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Produced by Daniel Schumann, Lee Dean and Cambridge Arts Theatre. Rebus: A Game Called Malice by By Ian Rankin and Simon Reade Six characters in search of a solution… A splendid dinner party concludes with a game created by the hostess. A murder in a stately home needs to be solved. Suspects, clues and red herrings await. But the dinner-party guests have secrets of their own, threatened by the very game they are playing. And among them is Inspector…
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Malvern Theatres, Rose Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, and Royal & Derngate, Northampton present You were brought into this world for a purpose. And your futures — all of them — have been decided. NEVER LET ME GO A play by Suzanne Heathcote Based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro Directed by Christopher Haydon Kazuo Ishiguro’s international best-selling novel arrives on stage in this world premiere of Suzanne Heathcote’s gripping new adapation. What if you discovered your whole reason for being…
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Theatre Royal Bath Productions and Living Theatre Productions presents NATHANIEL PARKER and SIÂN PHILLIPS in TERENCE RATTIGAN'S SUMMER 1954 TABLE NUMBER SEVEN and THE BROWNING VERSION Directed by James Dacre Summer, 1954. The atmosphere at The Beauregard Private Hotel, Bournemouth is one of repressed emotions and post-war gentility. In this world of hushed conversations and quiet anonymity, an unlikely friendship develops between a repressed spinster and a retired Army officer. But when a newspaper threatens to reveal the Major’s…
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Winter 1934 and an avalanche stops The Orient Express dead in its tracks. A murder. A train full of suspects. An impossible case. Trapped in the snow with a killer still on-board, can the world’s most famous detective, Hercule Poirot, crack the case before the train reaches its final destination? Murder on the Orient Express is one of Agatha Christie’s greatest literary achievements, with a final twist that is amongst her very best. Gripping, tense and masterfully cryptic, this…
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Original Theatre and JAS Theatricals in association with Joshua Beaumont & Huw Allen, Birdsong Productions and Wilshire Creative present Sebastian Faulks’s BIRDSONG Adapted by Rachel Wagstaff Directed by Alastair Whatley ★★★★★ ‘Riveting’ Telegraph There is nothing more than to love and be loved. Sebastian Faulks’s epic story of love and loss returns to the stage marking the 30th anniversary of the international best-selling novel. The critically acclaimed show returns in a brand-new production for 2024. Telling the story of…
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Malvern Theatres Stage Company A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens Adapted and Directed by Nic Lloyd On a snowy Christmas Eve, the mean-spirited Ebeneezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his business partner Jacob Marley, who is weighed down by the accumulated chains of a lifetime of greed. Marley tells Scrooge he will be visited by three further spirits, each of whom will offer Scrooge an unsettling vision of himself, as well as an opportunity to change his…
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Dracula By Bram Stoker Adapted by Nick Lane The time is 1897. Mankind is on the cusp of vast technological change, scientific mastery and media innovation. Poised between traditional beliefs, the threat of the unknown and the shock of the new world, an altogether darker fear is emerging. As a new shadow looms large over England, a small group of young men and women, led by Professor Van Helsing, are plunged into an epic struggle for survival. Stretching from…
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THE FIVE STAR COMEDY SENSATION DIRECT FROM THE WEST END Direct from its triumph in the West End where it won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) returns to Malvern Theatres by public demand and is a unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s most iconic love story. Men, money and microphones will be fought over in this irreverent but affectionate adaptation where the stakes couldn’t be higher when it comes to romance. This…
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Octagon Theatre Bolton, Derby Theatre & Hull Truck Theatre present ANIMAL FARM Based on the novel by George Orwell Adapted for the stage by Ian Wooldridge Directed by Iqbal Khan A powerful re-telling of George Orwell’s chilling and timeless classic. ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL. BUT SOME ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS... When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master and take over, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality for all. However, over time…
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The long-running West End hit returns! ★★★★ 'An immaculately crafted evening of entertainment' Time Out When Professor Goodman, arch-sceptic out to debunk the paranormal, embarks on an investigation of three apparent hauntings–as recounted by a night-watchman, a teenage boy, and a businessman awaiting his first child–Goodman finds himself at the outer limits of rationality, and fast running out of explanations. Enter a world full of thrilling twists and epic turns, where the ultimate love-letter to horror is imagined live on…
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