Rosencrantz And Guildenstern are Dead

By Tom Stoppard,

Directed by Robert Wallis & Will Hunter

Tuesday 16 - Saturday  20 June 19:45 with afternoon matinee at 15:00 on Saturday 20 June.

Putney Arts Theatre - Main Stage

About the play:

Two minor characters from Shakespeare’s Hamlet suddenly find themselves at the centre of a story they do not understand and cannot seem to influence.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern pass the time flipping coins, trading riddles, and trying to figure out just what is going on with the Prince of Denmark. As they stumble in and out of Shakespeare’s tragedy, they encounter the mysterious Player King and his troupe of Tragedians, actors who embrace blood, death, and rhetoric as all part of the show – which is to say, life.

What begins as a comic rumination on chance and circumstance deepens into a haunting exploration of what it means to exist when your part is already written.

Tom Stoppard’s 1966 breakout is a dazzling blend of existential comedy, verbal acrobatics, and theatrical playfulness that reframes Shakespeare’s play from the wings.

Cast List:

Rosencrantz - Lonje Kalanda

Guildenstern - Rob Ryan

The Player - Eric Petrossian

Hamlet - Nathan Chatelier

Claudius - Ian Cooke

Gertrude - Julia Blyth

Polonius - Edward Ogilvie

Ophelia - Anastasia Babich

Tragedians - Emma Buckley, Eve Newton, Finton McCluskey, Kelsey Norris, Nora Holman, Rebecca Fallon

Crew List:

Co-Directors - Rob Wallis & Will Hunter

Production Managers - Stuart Watson & Veronika Wilson

Stage Manager - Sophie Turnbull

ASMs - Louise Bradshaw, Helen Wood, & Olivia Jackson

Stage Designer - Lexa Kirity

Lighting Designer - Rich Evans, & Teni Gomez

Sound Designer - Owen Thomas James

Costume Designer - Lexa Kirity & Alexa Adam

Movement Director - Lyndall Brown

Lead image design - Claudia Finn

This amateur production of “Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

Romeo & Juliet
by William Shakespeare

Directed by Tom Sainsbury

Show Dates:

27th & 28th June 3pm - St Margaret's, Putney

4th & 5th July 3pm - St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake

10th 6:50pm & 11th July 5:30pm - Surrey Docks Farm

15th July 7pm - Green Man, Putney Heath

17th July 7pm - The Hurlingham Club

About the play:

"Oh happy dagger, here is thy sheath!"

Two households. One city. No happy ending.

When Romeo Montague gatecrashes a Capulet party and meets Juliet, they fall in love and detonate a chain of events that drags friends, families, and futures into the open. Secret meetings turn into secret vows, the pressure builds with public pride and private grief, and the smallest spark of miscommunication leads to duel and disaster.

Shakespeare’s most famous story moves with the speed and wit of youth; breathless, impulsive, and impossibly alive. A tale of first love, bad timing, and sprinkled with hope that two people might manage to rewrite a world built to keep them apart.

Performed outdoors in different venues across South London over four weeks, and following the huge success of PTC's Much Ado About Nothing in 2025, this production is one not to be missed.

Performances:

To book tickets click on the dates/location that suits you below to go through to the correct booking page.

Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th June @ 3pm - St Margaret's Church, Putney. Set in a beautiful, enclosed garden of a late 19th century church. Please bring your own chairs and blankets to sit on. Light refreshments will be available to purchase. Tickets £16 / £12.

Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th July @ 3pm - St Mary the Virgin, Mortlake. Set in a tree-covered, atmospheric cemetery of church built in 1543, just before our play was written. Chairs will be provided. Light refreshments will be available to purchase. Tickets £16 / £12.

Friday 10th July @ 6.30pm, Saturday 11th July @ 5.30pm - Surrey Docks Farm, Rotherhithe. Performed in a unique setting on the riverside of the Thames, with goats, sheep and pigs cheering us on. Chairs will be provided. Light refreshments will be available to purchase. Tickets £16 / £12.

Wednesday 15th July @ 7pm - The Green Man Pub, Putney. Performed in a wonderful enclosed pub garden in our local community. Chairs will be provided. Drinks and food will be available to purchase from the pub. Tickets £16 / £12.

Friday 17th July @ 7pm - The Hurlingham Club, Fulham. Performed in an exclusive and secluded riverside setting on the Thames. Chairs will be provided. Light refreshments will be available to purchase. Tickets £21 / £17.

Cast & crew:

Cast:

Romeo - Nathan Golo

Juliet - Isla Bell

Lord Capulet - Michael Hall

Lady Capulet - Carole Stewart

Mercutio - Jago Wainwright

Tybalt / Apothcary - Emanuel Andrade

Benvolio - Mark McNaul

Prince / Servingman / Friar John - Alex Rein

Nurse - Nora Holmen

Friar Lawrence / Montague - Joe Dominic

Paris / Abram - Jaydon Merrick

Crew:

Director - Tom Sainsbury

Production Manager - Megan Good

Stage Manager - Sarah Osman

Sound Technician - John Pyle

Tickets available soon!

The Wind in the Willows 

By Kenneth Graham adapted by Mike Kenny

Thursday 9 - Saturday 11 July

7pm and 12.30pm matinee on Saturday

Join Toad, Ratty, Mole, Badger and a host of other wonderful characters in this exciting adaptation of the much loved book. Expect nostalgic tunes, joyful dance moves and an English countryside tale like you’ve never seen before. Can Toad curb his motor car obsession, will Mole ever stop spring-cleaning and which Wild Wooders will take over Toad Hall? Come along to Putney Arts Theatre this Summer and find out!

breaking point: drama festival

Curated by Owen Thomas James and brought to stage by Putney Theatre Company

Saturday 18th July  - Sunday  26th July 

Shows from 2pm at weekends and 7:30pm weekdays

Putney Arts Theatre - Main Stage

The Festival:

Nine gripping plays will take you on a journey through extremes of love, loyalty, desperation, and defiance, in a nine-day celebration of theatre. This festival will present plays which show just how far someone will go… to fight, to protect, to risk everything, or even save the world.

There will be a full line-up on the two Saturdays and Sundays, as well as weekday  evening performances Mon-Fri.

To book a ticket to see everything click here this will give you a festival pass to see all nine plays and the option to turn up whenever suits you.

To book for individual productions, please click on the title below of whichever piece you'd like to see.

The plays:

The Prudes by Anthony Neilson

Directed by Lucy Oglesby

Tonight is the last chance for Jess and Jimmy to save their nine-year relationship, and they're attempting it right in front of you. They haven't been intimate in fourteen months and four days. The wine is chilled, the pillows are ready, the mood music is playing. They still find each other attractive. They still make each other laugh. So, what's stopping them? As they strip away excuses and defences, this couple must confront uncomfortable truths about desire, consent, victimhood, and whose story it really is to tell.

A sharp, provocative comedy about intimacy and accountability, The Prudes asks: when the stakes are this high, can you ever really start over?

CAST: 

Jess - Kaya Kassanda

Jimmy - Stefan Sinclaire

The Girl in the Machine by Stef Smith

Directed by Lesley Strachan

What if you could escape? Not just for an hour, but forever. The Black Box promises exactly that – relief from the daily grind, a cure for depression, even eternal bliss. Everyone's getting one. It's the future. When Owen brings one home, Polly is sceptical. They have everything figured out: successful careers, a passionate marriage, plans for the life ahead. But as the headset's seductive pull takes hold, Polly watches the person she loves slip further and further away into a digital paradise she can't reach. And when the line between human and machine begins to blur, how do you hold onto someone who's already gone?

A gripping vision of technology's darkest promises, Girl in the Machine asks: what are we willing to lose in exchange for happiness?

CAST: 

Polly - Paige Evans 

Owen - Marshall Camden

Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill

Directed by Carrie Cable

Apocalypse is in the air. On a summer afternoon, four women gather in a suburban back garden for tea. They're old friends – well, three of them are. The fourth, Mrs Jarrett, is a neighbour invited in from over the fence. They talk about cats, the weather, TV shows, the antique shop that replaced the old grocers. But something darker lurks beneath the surface. As the afternoon wears on, the line between the garden and the abyss grows thinner.

Caryl Churchill balances the catastrophic with the everyday, revealing that the real apocalypse might not be out there at all – it might be right here, under the sun, in the things we can't quite bring ourselves to say.

CAST: 

Sally - Suzanne Warre-Dymond 

Vi - Allison DeFrees

Lena - Rebecca Fallon 

Mrs Jarrett - Andrea Miller

Kiss Me by Richard Bean

Directed by Paula Robinson

London, 1929. Stephanie is a 32-year-old war widow facing a future without children. The First World War has left thousands of women like her. But her doctor has an unorthodox solution that goes against every expectation of the era: a surrogate father. But when Stephanie and Dennis meet in her bedroom, something shifts as two lost souls collide. Can they escape the guilt and ghosts of the past? Or will the rules they've broken pull them under?

A beautiful and intimate story about longing, survival, and the unexpected places we find connection in the wreckage of history.

CAST: 

Peter - Alex Rein 

Stephanie - Tasha Tomlinson

Precious Little Talent by Ella Hickson

Directed by Craig Legg

Fresh out of university with a first-class degree, mounting debt and no clear future, Joey arrives in New York from the UK, clinging to the promise that life was meant to turn out differently. Instead, she finds her estranged father unravelling. She has a chance encounter with Sam, an idealistic young American full of optimism who challenges her cynicism and forces her to confront the expectations she’s built her life around. But as hope collides with reality, Joey must decide what she’s willing to let go of.

Funny, raw and sharply observed, Precious Little Talent is a story about a generation sold a dream, and the difficult, messy process of figuring out who you are when it doesn’t come true.

CAST: 

Sam - Caleb Clarke

Joey - Jasmine Jones

George - Nick Hall

The Yalta Game by Brian Friel

Directed by Paddy Cooper

In the central square of Yalta, two strangers pass the time by inventing lives for the people around them. It’s a harmless game... or so it seems. When Dmitri strikes up a conversation with a mysterious woman, flirtation leads to an unexpected affair, and the stories they’ve been telling begin to blur with reality.

Brian Friel's adaptation of Chekhov's The Lady With the Dog is an intimate, playful and devastating story that asks: when does a story we tell about ourselves become the truth?

CAST: 

Gurov: David Lemkin 

Anna: Eloise Duffy

Trust by Roger Blitz

Directed by Alexa Adam

Just how cut-throat is the corporate world? Annie is told she’s been chosen for the job at a new company because she’s someone who can be trusted. But as she’s intrigued by her charismatic new boss and legal adviser, the promise of success suddenly seems suspiciously out of reach. Cracks begin to show, loyalties are tested, and Annie finds herself caught between ambition, integrity, and friendship.

Trust is a sharp, unsettling exploration of power, manipulation and the cost of believing in the wrong people – asking how far you’ll go, and what you’ll sacrifice, to belong.

CAST: 

Annie - Emma Newton

Jen - Esme Wright

Mike - Luke Sullivan

Carol - Stephanie Ormonde

Seven Second Theory by Megan Good

Directed by Emily Mark and Megan Good

John Doe is dying. He just doesn't know it yet. A man with no identity and no one to call is comatose with seven seconds left on the clock. According to the seven second theory, as the brain shuts down, it reveals your core memories, replaying an entire life in a matter of seconds. John's life is about to flash before his eyes. All of it. Join him on this funny, raw, and moving journey through a life lived just slightly wrong.

The Seven Second Theory asks: if you had seven seconds left to sum up your life, what would you see?

CAST: 

John Doe: Nick Thomas

Chorus: Aïssa Hussain, Nathalie Heesom-Green, Lewis Boost, Jaime Montgomery

Almenara by William Brann

Directed by Stuart Watson

Amid the chaos of the Spanish Civil War, the inhabitants of the village of Almenara hold an emergency meeting. Will the approaching troops be their saviours, or their executioners?

CAST: 

Mayor: Tracey Riordan

Sofia: Camille Thiaudiere

Mr Hidalgo: Craig Barrett

Isabel Hidalgo: Meg Davies

Diego: Francesco Ruvolo

Messenger: Chris Routledge

Tickets:

Tickets will be available for individual performances, or a bundle package will also be on offer, providing a discount for access to all nine plays.  To book tickets for individual productions, please click on the titles of the plays above, to book for a Festival Pass to see everything, please click here

Single show:

£10

£8 concessions inc PTC/G64 members

Bundle ticket for all nine plays including programme:

£60 

£48 concessions inc PTC/G64 members

Trust by Roger Blitz

18-26 July

Directed by Alexa Adam

Just how cut-throat is the corporate world? Annie is told she’s been chosen for the job at a new company because she’s someone who can be trusted. But as she’s intrigued by her charismatic new boss and legal adviser, the promise of success suddenly seems suspiciously out of reach. Cracks begin to show, loyalties are tested, and Annie finds herself caught between ambition, integrity, and friendship.

Trust is a sharp, unsettling exploration of power, manipulation and the cost of believing in the wrong people – asking how far you’ll go, and what you’ll sacrifice, to belong.

This production includes swearing and we would recommend for ages 15+

The Yalta Game by Brian Friel

18-26 July

Directed by Paddy Cooper

In the central square of Yalta, two strangers pass the time by inventing lives for the people around them. It’s a harmless game... or so it seems. When Dmitri strikes up a conversation with a mysterious woman, flirtation leads to an unexpected affair, and the stories they’ve been telling begin to blur with reality.

Brian Friel's adaptation of Chekhov's The Lady With the Dog is an intimate, playful and devastating story that asks: when does a story we tell about ourselves become the truth?

An amateur production licensed by arrangement with The Agency,

24 Pottery Lane, Holland Park, London, W11 4LZ, info@theagency.co.uk

Seven Second Theory

18-26 July

by Megan Good

Directed by Emily Mark and Megan Good

John Doe is dying. He just doesn't know it yet. A man with no identity and no one to call is comatose with seven seconds left on the clock. According to the seven second theory, as the brain shuts down, it reveals your core memories, replaying an entire life in a matter of seconds. John's life is about to flash before his eyes. All of it. Join him on this funny, raw, and moving journey through a life lived just slightly wrong.

The Seven Second Theory asks: if you had seven seconds left to sum up your life, what would you see?

This production contains swearing. Suitable for audiences of 14 and over.

The Girl in the Machine

18-26 July 7.30pm

by Stef Smith

Directed by Lesley Strachan

What if you could escape? Not just for an hour, but forever. The Black Box promises exactly that – relief from the daily grind, a cure for depression, even eternal bliss. Everyone's getting one. It's the future. When Owen brings one home, Polly is sceptical. They have everything figured out: successful careers, a passionate marriage, plans for the life ahead. But as the headset's seductive pull takes hold, Polly watches the person she loves slip further and further away into a digital paradise she can't reach. And when the line between human and machine begins to blur, how do you hold onto someone who's already gone?

A gripping vision of technology's darkest promises, Girl in the Machine asks: what are we willing to lose in exchange for happiness?

This production includes scenes of self harm. Suitable for audiences of 16 and over.

An amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books.

Almenara

18-25 July

by William Brann

Amid the chaos of the Spanish Civil War, the inhabitants of the village of

Almenara hold an emergency meeting. Will the approaching troops be their

saviours, or their executioners?

Kiss Me by Richard Bean

19-25 July

Directed by Paula Robinson

London, 1929. Stephanie is a 32-year-old war widow facing a future without children. The First World War has left thousands of women like her. But her doctor has an unorthodox solution that goes against every expectation of the era: a surrogate father. But when Stephanie and Dennis meet in her bedroom, something shifts as two lost souls collide. Can they escape the guilt and ghosts of the past? Or will the rules they've broken pull them under?

A beautiful and intimate story about longing, survival, and the unexpected places we find connection in the wreckage of history.

This production contains scenes of a sexual nature, as well as themes of sexual surrogacy, infertility, war, trauma, death and grief. Discussions of sexual acts and references to female genitalia. There is also smoking and the use of alcohol. Suitable for audiences of 16 and over.

An amateur production by arrangement with United Agents

The Prudes by Anthony Neilson

19-25 July

Directed by Lucy Oglesby

Tonight is the last chance for Jess and Jimmy to save their nine-year relationship, and they're attempting it right in front of you. They haven't been intimate in fourteen months and four days. The wine is chilled, the pillows are ready, the mood music is playing. They still find each other attractive. They still make each other laugh. So, what's stopping them? As they strip away excuses and defences, this couple must confront uncomfortable truths about desire, consent, victimhood, and whose story it really is to tell.

A sharp, provocative comedy about intimacy and accountability, The Prudes asks: when the stakes are this high, can you ever really start over?

This production contains discussions of a sexual nature, discussions of rape and sexual assault, and mentions of violence. Suitable for audiences of 16 and over.

An amateur production by arrangement with Julia Tyrell Management

Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill

19-25 July

Directed by Carrie Cable

Apocalypse is in the air. On a summer afternoon, four women gather in a suburban back garden for tea. They're old friends – well, three of them are. The fourth, Mrs Jarrett, is a neighbour invited in from over the fence. They talk about cats, the weather, TV shows, the antique shop that replaced the old grocers. But something darker lurks beneath the surface. As the afternoon wears on, the line between the garden and the abyss grows thinner.

Caryl Churchill balances the catastrophic with the everyday, revealing that the real apocalypse might not be out there at all – it might be right here, under the sun, in the things we can't quite bring ourselves to say.

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

Precious Little Talent by Ella Hickson

19-25 July

Directed by Craig Legg

Fresh out of university with a first-class degree, mounting debt and no clear future, Joey arrives in New York from the UK, clinging to the promise that life was meant to turn out differently. Instead, she finds her estranged father unravelling. She has a chance encounter with Sam, an idealistic young American full of optimism who challenges her cynicism and forces her to confront the expectations she’s built her life around. But as hope collides with reality, Joey must decide what she’s willing to let go of.

Funny, raw and sharply observed, Precious Little Talent is a story about a generation sold a dream, and the difficult, messy process of figuring out who you are when it doesn’t come true.

This production contains scenes and themes of family loss. Suitable for audiences of 16 and over.

An amateur production by arrangement with Nick Hern Books.