2023 March Murder 0n the Nile
written by Agatha Christie Director James Last This play is an absolute treat for all Agatha Christie fans. It first opened in the West End in 1946 and in 2022 it was revamped as Death on the Nile in Kenneth…
2022 December Ghost Stories for Christmas
GHOST STORIES FOR CHRISTMAS Like most longstanding cultural customs, the precise origin of telling ghost stories at the end of the year is unknown, largely because it began as an oral tradition without written records. During the Victorian era, it…
2022 December Blackadder the Third
Blackadder the Third Scripts by Ben Elton and Richard Curtis Adapted for the stage by James Last and Morgan Sweeney In his Georgian incarnation, E. Blackadder Esquire is head butler to the Prince of Wales (a spoilt, foppish idiot), ‘dogsbody’…
2022 September Rules for Living
by Sam Holcroft Director Tony Parker Sam Holcroft's Rules for Living is a fresh take on an Ayckbourn-style situation: a Christmas family gathering. First performed at the National Theatre in 2015, this playful black comedy cleverly reveals the coping strategies we all adopt…
2022 April How to Spot an Alien
By Georgia Cristou Directed by Jane Douglas What do you do if you think your aunt is an alien? Twelve-year-old Jelly and her sister, Jonjo, have their suspicions. She won’t let them leave the house – or ask questions. And…
2022 March Ladies in Lavender
by Shaun McKenna from a screenplay by Charles Dance. Director Stephanie Daly-Parks After a huge storm a young man’s body is washed up on the beach below the cottage where elderly sisters Janet and Ursula have lived all their lives…
2022 February Hunt
By Fionnuala Kennedy Directed by Georgia Douglas-Brown. Hunt is about a group of teenagers playing their version of hide and seek. Their version entails 'borrowing' objects from their neighbours back gardens, and 'dumping' them at the 'box' without being caught,…
2021 December Ben Hur
Directed by James Last. Ben Hur is renowned as both a great classic book and one of the greatest blockbuster films of all time. Now this epic tale of love, betrayal, danger and redemption is brought to the stage by…
2021 September Portavadie Gold
Written and Directed by Morgan Sweeney. Music Written and Directed by Brian Melville. A full-blown musical play with 12 new songs, a 6-piece Band, a cast of 20, and 10 singers in a Gospel Choir. A very brief moment of…
2021 July Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me
An American, an Englishman and an Irish man are held captive by terrorists in Beirut. Their national biases and prejudices are intensified by their cramped confinement. Over time resentments and recriminations give way to acknowledgements to their character strengths and…