Tag: drama

Thursday 28 April 2022, 7:30pm

Award winning actor James Hyland commemorates Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) with a powerful drama performed with Michael Shon

Based upon real events, ‘A Lesson from Auschwitz’ explores how and why the Nazis did what they did, shedding light on the mentality of the perpetrators and the disturbing reality of life in a death camp.

Recommended for: Ages 14+

This is an immersive theatre play which involves direct audience address as well as scenes of violence which some audience members may find disturbing. The age recommendation is therefore classified as 14+

Proceeds will be donated to charity

Thu 12th May 2022 – Sun 22nd May 2022

(performance times & locations vary)

England has been under severe restrictions for 16 years – with entertainment banned by Cromwell’s Puritans and the theatre driven underground. Now with the monarchy restored King Charles II revives leisure pursuits – and where better to start than the home of the sport of kings. Charles demands entertainment – but can The Players step up to the mark? Where will they find the right play? And a famous actor to star in the show? In Four Weeks!
Telling the story of Aphra Behn, the first female playwright and Robert Palmer’s Newmarket Players in song and humour

Friday 20th May 2022 7:30pm

To mark 40 years since her loss – celebrate the incomparable humour of comedienne Joyce Grenfell
Choice Grenfell features some of the best of Joyce’s delightful songs and monologues from ‘Stately as a Galleon’ and ‘School Nativity Play’ to “A Terrible Worrier” and “First Flight”. Joyce is our guide for a delightful delve into some of her most delightful characters, ably accompanied by her trusted pianist.

Wednesday 25 May 2022, 7:30PM

A New Play by Peppy Barlow & Sally Wilden – presented by Woven Theatre

In 1760, Gainsborough painted a portrait of Ann Ford, which took his world by storm. Prepared to break the rules about how a woman should be portrayed, this painting was a cause of outrage but put a seal on Gainsborough’s growing reputation. Come to the play and enter the world of Gainsborough and this extraordinary young woman.

at 18th June 2022 7:30pm

An American divorcee, a besotted Prince and a constitutional crisis – sound familiar? But this was 1936.
Focusing on her six weeks in Felixstowe as she waited for her divorce – this play looks at Wallis Simpson’s relationship with Edward, her husband Ernest and the explosive circumstances that rocked the monarchy and ultimately led to the King’s abdication and Princess Elizabeth eventually becoming Queen.

Sat 20th November 2021

The critically-acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company present their horrifically innovative take on Robert Louis Stevenson’s murky tale of murder, mystery and transmogrification! When lawyer John Utterson fears that his friend Dr Jekyll is being blackmailed by the shadowy and violent Mr Hyde he begins an investigation that will inexorably lead him to the shocking truth of this strange case – but will it be too late…?

Mondays from 20 Sep – 29 Nov 7-9pm

THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT
NEW WORKSHOP
Come and join us for 10 weeks of creative, playful, connected spontaneity and cooperation
All levels of experience and inexperience are welcome!
PLUS End of term show at The Two Sisters Arts Centre!

£150 booked by 31st July, £200 after
More info from:

www.facebook.com/TheUnqualifiedYesImprov

Fri 29th October 2021, 7:30pm

Award winning actor James Hyland is back with DRACULA’S GUEST
Based on the works of Bram Stoker
Adapted, Produced and Directed by James Hyland

Based on the bone-chilling works of Bram Stoker, “Dracula’s Guest” takes you into the dark heart of Victorian horror to reveal the very meaning of terror and the consequences of collective evil and personal spite.