The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
By Bertolt Brecht. Translated by Stephen SharkeyA small-time crook with big boss ambitions. While the Great Depression inflicts hardship across the nation, Chicago's underworld festers with sex, scandal, violence and corruption. It's the perfect storm for a schemer like Ui, his reputation as hot as hell. Feeding on fear, Ui and his ruthless cronies...
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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...
Continue reading...Caroline: A New Musical
By Vikki StoneCaroline dreams of something more than stacking shelves at the local greengrocers. Her days are routine, but her nights come alive, walking the pier, sharing laughs with her best friend Mary, and spinning records with Robbie, her music-mad boyfriend who's big on charm but short on direction. But a music...
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Fourteen Again
By Tom MacRaeThe Victoria Wood Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere
Peggy is recently divorced and lost in life, when a chance meeting with her childhood best friend, Lou, forces her to think about the trials and triumphs of their teenage years together. But thought soon becomes reality when Peggy wakes up to find that she is literally Fourteen Again, not only reunited with teenage Lou, but also with her future husband Duncan. Peggy must fix the mistakes of her past to get back her present – but which mistakes? Should she mend her relationship with Duncan? What is the dark and unspoken rift between her and Lou that pulled their friendship apart and ruined Lou's life? Can Peggy help Lou in time and earn them both a better future?
See cast, creatives, and 6 reviewsThe Psychic
By Jeremy Dyson & Andy NymanTheatre Royal, York
Popular TV psychic Sheila Gold loses a high-profile court case, which brands her a charlatan. It costs her not only her reputation, but a fortune in legal fees. When a wealthy couple ask Sheila to conduct a seance to attempt to make contact with their late child, Sheila senses an opportunity to bleed them for money. What follows makes her question everything she's ever believed and leads her on a journey into the darkest corners of her life. This twisted new thriller from the creators of the international smash hit Ghost Stories, brings thrills, laughs and shocks back to the stage - in the World Premiere of this electrifying and unmissable play.
See cast, creatives, and 6 reviewsJack and Sarah
By Tim Sullivan. Adapted by Duncan AbelMill at Sonning Theatre, Reading
Based on the much-loved 1995 film starring Richard E. Grant and Dame Judi Dench, JACK AND SARAH is a heartwarming, witty, and unexpected romantic comedy about finding love, family, and second chances in the most unlikely places. When Jack, a workaholic lawyer, is suddenly left to raise his baby daughter alone, his carefully ordered world unravels. Enter Amy, a free-spirited au pair with a big heart and an even bigger personality. Against all odds, and with a little help (and hindrance) from an eccentric cast of family and friends, their two very different worlds collide in the most surprising and life-affirming way. Packed with sharp humour, tender moments, and a generous dose of 90s charm, JACK AND SARAH is a joyous new production about the messy, unpredictable enchantment of life and love.
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