The Dumb Waiter
The Dumb Waiter at The John Peel Theatre, Wigton Harold Pinter’s classic one-act play. Gus and Ben are on the job, waiting and listening. Into the waiting silence rattles the dumb waiter with extraordinary demands for dishes they cannot supply – and who is operating the dumb waiter in an empty house? In a while […]
Outdoor Theatre ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ – The Handlebards
Pedalling from venue to venue with all of their set, props and costumes on the back of their bikes, the HandleBards are a four-strong troupe of actors who are spending the summer bringing environmentally sustainable Shakespeare to venues across the UK. Join the troupe at Castletown House and Gardens for a bicycle-powered production of Shakespeare’s […]
Ministry Of Science Live: Science Saved The World
Over the last few years science has led the way in getting our lives back to normal. Now, the UK’s favourite science team are back and more explosive than ever! Join their presenters as they dive deep into the world of science, and look at how science shapes the modern world we live in, with […]
A Beginners Guide to Widowhood
BY RAE MAINWARING & OMAR KHAN A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO WIDOWHOOD is a one woman show exploring the experiences of young, widowed women, loss, and why we don’t talk about death. Suria has lost her husband (she hasn’t misplaced him or anything – he’s dead.) Join her & the kids in Türkiye, on what will […]
Good Things
Suddenly single and with the dreaded ‘Big Five-0’ staring her in the face, Susan also has to cope with a father in his second childhood, a daughter in the throes of aggravated adolescence, and an ex who, unfortunately, still has the power to wound… Set in the charity shop (and around the year 2000) where […]
An Actor’s Death For Me
Carol doesn’t know what the role is or who invited her there. But after receiving a letter telling her where to be and when, she finds herself in an abandoned building as a storm rages outside, hoping this might be her big break. She is joined by Richard, Barbara, and Misty; jaded actors with the […]
Legally Blonde: The Musical
Elle Woods appears to have it all. Her life is turned upside-down, however, when her boyfriend dumps her so he can start getting serious about his life and attend Harvard Law. Determined to get him back, Elle uses her charm to get into Harvard Law. At school, she struggles with peers, professors, and Warner Huntington. […]
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Paul Dreyfus, once his long-suffering boss, now turned into a raving lunatic, holds the world at bay with the ultimate weapon, the Doomsday Machine. Dreyfus is out to get Clouseau, he threatens to vaporise continents if the nations of the world don’t deliver Clouseau to him alive or, if at all possible, dead! Blissfully unaware […]
Present Laughter
Garry’s line in harmless, infatuated debutantes is largely tolerated, but playing closer to home is not. Just before he escapes on tour to Africa, the full extent of his misdemeanours is discovered. And all hell breaks loose. Noël Coward’s Present Laughter premiered in the early years of the Second World War, just as such privileged […]
The Oak Room
A backwoods bar in a blizzard. Feuds thought buried brought back to light. The Oak Room is a distinctly Canadian thriller: a sort of “Northern Gothic” tale examining notions of memory, masculinity, and the power of storytelling.
