Casting for our 2026-27 season is here!

We are pleased to announce our season 2026/27.

29 Sept – 3 Oct – The Unfriend by Steve Moffat - Director: Charlie Cook

30 Nov – 6 Dec – Jack and the Beanstalk by Charlie Cook - Director: Jackie Vandyes

16 - 20 Feb - Menopause Made Me Do It! By Devon Williamson - Director: Gaelle Roques

13 – 17 April – Musicals (further details to be announced)

25 - 29 May – Cluedo by Sandy Ruston - Director: Osian Buck

Open auditions for the 3 plays will take place on Sunday, 22 March at 2pm

Please find outlines of the plays below:

The Unfriend by Steve Moffat

Dates 29 September – 3 October 2026

Director: Charlie Cook

Drama: Dark Comedy

Time: Contemporary

Synopsis

Peter and Debbie are enjoying a cruise – a celebration of twenty years of marriage, and a break from their annoying teenagers. They befriend fellow passenger, Elsa Jean Krakowski, an eccentric American with a fondness for Donald Trump. There's something slightly unsettling in her overeager friendliness... but there's no point rocking the boat if you're about to get off it.

Back home, in the comfort of suburbia, Elsa suddenly turns up on Peter and Debbie's doorstep, unexpectedly. And when they look up their house guest online, unearthing some hair-raising evidence, their good nature is challenged as never before. What kind of danger have they allowed to take up residence in their guest room? And can they bring themselves to say anything about it? Sometimes, the truth is just too impolite.

Steven Moffat's play The Unfriend takes a hilarious and satirical look at middle-class England's disastrous instinct always to appear nice.

Cast

Peter – British middle-class, a nervous and uptight husband

Debbie – his wife, more easy-going, but moments of high-stress in the script

(both need to be old enough to have teenage children)

Elsa (40-60s) - brash American woman whose over-friendliness

and questionable past create tension and comedic situations for the couple.

Rosie (18-20) – the daughter, a shouty and argumentative teenager, who turns into a perfect, loving daughter under Elsa’s influence.

 Alex (18-20) – the son, starts as a surly non-communicative teenager, then becomes sporty, perfect son through Elsa’s influence.

The Neighbour (60+) – old chap from next door, constantly pops in and talks waffle.

PC Junkin (M) (25-50) – Police role

Menopause Made Me Do It! By Devon Williamson

Dates 16 - 20 February 2027

Director: Gaelle Roques

Drama: Comedy

Time: Contemporary

Synopsis

It has been ten years since the last reunion of the Crazy Ladies.  Menopause has arrived and the ladies are crazier than ever. The mission is to convince Kay, the gun toting tom-boy, to marry Shaun (the guy she once kidnapped and held accountable for the sins of all men). 

The five menopausal women are lured to a motel by a kidnapper who has seriously underestimated his prey. A weekend of madness and mayhem ensues as the women seize control and marry the kidnapper off to one of their group.

It's hilarious... poignant... utterly mad.

Cast  (5F;1M)

Pamela Browne - 50s, obsessively ordered and organised, constantly on the verge of a stress attack

Dianne Bartlett - 50s, speaks her mind without engaging any of the few brain cells that she processes

Kay Wilkes - 50s, brash, rough around the edges, a gun-collecting chocoholic

Rachel Simpkin - 50s, travel writer, had a teenage pregnancy by Shaun

Sandy – 50s, a Minister of the Church

Shaun Phillips – 50s, former high school football star, the years have not been good to him

 ‘Cluedo’ by Sandy Rustin

Dates 25^th - 29^th May 2027

Director: Osian Buck

Drama: Murder Mystery

Time: 1940s/WW11

Synopsis

It’s a dark and stormy night, and our cast of oddball characters has been invited to a very unusual dinner party. Each of the guests has an alias, the butler offers a variety of weapons, and the host is, well, dead. So whodunit? Join the iconic oddballs known as Scarlet, Plum, White, Green, Peacock and Mustard as they race to find the murderer in Boddy Manor before the body count stacks up. Based on the cult classic film and the popular board game, Clue is a madcap comedy that will keep you guessing until the final twist.

Cast

WADSWORTH – A traditional butler in every sense: uptight, formal and by the book. He is the driving force in the play. 

YVETTE – A loyal and sexy ‘French‘ maid. 

MISS SCARLETT – A dry sardonic madam more interested in secrets than sex. 

MRS PEACOCK – The wealthy wife of a member of the House of Lords. A bit batty, neurotic and quick to hysteria. 

MRS WHITE – A pale, morbid and tragic woman. Mrs. White may or may not be the murderer of her five ex-husbands.

COLONEL MUSTARD – A puffy, pompous, dense blowhard of a military man. 

PROFESSOR PLUM – An arrogant academic easily impressed by himself. 

REVEREND GREEN – A timid yet officious rule follower. He's awfully anxious. 

ENSEMBLE WOMAN, plays: THE COOK – A gruff woman with a threatening presence. (Alive and Dead.) SINGING TELEGRAM GIRL – A tap dancer with a heart of gold. (Alive and Dead.) AUXILIARY SCARLETT – the back of Miss Scarlett during a scene of theatrical trickery. BACKUP OFFICER – Backup for the Inspector in the very final police entrance. 

ENSEMBLE MAN 1, plays: MR. BODDY – A slick Frank Sinatra film noir-esque type fella. (Alive and Dead.) THE MOTORIST – A professional driver. (Alive and Dead.) INSPECTOR – A cop who helps to save the day. 

ENSEMBLE MAN 2, plays: BOBBY – A regular Joe. (Alive and Dead.) BACKUP OFFICER – Backup for the Inspector. AUXILIARY MUSTARD – The back of Colonel Mustard during a scene of theatrical trickery. 

Panto auditions will be held at a later date.