“We are all animals. The only difference is we pretend to be something better. But we’re not. We’re cruel, greedy, stupid and selfish. We have no rights, no obligations, no duty to anyone or anything. Welcome to the farm, Daddy!”Five years after her death, Gerry and Roger’s mum, Martha, has gone missing. Well, most of her has...The unwitting victims of animal rights activists campaigning for the freedom of the family frog farm’s slimy inhabitants, the brothers bring in the hapless Inspector Clout to establish the whereabouts of their long dead mother.An absurdly funny comedy, Raising Martha tackles terrorism, animal rights and six-foot frogs!
The Bed Before Yesterday is a comedy for four men and four women. Alma, a rich but physically far from lovely widow, has had no sexual experience since the sole, off-putting occasion of her wedding night some twenty years ago. She marries the impoverished gentleman, Victor, now equally uninterested in sexual activities, on the understanding that their relationship shall be based on friendship and convenience. However, various surprising circumstances, connected partly with Victor's son and unconventional girlfriend, and partly with her own free-and-easy cousin, warm up Alma's long-cooled fires, with unexpected, but presumably satisfying results for both her and her new husband.4 women, 5 men
Leo, a doctor, is suffering from depression and finds it hard to come to terms with his illness. Weaving through his memories as a child and a father, Leo re-lives his suspicions, panic attacks and emotions as he tries everything from hypnotism to art therapy to beat the blues.
When Terry Bailey appears on the eve of his daughter''s wedding after twenty years away in America, it is not surprising he receives a cool reception from May, the wife whom he deserted, and from her best friend Dora especially as she is the one who has to break the news of his arrival. Dora''s plan to keep the two apart goes miserably wrong and results in Terry and May coming face to face in a blistering confrontation. Terry tries various methods to achieve a reconciliation, but his wife gives vent to twenty years of suppressed anger. Only as the play ends does she agree to his being present at the wedding and does there appear to be a glimmer of hope for the future.|2 women, 2 men
This lively musical, originally written for teenagers and young people, is based on the life and times of Al Capone, the infamous Chicago gangster.|Large flexible cast
Albert Nuttal, aged 11, is special - some would say backward. He is a poet and visionary who, as he grows into manhood, inspires unexpected depths of emotion in other people. This play, designed to be enacted entirely by adults comes from the author of "Straight and Narrow".
Is a man's Memorial Service the right time to tell the truth? Reunited for the occasion a group of friends gather to celebrate a life. But who are they remembering? A creative genius, a former lover, a bitter rival - or the man who deceived them all? A five-strong cast in a wickedly funny play full of revelations, rediscoveries and revenges.
“All the astronauts orbiting around the Earth, they’ll look down out of their little round windows and they’ll see me, standing onthe top floor of Vision Towers, huge and glowing”An oasis of free enterprise, no income taxes, no unions, no opposition parties. A paradise of consumption. A skyline on crack. Urban planning on steroids – Dubai.On the 88th floor of an unfinished skyscraper in the Emirate’s glittering skyline, the life of a migrant labourer becomes fatefully intertwined with that of Jamie, a British expat with his eye on the big time.
Offering a glimpse at a slice of English history, this title includes the following songs - "The Grape and the Vine", "The Perfect Woman", "Kings and Clowns" and "Husbands and Wives".
Life-changing meetings can happen in the oddest of places: in this case, the vestry of a C of E church is the scene. Uptight, downtrodden Rachel, the vicar's wife, chats to recently-widowed Mr Purvis there and is rather cornered into offering him the post of the church's Health and Safety Officer. The consequences are unexpected.
A giant builds a high wall around his beautiful garden to prevent the children from playing in it. However, a valuable lesson is taught when the wall keeps the spring from returning and the garden remains in winter all year round. This is an adaptation of Oscar Wildes's short story.
A former racing car driver implicates his wife in a murder that he committed.  |3 women, 5 men
This is the first of PriestleyΓÇÖs published one-act plays and originated as a specially written television play for the BBC. It was transmitted from Alexandra Palace first on 27 August, 1946; Priestley went on to adapt it for the stage in 1947. The setting is the public bar of The Rose and Crown, a small pub in North-East London, one evening in early autumn. Into the bar comes an assortment of working-class characters who, with one notable exception, are fed up with life.|3 women, 4 men
PONDLIFE Simon and Martin seem unlikely friends, but when Simon saves Martin from the aggressive and rather terrifying Sharon MacGuinness their fate is sealed and together they take on the world. However, one moment of indecision on a summer afternoon changes everything forever. A story of how hard it is to be brave when we are young and the moments we come to regret when we are old. KAPPA Kappa tells the story of one boy as he tries to find his place in a world that's falling apart. Set in an alternative universe where quantum games and knowledge of numbers opens the doors to multiple worlds and gives power to whoever can wield them Kappa finds himself part of a dangerous game that could lead to his own destruction. MIKEY & ADDIE Mikey is a dreamer. Addie is anything but. He walks about with his head in the stars, believing that his dad is up there somewhere, in space, working for NASA. However, when Addie shatters his dreams she starts to realize that with the truth comes responsibility and that, like it or not, she is going to have to do everything she can to help this boy. Even if it means breaking all the rules she holds dear.
"Children have been banned. By order of the king. No one is to have a child until the queen herself is pregnant. So when the queen's servant and best friend Rose finds herself with child it is up to the two of them to find a way out. Even if it means making a bargain with the dark forces of the forest. And so all is well with the world until the queen and Rose's secret pact comes back to haunt them and both their daughters are doomed to die on their 15th birthday. An imaginative rebooting of the original tale, The Sleeping Beauties is a story of friendship that spans a thousand years and asks what is true beauty in a world where looks are only skin deep and can so easily be replaced."--Back cover.
Written for London's Theatre Royal, Stratford East, this pantomime combines all the traditional elements with original characterizations, imaginative and innovative staging ideas and witty, melodic songs.-5 women, 7 men
Match Day! Blackton Rovers is in need of money. Owner, Austin Whitworth, sells his star centre-forward ΓÇô local football hero Jack Metherell ΓÇô to a rival club on the eve of a crucial match that could see Rovers relegated to the 2nd Division. Will honest Jack do AustinΓÇÖs bidding when asked to throw the match? Or will he put his professional honour above loyalty to his old club?AustinΓÇÖs daughter Elsie, and Jack, are in love ΓÇô or so they think. But Jack still lives at home, firmly tied to his motherΓÇÖs apron strings. Will ElsieΓÇÖs modern ways and feisty temperament win over his domineering mam? Or is this tryst between the classes doomed from the start?|5 women, 7 men
It is 1959. Charles Chaplin is 70 years old, talking across the years to the young Charlie Chaplin – the Little Tramp who was never allowed to speak in the silent movies. Now he has a voice, confronting his older self and revealing the passions and torments that formed his life. Charlie Chaplin was the very first icon of the silver screen and is one of the most recognisable faces in Hollywood. But what of the man behind the moustache? The director holding the camera as well as acting in front of it? The cockney boy beneath the stage make-up? Born into poverty and hardship and in the absence of his father, he spent most of his childhood in and out of orphanages and workhouses. Charlie survived by making himself invulnerable. This exuberance later became part of his screen persona. The Little Tramp always picks himself up and walks jauntily into the distance.
"If I made you laugh, all well and good. If I made you care, even better..." ERIC MORECAMBE
Archie Lee Meighan's cotton gin business is foundering in the face of Silva Vacarro's Syndicate Gin. On the day Archie's furniture is repossessed he takes action, burning down the Syndicate Gin. Silva then pays Archie and his wife Baby Doll a visit, seeing the latter as the key to justice.
Leah has lost her friends, family, career and dignity. Forced to move for a third time following a harrowing court case, she relives painful events in her past as she sorts through all the stuff that has accumulated in her spare room: clothes she doesn't wear, books she doesn't read, things she doesn't need anymore. Leah desperately tries to unpick just where it all went wrong and who or what is really to blame. FABRIC deals with the aftermath of a rape that isn't believed and confronts the traditional roles still expected of women; questioning how much has changed since the sexual revolution of the 1960s.
May Archer, an elderly widow, is entertaining in her London semi. The first "guest" to arrive is Warren, a window salesman, followed by Desmond (home security). Each salesperson adopts a persona they think will persuade their client to put her money their way, but May's is not interested. Eventually, May saves the day with a clever scheme.
"Based on Sebastian Faulks's ... novel, Birdsong tells the story of a soldier haunted by his past. As a young man, Stephen Wraysford was caught up in an all-consuming love affair in Amiens, France. As the First World War unfolds, Stephen finds himself pulled closer and closer back to Amiens, back to the Valley of the Somme"--Amazon.com.
What Brutes Men Are is a comedy for four women. Janet and Carol get into casual conversation over a drink in a hotel lounge. Carol has just left her husband, Godfrey, and tells Janet she was sick of his comparing her with his first wife. Janet realizes' Godfrey is her own divorced ex-husband . Over more drinks Janet says she was sick of being compared with Godfrey's mother. Suddenly Godfrey's mother, Linda, arrives by a previous arrangement with Carol. This might be awkward, but it transpires that Linda herself was sick of Godfrey who even as a baby had criticized her as against her elder sister, Beatrice. Finally all three omen go off together to open a teashop in Scotland , leaving Godfrey presumably to compare Beatrice with all three of them.
The triplets are turning 100 years old. They are in the Town Hall waiting to be presented to the Queen. While waiting each reacts in their own special way, each very, very different from the other. Are they what they seem? Can you figure it out?|4 women
Peter Wykeham and attractive Mrs. Marguerite Hickett find themselves stranded in a back country inn, where they must stay the night. In order to get a room, they must convince the prudish landlady that they are man and wife. All hell breaks loose, though, when they are tracked down by their spouses, demanding an explanation.6 women, 7 men
The landlady of a Dorset inn is faced with blackmail from her dangerous cousin.|6 women, 1 man
This is a full length pantomime, entirely traditional with lots of humour and with its own original and delightful score by Eric Gilder which is available separately. The large number of both amateur and professional groups who present Crocker and Gilder pantomimes regularly every year is unmistakable proof of their success.Large flexible cast
"I feel like I leapt off a long time ago and everyone else is gaining traction and I'm just floating away" Gar can't decide between the man who plays games and the man on one knee with a ring. In fact, Gar can't decide on anything because every choice seems like a compromise. Everyone wants answers but nothing lives up to the image he has in his head. Facades start crumbling as his world implodes around him but Gar... Gar just wants to dance with his friends. THIS MUCH (or An Act of Violence Towards the Institution of Marriage) is a play about how we define ourselves; through objects, clothes, traditions and other people.
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