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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, […]

Big Spirit – 40th Year Showcase

As Big Spirit Youth Theatre celebrate their 40th Anniversary, the group are putting together a showcase from their favourite shows from across the years and a selection from some plays they just love, but haven’t yet performed. A medley of drama, comedy and movement presented in a way only Big Spirit can.

Me & My Girl

When the new Earl of Hareford is revealed to be Bill Snibson, a common cockney from Lambeth, the aristocratic family battle to turn him into a gentleman and separate him from his equally unsuitable girlfriend. Featuring well known songs including The Lambeth Walk and The Sun has got his Hat On, this popular musical comedy […]

Junior Showcase 2024

Come and watch the Bancroft Juniors end of year Showcase. An evening of comedy and drama presented by our talented 8-13 year olds. Covering everything from football to mobile phones, school-life to love lives. A fun and delightful evening for all ages.

Krapp’s Last Tape

In Beckett’s critically acclaimed play, an aging man, who lives a lonely and shabby existence in a darkened room, listens to a taped recording of himself as a young man. A tour-de-force for one man, is the most affectionate portrait of a character that Beckett has ever done: an aging man who lives a lonely […]