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Blackadder Goes Forth

Come and join Blackadder, Baldrick, George, and a host of other familiar faces as they are placed in a trench during World War 1 – what could possibly go wrong? Luckily Baldrick has a cunning plan… We follow their various doomed attempts to escape from the trenches to avoid death under the misguided command of […]

Jack Absolute Flies Again

What will happen in England after we have won this war?Bunting! Bunting everywhere!After the bunting has been taken down.They will never take down our bunting! July 1940. After an aerial dog fight, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home to win the heart of his old flame, Lydia Languish. Back on British soil, Jack’s advances soon […]

Our Teacher’s a Troll

Once, there were two terrible twins called Holly and Sean, who gave their Head teacher a nervous breakdown. The twins were extremely pleased with themselves. That is, until the new Head teacher arrived. For you see, the new Head teacher was – a Troll. That’s right. And this Troll Head teacher soon created all kinds […]

Brainstorm

Step inside the whirlwind of the teenage mind with Brainstorm, a dynamic and electrifying theatrical production created and performed by 22 talented teenagers. This powerful exploration dives deep into the mystery of the adolescent brain, where 86 billion neurons spark, connect, and collide, causing thrilling, chaotic changes that shape who we are. In collaboration with […]

Mostly Comedy – Nov ’24

Hitchin’s popular comedy club continues its autumn season at the QUEEN MOTHER THEATRE. Join host DAVID EPHGRAVE for a mixed bill of the best names in comedy. Thursday 21st November’s Hitchin line-up features: Stand-up from DESIREE BURCH (Host of Netflix’s ‘Too Hot to Handle’. Also seen on ‘Live at The Apollo’, ‘Have I Got News For You’, ‘QI’, ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’ […]

Brimstone & Treacle

From the writer of The Singing Detective and Pennies from Heaven, comes the first Studio play in our new season. “All I want is the England I used to know… When you knew where you were and all the houses had gardens and old ladies could feel safe in the street at night.” Infamous for […]

Mostly Comedy – Oct ’24

Hitchin’s popular comedy club continues its autumn season at the QUEEN MOTHER THEATRE. Join host DAVID EPHGRAVE for a mixed bill of the best names in comedy. Thursday 24th October’s Hitchin line-up features: Stand-up from TONY HAWKS(Bestselling author of ‘Round Ireland with a Fridge’, ‘One Hit Wonderland’ & ‘Playing the Moldovans at Tennis’)(Regular on BBC […]

Silly Cow

Doris Wallace is a tabloid columnist and reviewer with a talent for scathing insults and career assassination. She is being sued for libel by the actress Trudi Hobson, after writing an article which attacked the thespian with accusations of tiny talent and massive thighs. The queen of viciousness isn’t worried: she’s got a big job […]

Curious Incident of …

Christopher, 15 years old, stands beside Mrs Shears’ dead dog. It has been speared with a garden fork, it is seven minutes after midnight, and Christopher is under suspicion. He records each fact in the book he is writing to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington. He has an extraordinary brain and is exceptional […]

Beautiful Thing

It’s the 90’s, and teenagers Jamie and Ste are living next door in working-class South London. Jamie is being bullied at school, and Ste is being bullied at home by his violent father and brother. One night, when his home life all gets a little too much to take, Ste seeks refuge at Jamie’s, and, […]