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Heretical Productions. Worldwide conspiracies, bizarre experiments and genetically enhanced freaks of nature! Heretical Productions embark on another epic roller-coaster ride of creative comedy following their ★★★★★ hit Darkness Rising. 'Silly. Imaginative. Hilarious.' (ThreeWeeks) As a group of scientists are drawn…

The Drama Boys. This dynamic, innovative, all-male company presents a unique mix of theatrical genres. From Shakespeare to slapstick, with mime, song, hilarious dance and newly-commissioned comedy sketches, there is truly something for everyone. Led by actress Caroline Secombe (former Miss Moneypenny), the 12 young men…

Flatpacktheatre. A darkly comic, powerful look at young people questioning their country and beliefs. Students trapped in a schoolroom are desperate to escape to attend the repatriation of a soldier killed overseas. Tensions are mounting, and someone needs the toilet. Bassett, first seen at the National Theatre in…

The Lancaster Offshoots. An engaging and vivid new dramatisation of Chaucer's legendary masterpiece. Preserving the immensely insightful human warmth of the original text, join the raucous band of pilgrims as they tell, perform and sing their tales in a hilarious and moving spectacle. This accessible adaptation by…

Nine girls murdered, by Adam, their beauty captured in charcoal sketches. But this is a story about two sisters. Amy, 24, was in care with Adam.  Chaotic, lives alone…  She's not like her sister, Beth. Beth is successful, a teacher. Wishes Amy would listen to helpful advice. And then there’s Emily, a good…

Now is the season of the wolf. Red Riding Hood is not afraid of anything, but in the trackless forest amongst the wild beasts, she may learn that the worst wolves are hairy on the inside. Formerly Working Girls, and hailed as exceptional, talented and impressive by audiences of their previous productions (The Trojan Women…

BA2 Theatre Company. Join BA2 Theatre Company as they dramatically and musically explore the secret world of an ordinary girl living through an extraordinary and terrifying time. This beautifully written, poignant piece reflects the fear and loneliness of a young woman caught up in a conflict over which she has no…

University of Bristol Pantomime Society. Follow the adventures of Dick and his disturbingly attractive feline companion, as they quest for fame, fortune and a shopkeeper's daughter. But London isn't the idyllic paradise you might assume; can he overcome the machinations of the villainous King Rat, or will the streets…

Velvet Trumpet. Will is about to become the youngest coach driver in the UK to reach 1 million miles of service. Having spent his early life working and raising a family, has he wasted his 20s on the M4? And is getting his golden gloves really worth celebrating? Set in a Welsh bus station, the story unfolds on the…

YNBA. An all female student group perform the true story of Verity Taylor, who suffered from mental health issues from an early age. The play explores her tragic yet moving story, along with that of her family and friends. Ages 14+.

Z Theatre Company. It is now a year on from the London 2012 Olympics. For the months leading up to these games we were force-fed images of success, hope and glory. But these aren't the only emotions involved, especially for the athletes. Going for Gold follows the lives and emotions of three athletes and shows how the…

P&P Theatre Company. An original new comedy based on a man's obsession with one of the greatest British novelists of all time. Actually, it's a bit more than just an obsession and even his therapist is bemused by his spontaneous enactments of classic scenes. However, every day is very much a challenge for Timothy…

'If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you' (A.A. Milne). When Jen, a girl of 20, has to return home to live with her dad, she finds an unexpected surprise waiting for her. A touching new comedy about a girl who tries leaving her childhood…

Take a renowned Wilde classic. Take seven notorious characters and Wilde's well-known witticisms. Put them at the disposal of a young and vibrant theatre company, a modern audience and some unlikely scenarios. Observe the comical resulting infusion of improv and parody as UWE Drama Society give Earnest a shake up…

Z Theatre Company. A dysfunctional family and meddlesome friends is all that is needed at a wedding to turn the big day into something far from the perfection originally envisioned. Following characters such as the jealous in-laws, boisterous bridesmaids and grumpy relatives, we get a glimpse behind the façade into how…

Howard Timms. My mother's forgetful and in her 90s. Sometimes we sing, then she talks: about my drag queen grandfather, my dead sister, who my father is - what!? But often she's funny… Come to the show and I'll introduce you. In this solo musical play Howard conveys the frustration, agony, and occasional elation of…

Centre Stage Theatre Company. Aberdeen's Centre Stage brings to life a work by Eugene Ionesco, master of the absurd. Jack is the unfortunate son of a family who are forever berating him for his bachelorhood, beginning a journey into the bizarre world of arranged marriage and a proposed bride with a questionable number…

Z Theatre Company. Coming out is a milestone in the life of a homosexual, it's a point of self-discovery and tests their relationships with their nearest and dearest. Sometimes they're kicked out of their family home and shunned by their once loving parents. Now with gay couples being able to adopt in our modern…

After the success of Oedipus: The Hour, Minotaur Theatre Company returns with a new dark comedy. The Librarians, trapped in an endless maze of bookcases, without daylight or a single customer in three decades, have all gone quite mad. The ambitious and villainous Hardbach has his sights firmly set on the coveted…

Cheshire Actors Studio. The battling Burtons, referred to as The Liz and Dick Show by their friends, put each other to the test on the film set of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. As the characters of George and Martha come to life, Richard and Elizabeth snipe and tease each other, reflecting their respective film…

Tread the Boards Theatre Company. Gothic fairies … enchanting forests … Bottom the pizza delivery guy… Shakespeare's magical comedy is revitilised by Stratford-upon-Avon's award-winning Fringe company. Fun-filled comedy compliments the fiendish mischief of dark spirits found within woods at night… Tread the Boards…

We are born. We have time to waste doing nothing in particular for no reason and call it life. Then we're gone… Nothing To Be Done is an absurdist stage play inspired by Beckett's classic Waiting For Godot. Written by newcomer Meghan Tyler, an acting student at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, this all-female…

Cutting-edge dark comedy set in a PR firm. A forensically funny exposé of the ridiculous, these grasping characters in a mundane office painfully attempt to distract themselves from the fact that their lives are simply, on hold.

Have you never been addressed as an equal by a cat before? Well, I daresay you’ve never met a cat like Puss. Part cupid, part conman, and out to find the quickest way to a happy ending. Formerly known as Working Girls and hailed as exceptional, talented and impressive by audiences of their previous productions…

Ego Actus. Set in the affluent reaches of Manhattan, Safe is about trying to find your way in a scary world, and the dangers of growing up with wealth but no support: Mom's in rehab, Dad's forever working, you hate your body, you hate your prep school, and your anorexic best friend wants to kidnap her baby niece. What…

Z Theatre Company. Have you ever stumbled into a bathroom in the midst of a party and realised just how wasted you actually are? Or had the deepest and most moving conversation of your life whilst having a wee? The play, set only in a bathroom, follows the intoxicated experiences of three siblings and their friends as…

First performed by the Almeida Theatre Company. Would you be seduced by a beautiful ideal? Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Boy changes. Will love be the making of him? This is the first Edinburgh production for the Impossible Dream Theatre Company. They have chosen Neil LaBute’s modern classic. An exploration…

University of Manchester Drama Society. Dot is moving into her new flat. It's a wet Mancunian morning. A geriatric with her cat and memories for company. Until her dead husband pops by to settle unfinished business. Darkly comic exploration of loneliness, loss and senility. . Ages 12+.

Just Like The Precipitation Theatre Company. The Suicidal Tendencies of Sheep and a Dog Called the Hoff is a brand new comedy drama from Scottish based Theatre company Just Like The Precipitation. Declan summons his three childhood friends JJ, Alistair and Robbie to the world's dodgiest looking hotel to tell them of…

There’s a truth to sport. A purity, a drama, an intensity. Follow the athlete through the blood, sweat and tears that come with the drive to win, the pressure to succeed, the fear of failure and the suffering family life that simmers away in the background. The Summit takes a fractured view of an athlete’s life…

Katie Wilbert. This Life Chose Me: A Ninja Musical written / directed / starring Katie Wilbert. A one-woman comedic Ninja musical! Fun for the whole family! Set at Ninja University, the Headmaster Ninja presents her freshman orientation speech in the form of comedic anecdotes about the ninja life. Heartfelt and…

Theatre SanTuoQi / Performance Infinity. The God of Thunder is sent to stop mankind's endless warring across the globe. How will he react when the faithless people cast him out? Inspired by 18th-century author Yuan Mei's absurd and humorous Censored by Confucius: Ghost Stories, and an exploration of the Chinese…

Alex, Kat, Oya, Nadia, Vicky and Anne-Sophie want to put on a show. The only problem is they have no props, no costume, no set and no script. They do have a dragon, a baguette and a microphone, and most importantly, themselves. An intimate encounter with six very different performers who all have very different…

Vessel is a bittersweet comedy about five siblings building a boat. Several years ago, their brother John went out to sea in a storm and was never seen again. Now they reunite to build a vessel in his memory and to confront their past in the way they did as children in Ireland - by telling stories, acting them out…

Z Theatre Company. It's New Year's Eve in the household of Bill Ding and Anne Arky. The wine is flowing and the guests are buzzing, all unaware as to what is about to happen. As the clock strikes twelve, chaos descends upon the party. Whose New Year's will be cut short and whose will be a blur? Come along to this…

Tread the Boards Theatre Company. Leontes devastates lives when jealous paranoia means he declares his wife and best friend betrayed him. Redemption is within reach. Tread the Boards evolve this captivating tale from war torn Britain's winter into the swinging sixties springtime! Stratford-upon-Avon's award winning…