EMIL AND THE DETECTIVES
Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 February 2026
Sometimes a journey is not all that it seems
If you’re given the responsibility to set off on the train with a pocket full of money to pass on to your grandmother, what is the thing you would dread the most?
Step into 1930’s Berlin to join the Young Actors' Company as they endeavour to retrieve Emil’s cash from the contemptible Mr Snow….

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Saturday 5 to Saturday 12 December 2026
Captioned performance Thursday 10 December
A heart-warming, life inspiring story that has the power to make us laugh, cry and cheer.
A holiday favourite for all generations, It’s A Wonderful Life follows businessman George Bailey as he reaches breaking point on Christmas Eve.

THE CRUCIBLE
Saturday 24 to Saturday 31 October 2026
Captioned performance Thursday 29 October
Be afraid. The witches of Salem are coming for you.
In a community ruled by suspicion, accusations spread faster than the truth.
The Crucible tells the terrifying story of the Salem witch trials, where fear and self-interest destroy lives.

THE SHAKESPEARE CODEX
Saturday 12 to Saturday 19 September 2026
Captioned performance Thursday 17 September
All the Disc's a stage!
Elves are up to no good in Elizabethan England and only 1 man can stop them. But he may need some help from a bunch of wizards, an Orangutan and a portable thinking machine.

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
Monday 13 to Saturday 18 July 2026
“Wives may be merry, and yet honest too.”
Falstaff is skint and scheming. He sets his sights on the Merry Wives of Windsor, but these sharp-witted women have plans of their own.
Expect romance, mischief, and riotous comedy in this sparkling Shakespeare classic brought to life in York House’s Fountain Gardens.

ANNE BOLEYN
Saturday 18 to Saturday 25 April 2026
Captioned performance Thursday 23 April
"I will be a new queen. For a new England."
Anne Boleyn is witty, intelligent, and strong-willed, throwing her energies into marrying King Henry and dreams of being a new Protestant queen for a new Protestant England. Henry remains desperate for a son and heir that Anne does not produce. Her enemies gather and her fall is rapid and terrible.

DOCTOR FAUSTUS
Saturday 14 to Saturday 21 March 2026
Captioned performance Thursday 19 March
Hell hath no limits...
Doctor Faustus, a distinguished scholar, summons a demon who promises him ultimate knowledge and power. The catch? Faustus must trade his soul to Lucifer and be damned to Hell forever. Can he find a way to escape damnation without sacrificing his greatest desires?

THE WINTER'S TALE
Saturday 25 October to Saturday 1 November 2025
"Thou met'st with things dying, I with things new-born."
Hermione, Queen of Sicilia, is accused of infidelity by her husband Leontes with catastrophic impact. Sixteen years later. in Shakespeare's magical play, resolution is achieved, and what's lost is found.

GOOD
Saturday 24 to Saturday 31 January 2026
Captioned performance Thursday 29 January
When good men do nothing, evil will prevail.
As the Second World War looms, Professor John Halder struggles to balance family life. But when his latest book catches the attention of the Nazis, he's pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences.

THE GHOST TRAIN (REVISED)
Saturday 6 to Saturday 13 December 2025
Captioned performance Thursday 11 December
Old tales. New fears. And something none of them saw coming...
Six passengers are stranded overnight at an isolated Cornish railway station. Ignoring the ghostly tales and dire warnings of the stationmaster, they decide to wait there until morning - with terrifying consequences as they unravel the secret of The Ghost Train.
Join us for this classic chilling comedy thriller that will stop you in your tracks!

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
Monday 14 to Saturday 19 July 2025
"The course of true love never did run smooth"
Shakespeare’s riotous tale of magic and mayhem unfolds over a single summer’s night. Four lovers, a feuding king and queen of the fairies, and six amateur actors become embroiled in each other’s stories as confusion reigns in the woods.

JOSEPH K AND THE COST OF LIVING
Saturday 31 May to Saturday 7 June 2025
One story, four lives - navigating a twisted maze of discrimination and survival
"Somebody must have made a false accusation against Joseph K, for he was arrested one morning without having done anything wrong" - Franz Kafka, The Trial. Emily White's adaptation entwines the torments of discrimination and injustice into a witty physical performance as four diverse individuals play Joseph K battling within the big bureaucratic machine.
Copyright & Licence |An amateur production by arrangement with Independent Talent.

'TIS PITTY SHEE'S A WHORE
Saturday 19 to Saturday 26 April 2025
"Shall then, for that I am her brother born,
My joys be ever banished from her bed?"
Forbidden love between brother and sister leads to tragic consequences. This Jacobean masterpiece offers verse to rival Shakespeare, tragic roles as challenging as Ophelia and Juliet – and a villain more treacherous than Iago.
Guidance –This play explores adult themes and includes depictions of violence as well as exhibiting 17th century attitudes that may be abhorrent today.

THE IT
Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 February 2025
A Young Actors Company production.
Grace has something growing inside her. She doesn't know what it is, but she knows it's not a baby. It expands. It has claws. But she can't contain it forever. Sooner or later something's got to give…
Guidance - mention of mild body horror imagery and violence.
Copyright & Licence
‘The IT’, is an amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books

WHILE THE SUN SHINES
Saturday 15 to Saturday 22 March 2025
London in the Blitz, and love is fleeting: time to make hay.
Bobby, the young Earl of Harpenden, has begged for leave from the Royal Navy to marry his fiancée, Lady Elizabeth. But on the eve of the wedding a beefy American airman and an impulsive Free French lieutenant also fall head over heels for the bride-to-be.
Guidance – Some characters and dialogue reflect stereotypes and attitudes of the time the play was written (1943)
Copyright & Licence | This amateur production of “While the Sun Shines” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

TABLE MANNERS
Saturday 18 to Saturday 25 January 2025
Fifty years ago, Alan Ayckbourn’s acclaimed trilogy, The Norman Conquests, opened in the West End. Following the events of a weekend in a faded middle-class abode in the south of England Table Manners (set in the dining room) is the best known.
Guidance – This play was written in 1973 and reflects the language and attitudes of that time.
Copyright & Licence
This amateur production of “Table Manners” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

THE UNEXPECTED GUEST
Saturday 7 to Saturday 14 December 2024
In the mist of deception, everyone's a suspect.
Who will reveal the truth?
Guidance – Contains the use of guns and gunfire. Some characters and dialogue reflect stereotypes and attitudes of the time the play was written (1958).
Copyright & Licence
This amateur production of “The Unexpected Guest” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM
Saturday 26 October to Saturday 2 November 2024
Fog on the down. Snow falls in hell. Arden must die.
Alice Arden plots to kill her husband.
With the aid of her lover, servants, neighbours and professional killers, it takes many attempts that are both savagely comic as well as tragic. Are they incompetent, or just unlucky?
Guidance – This play explores adult themes and includes depictions of violence, as well as exhibiting 16th-century attitudes that may be abhorrent today.

AMERICAN BUFFALO
Saturday 14 to Saturday 21 September 2024
Looking after number one, that's all good business is.
1975. From a rundown Chicago junk shop, three petty criminals plan a robbery of a rare 'American Buffalo' nickel coin.
Guidance - Contains extremely offensive, racist and homophobic language, and scenes of violence.
Copyright & Licence –
This amateur production of “American Buffalo” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

ONE MILLION TINY PLAYS ABOUT BRITAIN (A SELECTION)
Friday 21 to Sunday 23 June 2024
A Junior Actors Company production.
“Finding the epic in the ordinary”
Copyright & Licensing Information
Selection from ONE MILLION TINY PLAYS ABOUT BRITAIN by Craig Taylor. Copyright © 2009, Craig Taylor, used by permission of The Wylie Agency (UK) Limited.

DNA
Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 February 2024
A Young Actors Company production.
"When Bad Choices Lead to Unlikely Bonds, can Redemption Break the Spell?"
A group of teenagers do something bad, really bad, then panic and cover the whole thing up. But when they find that their cover-up unites them and brings harmony to their once fractious lives, where is the incentive to put things right?
Copyright & Licensing Information:
This amateur production of “DNA” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd.
on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

CYRANO DE BERGERAC
Monday 15 to Saturday 20 July 2024
“Have you ever loved someone?”
Cyrano de Bergerac, a man of countless talents and one very prominent nose, yearns for the love of the beautiful Roxane.
GUIDANCE: 11+ Contains scenes of period warfare including swords and musket fire, smoke effects and scenes that some people may find distressing.
Copyright & Licensing Information:
This amateur production of “Cyrano De Bergerac (Maxwell)” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals

HEROES
Saturday 1 to Saturday 8 June 2024
"Sometimes, the most audacious escapes are plotted in the most unlikely of places."
In a retirement home for old soldiers, three elderly veterans while away their days with tepid suppers and tales of past glories. That is until an opportunity to make a daring escape presents itself...
Copyright & Licensing Information. This amateur production of “Heroes” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd.
on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

OTHELLO
Saturday 20 April to Saturday 27 April 2024
"I am not what I am”
On a hot, isolated Mediterranean island three outsiders – a black leader in a white state, an unworldly woman in a war zone, and a vengeful malcontent holding a grudge – plunge into tragedy.
GUIDANCE | Othello explores adult themes and language and depictions of violence.

MEASURE FOR MEASURE
Saturday 20 to Saturday 27 January 2024
"The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?"
Charged with responsibility to eliminate all wrongdoing within his hotel, Duke Vincentio entrusts his deputy, Angelo, with full authority. Nevertheless, Duke Vincentio decides to return in secret and to observe how Angelo wields his newly found power.

THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
Monday 9 August to Saturday 14 August 2021
Antipholus and his servant Dromio arrive in the Wild West of Ephesus - not knowing their identical twins live there already! So begins Shakespeare's slapstick farce, where mistaken identities occur at every turn, leading to twists, turns and lots of laughter. A perfect, light-hearted return to theatre!

STAGE FRIGHT
Online from Saturday 31st October 2020
An anthology of horror stories, presented by Richmond Shakespeare Society and live from Mary Wallace Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbJ8PsShc-NlVMCOVeZ6hPw/videos

BEN HUR
Saturday 22 to Saturday 29 January 2022
Ben Hur follows Daniel Veil and his three (mostly) willing friends, Crystal, Omar and Edgar, as they attempt to re-create the famous biblical epic on the amateur stage. Daniel has adapted, directed, designed and choreographed the whole piece and is very, very confident it will be a success.

HENRY IV PARTS 1 & 2
Saturday 9 to Saturday 23 April 2022
Shakespeare’s captivating tale surveys the entire panorama of English life and offers some of his most dramatic moments, iconic characters, and rich exuberant humour.
Moving from comedy to tragedy, an ensemble of twenty-two actors brings this exhilarating exploration of familial ties, national division, treachery and war to life across two epic parts.

ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA
Saturday 6 to Saturday 13 March 2010
Julius Caesar is dead: his right-hand man, Antony, and his legal heir, Octavius, have divided the Roman Empire between them in an uneasy peace. But Antony has become deeply enraptured by the Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra. And she's as ambitious and wily and seductive a politician as any Roman...

THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE
Saturday 10 to Saturday 17 April 2010
Maureen Folan, a 40-year-old spinster, takes care of her 70 year-old selfish and manipulative mother, Mag. While her sisters have escaped into marriage and family life, Maureen, with a history of mental illness, is trapped in a dysfunctional relationship with her mother...

CINDERELLA: OR HOW PIPSQUEAK THE MOUSE BECAME A STALLION - AND - THE CRINKLEY BOTTOM THEATRE CLUB CRISIS
Thursday 9 to Saturday 12 June 2011
'Cinderella...' is a fast paced ride through the adventures of Cinderella the Lumberjack... 'Crinkley Bottom...' is an exciting romp through theatre and movie's best bits...

PETER PAN
Thursday 24 to Saturday 25 February 2012
Our production is very different from the more popular modern day Peter Pans; we have attempted to present it in the style Barrie intended, a complete childhood fantasy in which you can fly, fight Pirates, join a Red Indian tribe and make friends with a crocodile...
DRACULA
Saturday 8 to Saturday 15 December 2012
The fabled figures of Jonathan Harker, the archetypal innocent abroad, Mina Westerman, his anxious fiancé, the prophetic lunatic Renfield, Van Helsing and, of course, Count Dracula himself and his tragic victim Lucy are brought brilliantly to life in this adaptation for the stage...
JULIUS CAESAR
Saturday 26 October to Saturday 2 November 2013
Is a benevolent dictatorship sometimes beneficial, even necessary? Are there situations where direct violent action is the most moral course? Can those in power ever be trusted to serve the people they represent, rather than their own interests?

THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR
Thursday 19 to Sunday 22 February 2019
Farce arises from confusion over the identity of the visiting inspector. The local hotel has a guest who is charging all his expenses to the crown and who is clearly important, so the officials are eager to distract him from anything which might arouse his suspicions...






















































































































