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14 JULY - The Mysterious Case of the Mary Celeste (Rehearsed Reading) -

A lively exploration of the classic Ghost Ship mystery of 1872.
This 6-hander multi-role play with music takes the form of an interactive court case where the audience plays detective. It isn’t the role of the Attorney General to decide the fate of the Mary Celeste crew and owner but YOU!

Expect attention seeking sailors, live sea shanties and festival vibes in this re-telling that will keep you guessing!

Written and Directed by Deborah Heath

21 JULY - To Be You (WIP) -

"The sky has the stars and I have you by my side".

While packing up her childhood bedroom before a sudden move to Nigeria, a young woman discovers that the past never lays dead. Old photos, forgotten sketches and half-remembered rituals pull her back into the brutal, beautiful tangle of girlhood and adolescence—where belonging was survival, and one friendship shaped everything she became.
Told through an intimate, vivid and fast-moving monologue, To Be You charts the shifting bond between two girls growing up in Essex and their desperate hunger to belong: one Black and aching to be seen, one biracial and determined to reinvent herself at any cost. After their worlds collide with lies, longing and the politics of colourism and desirability, the past resurfaces, demanding a reckoning she can no longer outrun.

A raw and darkly humorous exploration of guilt, memory, and the identities we shed....and the ones that refuse to let us go.
It asks what the cost of belonging is. And which parts of yourself you’d kill to pay it.

A new play by Women's Prize for Playwriting and Alfred Fagon Award shortlisted writer Esohe Uwadiae.
Shortlisted for the inaugural Mustapha Matura Award 2021.
Supported by the Mercury Theatre and Marlowe Theatre through the Catalyst for Culture Initiative.

28 JULY - MR. Thrushby's Adventure (Rehearsed Reading) -

An enjoyable crime caper, set at the start of World War II, that takes a retired bachelor stuck in his ways and liberates him from the boredom of his life. A humdrum existence has led Mr Thrushby to yearn for adventure; but has he left it too late? In the midst of his despair, likeable rogue Sam Carlton – a young criminal on the run after an audacious burglary – bursts into his life. Mr Thrushby finds himself in cahoots with a criminal and embarks upon his own comedic and thrilling adventure – in a wholly unorthodox manner!

Mr Thrushby’s Adventure has received a staged reading by The Bravo! Theatre, Mexico; as part of the 2025 Hudson Valley Theatre Festival, New York; by the Windsor Words Workshop at the Theatre Royal Windsor, to a 4-star review (Theatre Life); and as part of Playhouse East's inaugural Fringe Feb festival 2026, London, in a double-bill showing with Waters’ debut comedy-thriller, Living with an Alien, to a 4.5-star review (Theatre Life).

11 AUGUST - GREEN EYES (Rehearsed Reading) -

When Oliva, Charlotte and Isaac find out there is an internship opening for final-year film students, the three housemates initially start to help one another. Eventually, jealousy, comparison, and doubt materialise, and infighting starts. The play explores self-esteem in the younger generation, nepotism and the current issues in today's job market

Written by Ethan Taylor

25 AUGUST - A GOTH OPERA (Work In Progress) -

After three years of writing, composing and creating, A Goth Opera is ready for the stage: an epic coming-of-age, anti-cult rock opera about outsiders, obsession and responsibility.
Anna and Conor flee a small town for the city and are drawn into Goth culture. As their relationship unravels, they spiral toward consequences neither expected.
Blending classical and metal music, modern dance and projected imagery; the production combines voice, drama, movement and visual storytelling in a bold contemporary form.

Liberetto by Howard Lukk

Composed by Linda Uran