Productions Archive - Page 13 of 15 - The Queen Mother Theatre

MacBeth

The play is set in the antechambers and corridors of a modern day Scottish Parliament. It’s populated by parliamentarians, pundits, journalists and outside the building, a volatile public; all the ingredients of modern politics. Perhaps the group of pollsters who offer Macbeth some insights are a little stranger than usual. In this production, true to […]

Polar Bear in New Jersey

A teenage polar bear sets out on her own…to New Jersey. A play that’s a little bit about global warming, but mostly about fitting in when you’re different. This play tells the story of shrinking ice-flows due to climate change and the struggles of a young polar bear left to fend for herself. She makes […]

Cinderella

Cinderella is working her fingers to the bone, dreaming of a better life, while her two Ugly Sisters plot and scheme. But after a surprise visit from her Fairy Godmother, Cinderella’s life is turned upside down. Cinderella is transported from rags to riches into a world of glittering ballgowns, enchantment and handsome princes… but do happy […]

Mojo

Mojo was the first big hit for the playwright, Jez Butterworth, before he went onto write Jerusalem and The Ferryman and, in its own right, has become a classic of modern theatre. The story is set in the gangland London of the late 1950s. Ezra’s night club has been hit by a rival gang and […]

Radiant Vermin

Jill and Ollie are as upbeat and perky as presenters on daytime TV, the kind of show where eager eyes and electrified smiles are mandatory. This charming young couple has been chosen by pure chance (or perhaps by design) by a government representative, Miss Dee, in order to participate in a wonderful new programme that […]

Importance of Being Earnest

“If there’s a better comedy in the English language than Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, well then I’ve never heard of it” quipped Noel Coward when he was congratulated on American TV for being “better than Mr Wilde”. Well whether Coward meant it as a bon mot or not, it’s certainly very true. We sort […]

Anne Boleyn

Hunting through an old chest, the newly crowned James I discovers the controversial legacy of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s notorious second wife. Time jumps back 70 years, when the witty and flirtatious Anne was not only in love with Henry, but also with the most dangerous ideas of her day. Conspiring with the exiled William […]

Bea

Bea’s body is useless to her. For eight years she has laid marooned in her bed, surrounded by the evidence of the life she once led as a student before illness struck. Now she is dependent on her barrister mother, Katherine, and a carer to do everything for her. On the outside she is almost […]

We Happy Few

The play is based on the real-life adventures of the Osiris Players, a band of women determined to bring entertainment to as many as possible during the grey days of WW2. With many theatres closing the aspiring actresses took plays ranging from Shakespeare to Winnie-the-Pooh and performed at schools and village halls up and down […]

Constellations

‘Constellations’ is a multi-award winning play revolving around the idea that we are all a part of a universe in which at any moment several different outcomes can exist simultaneously. The two characters meet in a variety of scenes, showing different ways in which their encounters could have turned out as a result of factors […]