Season of Plays

PLAY 1: The Unfriend

by Steven Moffat

Production Dates: Monday 22nd September – Saturday 27th September 2025

The Unfriend is a hilarious and satirical look at middle-class England’s disastrous instinct to always appear nice. First performed in 2022, past cast members have included Reece Shearsmith, Amanda Abbington, Frances Barber and Lee Mack.
While on holiday, Peter and Debbie befriend Elsa: a lusty, Trump-loving widow from Denver, USA. She’s less than woke but kind of wonderful. They agree to stay in touch – because no one ever really does, do they?

Produced by Keri Duffy
 

Cast Readings : Monday 30th June & Wednesday 2nd July – 7.30pm start (arrive by 7.15 so you can fill in contact details etc.)
Members Booking: Postal or email at anytime. Box Office on 16th and 17th September 2024.
Public Booking: Opens 18th September 2024.


PLAY 2: The Whale

by Samuel D Hunter

Production Dates: Monday 17th November – Saturday 22nd  November 2025

On the outskirts of Mormon Country, Idaho, a 600-pound recluse hides away in his apartment and slowly eats himself to death. Desperate to reconnect with his long-estranged daughter, he reaches out to her, only to find a viciously sharp-tongued and wildly unhappy teen. Big-hearted and fiercely funny, The Whale tells the story of a man’s last chance at redemption, and of finding beauty in the most unexpected places.

Produced by Paul Turner-Johnson
 

Cast Reading : TBA
Members Booking: Postal or email at anytime. Box Office on 10th and 11th November 2025.
Public Booking: Opens 12th November 2025.


PLAY 3: Rumours

by Neil Simon

Production Dates: Monday 26th January – Saturday 31st January 2026

Ken and Chris have found their host Charley, a prominent Government official, in his bedroom, too dazed to speak, with a bullet wound in his ear lobe! Len and Claire arrive, themselves injured in a car crash, and are soon joined by Ernest and Cookie, Glenn and Cassie, each with their own problems. A second, accidental, gunshot leaves Ken temporarily deaf, the police arrive and Len has to pretend he is Charley, concocting a touching and fantastic explanation…

Produced by Daniel Toyne
 

Cast Reading : TBA
Members Booking: Postal or email at anytime. Box Office on 19th and 20th January 2026.
Public Booking: Opens 21st January 2026.


PLAY 4: Anybody For Murder

by Brain Clemens/Dennis Spooner

Production Dates: Monday 23rd March – Saturday 28th March 2026

Max is planning to murder his wife Janet, collect her life insurance, and enjoy life with his girlfriend when Mary and George arrive on their Greek island with news: Mary and Janet are beneficiaries of a huge fortune. Plans and plots hatch, and soon everyone is bent on murder. All that stands in their way is the presence of a neighbor who knows a thing or two about murder, crime writer Edgar Chambers. This thrilling comedy is by the writer of the television series, “The Avengers”.

Produced by David Cox
 

Cast Reading : TBA
Members Booking: Postal or email at anytime. Box Office on 17th and 18th March 2025.
Public Booking: Opens 19th March 2025.


PLAY 5: The Full Monty

by Simon Beaufoy

Production Dates: Monday 18th May – Saturday 23rd May 2026

In 1997, a BAFTA award-winning British film about six out-of-work Sheffield steelworkers with nothing to lose took the world by storm. And now they’re back, live on stage… only for them, it really has to be The Full Monty. Simon Beaufoy, the Oscar-winning writer of the fil   m, has now gone back to Sheffield where it all started to rediscover the men, the women, the heartache and the hilarity of a city on the dole.

Produced by Donnamarie Stamp

 

Cast Reading : TBA
Members Booking: Postal or email at anytime. Box Office on 11th and 12th May 2026.
Public Booking: Opens 13th May 2026.