- September 2024
When her father dies unexpectedly, graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament and secrets defined her family and her life. Moving between past and present, Alison relives her unique childhood playing at the family’s Bechdel Funeral Home, her growing understanding of her own sexuality, and the looming, unanswerable questions about her father’s hidden desires.
Winner of five Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Original Score, Fun Home is a refreshingly honest, original musical about seeing your parents through grown up eyes.
This amateur production of FUN HOME is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk
This production will run for 100 minutes without an interval.
This production is suitable for ages 12 and over.
- July 2024
You are invited to join Cupid, the legendary ‘God of Love’ on the ultimate true love learning experience. This beginner’s session will give you the opportunity to learn first-hand in the home of our selected couple. Witness them at the peak of their emotional connection, and only a few months away from their first anniversary, as they (unknowingly) demonstrate to you the basics of true love.
Whether you have or haven’t found the one yet, treat yourself to this extraordinary lesson on love from the source of love itself. And remember…nothing can go wrong when you’re in love.
This production is suitable for ages 16 and over.
- September 2023
- December 2022
- April 2022
Winner of eight Tony Awards®, Once tells the unforgettable story of a Dublin street musician and a piano-playing Czech immigrant drawn together by their shared love of music. Over the course of one fateful week, an unexpected friendship quickly evolves into a powerful but complicated love story. With an ensemble cast of local actor-musicians playing their instruments live on stage, Once is an uplifting, modern-day musical that reminds us of the power of music to connect us all. Featuring songs from the critically acclaimed film, including the Oscar-winning song Falling Slowly, this spellbinding score will have you holding your breath from beginning to end.
- October 2019
Set in the late 19th Century, Spring Awakening follows the lives of several teenagers living in a small provincial town in Germany as they struggle against the strict rules and punishments of their teachers and parents. Based on Frank Wedekind's controversial play of the same name, and featuring an electrifying indie-rock score, Spring Awakening is an exploration of young love and what happens when society struggles to be open about sex and sexuality.
Spring Awakening opened on Broadway in 2006 and received eleven Tony Award nominations winning eight, including best musical, best book, and best score.
Warning - contains sexual themes, language and content
- September 2018
- July 2017
November 1963. Three young marines on the eve of their deployment to Vietnam set out for one final night of partying and debauchery. In his efforts to win a cruel bet with his fellow recruits, Corporal Eddie Birdlace meets Rose, a vulnerable and idealistic waitress. After an inauspicious beginning, an awkward love story begins to unfold....
- August 2013
Between the Bars return to Edinburgh in August 2013 with a new play by Rachel Jarmy called I'll Be Seeing You. Set in Cambridge in 1940, I'll Be Seeing You offers a dramatic and poignant insight into life during the Second World War. Three interweaving personal stories play out as the air raid sirens drone over the town that thought it was safe.
- September 2012
Stephen Dolginoff's multi-award winning musical explores the chilling true story of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb who, in 1924, committed one of the most heinous crimes of the twentieth century. Leopold, fuelled by his intense, obsessive love for Loeb, acts as a willing accomplice to his lover - a man who seeks his thrills through a series of escalating misdemeanours. However, the dark and destructive nature of their relationship ultimately pushes them to the brink of their passions and towards the perpetration of the most horrific of crimes. They believe they have committed the perfect crime, but are they both so sure?
Intriguing and shocking by turns, Thrill Me explores the toxic relationship of two wealthy, intelligent Chicago students who become forever dubbed in history as the ‘thrill killers’.
- September 2012
A look at the diverse lives and situations of three separate inhabitants of one cubicle of a busy accident and emergency department , in one 24 hour period. A touching, amusing and always thought provoking insight into the real human stories behind the sensitive, unique, and often deeply personal life changing moments and revelations that are so often witnessed only by the four walls of the room.
