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 plus. 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, a profound statement, or a complete blooper from a past performance.
However, over the last few years, Hothouse had been producing audio versions of its productions. This has meant that we have been able to place some of our creative work on our Oh My Nottz website.
The main purpose of this page is to offer an easy way for you to revisit some of those gems.
Check out the links below.
Hothouse News
For the latest on what Hothouse Theatre is up to, check out our latest
Newsletter. A link to the Newsletter is posted directly to members and supporters on a regular basis.
If you are interesting in being put on the members and supporters list, send us an email
info@hothousetheatre.com
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A Child's Christmas in Wales
by Dylan Thomas
as performed by Hothouse Theatre at Bakersfield Community Centre as part of Hothouse Theatre's Evening of Christmas Yarns 2024
This charming recollection of childhood things in the snow at Christmas time was written in 1952, not long before Dylan's death. It first appeared as a radio piece before becoming a charming children's book with illustrations.
Guy, Hothouse Theatre's writer in residence, adapted the piece for 3 voices and directed it as a rehearsed reading.
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Christmas Special Podcast 2025
HotHouse Theatre on OMN Podcast
Welcome to Oh My Nottz/Hothouse Theatre's Christmas Special for 2025
This podcast contains 3 stories, all by Guy Jones.
The Christmas Dog, Jamie and the Christmas Moon, and The Christmas Party Hat.
All three of the stories have featured at Hothouse Theatre's Evenings of Christmas Yarns over the past couple of years.
Have fun with them.
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Halloween Special Podcast 2025
HotHouse Theatre on OMN Podcast
Welcome to Oh My Nottz HalloweenSpecial for 2025
This podcast contains 3 stories.
The Office by Guy Jones, The Signalmanby Charles Dickens and Christmas Spirit by Guy Jones.
Have fun with them.
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The Mermaid and the King
Audio version in four parts
Parts 1, 2, & 4
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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