Archives: Productions

Belles of St Clements
More spirited fun and music from Big Spirit
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Oedipus Antigone
Perhaps the two greatest tragedies of ancient times given the Big Spirit treatment. In Thebes, Oedipus looks for the killer of King Laius despite warnings that it will destroy his family. In the second part we meet Oedipus’ daughter Antigone, who proves to be stronger than any man when she faces her brutal uncle, the […]
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Royal Hunt of the Sun
The Royal Hunt of The Sun is a great and largely forgotten masterpiece from the pen of Peter Shaffer (Amadeus, Equus). It concerns the conquest of Peru by the Spanish conquistador, Pizarro and his 150 mercenaries. The Inca Empire is ruled by the charismatic king, Atahualpa and Pizarro grows fond of his captor knowing that […]
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Retreat
Comedy drama about Luke, who has left his high-flying city life to find serenity (and love?) in a retreat in the Scottish Highlands. But the arrival of his older brother, Tony, means he his struggling to escape his past. Is Tony all that’s wrong with Luke’s old life, or is he the only one who […]
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Wind in The Willows
Based on the classic story by Kenneth Grahame and staged with a small, covid-secure cast, we’d like to welcome you into the magical world of Ratty, Mole and Mr Toad.
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Bull
Bull is a razor-sharp play about the fine line between office politics and playground bullying, Bull offers ringside seats as three employees fight to keep their jobs. This is a relevant, brutal and exciting, Olivier-award-winning show with some spectacular acid-tongued dialogue. As with all our productions we are following the latest government guidelines and operating […]
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Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle & Dick
In 1964 a fifty-one-year-old man meets a twenty-seven-year-old woman at work. She’s young, buxom, blonde, pretty. And just about to get married… Over the years, as they work together, the two grow closer; they become friends. He becomes obsessed with her. She promises him one night of lust in Brighton. Just one night. Just to […]
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Maids
“Dazzling, dangerous and captivatingly queasy” The Guardian Based very loosely on a notorious 1930s murder case, The Maids is a shocking play with boldly drawn characters, unreliable narrators and a lot to say about class and gender politics. Claire and Solange are two maids, trapped in a menial life of service to a Mistress so […]
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Wasp
“This two-hander is sprung like a bear trap, a play with very sharp teeth… Just when you feel you have sense of the characters and what they want from one another, the writing shifts. It’s a weapon of a play in this respect: the rules keep changing as rug pull follows rug pull. The tension, […]
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Snow Queen
Be transported to the magical land made famous by Hans Christian Andersen. A collaboration across our adult, youth and junior companies, The Snow Queen tells the story of Gerda, a little girl who searches for her friend Kai when he is bewitched and imprisoned by the Snow Queen in her ice palace. Gerda’s innocence charms […]
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