Previous Productions
Previous Productions
Details of our previous productions (since December 2016) can be found below. We are currently working on digitising our entire archive and hope to have a full list of all of our productions since 1940 available here soon.
2025/26
The attic burns with secrets untold in our 800th Production!
In Polly Teale’s bold reimagining, Bertha Mason - the infamous “madwoman in the attic”- steps from the shadows and emerges as the living embodiment of Jane’s suppressed longings and rage. A daring interpretation that reveals the storm beneath Charlotte Brontë’s classic. Dive into Jane’s inner world and unearth the psychological battles between passion and restraint, duty and desire. Arresting and emotionally charged, this adaptation breathes raw, urgent life into one of literature’s most enduring heroines — a Jane Eyre like no other.
The attic burns with secrets untold in our 800th Production!
In Polly Teale’s bold reimagining, Bertha Mason - the infamous “madwoman in the attic”- steps from the shadows and emerges as the living embodiment of Jane’s suppressed longings and rage. A daring interpretation that reveals the storm beneath Charlotte Brontë’s classic. Dive into Jane’s inner world and unearth the psychological battles between passion and restraint, duty and desire. Arresting and emotionally charged, this adaptation breathes raw, urgent life into one of literature’s most enduring heroines — a Jane Eyre like no other.
A collection of Short Pieces, featuring local writers.
We all strive for connection, for validation, and to be seen. Connecting with each other is vital for everyone. Yet how often do we connect, even when we try our hardest? A wonderful and inspiring collection of shorts about the things that connect us or disconnect us from each other and ourselves.
Youth@theLittleJuniors—The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Step into the magical world of Narnia with Lucy, Edmund, Susan, and Peter as they journey through the wardrobe into a land of wonder, danger, and adventure. Will they find the courage to defeat the White Witch and bring hope to Narnia? A timeless tale of bravery and friendship brought to life by our talented young performers.
Youth@theLittleSeniors—a thrilling double bill
In Sam Holcroft’s The Wardrobe, history comes alive as a single piece of furniture witnesses centuries of secrets, survival, and the stories of those who hid within. Then, Sondheim’s Into the Woods Jr. twists classic fairy tales together in a magical, musical adventure where wishes come true—just not always as expected. Two unforgettable journeys, one extraordinary evening, showcasing the talent and imagination of our brilliant teenagers.
Shipwrecks, sorcery, and second chances.
The Tempest whirls together magic, betrayal, revenge, and redemption on a mysterious island. Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, has lived in exile with his daughter Miranda after his own brother’s treachery. When he conjures a mighty storm to wreck his enemies on the shore, the stage is set for tangled plots, wild spirits, and schemes of power. With the ethereal Ariel carrying out Prospero’s designs and the rebellious Caliban plotting, every moment teeters between chaos and wonder. One of Shakespeare's most enchanting and thought-provoking plays.
Power. Passion. Betrayal. Christmas with the Plantagenets is no holiday — it’s war.
A sibling rivalry, betrayal, and scheming in the dungeons — The Lion in Winter by James Goldman roars with wit and passion. Both comedic and dramatic, this modern classic plunges us into the turbulent world of the Plantagenets. At its centre is Eleanor of Aquitaine — the brilliant, imprisoned queen and richest woman in the world — who is released for Christmas only to spar with her formidable husband, King Henry II. As their sons claw for the crown and lovers complicate loyalties, the royal family turns yuletide cheer into a war of words, wills, and power. After all, as Eleanor wryly observes: “Every family has its ups and downs...”
Step into the Wonderland where the impossible becomes possible!
Alice takes a daring plunge down the rabbit hole and finds herself in a topsy-turvy world of curious creatures, puzzling riddles, and delightful
surprises. Join her on a whirlwind journey through Wonderland, where tea parties never end and every corner hides magic. This enchanting adaptation unfolds in lively episodes from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.
A kaleidoscope of colour, laughter, and imagination, the adventure brims with whimsy, wonder, and just enough mystery to keep dreamers of all ages joyfully entertained.
2024/25
Albert's Bridge
The year is 1968, and Clufton Bay is spanned by a huge cantilevered railway bridge which requires painting endlessly. Albert has a degree in philosophy and with a job as bridge painter has a new perspective on life up high. Through CPSs and programmed efficiency, he replaces four painters and the bridge is all his. He has a wife, a child, and all seems well in the world. But his distant perspective soon begins to alter his view of life on the ground…
Trigger Warning: this play includes conversations about suicide.
Women Only
Newly divorced Laura drags her recently widowed mum, Ruth, to a dreary holiday “chalet” for what’s meant to be a relaxing and restorative mother-daughter holiday. But as the rain pours and the gin flows, Ruth lets loose a litany of "truth-bombs" that blow Laura’s world to smithereens. Family secrets and shocking revelations derail this hilariously disastrous getaway - because it’s not just the weather that’s about to break. Written by David Tristram, acclaimed author of The Extraordinary Revelations of Orca the Goldfish and the Little Grimley series.
Arthur Miller’s play written in the early 1950s, is set in Salem, Massachusetts, during the infamous 1692 Salem Witch Trials. This era was marked by paranoia, hysteria, and deceit, which tightly gripped the Puritan communities of New England. Miller's narrative not only meticulously captures the historical backdrop of the witch trials but also serves as a potent commentary on the perils of mass hysteria and the dire consequences of unquestioning conformity.
The themes explored in The Crucible resonate strongly today, offering a cautionary tale about the fragility of justice and how easily fear can be exploited for political or personal gains. This riveting and powerful play is now regarded as a modern classic, demonstrating the timeless relevance of its message.
Look out, the wild washerwomen are coming! Once upon a time there were seven unhappy washerwomen. They had far too much washing to do and the owner of the laundry, Mr Balthazar Tight, was simply dreadful! So they decide to go on strike. They are so happy with their newfound freedom that it seems nobody can control them. Until along come seven woodcutters, eager to teach them a lesson. But perhaps the washerwomen will teach the woodcutters a thing or two instead, and everyone might just live happily ever after...
A brand new musical adaptation of this popular children’s picture book.
Oh if we can just quiet the world for a moment. And listen within. There's a voice guiding you. I promise it's there. And until you can hear it, I'll be it for you.
The men are all fighting, again. An endless war. From nowhere, an unexpected leader emerges. Young, poor and about to spark a revolution. Rebelling against the world's expectations, questioning the gender binary, Joan finds their power within, and their belief spreads like fire. I, Joan is a powerful and joyous new play originally written for the Globe, which tells Joan of Arc's story anew. It's alive and queer and full of hope.
A series of random nocturnal assaults in the back streets and alleyways of Victorian London are spreading fear and panic. Meanwhile, the friends of a highly respected doctor are beginning to wonder why he goes missing on exactly the same nights...
Neil Bartlett’s inventive and theatrical adaptation explores male violence, guilt and privilege at the dark heart of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Jekyll and Hyde.
The Secret Garden
Sour and bad-tempered, 10-year-old Mary Lennox is orphaned and sent from India to Yorkshire to be put into the care of an uncle she has never met. At Misselthwaite Manor, a broken-hearted house full of secrets and strange noises, Mary discovers a garden as lost and neglected as she is. If she can learn to make friends, Mary might be able to bring more than just the garden back to life. Frances Hodgson Burnett's delightful and enduring tale celebrates the power of transformation and healing through nature.
Bleak Expectations
Follow half-orphan Pip's extraordinary exploits with sisters Pippa and Poppy and best friend Harry Biscuit, as they attempt to escape the calculating clutches of the dastardly Mr Gently Benevolent, defeat the hideous Hardthrasher siblings, and deflect disaster at every turn! Will evil be vanquished by virtue? Can love triumph over hate? Based on the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, Mark Evans' stage play Bleak Expectations is a hilarious, chaotic caper, featuring dastardly villains, preposterous names, pulse-quickening romances, heart-rending death scenes, and definitely, probably, hopefully a happy ending. Would Dickens approve? Maybe after a glass or two …..
It’s 1950, and communists are not considered the only threat to American society. Two U.S. State Department employees, Bob and Norma, are tasked with identifying sexual deviants. There’s just one problem: they are gay, and married to each other’s partners as a carefully constructed cover. Inspired by the true story of the early American gay rights movement, madcap classic sitcom-style laughs give way to provocative drama as two “All-American” couples are forced to confront the closet door.
The Voyage of the Carcass
1899, somewhere in the Arctic — the remaining survivors of the shipwrecked Carcass are on their last thread of sanity after years stranded in the ice. Starving, paranoid, and haunted by the ghosts of their cannibalised crew, they must decide whether to wait for rescue or venture out into the endless, deadly expanse… If they don't kill each another first. This absurdly dark comedy takes us to the very ends of the earth in a slapstick battle between humanity and hubris.
Bobby and Amy
A sleepy Cotswold town in the the late nineties. For 13-year-old outsiders Bobby and Amy, it’s a world of sunshine, Take That and Tamagotchis. But as their friendship blossoms, devastating foot-and-mouth disease looms. And when the cows begin to burn and families to fracture, the town’s very way-of-life is threatened. In the face of such catastrophe, the young pair emerge as unlikely champions. This dark and tender comedy explores friendship and coming-of-age, heartache, and the ultimate importance of shared community.
On the train Kay meets an old magician, Cole Hawlings, who charges Kay with safeguarding a wondrous device that has time-travelling powers. It’s an instrument that Cole’s nemesis, the wicked sorcerer Abner Brown, will stop at nothing to steal for himself. And so when the old man mysteriously disappears, Kay faces the fight of his life. He must protect both the Box of Delights and, with it, the people he loves.
The Box of Delights is a magical and festive adventure in which one boy must confront the secrets of the past to defeat the evil in his present. The future of Christmas itself depends upon him.
From high farce to poignant observation the laughs keep coming!
Confusions is a set of short plays: Mother Figure, Drinking Companion, Between Mouthfuls and Gosforth’s Fête. Each play deals riotously, but with sharply pointed undertones, with human eccentricities and the universal dilemma of loneliness; a mother unable to escape from baby talk, an unsuccessful seduction attempt, a fraught dinner encounter and a disastrous fête.
This is a classic Alan Ayckbourn comedy presented on the 50th anniversary of it's first production.
2023/24
The Real Inspector Hound is a parody of murder mysteries onstage, featuring plays within plays and twists within twists. Critics Moon and Birdboot attend a whodunnit at the theatre. Moon is standing in for a more successful critic, whom they dream of usurping. Birdboot seems more interested in attracting female actors with promises of stardom. However, not all is as it seems, and the two critics are dragged into the action onstage. You’d be a madman to miss the madman!
Contractions is an ink-black comedy about the boundaries between work and play. Emma's been seeing Darren. She thinks she's in love. Her boss thinks she's in breach of contract. The situation needs to be resolved. Contractions is brutally entertaining and ferociously funny whilst also being grotesque and chilling to the bone. Please note the play makes reference to child death, pregnancy and verbal abuse.
A timeless story of forbidden love, temptation and a fight for personal freedom.
The enigmatic Sarah Woodruff gazes out to sea, rumoured to be waiting for the return of the French Lieutenant she nursed back to health. Intrigued and in a quest to discover the truth, the aristocratic Charles Smithson throws himself into dangerous waters and risks everything he has for this mysterious woman.
Like Fowles’ ground-breaking novel and film before it, Mark Healy’s profoundly inventive adaptation of The French Lieutenant’s Woman, plays with convention to create something unexpected, evocative and exciting.
Join us in the village of Dibley for the shock arrival of it’s first female Vicar Geraldine Granger. Watch on as she charms her way into the less than impressed parish council. As time passes the naive lovable Alice and the questionable trouser wearing Hugo get engaged. After what will seem just an interval away you are invited to come and celebrate the wedding of the century. What will Alice's dress look like, what will Letitia Cropley make the cake from and will the groom's father even let it happen? Find out in June 2024.
Louisa May Alcott's 1868 classic and moving 'coming of age' story is accepted as ‘revolutionary' and for many years has been one of the most widely read novels. Cunningham's faithful and exciting adaptation follows the trials and triumphs of the four March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy and their mother, 'Marmee', living in somewhat impoverished circumstances in a small Massachusetts town while their father is away during the Civil War. Loosely based on the lives of the author and her publisher, this adaptation is underpinned by important conversations between Louisa May Alcott, and Thomas Niles Jr.
We’re delighted to announce a brand new co-production Adrian Bunting’s (BOAT’s founder) seminal play Kemble’s Riot, in a co-production with Brighton Open Air Theatre. Kemble’s Riot uproariously dramatizes the 66-night riot in 1809 when, having rebuilt the Covent Garden Theatre after a fire, its manager John Kemble and his sister-star Sarah Siddons put the entry price up by sixpence to pay for it. Kemble’s Riot won the Best Play Award on its debut at Brighton Fringe in 2011 and rave reviews followed from its run at Edinburgh Fringe in 2012.
Queers celebrates a century of evolving social attitudes and political milestones in British gay history, as seen through the eyes of individuals. Poignant and personal, funny, tragic and riotous, these monologues for male and female performers cover major events such as the Wolfenden Report of 1957, the HIV/AIDS crisis, and the debate over the age of consent through deeply affecting and personal rites of passage stories. A collaborative evening of performances to remind you how far we’ve come, and how far we still have to go. This is a fundraising production to support the BrickByBrick campaign to renovate our theatre.
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
In the heat of civil war a mother abandons her son, and the responsibility to rear the child falls upon Grusha, a servant girl. She sacrifices everything in order to respectfully raise the young boy as her own, but when the biological mother returns a debate arises as to who the rightful mother of the boy is. This is a fresh and powerful translation of Brecht's incendiary masterpiece by one of the most respected translators in modern literature.
The Little Tempest
Shakespeare’s classic tale of revenge, love, mischief and forgiveness is brought to life in a riot of colour, music and magic in an adaptation for all the family. When the sorcerer Prospero conjures up a storm to shipwreck his enemies, he sets the scene for an enchanting tale of spells, monsters, revenge and romance.
Once grande dames of Hollywood, by 1962 arch-rivals Bette Davis and Joan Crawford were in danger of becoming has-beens. Then an opportunity came along; to appear together in a new movie called Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?. While Joan manages her anxiety by lacing her Pepsi with vodka and signing photographs for her beloved fans, Bette chain smokes and muses on her love life, and her ability to pick a decent script, never a decent man. Behind the bitching and the practical jokes we see each woman's insecurities and regrets, and their rivalry is revealed to be underpinned by grudging respect as they attempt to identify their new roles in life as well as in their careers.
Tony and Greg seem to have love all figured out. They're in a committed relationship, but there has always been room in their relationship for other people to pass through - as long as that's all they're doing! Their only rule is they don't sleep with the same man more than once. But when Robert becomes a fixture in their lives, it will test their relationship as everything they thought they knew about each other is thrown into jeopardy.
Quarantined in his aunt's and uncle's stuffy flat, ten-year-old Tom is restless and bored. Intrigued by a grandfather clock, Tom is startled one night to hear it strike 13! Slipping out of bed he discovers a beautiful 1880s Victorian garden, which before was just a small back yard. In the garden he meets unhappy orphan, Hatty. A special friendship develops between Tom and Hatty as they share fun and adventures together in the magical garden. Philippa Pearce's 1950s classic is brilliantly adapted for the stage by David Wood.
A soirée in the French Alps in 1940 unites celebrated writers Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, and Agatha Christie with a mysterious guest. France is hours away from falling to Germany, antisemitism is sweeping across Europe, and a little war is brewing among these exceptional women as they battle each other, their own personal demons, and the question of what meaningful difference individual actions can make against the tide of war, prejudice, and genocide.
When the world is at war and the risks of speaking out couldn’t be higher - would you stay silent?
2022/23
I Dream Before I Take The Stand
In a courtroom, a woman takes the stand and is cross examined by a very clever and highly manipulative defence lawyer. In the world of western justice where an alleged criminal is innocent until proven guilty; the accuser is guilty until proven innocent… What we witness as a result is pithy, poignant, surprising, appalling, brutal, funny and altogether unbelievably believable. This is for any woman – or any person, taking an walk in the park.
Black Mountain
Rebecca and Paul are running away. Away from memories and mistakes. They're trying to save their relationship. They need time and space. An isolated house in the country is the perfect place to work things out. They set themselves rules: they have to be honest, they have to listen and they have to be fair. But you can't run forever. Especially when you're being followed. Black Mountain is a tense psychological thriller about betrayal and forgiveness.
Warning: This production contains themes of abuse (physical, mental, verbal, sexual) and stalking. It also contains some mid to moderate violence.
“I will have poetry in my life. And adventure. And love. Love above all.”
Penniless young playwright William Shakespeare is tormented by writer’s block and indebted to two ruthless producers who need a new play from him quick. Out of ideas and cash, Will’s luck changes when he meets the beautiful Viola de Lesseps, whose fiery passion for poetry and drama captures Will’s heart and ignites his imagination. Under the veil of secrecy, Will and Viola’s passionate love affair becomes the basis of the very play he is writing – Romeo and Juliet. Will it all work out in the end or are the two star-crossed lovers destined for tragedy?
Winning no less than seven Oscars, the film became an instant classic and is considered one of the most romantic movies of all time. Adapted for the stage by Lee Hall, this epic Elizabethan extravaganza is an exuberant, witty and joyous homage to love, art and theatre itself.
“A joyous celebration of theatre” Daily Telegraph
“Makes you feel grateful to be alive” Independent
Sir Harcourt Courtly is lured away from the epicentre of fashionable London by the promise of a rich and beautiful bride, Grace, several decades his junior. Arriving at Oak Hall, Gloucestershire, he marvels at this rural Venus until her charms are eclipsed by her hearty cousin, the foxhunting Lady Gay Spanker. Meanwhile his disguised son turns up in flight from his creditors and falls head over heels for Grace. When Lady Spanker discovers the young couple, she needs little prompting from the visiting chancer Dazzle to lead Sir Harcourt astray. This comedy by Irish playwright Dion Boucicault was first produced in 1841, and was a bridge between Sheridan's comedies of manners from the late 18th Century to the late 19th Century comedies of Oscar Wilde.
An exciting, extraordinary imagining of the turbulent lives of the Bronte sisters, their brother, Branwell and their father, Patrick. The play evokes the real and imagined world of the sisters as they write furiously, struggling to align their creations with real life whilst their fictional characters appear to haunt them. Weaving back and forth in time focusing on their creation of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights respectively, their journeys are a window into their state of mind at a time when their lives were dreary and uneventful.
Warning: This production contains mentions of alcoholism, Ill health and death. Also contains some brief violence.
It’s 1936. As the world stands on the brink of war, King Edward VIII has abdicated for the love of Wallis Simpson. Bertie, his brother who has previously shied away from the public eye because of a terrible stammer, is to be crowned King George VI of England. With the support of his wife Elizabeth (the future much-loved Queen Mother), Bertie meets Maverick Australian speech therapist and failed actor, Lionel Logue, at an office in Harley Street. This is the true and heart-warming story of one man’s struggle to overcome his disability and, in his country’s darkest hour, deliver the now iconic speech broadcast across the globe to inspire his people.
Sondheim Revisited is a celebration of the musical works of Stephen Sondheim, one of the foremost composers of the 20th century. Famous as a lyricist for his work with Jule Styne and Leonard Bernstein and also as the composer of Company, Sweeney Todd and Into The Woods, his innovative, evocative music and witty, insightful lyrics have become some of the most well-known and revered in Musical Theatre.
Join Gin Palace Productions in a revue of songs you know, songs you don’t know and songs performed in a way that you perhaps weren’t expecting!
Chaos, by Laura Lomas
Chaos is a symphony of dislocated and interconnected scenes. A girl is locked in a room. A boy brings another boy flowers. A girl has tied herself to a railing. A boy doesn't know who he is. A girl worries about impending catastrophe. A woman jumps in front of a train. A boy's heart falls out his chest. A butterfly has a broken wing. A series of characters search for meaning in a complicated and unstable world. Bouncing through physics, the cosmos, love and violence, they find order in the disorder of each other.
The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, adapted by Alan Bennett
The inquisitive Mole abandons spring-cleaning his burrow and, to his delight, discovers the river. There he meets Ratty, a water vole with a passion for boats. Over at Toad Hall, the ebullient Toad persuades them to join an excursion in a horse-pulled caravan – only for disaster to strike when they are overturned into a ditch. But the accident ignites Toad’s passion for motorcars… And Mole can’t resist the temptation of another adventure, braving the snowy and threatening Wild Wood to find the elusive Badger, who welcomes Mole and Rat into his own cosy home. But can the three friends save Toad from the consequences of his terrible driving, and defeat their enemies, the hungry and wily weasels and ferrets? Alan Bennett's brilliant adaptation of The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame, one of the all-time great animal stories and a true classic of children's literature.
Alice Springs. 2039. A fish falls from the sky – it still smells of the sea. It’s been raining for days and Gabriel York knows something is wrong. When the Rain Stops Falling unfolds like a puzzle to be solved. Told through the interconnected stories of two families over four generations; between a prediction in London 1959 and its outcome in Australia eighty years later. This intricate, multi-layered story explores betrayal, abandonment, destruction, forgiveness and love. Where damage to the planet serves as a metaphor for the damage inflicted from generation to generation. Until finally, as the desert is inundated with rain, one young man finds the courage to defy his legacy.
Warning: This production contains mentions of child abuse and references to childhood trauma.
Chatroom
A chilling, blackly comic tale of manipulation, cyberbullying and adolescent insecurity. In a quiet corner of the internet, a group of bored, restless teenagers who never meet each other, spend their time deconstructing children's literature and the messages in modern pop music and even suicide. But when a new member joins to share his depression and thoughts of suicide, the conversation takes a darker turn and some of the teenagers their utmost to persuade him to carry out his threat.
Warning: This production contains reference to suicide and depression and brief mentions to eating disorder.
Taken
A young woman (and her baby) seeks shelter in Della’s council flat, claiming to have been the victim of a robbery. Suspicion about the woman’s motives grow as she introduces herself as the owners long-lost daughter. Della and her elderly mother are preparing for their weekly treat - watching Strictly. As the narrative unravels and turns, it touches on questions of belonging, memory, family, truth love and addiction - ending with an unsettling twist.
Warning: This production contains mentions of drug/alcohol/substance abuse and a depiction of early-stage Alzheimers/Dementia.
Wizzpopping wonder and fruit-filled fun abound in this stage adaption of Roald Dahl's greatest adventure story. James is a lonely child who is forced to work like a slave for the most revolting aunts in England. One day a mystical figure gives James a bag of magic. When the magic is accidentally spilled near the old peach tree, the most incredible things happen! Come and see James and their new friends, Old-Green-Grasshopper, Miss Spider, Centipede, Earthworm, and Ladybird, on their epic journey across the Atlantic this Christmas with fun and spectacle for the whole family!
The nights are drawing in, the wind is whistling and the cosy season is well and truly here. Why not take shelter at the Brighton Little Theatre for an evening of low-lit alt/folk originals and covers. Lucy Ursula Griffiths (Robin Hood, True Blood, Preacher) will be joined by Alfie Weedon and Julia Traser for an informal launch of Lucy’s debut EP, Los Angeles in G. Lucy is an actor from Brighton who returns this year to her first love; music. Alfie’s beautiful double bass playing and vocals have given him a busy career in the music business since his early teens and he will be showcasing new material at the event. Julia Traser is a Brighton-based singer/songwriter with a gorgeous voice and will be singing charming covers both in English and Italian. The evening promises to be a real treat.
Set in County Kerry, Stones In His Pockets tells the story of how a small town becomes wrapped up in the glitz and glamour of Hollywood as the big stars and a host of technical/support staff arrive. The idea behind the film is to create an authentic picture of rural Ireland and thus most of the locals are cast as extras. When tragedy takes hold within the small town, the impact of the production on the local community quickly becomes apparent with Tinseltown's romanticised idea of rural Ireland a long way from reality.
Warning: This production contains the themes of suicide, self-harm, and alcohol and substance abuse. It also contains language that may give offence, sex references, and discriminatory language.
Join us for this unique and magical production, celebrating 150 years at SEA LIFE Brighton. Shakespeare’s classic tale of revenge, love, mischief and forgiveness is brought to life by Brighton Little Theatre, in a riot of colour, music, puppetry and magic in a new site-specific adaptation for all the family. The Little Tempest will take the audience through SEA LIFE Brighton, following the inhabitants of the enchanted island.
Running time: 1hr Suitable for ages 5+
2021/22
Join us for this unique and magical production, celebrating 150 years at SEA LIFE Brighton. Shakespeare’s classic tale of revenge, love, mischief and forgiveness is brought to life by Brighton Little Theatre, in a riot of colour, music, puppetry and magic in a new site-specific adaptation for all the family. The Little Tempest will take the audience through SEA LIFE Brighton, following the inhabitants of the enchanted island.
Running time: 1hr Suitable for ages 5+
Set in 1966, eight months after the Aberfan disaster, The Revlon Girl tells the story of a group of bereaved mothers who meet every week above a local hotel to talk, cry and even laugh without feeling guilty. One night they admit they feel they have let themselves go so afraid that other people would think them frivolous they secretly arrange for a Revlon representative to come and give them a talk on beauty tips.
A poignant, funny and heart-warming play about surviving grief.
Meet Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis as they tell the story of how they became The Railway Children. Their lives change dramatically when their father is mysteriously taken away. Transported from London to rural Yorkshire, they befriend the local railway porter, Perks, and embark on a magical journey of discovery, friendship and adventure. But the mystery remains – where is Father and is he ever coming back?
This, imaginative, widely acclaimed adaptation of a beloved classic, captures the anxieties and exhilarations of childhood with great tenderness and insight.
Meet Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis as they tell the story of how they became The Railway Children. Their lives change dramatically when their father is mysteriously taken away. Transported from London to rural Yorkshire, they befriend the local railway porter, Perks, and embark on a magical journey of discovery, friendship and adventure. But the mystery remains – where is Father and is he ever coming back?
This, imaginative, widely acclaimed adaptation of a beloved classic, captures the anxieties and exhilarations of childhood with great tenderness and insight.
From the writers of Dad’s Army this wonderful homage allows for a chance to see these much-loved characters as you’ve never seen them before, brought to life by Brighton Little Theatre!
Join the troops of our very own blundering yet fearless home guard in Walmington-on-Sea for more fun than you can shake a Morris dancer’s stick at! Action packed antics for all of the family to enjoy.
Nazi rascals behind enemy lines, a glimpse of the Mums behind the army, and even Lady Godiva… but whatever you do, don’t tell Pike!
From the writers of Dad’s Army this wonderful homage allows for a chance to see these much-loved characters as you’ve never seen them before, brought to life by Brighton Little Theatre!
Join the troops of our very own blundering yet fearless home guard in Walmington-on-Sea for more fun than you can shake a Morris dancer’s stick at! Action packed antics for all of the family to enjoy.
Nazi rascals behind enemy lines, a glimpse of the Mums behind the army, and even Lady Godiva… but whatever you do, don’t tell Pike!
Described by Jones herself as ‘a comedy about despair’ Airswimming conjures warmth and hilarity from the most desperate of situations.
Dora and Persephone – who somewhere along the play’s non-linear narrative become Dorph and Porph – are incarcerated in an institution for the criminally insane.
They arrive in the 1920s, at the hands of families who immediately forget them, and are not released for over 50 years.
This is a celebration of a great English heroine, dramatising the life and legacy of Henry VIII’s notorious second wife Anne, who helped change the course of a nation’s history. Traditionally either seen as a pawn of an ambitious family or as a predator manipulating her way to power, Anne and her ghost are seen in a very different light in this epic play.
With a cast of characters including the infamous Henry, King James I and Thomas Cromwell this play is both historically illuminating while managing to be dearly funny.
The Machine Gunners
It’s 1940 and Britain is at war. Young Chas McGill has the second best collection of war souvenirs in town but desperately wants to be the best. Amidst the bombs and air raids, friendships are forged and loyalties tested in the adventure of a lifetime.
Pride & Prejudice
Mrs Bennet has only one aim - that is finding a suitable match for each of her five daughters. We follow the turbulent relationship between our spirited heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, and the enigmatic Fitzwilliam Darcy. Will they overcome their pride and prejudice to fall in love?
When Oli arrives at Marianne’s door, he’s looking for an autograph - and maybe a friend. Marianne’s hoping for the phone to ring, for her best friend to see her differently, for her turn at something more substantial than a half-remembered role on a cult TV show. As they start to explore each other’s worlds, they begin to discover what every good relationship needs: time and space. Exploring the complexities of connection, especially in the LGBTQ+ community, and the contrast in lived experiences across generations, the play is comedic and touching, a love letter to British sci-fi television - those that make it and those that adore it.
A play about joy and heartbreak, quarries, and transmat beams.
A Love Story… A dark-humoured, dysfunctional kind of love story that can only grow between two shy, socially awkward young adults. Sophie, invisible and vulnerable, and Jonah, sheltered by an upbringing in a religious commune, develop an unusual connection in an age of indirect, technology assisted communication. Powerfully written with themes of grief, romance, introversion, voyeurism, OCD and loneliness. Love is not a cast iron set of symptoms.
A man on the run for a murder he didn’t commit!
Hunted by a vicious German spy ring because he knows of the British plans to take on the Luftwaffe should war break out!
But most of all what are the 39 steps? Where are they? What is their significance?
To discover the answers to these and other baffling questions come and watch Richard Hannay as his escapades defy belief and against all the odds saves Britain from certain destruction!
It's always good to see old friends - isn't it?
All Diana wants to do is to console the recently bereaved Colin with a gathering of old friends and a nice cup of tea. But the reunion succeeds only in pouring salt into wounds.
Acerbic and painfully funny, Absent Friends explores friendship, marriage and what it ultimately means to be happy. In one of his finest plays, Ayckbourn’s craftsmanship and acute social observation have never been sharper or more biting.
2020/21
Sylvia is returning home, by obligation, for a flying visit. Anya, her mother, is dying and her sister Ray is Anya’s main carer. The atmosphere in the house, already fraught with years’ worth of bitterness and miscommunication, is further intensified by the well-meaning arrival of Ray’s best friend Callum, who has known both sisters since school. The play buzzes with anger and missed opportunities, but also with dark comedy and the deep, desperate love of people who cannot seem to be in the same place at the time.
Join Puck, Titania, Oberon and the lovers as they wander deep into the magical forests of Athens. Throw in Bottom and his rude mechanicals and you’re sure to have a recipe of misguided love, magical potions, fairies galore and the odd donkey for good measure! Shakespeare’s classic comedy brought to life in magical outside venues across Brighton and Hove this summer.
Roll up! Roll up! They’re shocking! They’re smelly! They’re stupefyingly stupid! Get ready to meet the despicable, Mr & Mrs Twit!
Come and see if the magnificent, heroic Roly-Poly bird and clever Muggle-Wump monkeys can scupper The Twits’ treacherous trickery. With a circus style setting, this childhood favourite promises pure slap-stick family fun.
David Woods’ adapts Roald Dahl’s classic.
In a follow up to our 2018 production of Grimm Tales we present more weird and wonderful stories from the Brothers Grimm: Rapunzel, The Frog Prince, The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Hans-my-Hedgehog, The Donkey Cabbage, and others.
Full of deliciously dark turns and twists, the tales come to life in all their glittering, macabre brilliance—a delight for children and adults alike!
A double-bill of two one act plays from new directors at the Little.
A Visit from Miss Prothero
A comic gem from Alan Bennett. Mr Dodgson is wholly happy in his retirement. But he does not count on a visit from Miss Prothero, the office busybody from his old employer.
Afterplay
In this follow up to Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya and Three Sisters, Sonya and Andrey meet in a Moscow café and exchange stories, twenty years after we last encountered them in each of Chekhov’s plays. Each weaves a fantasy tale of what life might have been.
A double-bill of two madcap and riotously funny Noël Coward short comedies.
Family Album – Just back from their father's funeral, the Featherway children cannot pull long faces nor feign regret. The last one to break into laughter is pious Lavinia, father's companion until his death.
Hands Across the Sea - Lady Gilpin (Piggie) is so busy with social duties and gossip that she has no time for coherent thinking. She is set aflutter when her drawing room is suddenly filled with her husband's naval conferees, blueprint delivery girls and Mr. and Mrs. Wadhurst from the Far East.
2019/20
A double-bill of two madcap and riotously funny Noël Coward short comedies.
Family Album – Just back from their father's funeral, the Featherway children cannot pull long faces nor feign regret. The last one to break into laughter is pious Lavinia, father's companion until his death.
Hands Across the Sea - Lady Gilpin (Piggie) is so busy with social duties and gossip that she has no time for coherent thinking. She is set aflutter when her drawing room is suddenly filled with her husband's naval conferees, blueprint delivery girls and Mr. and Mrs. Wadhurst from the Far East.
At a large, tastefully-appointed Sneden's Landing townhouse, the Deputy Mayor of New York has just shot himself….
Though only a flesh wound, four couples are about to experience a severe attack of farce. Gathering for their tenth wedding anniversary, the host lies bleeding in the other room, and his wife is nowhere in sight. His lawyer, Ken, and wife, Chris, must get "the story" straight before the other guests arrive. As the confusions and mis-communications mount, the evening spins off into classic farcical hilarity.
Expect slamming of doors and silliness in abundance!
Apologia is a witty, passionate play which explores family relationships and responsibilities. Kristin Miller is a matriarch and eminent art historian whose birthday celebrations highlight the cracks in her relationship with her sons and their partners. As the evening continues this raises questions about the sacrifices she has made and about the price paid by those closest to her.
Noel Coward and Gertrude Lawrence were one of the most successful creative partnerships throughout the 30s and 40s. He was the epitome of the witty and erudite English gent and she was a shining and talented actress, accomplished in both comedy and drama.
Of course, they're both dead now. And are currently languishing in Purgatory. God can't decide whether they deserve Heaven or Hell so it's up to the audience to vote and tell them where they're going (after they've been entertained by them both of course - they really do have to sing for their supper!) .
With sparkling wit, laugh out loud comedy and some of the most beautiful songs of the twentieth century, spend some time with us learning about Noel and Gertie: their laughs, their lives, and their loves in Blighty, Broadway and Beyond!
A Gin Palace Production
Charles Dicken’s classic Ghost Story for Christmas.
It’s Christmas Eve but the cold-hearted Scrooge hasn’t an ounce of festive cheer. As the cold night draws in, four ghostly spirits take Ebenezer on a magical journey through his past, his present and his future, hoping to show him the error of his ways. With Christmas spirit, fun, music and magic at its heart, this timeless Charles Dickens tale is brought vividly to life in full Victorian splendour.
Sophie Reid is in the process of producing her first album 280Days, a concept/visual album combining song and spoken word and which takes inspiration from the Greek myth of Persephone and Hades. You are invited to hear extracts from this album along with performances from other songwriters and spoken word artists whose work reflects the themes of 280Days: Light in the dark, rebirth, prochoice and the unexpected hope and joy that can be found in those darker nights of the soul AKA The Underworld...
NOTE: This event is subject to Sophie Reid’s availability.
A hostess in the West End ‘gentlemen’s clubs’, Ruth Ellis works hard, plays hard and dreams of a movie-star life. Yet in 1955, the self-styled ‘blonde bombshell’ is convicted of murder and becomes the last woman to be hanged in Great Britain. Ruth’s crime is re-examined in the light of the society she lived in and the experiences that led to her shooting her lover. Through the eyes of film noir Detective Inspector Gale – and the haunting voice of Billie Holiday – The Thrill of Love explores the enigma of Ruth Ellis: a woman whose short but explosive life still resonates.
Comment is Free
A journalist forms the centre of a devastating media storm in this urgent, gripping and innovative play. A fiercely current, socially relevant and dramatic depiction of free speech and mob mentality. A skillfully crafted cacophony of voices, the script uses social media as a powerful and contemporary means of comment.
The River
A story of a man, obsessed by trout fishing, who takes his girlfriend to his cabin for a holiday to declare his love for her, but it soon becomes apparent she isn’t the first woman he has done this with. A curious play questioning true love, loneliness and isolation.
2018/19
Following the success of Broken Silence last year, we are presenting another production to support our Brick by Brick fundraising campaign, comprised exclusively of Shakespearean monologues and scenes from royal and noble characters. Set in the “King and Queen” pub and featuring scenes from King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing and many others.
George Eliot's classic story of loss, tragedy and the relentless nature of fate. Outgrowing, but still hopelessly devoted to her family, our protagonist Maggie, befriends the disfigured Phillip Wakem, son of a local lawyer. But their fathers become embroiled in a bitter legal dispute that only the prosperous Wakem can win, and the Tullivers find fate dealing them the first harsh hand of many. With their father dead, the family must face up to their cold future together.
George Eliot's classic story of loss, tragedy and the relentless nature of fate. Outgrowing, but still hopelessly devoted to her family, our protagonist Maggie, befriends the disfigured Phillip Wakem, son of a local lawyer. But their fathers become embroiled in a bitter legal dispute that only the prosperous Wakem can win, and the Tullivers find fate dealing them the first harsh hand of many. With their father dead, the family must face up to their cold future together.
“Do not forget that nothing stands forever…” Mary Stuart is imprisoned in England. Elizabeth I hesitates over the signing of the death warrant that will end her life. A disastrous meeting is arranged between the two women leading to the last days of Mary Stuart and, finally, her elevation as a martyr.
The meeting never happened but, as Goethe said, “It will be good to see those two whores alongside each other”. Schiller's Mary redeems her youthful crimes through an ordeal that lifts her into realms of spiritual serenity, while Elizabeth descends deeper into rage, revenge and deception.
Oswald’s striking new adaptation, written in a mix of prose and poetry, brings to life this imagined meeting and explores the characters of two of history’s most iconic figures.
“Do not forget that nothing stands forever…” Mary Stuart is imprisoned in England. Elizabeth I hesitates over the signing of the death warrant that will end her life. A disastrous meeting is arranged between the two women leading to the last days of Mary Stuart and, finally, her elevation as a martyr.
The meeting never happened but, as Goethe said, “It will be good to see those two whores alongside each other”. Schiller's Mary redeems her youthful crimes through an ordeal that lifts her into realms of spiritual serenity, while Elizabeth descends deeper into rage, revenge and deception.
Oswald’s striking new adaptation, written in a mix of prose and poetry, brings to life this imagined meeting and explores the characters of two of history’s most iconic figures.
The powerful debut play from Alexi Kaye Campbell, winner of an Olivier Award, the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright, and the John Whiting Award for Best New Play.
Alternating between 1959 and 2019, The Pride examines changing attitudes to sexuality, looking at intimacy, identity and the courage it takes to be who you really are. The 1959 Philip is in love with Oliver, but married to Sylvia. The 2019 Oliver is addicted to sex with strangers. Sylvia loves them both.
Contains some sexual scenes and a small amount of nudity.
Join Captain Tempest and his fearless crew on their journey into hyperspace… and beyond! This musical bursts with red hot rock and roll hits, including Great Balls of Fire, Good Vibrations, Teenager in Love, The Young Ones and The Monster Mash.
So fasten your seat belts, set your ray guns to stun and get ready for a cosmic adventure of meteoric proportions! Bob Carlton’s smash hit West End musical takes the 1956 film, with plot taken from Shakespeare’s The Tempest, raids the Bard’s other plays at will (and not always absolutely verbatim) and sets it to a score of great pop hits from the 1960s and 70s including Young Girl, Good Vibrations, Gloria and many more.
You Can’t Take it With You
At first the Sycamore family seem quite mad, but it is not long before we realise that if they are mad, the rest of the world is even madder. In contrast to the Sycamores are the stuffy and snobbish Kirbys. The play tells how Tony, the attractive young son of the hugely wealthy Kirbys, falls in love with Alice Sycamore. The Kirbys have been invited to dinner to meet the Alice’s family, and much to her dismay they duly arrive… on the wrong night.
The Magical Voyage of Ullysses
Troy has fallen ... The captains and the kings depart, some like Nestor to a happy homecoming, others like Agamemnon to a bloody one. Ulysses is condemned to ten years exile for offending the gods during the siege. The story of his wanderings is well known from Homer's Odyssey, here providing a marvellous stimulant to the youthful imagination.
Meet three couples in their three kitchens on the Christmas Eves of three successive years. The "lower class" but very much up and coming Hopcrofts are in their bright new, gadget filled kitchen anxiously giving a little party for their bank manager and his wife and an architect neighbor. Next there are the architect and his wife in their neglected, untidy flat. Then the bank manager and his wife are in their large, slightly modernized, old Victorian style kitchen. Running like a dark thread through the wild comedy of behind the scenes disasters at Christmas parties is the story of the advance of the Hopcrofts to material prosperity and independence and the decline of the others.
Who the hell says 'ergo'? Whilst breaking into someone's flat?
What kind of person does that?
Alex, an introverted amateur collector who “likes things ordered and alphabetised and preferably laminated”, and Juliet, an impetuous whirlwind of a woman with a questionable history of past relationships, move into a flat they each think they’re renting alone... This chic, fast moving, extremely funny play is a modern metropolitan guide to falling in (and out) of love.
It’s a few years since the events of Boeing Boeing and lothario Bernard has married his Italian Air Stewardess girlfriend, Gabriella, and finally settled down… or has he? A telephone call from an agency to advise that the 'girl' will be arriving shortly raises Gabriella's suspicions, so of course she cancels her plans to go and visit her mother for the weekend.
Cue an evening of mistaken identities as Bernard's old good friend, Robert, turns up and mixes up Bernard's mistress and the hired agency cook!
Funny, magical, cruel and wondrous, the folk classics Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin and others from the Brothers Grimm are presented here in acclaimed poet Carol Ann Duffy's enchantingly fresh adaptation.
A beguiling and vigorous stage dramatization which takes a journey into the bright, warped world of a child's Imagination. A feast of storytelling magic suitable for children and adults alike.
A sophisticated piano, three blended voices, an old-fashioned string bass and a zippy drummer play songs from the Great American Song Book and beyond. Join Elizabeth Woodhouse , Sally Wilson and Samantha Brennan with Jane Peckham and Barney Guy for an evening of popular song. Enjoy!
A promenade performance of the abridged version of Edith in the Dark by Philip Meeks at The Regency House
Children’s author E Nesbit, bored of her husband’s Christmas party, retreats to her basement with her faithful housekeeper and a handsome party guest. As the night draws on Edith reads some of her work, not from her cherished children’s stories but her early terrifying horror tales. As the stories unfold it becomes clear that the darkness is not only in the writing.
A haunting glimpse into the disturbing dark and supernatural imaginings of a beloved children’s writer.
Presented on the 100th Anniversary of Armistice Weekend.
Canada 1914. Billy Bishop signs up to fight in Europe and is soon in a military training camp. But one day, he spots a single-seater plane circling overhead. Overcoming intense prejudice and astonishing danger, Billy becomes the most successful fighter pilot of his generation. This play with songs explores the complexities of heroism, the cost of war, and Britain’s colonial past. Billy Bishop Goes To War is a true story. A deceptively simple and totally gripping theatrical experience. A co-production with Gonna Fly.
Children’s author E Nesbit, bored of her husband’s Christmas party, retreats to her attic writing room with her faithful housekeeper and a handsome party guest. As the night draws on Edith reads some of her work, not from her cherished children’s stories but her early terrifying horror tales. As the stories unfold it becomes clear that the darkness is not only in the writing.
A haunting glimpse into the disturbing dark and supernatural imaginings of a beloved children’s writer.
2017/18
Fury
Sam, a young single mum, is struggling to cope with her two sons and makes a myriad of mistakes. Tom, the student who lives upstairs, forces her to come to ‘an agreement’ so he won’t call social services...
Stay Happy Keep Smiling
What has been seen cannot be unseen. Six eyewitnesses to a gruesome murder in broad daylight. Their lives are changed irrevocably, but how?
Benjamin Braddock, recent college graduate and prodigal son, returns home with excellent grades. He has very proud parents and, since he helped Mrs Robinson, the wife of his father’s business partner, with her zipper, he has a fine future behind him...
Manor Farm lies in the heart of the English Countryside. After a boar named Old Major tells the animals of his vision for a Utopian farm, they revolt against their owner Mr Jones, take control of the farm and create a new society in which “All Animals Are Equal”. The Pigs are first to take charge, but as each of them vie for power, the society becomes corrupted and the animals are led into a dark and brutal existence, in which “Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others”…
Manor Farm lies in the heart of the English Countryside. After a boar named Old Major tells the animals of his vision for a Utopian farm, they revolt against their owner Mr Jones, take control of the farm and create a new society in which “All Animals Are Equal”. The Pigs are first to take charge, but as each of them vie for power, the society becomes corrupted and the animals are led into a dark and brutal existence, in which “Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others”…
The penniless Dashwood girls are forced to leave the comforts of a grand home and relocate to a chilly cottage in Devonshire. Eminently sensible Elinor pines silently for the quiet and kind-hearted Edward Ferrars, impulsive and romantic Marianne loses herself in the idea of a hero on horseback, while Margaret just wants to be free to follow her own path and become a naturalist.
This new Jessica Swales adaptation of the dearly loved Austen classic brings the challenges and delights of the Dashwoods to life.
The penniless Dashwood girls are forced to leave the comforts of a grand home and relocate to a chilly cottage in Devonshire. Eminently sensible Elinor pines silently for the quiet and kind-hearted Edward Ferrars, impulsive and romantic Marianne loses herself in the idea of a hero on horseback, while Margaret just wants to be free to follow her own path and become a naturalist.
This new Jessica Swales adaptation of the dearly loved Austen classic brings the challenges and delights of the Dashwoods to life.
Gandhi said, “Speak only if it improves upon the silence.” Let us break the silence for you with an evening of staged monologues taken from far and wide, including theatre, music, and poetry. An evening collaboratively crafted, bringing together the likes of Shakespeare, Tennessee Williams, Berkoff, Alan Bennett, Ibsen, Nick Dear, Ayckbourn, Neil LaBute, Philip Larkin, and maybe even some Monty Python, not to mention some original work. There’s something here for everyone to improve upon the silence.
Raymond Briggs darkly disturbing comedy follows Hilda and Jim Bloggs as they try to construct a nuclear fall-out shelter armed only with a government pamphlet, a screwdriver, emergency rations and a protractor from their son's old school geometry kit. But will their makeshift shelter save them from the Powers-That-Be?
Queen Elizabeth II is dead. After a lifetime of waiting, her son ascends to the throne. A future of power. But how to rule?
Mike Bartlett’s controversial and critically acclaimed King Charles III, explores the people beneath the crown, the unwritten rules of our democracy and the conscience of Britain’s most famous family.
This intriguing and inspired political drama, offers a timely examination of contemporary Britain, with a true Shakespearean form.
Coram Boy
A heartbreaking tale of orphans, angels, murder and music - dramatised from the Whitbread Award winning novel.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Shakespeare's most popular comedy, set in an enchanted forest with fairies, sparring lovers and a group of amateur actors who are putting on a play...
At the centre of his own universe sits matinee idol Garry Essendine: suave, hedonistic and too old, says his wife, to be having numerous affairs. His line in harmless, infatuated debutantes is largely tolerated but playing closer to home is not...
Bruce and Prudence are deeply into therapy. Prudence's macho therapist is urging her to be more assertive while Bruce's wacky female therapist wants him to meet women by placing a personal ad. She does not fully comprehend that Bruce has a male lover Bob, who is not pleased by Bruce's desire to date a woman: Prudence.
Edmund and Lucy, now accompanied by their annoying cousin Eustace, are swept to a new magical adventure aboard a dragon ship, The Dawn Treader. Join with them on their journey to magical islands where they meet dragons, invisible one legged creatures, slave traders and mists that can drive a man mad.
The Ruffian on the Stair
In a grotty little bedsit we watch as the lives of three of society's outcasts collide with passion and danger, leaving the course of the future forever altered, for some more than others.
Man in a Room
A middle-aged man is caught red-handed in a secret British germ warfare facility. He is brought in for questioning by Her Majesty’s government’s most professional interrogator, Agent Stevens. How, and why, did he break into the high security facility?
2016/17
Julia and Matthew Perry seem to have it all. When Matthew hears that a good friend has been having the time of his life since he became a widower, he decides to get rid of his wife Julia so he can have some fun as well!
We are so excited to welcome Official Number One Best-selling Soprano, Joanna Forest, to The Brighton Little Theatre. Joanna, who has performed to millions on the BBC, ITV, Sky and Classic FM at events such as The Royal Variety Performance, is taking her album on a tour of Little Theatre Guild theatres this Autumn.
It’s Cabaret, we’ve got our heads down and we’re dancing and drinking as fast as we can. The enemy is on its way, but this time it doesn’t have guns and gas it has storms and earthquakes, fire and brimstone....
Oliver Goldsmith's uproariously funny play, She Stoops to Conquer, was first performed in London in 1773. Wealthy countryman, Mr. Hardcastle plans to marry his lovely daughter, Kate, to Marlow, son of a wealthy Londoner. Marlow, along with his sidekick Hastings, duly makes a visit to view his future bride. Fun loving Tony Lumpkin, Kate's stepbrother, waylays them and sends them on a wild goose chase. They arrive at Hardcastle's place thinking it to be a local inn. Confusion reigns supreme! Enjoy many laughs in this late 18th century comedy of errors.
Hearts racing. Minds reeling. Knees buckling. Connie and Tristan have palpable chemistry—or is it a side effect of a new super-antidepressant? They are volunteers in a clinical trial, but their sudden and illicit romance forces the supervising doctors to face off over the ethical consequences of their work.
It's the not so distant future. A terrible water shortage and 20-year drought has led to a government ban on private toilets and a proliferation of paid public toilets, owned and operated by a single megalomaniac company. If the poor don’t obey the strict laws prohibiting free urination, they’ll be sent to the dreaded and mysterious Urinetown...
Youth@TheLittle perform the modern classic Goodnight Mister Tom and the classic Arabian Nights.
A colourful and complicated actress makes her emotional farewell performance as people from her life say their goodbyes, declare their love, roar with laughter, spit insults, grab a final embrace, and renew old battles.
Percy, a forty year old virgin, has come down to London from Manchester with his mates to a football match when he meets Cyrenne, a world weary London streetwalker.
After scandalising upright Dublin citizens at its premiere in 1907, JM Synge’s tragicomic masterpiece has been delighting and entertaining audiences the world over ever since.
Join Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion as they follow the Yellow Brick Road to Brighton Little Theatre this Christmas!