“We are talking about criminals, often hardened criminals. They have a habit of vice and crime. Many criminals seem to have been born that way. It is in their nature.” Inspired by real events, Our Country’s Good is the true story of a ragbag cast of convicts who put on a play under the guidance […]
10 Apr 2012
“You get a cook, a cleaner, a driver and you get paid. I’ll be watching out for you.” A seasoned humanitarian worker and her idealistic young colleague embark on a trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo. For Mathilde it’s an induction into a life less ordinary. For Sadhbh (pronounced “Sive”) it’s back to madness […]
13 May 2011
One of the seminal plays of the twentieth century, Top Girls flashes with razor-sharp wit and ingenious theatricality. An Out of Joint and Chichester Festival Theatre production. We follow two sisters in the early day’s of Thatcher’s England. Hard-nosed, successful businesswoman Marlene; and Joyce who has stayed true to their working class background in rural […]
16 Feb 2011
Susan, a science teacher from Manhattan, starts work in a small rural Kansas town that’s been ripped apart by a tornado. When one of her pupils – the damaged, articulate Micah – takes offence at an off-the-cuff remark about how life on Earth began, Susan is thrown into an ethical storm about science and faith […]
20 Oct 2010
New York, 1972. Michael Doyle, a young fireman, joins the IRA. Soon his Bronx apartment is overrun with a fast-quipping Irish killer; a beautiful woman he really mustn’t fall in love with; and charismatic boss David Costello, the “Big Fellah” himself. Over three turbulent decades their lives veer from farce to deadly danger. The Big […]
18 Oct 2010
Irritable, generous, seriously depressed yet a great wit: meet Samuel “Dictionary” Johnson – poet, essayist and lexicographer. This evening of stories and conversation brings to life some of the most colourful figures of the eighteenth century. BUY THE PLAYTEXT REVIEWS “A rare treat” -Michael Billington, The Guardian “Ian Redford is as close to the real […]
03 Sep 2010
Trish leads a youth theatre group designed to bring together Asian and White teenagers. As she struggles to share her artistic vision with a cast who think acting is “gay”, the compelling stories of the young stars unfold, along with a moving history of their town. Take your seat at their final dress rehearsal… with […]
15 Jul 2010
Celebrated children’s writer Hans Christian Andersen arrives, unannounced, for a stay at Gad’s Hill Place in the Kent marshes – home to Charles Dickens and his large, charismatic family. To the lonely and eccentric guest, the members of Dickens’s household seem to live a life of unreachable bliss. But with his broken English, Andersen doesn’t […]
15 Jul 2010
‘Mum, I had a dream last night where I threw you down the stairs. It’s not right.’ For Hildy, political activism comes easier that dealing with the disorder of her family life: Her druggie son; her philandering husband; her father, misbehaving in a hugely expensive retirement home. And then there’s her mother – a charismatic […]
10 Feb 2009
“You can tell a German because he knows his Bach & Beethoven. You can tell a Canadian because he separates his rubbish. And you can tell a Brit because he knows how to sue his neighbours…” Where did Father Christmas originate? How do you feel about men holding hands? What should you do if you […]
11 Feb 2008
