A stag night prank gone wrong is the starting point for this daring and successful murder mystery – and there are plenty of twists and turns before the end.
Explore MoreChristmas Eve and lots of creatures are stirring, as the
Feddington players battle through a chaotic and emotional radio production of
Dickens’s Christmas Carol.
The recently exhumed and re-buried body of Richard III, together with the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth, has given new topicality to this particularly bloodthirsty Bard’s play.
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Can we unsee unthinkable horrors? Does detachment make us less human?
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Kings are used to being centre stage but Shakespeare’s Henry IV never really gets that chance – and this RSC production of Part I of the Bard’s epic tale doesn’t upset that.
Explore MoreParty guests are arriving and the hosts are absent; there’s been a gunshot and everyone can only guess what is going on – and guess they do.
Explore MoreHarper Lee’s tale of society’s intolerance to the other has affected a half-century of readers around the world: this theatrical retelling retains and builds on that power.
Explore MoreWhat drives love and what drives hate is at the crux of this play, written by and starring Oliver Cotton.
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The lips as breath’s doors is just one of the startling images in Shakespeare’s greatest love story, and the song and speeches of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men bring the tale of Romeo and Juliet vividly to life.
Explore MoreNothing comes of nothing according to one of the Bard’s
greatest tragic leads: he might have changed his mind after seeing the
Shakespeare Globe company’s joyful production of Much Ado.
George Bernard Shaw’s tale of class and language is an unpleasant tale, pleasantly told.
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Does violence breed violence? Does an interest in the macabre mean a respect for life, or indicate a moral weakness?
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The aftermath of the sixties provides the background for the Maddermarket’s latest deeply comic production.
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Space journeys, even fictional ones, are fraught with risk. Curious Directive’s new production Pioneer, which chronicles the first manned missions to Mars, is an ambitious and challenging piece.
Explore MoreA shock of blood red curtain, a stark shaft of light and the
nervous ringing of a telephone: these are the key motifs of this sharp and
stylish production of Dial M for Murder.