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Season
2024
Tickets booked online must be collected 15mins before showtime. Cash tickets are available for 30 mins at the box office. TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE
Ticket price includes a £1.50 membership fee which entitles you to £1.50 off all further shows at the theatre for one year and 10% off drinks at the bar. The membership card will be presented with your ticket(s) at the box office, on the day.
Over 18s only. This venue is accessed via a set of small stairs, please contact us to discuss any accessibility requirements. No admittance for latecomers.
A touching, funny play about what happens when you hate your best friend. One of them went on the anti-war protest, shouted their lungs out, then got horrendously and staggeringly drunk. The other stayed at home, watched TV for a bit, and thought about the future.
‘ A unique, compelling and energetically performed two-hander.’ Everything theatre
Season
2022
One of them went on the anti-war protest, shouted their lungs out, then got horrendously and staggeringly drunk. The other stayed at home, watched TV for a bit, and thought about the future.
‘ A touching, funny play about what happens when you hate your best friend.’: The Guardian
A terrifying thriller from the author of Rosemary’s Baby.
‘More twists than a bucket of snakes’ – Daily Telegraph.
What do a Koala bear, a devious chef, and an emerald necklace have in common? This thriller of international intrigue bears all the Durbridge hallmarks of suspense, mystery and murder.
“Well-crafted…dramatic climaxes…a very good evening’s theatre”: The Birmingham Post
A terrifying thriller from the author of Rosemary’s Baby.
‘More twists than a bucket of snakes’ – Daily Telegraph.
A frosty comedy of manners
“Coward at his inimitable best- the most successful purveyor of high comedy” : Samuel French Inc
First produced at the Royalty Theatre, London 1937.
“A great time’play”: From the author of An Inspector Calls
Mike Leigh’s classic 1977 play that was first developed through lenghy improvisations.
It first ran at the Hampstead theatre and was due to transfer to the West End but instead it was whisked into a BBC TV studio and the subsequent broadcast quickly became a cult classic, often hailed as one of the greatest TV shows of all time.
Season
2021
Death Trap by Ira Levin holds the record for the longest-running comedy-thriller on Broadway and was nominated for four Tony awards, including Best Play. It was adapted into a 1982 film starring Christopher Reeve, Michael Caine and Dyan Cannon. Sidney Bruhl, a previously successful playwright, has had a series of box office flops and is having trouble writing. He receives a play from a student of his, Clifford, and tells his wife the play is a certain hit and that he may have to kill Clifford to claim it as his own.
A terrifying thriller from the author of Rosemary’s Baby.
‘More twists than a bucket of snakes’ – Daily Telegraph.
Past season
2019
Starring Al Wadlan
2018
Brian is financially dependent on his wife and in love with another woman. An acquaintance convinces him he would be better off if his wife were to die, and suggests the ‘perfect murder’. A fantastic curtain-raiser to this year’s season.
Guest star : Hi De Hi’s Nikki Kelly as Miss Mockridge
The master of the ‘Time’ play weaves a tangle of secrets and lies and suggests the truth is a luxury some of us can ill afford.
A tense psychological study of guilt and obsession by the author of The Business of Murder,which graced the West End with Jenny Seagrove and Hayley Mills.
2017
The incredible thriller made famous by Hitchcock!
The hysterical Broadway smash comedy!
The skilfully crafted psychological thriller!
2016
This is a gripping psychological thriller from the pen of that doyen of great detective / thriller writers Richard Harris (A Touch of Frost, The Avengers, The Sweeney and The Last Detective). It enjoyed a successful 9 year run in the West End. ‘Welcome to a thriller that achieves it all’- Sunday Times.
Jack has just been acquitted of manslaughter, and regales his girlfriend Maggie and their neighbours with an account of the trial. A clear case of self-defence. Or was it? The shocks keep coming in this classic thriller written by Coronation Street scriptwriter Peter Whalley.
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