Theatre Diary
The Children
By Lucy Kirkwood
Until 6th April
Playhouse Nottingham
Hazel and Robin are living out their retirement in a cottage on the east coast. They listen to Radio 4, speak regularly with their children and Hazel never misses a day of yoga practice. But their existence is far from cosy – electricity is rationed and there’s a Geiger counter to hand to check radiation levels – for they live just outside the exclusion zone of a nuclear disaster.
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Mountbatten Hospice Wing Walk 2024
Emily Jones
In 2024, I am taking to the skies and taking part in the first charity Wing Walk on the Isle of Wight in aid of the wonderful Mountbatten Hospice on the island who looked after my lovely Dad and our whole family in his final weeks.
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Six
Teen Edition
By Toby Marlow & Lucy Moss
KTCo
Until 29th March
Duchess Theatre, Derbyshire, NG10 1EF
“Divorced. Beheaded. Died. Divorced. Beheaded. Survived.”
Six is a modern retelling of the lives of Henry VIII’s six wives: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Catherine Parr.
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Hedda
Here To There Productions
Until 28th March
Nottingham Arts Theatre
After a highly successful inaugural run in Malvern last year, Here To There Productions bring their exciting new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic story to Nottingham on a 27-date UK tour.
It is a complex tale of female power, jealousy and manipulation, of drunkenness and sexual weakness, of competition between the sexes that shocked audiences in the 1890s and yet still resonates with us today.
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The School for Scandal
by Richard B. Sheridan
Tilted Wig & Malvern Theatres in association with Theatre by Lake
Until 30th March
Derby Theatre
Sir Peter Teazle believes his young wife is sleeping with someone else. She isn’t.
But she’s starting to think if her husband believes it, she may as well give it a go. After all, if you’re going to cause a scandal, you might as well enjoy it…
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ROCK OF AGES
GATEPOST THEATRE COMPANY
Until 30th March
May Hall - Trent College, Long Eaton
It’s the tail end of the big, bad 1980s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging hard. Aqua Net, Lycra, lace, and liquor flow freely at one of the Sunset Strips last legendary venues, a place where sex machine Stacee Jaxx takes the stage and scantily clad groupies line up to turn their fantasies into reality.
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Makings Of A Murderer
28th March
Palace Theatre, Newark
Join David Swindle, the Scottish Detective who brought serial killer Peter Tobin to justice for a chilling, thrilling night at the theatre. True crime fans, and those with a curious mind, can explore the cases, the circumstances and the detective’s perspective on what really went on, the early warning signs and the clues behind The Makings of a Murderer!
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Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Kristian Thomas Company
31st March - 6th April
Duchess Theatre, Derbyshire, NG10 1EF
Based on the popular 1994 film of the same name, Priscilla Queen of the Desert follows two drag queens and a transsexual who buy a run-down old bus (they call it Priscilla) and set out on a road trip across the Australian Outback when one of them, Tick, is invited by his ex-wife to perform his drag show at her far-away resort.
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The Tell-Tale Heart
by John Goodrum, based on Edgar Allan Poe’s classic Victorian chiller
2nd - 4th April
Theatre Royal, Nottingham
Imagine you have committed a murder. Imagine someone heard the scream and the police come calling. They’re friendly enough, but will your conscience betray you? And what is that noise in your ears that grows ever louder? Is it the beating of your own guilty heart … or is it the heart of the man you’ve just killed!
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Rotten
By Josie White
Josie White, Team Angelica and Emmerson & Ward Productions
6th April
Derby Theatre
ROTTEN is a social observation of the economic and social crisis that is happening in Britain right now; a rollercoaster Comedy-Thriller, filled with hilarious and scary twists and turns you would never expect!
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Home, I’m Darling
Bonington Players
24th - 27th April
Bonington Theatre, Nottingham
The Bonington Players are pleased to announce that, following sold-out seasons at the National Theatre and in the West End, and a national tour, we are proud to bring Laura Wade’s Olivier Award-winning comedy to the Bonington Theatre.
How happily married are the happily married?
Every couple needs a little fantasy to keep their marriage sparkling. But behind the gingham curtains, things start to unravel, and being a domestic goddess is not as easy as it seems!
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