By Norman Robbins
Directed by David Charteris
Season: 16 Jun - 1 Jul
Set in a sinister old library presided over by a portrait of a grim-faced, mad-eyed old man. A dusty lawyer reads a will (involving millions of pounds) to an equally sinister family, one member of which has werewolf tendencies. By Act Three, there are more corpses than live members in the cast. All is revealed as the plot twists and turns to its surprising conclusion.
Auditions & Events
Auditions & Events
2017 SEASON
We look forward to seeing you at the theatre.
2017 SEASON
We look forward to seeing you at the theatre.
By Pam Valentine
Directed by Penelope Keegan
Season: 3 - 18 March
Cobbler’s Cottage is home to famous author of crime novels, Jack Cameron, and his wife Susie. Flic and her husband Simon, an aspiring crime writer, are eager to rent the cottage. But life isn’t easy for Simon in their new home; severe writer’s block, a monstrous interfering mother-in-law, plus a series of unorthodox and bizarre events all lead to moments of utter confusion.
By Martin Donagh
Directed by Julian Toy-Cronin
Season: 28 April - 13 May
Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland in 1934, this endearing, comic satire centres on Billy, the village cripple. When the Americans announce they are coming to the neighbouring island to make a film, many are excited to be part of it – but none more than young Billy, who develops a reckless scheme to escape his grim life.
Contains strong language.
By Norman Robbins
Directed by David Charteris
Season: 16 June - 1 July
Set in a sinister old library presided over by a portrait of a grim-faced, mad-eyed old man. A dusty lawyer reads a will (involving millions of pounds) to an equally sinister family, one member of which has werewolf tendencies. By Act Three, there are more corpses than live members in the cast. All is revealed as the plot twists and turns to its surprising conclusion.
By Ben Elton
Directed by Peter Webster
Season: 4 - 19 August
When Philip is challenged by his boss to find a new way of making money from nothing, he invents the ‘Suck and Blow Machine’ and, along with it, the business of ‘air’ – providing private air, stockpiling air and eventually selling air. A flash advertising campaign convinces the public that everyone needs a Suck and Blow, but while the market for oxygen is growing, the world’s supply is diminishing.
By Peter Quilter
Directed by Jon Tamihere-Kemeys
Season: 22 September - 7 October
The hilarious story of five women who inherit equal shares in a dilapidated theatre and plan to bring it back to life again. Tensions are high between them, but they must work together to make their dream a reality – to restore the theatre to its former glory and get the audiences flocking back. They try various fund-raising schemes but their most ambitious is to hold a concert…
Adapted by Kathryn Attwood
Directed by Syd Mannion
Season: 10 November - 2 December
To mark Jane Austen’s bicentenary, we are privileged to present an adaptation of what is arguably her most provocative novel. Although unpublished in Austen’s lifetime, it was one of her earliest works. The eponymous character is by far the most scandalous, unscrupulous anti-heroine Austen ever conceived, with neither conscience nor morals. If you thought you knew your Jane Austen, think again!
An amateur production by arrangement with Stagescripts Ltd
Gasping by Ben Elton
Lockheart Industries are making serious money, but Sir Chiffley Lockheart is looking for the buzz given by creating an entirely new category for making money where no money existed before. Philip, his pushy workaholic young exec, suggests selling designer air – Perrier for the nostrils – as a privatised alternative to polluted urban fug. The ad agency tycoon Kirsten takes the concept and propels the ‘Suck & Blow’ product into a marketing phenomenon of the decade generating dizzy millions in profit and getting her man along the way. But while the market for oxygen is growing, the world’s supply is diminishing. In the end, something extreme has to happen.