Hothouse Theatre
Creating theatre in the community.
As well as doing a lot of other things, Hothouse Theatre has been producing fringe theatre in and around Nottingham for the past 25 years. Most of it, once performed, leaves little trace, beyond a wry smile or two when one of the actors or an audience member, has cause to remember a particularly witty witticism, or profound statement from a past performance.
However, during the pandemic, Hothouse, like many other theatre projects, went online. For us, this meant producing audio performances, which were recorded and then place on our Oh My Nottz website.
The main purpose of this page is to offer an easy way for you to revisit those gems.
Check out the links below.
Hothouse News
Miss Fletcher's War
2nd read through
Hothouse Theatre
Coming soon will be a 2nd read through of Guy Jones' latest play, Miss Fletcher's War.
The play focuses on the experiences of Lillian Fletcher, a nurse during the Great War of 1914-18.
The read through is part of the writing process and is open to anyone wishing to look at a work in progress.
We will be reading the 60-minute version of the piece, which is close to the version that we will be performing in the near future. This version has been developed off the back of the 1st read through which took place @ The Lincolnshire Poacher late last year. Thanks to all involved in that.
Details to follow shortly.
If you are interesting in being involved send us an email
guy@hothousetheatre.com
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Audio Dramas
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The Mermaid and the King
Audio version in four parts
Parts 1 & 2
The Mermaid and the King by Guy Jones. Audio version. Part of Hothouse Theatre's Folktale Project.
The Mermaid and the King is a weaving together of 3 or 4 classic folktales into a new tale with some very modern themes that are as old as the hills.
The Mermaid and the King was performed by Hothouse Theatre for Christmas 2023 and recorded @ The Place in Sherwood just before Christmas 2024 with most of the original cast.
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Introducing Mr Charles Dickens
Stave 1 parts 1 & 2
Stave 2 parts 1 & 2
Featuring extracts from, Great Expectations, A Dinner At Poplar Walk or Mr Minns and His Cousin, Pickwick Papers and David Copperfield.
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A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Once again, HotHouse Theatre are doing a seasonal production of the timeless Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol.
This will be the second time we have done the piece as an audio project, to be released online just in time for Christmas.
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Cinderella
an audio adaptation of the Brother’s Grimm version – by Hothouse Theatre
The version of Cinderella that Hothouse Theatre have adapted here is from the English translation of the story collected by Brothers Grimm and first published in 1812.
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A Ghost Story for Christmas
The Signalman
by Charles Dickens
Hothouse Theatre’s audio version of possibly the best ghost story ever written.
A poor signalman on a solitary station, in a deep cutting by the mouth of a gloomy, dark tunnel with dripping wet, jagged walls, sees a figure by the Danger Light.
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A Warning to the Curious
by M. R. James
Montague Rhodes James is He is best remembered for his ghost stories, which are still regarded as amongst the best ever written.
A Warning to the Curious was first published in 1925 and is one of his best known works.
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A Warning to the Curious
by M. R. James
Montague Rhodes James is He is best remembered for his ghost stories, which are still regarded as amongst the best ever written.
A Warning to the Curious was first published in 1925 and is one of his best known works.
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