Current Season

 


Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Book by Joe Masteroff

Musical - November 9 - 26, 2011
Directed by Ian MacDermid

A Broadway blockbuster and major motion picture, Cabaret captures the essence of the seedier side of Berlin in the early 1930s during the rise of Nazism. In the exciting world of burlesque at the underground Kit Kat Club, young English performer Sally Bowles falls for Cliff Bradshaw, a fledgling American writer in Berlin to see the world. With brilliant and memorable music, comedy and pathos, Cabaret is sure to leave you humming!


Adapted by Patrick Barlow
From the novel by John Bucan
From the film of
Alfred Hitchcock
Licensed by ITV Global Ent.
And an original concept by
Nobby Dimon and Simon Corble

Comic Thriller - February 1 - 18, 2012
Directed by Nick Jupp

 

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This recent Broadway hit is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of 7), wildly inventive stagecraft and some good old-fashioned romance!

 
By Jerome Lawrence and
Robert E. Lee
 Courtroom Drama - April 11 - 28, 2012
Directed by Tamara Smith


Set in rural America “not long ago”, science teacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin's theories. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond defends and fundamentalist politician Matthew Brady prosecutes Cates in a very thinly disguised rendition of the 1925 "Scopes Monkey Trial".  One of the most acclaimed American dramas of the 20th century, Inherit the Wind explores fundamentalism versus freedom of thought, and features a stunningly climactic courtroom scene.

 
By Georges Feydeau
Translated by John Mortimer
 Farce - June 6 - 23, 2012
Directed by Mike Tobin


Raymonde suspects her husband, Victor Emmanuel, of infidelity and she turns to her best friend, Lucienne, to help her gain proof.  They concoct a scheme - based on a perfumed letter - to trap him at the Hotel Coq d'Or in Montretout. However, the plan misfires: the plot is complicated by confused identities, revolving beds, a great many doors and the fact that the blockhead hotel porter, Poche, is the exact double of Victor Emmanuel.  Sidesplittingly funny, this play is not to be missed!