A new drama course.
Would you like to try acting and drama? You can with the Swarthmore Drama and Performance Group.
Everyone over the age of 18 is welcome to join in the fun of the drama workshops, regardless of background, experience or acting ability.
Our emphasis is on having fun and working together on the practical aspects of drama.
There will be introductory drama warm-up exercises, drama games and improvisation aka improv activities.
In the darkness of grief, a man hears something calling. Something – or someone – is reaching out. But why now? And from where? Desperate for answers, he follows the sound deep into the Space Between. But the rules are different here, and time is running out. Able to manipulate the sea of sounds around him, can he piece together the truth before it's too late? What would we say to the people we've lost if we could?
A sonic adventure into the unknown using live sound manipulation technology as a gateway to a world beyond.
If the Two Ronnies were cast as Gravediggers in Shakespeare’s Hamlet re-written by Samuel Beckett you might have something like Ridiculusmus’s “Alas! Poor Yorick”.
Mixing the mundane with the magical; moments of banal idiocy are interspersed with ones of cinematic elegance to an underscore of groans, grunts and the odd Shakespearean aside.
Frankie Howerd was one of Britain’s most loved comedians for half a century. But he had a secret. And the secret’s name was Dennis.
This hugely acclaimed play by Mark Farrelly (Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope) takes you to the heart of Frankie and Dennis' clandestine relationship, which lasted from the 1950s until Frankie’s death in 1992. It also affords a glorious opportunity to encounter Frankie in full-flight stand up mode.
Three-time Olivier Award-winner Sharon D Clarke is joined by Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who; Sex Education) in this joyful reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.
While assuming the role of a dutiful guardian in the country, Jack lets loose in town under a false identity. Meanwhile, his friend Algy adopts a similar facade. Hoping to impress two eligible ladies, the gentlemen find themselves caught in a web of lies they must carefully navigate.
“It took us fifty-odd years to learn that it wasn’t really about what we thought it was about,” says Joi Gresham, Director and Trustee of the Lorraine Hansberry Literary Trust. Gresham is talking about the ending of Lorraine Hansberry's seminal work A Raisin in the Sun, which begins an English tour this month at Leeds Playhouse.
Based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, written by Stewart Howson
Step into the intriguing world of Sherlock Holmes as NTC Touring Theatre Company brings to life “Sherlock Holmes and the Sting of the Scorpion”, an original mystery by award-winning writer Stewart Howson based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
With music by Lucy Desbrow and directed by Alice Byrne and Louis Roberts, this production promises a clever blend of suspense and deduction through the art of physical theatre.
A MAGICAL QUEST FOR ALL THIS FESTIVE SEASON
Can you imagine a world without stories?
Words are fading from books all over town and people are forgetting the stories they used to know off by heart.
Winterlight Festival is fast approaching when tales are told with family and friends. If all stories disappear and children can’t tell their own stories, their voices may be lost forever.
Ambition, power and political unrest explode onto the stage in The Merchant of Venice 1936, direct from selling out the RSC and London’s West End.
Starring Tracy-Ann Oberman (EastEnders, Doctor Who) as Shylock, Shakespeare’s classic is transported to 1930s Britain in this ‘striking and impactful’ (Guardian) new production that ‘makes theatre history’ (The Telegraph). It is adapted by Brigid Larmour and Tracy-Ann Oberman.
One dark night in December, Mr Cracker’s infamous Christmas pudding is snatched from the window sill. The next morning, the whole town is flabbergasted; who would dare take the delicious dessert? It's only when Ivy from nextdoor is accused, that she hatches a plan. Her mission? To find the real culprit. And to prove that her hands aren’t sticky!
Join New Leaf Productions at SCRAP in Sunny Bank Mills for a brand new Christmas show, suitable for children 3+ and their families. Prepare for plenty of audience interaction, live original music and a sprinkling of magic.