Whipping It Up (18/08/2026)

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:45:00 GMT

Whipping it Up

By Steve Thompson,

Directed by Ian Wainwright & Milly Gladstone

Tuesday 18 - Saturday 22 August 19:45 with afternoon matinee at 15:00 on Saturday 22 August.

Putney Arts Theatre - Studio

About the play:

A quick-witted political satire set in the Whips' office at Westminster, Whipping it Up is a play about the grubby wheeling and dealing that go on behind the scenes and off camera as the Whips employ any means at their disposal in order to get wavering MPs to vote the 'right' way.

It's a week before Christmas in an alternative 2010, and the new Tory government is facing dissent over its latest Bill. With a majority of only three, the Whips' office is out in full force, and they’Il stop at nothing to keep the strays in line. Written in the twilight of the last Labour government, the play explores privilege, class and fears about what happens when the “old boys club” seize power.

Cast List:

Alastair - Jim Dixon

Tim - Will Hunter

Cheif Whip - Perry Kitchen

Delia - Saffron Miller

Guy - Graham White

Maggie - Charlotte McCormack

Crew List:

Co-Directors - Ian Wainwright & Milly Glastone

Production - Alexa Adam

Stage Manager - Deborah

Stage Designer - Robyn

Lighting Designer - Hayden Lee

Sound Designer -

Costume Designer - Alexa Adam

This amateur production of “Whipping it Up" is presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books Ltd

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Till the Stars Come Down (22/09/2026)

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:45:00 GMT

Till the Stars Come Down

By Beth Steel

Directed by Frances Bodiam

Tuesday 22 - Saturday 26 September 19:45 with afternoon matinee at 15:00 on Saturday 26 September.

Putney Arts Theatre - Main Stage

About the play:

Till The Stars Come Down is both hilarious and tragic family drama. It’s full of love and loss, secrets and lies, humour and despair. The action is played out during one day in a former mining town in Nottinghamshire.

It's the day of Sylvia’s wedding to Marek and the family is excited and overflowing with good wishes for their future happiness, until the vodka starts flowing, and resentments and secrets threaten the day’s harmony….

Beth Steel's play Till the Stars Come Down premiered at the National Theatre in January 2024 and transferred to the West End in 2025. The play was shortlisted for Best Play at the 2025 Standard Theatre Awards.

Review Quotes for National Theatre production of Till The Stars Come Down:

'Beth Steel's play has it all: the earthy humour tingling with originality, the canvas both big and small and the larger-than-life characters bouncing to life before us in pain, joy, and laughter... a masterclass in multi-layered conversational naturalism... rollicking, complex and bearing the tragic inevitability of Greek drama'

Guardian

'Stunning... a modern classic... a magnificent combination of earthiness and explosions of half-suppressed emotion... It's a mighty achievement'

The Times

'Beautifully observed and often bruisingly hilarious... a rich, multifaceted character study of an entire family... you'd have to be made of stone not to laugh like a drain... it's wonderfully written, building to a dynamite final scene... a funny, heartbreaking piece of writing'

Time Out

Cast List:

Hazel - Sarah Perkins

Maggie - Lizzie Iredale

Sylvia - Emily Kate Dixon

Aunty Carol - Jodi Rilot

Tony - Paul Bradley

John - Tom Thornton

Pete - Roger Blitz

Marek - Aaron Thakar

Leanne - Zoe Pearson

Sarah - Sophie McGrath

Ensemble (neighbours, waiters, wedding guests):

Alexa Adam

Sophie Brown

Helen Wood

Sarah Kitchen

Libby Talberg

Monika Czaińska

Creative and Crew:

Director - Frances Bodiam

Assistant & Movement Director - Penny Weatherall

Production Manager - Sarah Jillings

Production and Sound Design - Nick Wells

Original Music - Nick Wells, Simon Herd, Harry Pavlou, Nicole Pavlou

Lighting Design - Rich and Kathryn Evans

Stage Manager - Helen Wood

Operator/ASM - Kate Lawrence

Set/ASM - Libby Talberg

ASM - Monika Czaińska

Costume - Emily Fletcher

Costume Consultant - Simon Crump

This amateur production of "Till the Stars Come Down" is presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books.

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