perhaps, for the first time in years, talk to each other…

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