by Dario Fo & Franca Rame

a new adaptation by Tom Basden 

Directed by 

Barney Hart Dyke & Owen T James

Production dates:

25-29 March 2025, 7.45pm

Matinee, 29 March, 3pm

An irrepressible fraudster known only as the Maniac is brought into Police Headquarters just as the officers are preparing for a judicial review of the recent ‘accidental’ death of a suspect in custody. Outwitting his captors, the Maniac dupes them into performing a farcical recreation of the incident, exposing the absurd corruption and terrifying idiocy at the heart of the system.

This classic farce by Dario Fo and Franca Rame has been given an up to the minute reincarnation from award-winning writer Tom Basden. Eviscerating everyone from the Metropolitan Police to the metropolitan elite, this is a show that will leave audiences breathless! 

Press quotes:
‘Wickedly funny… nothing less than brilliant… the audience is constantly in stitches… much cheaper than a therapy session and vastly more entertaining’
Time Out

‘Pretty special… Basden’s script is packed with contemporary references, but among the comic zingers are weightier concerns about undercover police work and corruption…. It’s brilliantly executed… unforgettable’
The Stage

‘Uproarious… a bomb-blast comedy… an institutionally funny play’
Evening Standard

by Noël Coward 

Directed by Tom Sainsbury

Production dates

29 April - 3 May 2025, 7.45pm

Matinée, 3 May, 3pm

This Noël Coward comedy classic tells the story of suave novelist Charles Condomine and his second wife, Ruth. They invite local medium, Madam Arcati, to conduct a séance to inspire him for his next novel. The evening doesn't go as planned, and the sceptical Charles is reunited with the ghost of his first wife, Elvira. Only he can see Elvira and she doesn't take kindly to Ruth having usurped her. Attempts by Madame Arcati fail to return her to the “other world”, and Elvira’s spirit transforms the lives of Charles and Ruth forever. 

This amateur production of Blithe Spirit is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd on behalf of Samuel French Ltd www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

The Bleeding Tree

By Angus Cerini

Tuesday 20 - Saturday 24 May

7.45pm

Matinee, Saturday 24 May - 3pm

Age suitability 15+

In a dirt-dry Australian town, a gunshot shatters the still night. A mother and her daughters have just welcomed home the man of the house — with a crack to the shins and a bullet to the neck. With a body to dispose of and neighbours asking awkward questions, their story unfolds with raw, rude, and brutally funny intensity.

The Bleeding Tree is an Australian Gothic murder ballad. It's the story of three fierce women fighting back. Described as “dangerous, deep, and devastatingly beautiful,” it’s a razor-sharp thriller and a hauntingly tense, visceral exploration of revenge, complicity, and survival.

With its dark humour, poetic beauty, and searing wit, it is theatre at its boldest and most unforgettable.

The Bleeding Tree was first produced by Griffin Theatre Company, 7 August 2015 at the SBW Stables Theatre, Sydney, Australia