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The setting is a sunny day in a lovely park. Two elderly gentlemen chat for a while before being joined by two equally chatty and elderly ladies. All is bright and cheerful, the chat, like that heard in any bar or bowling club, ranging over all manner of different topics. But all is not as...

This wild farce tells the story of a touring company and its production of Hamlet. The company is led by boozy old Carlton Stone Sr., whose untimely death throws the company into turmoil. His son, Carl Jr., while also learning the role of Hamlet, finds his mother has become involved with his rival and now...

This is the premiere of a locally written Hamish and Greer. It’s a modern retelling of Hansel and Gretel set in New York City. Involving singing and dance, it will delight adults and children alike.

Seasons Greetings is a hilarious comedy about love and about… how unfair it all is. And success and failure. And jealousy and self-deception. And greed and envy and lust and gluttony. Just an average family Christmas. There are puppets, presents, party games (of the kind that adults tend to play) and lots of Christmas spirit,...

The School for Scandal (1777) is widely regarded as one of the finest comedies in the English language, and its wit, humour and social commentary still touch a nerve nearly 330 years after its premiere. The play follows the antics of a group of men and women of fashion in late eighteenth-century London, and provides...

The Globe Theatre is excited to present one of the most significant international plays of the 20th Century by Italian Dramatist and political identity Dario Fo. Fo lives in Milan with his wife and theatrical collaborator Franca Rama who this year was elected as a senator in the Italian government. Dario Fo was given a...

Vita and Virginai tells the stpry of the relationship between two very special women, Vita Sackville-West and Vrginia Wolf. The two women were both established writers and with their respective husbands, members of the illustrious Bloomsbury. They met at a duinner party in 1922 and began a frienship that morphed into a passionate affair. Although...

The Maids explores the ways in which identity politics intersect with servitude, gender, self-representation and criminality. The play is based on a real-life story of a pair of French maids who murdered their mistress. Solange and Claire always play a role. Throughout the play, we hardly ever get to see who they really are. They...

The King is dead. Long live the King! The passage of knowledge and power from age to youth has been the stuff of theatre for centuries. In mamet’s version, the ‘King’ is a man of charm and stature, a doyen of the stage for whom the stage is his life. The other in this two-person...

In many ways Twelfth Night is a traditional Elizabthan romantic comedy; one in which ‘true love’ triumphs over all of the obstacles placed in its way. Orsino loves Olivia who loves Orsino. Viola, who has disguised herself as a man following the shipwreck that landed her on Orsino’s shore has an identical twin brother who...