Three-week residency working as a company guided by industry professionals to bring a brand-new play to life. Whether you’re drawn to acting, stage management, design, tech, or you’re unsure this is the opportunity to explore in an environment where you can be yourself. The show will be a fast-paced, ensemble-led adventure comedy that explores what...
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Play in a Week at the egg
Led by a theatre-maker and director, explore a range of theatre-making, devising and acting techniques. You will experiment with storytelling and language to build worlds through movement and performance and create your own play to perform on stage. 27-31 July: ages 5-7 years (9:30am-1pm) and 8-10 years (1:30-4:30pm); 3-7 August: ages 10-12 years (10am-4pm).
Toto Kerblammo! at the egg
Poor Effy. Sent to live with her aunt and uncle in a block that won’t allow dogs. What’s a girl to do? She smuggles her furry friend in, of course. Keeps him under a blanket. Feeds him biscuits. Ssh Toto, quiet. But it can’t last forever. Effy needs saving. And Toto is up to the...
The Bush at the egg
Recalling the inspiring true story of 13, 1970’s housewives who battled for 10 years to save a bushland in Sydney. This kickstarted a nationwide, globally significant movement of Green Bans, protecting natural and cultural heritage. Suitable for ages 12+ years, performances at 1pm and 7pm.
Urinetown the musical at the egg
A place where the only certainty is that you will pay for the right to pee. In a world wracked by ecological disaster, water has become scarce, and a greedy corporation is profiting off humanity’s most basic biological need. A grand, mischievous love letter to the conventions of musical theatre, this musical comedy is packed...
Blood Wedding at the egg
A cautionary tale about the danger of clinging to tradition at the expense of personal desire, a world where ‘old ways’ collide with new passions; the past refuses to loosen its grip; and no one escapes its consequences. Suitable for ages 14+ years.
Replica at the egg
Something happened on the school trip. At least that’s what everyone’s saying. Once a rumour starts, it can be difficult to remember what is real – or who. Convinced that there is an impostor walking among them, a group of teenagers is determined to root out the intruder. Replica is a mystery exploring friendship, the...
Who will Carry the Word? at the egg
Play by Charlotte Delbo that brings to life the voices of French female political prisoners in Auschwitz. First published in 1974, the drama captures their daily struggle to survive amid unimaginable brutality, as they cling to solidarity, memory, and fragments of hope. At its heart lies a haunting question: who will live to carry their...
Hay at the egg
Farmer Geenie’s new scarecrow doesn’t want to stay stuck in the mud, he wants to spread his arms and fly like the birds. Join him as he finds his feet then his hands, his voice, his legs and his love of song and dance in a story about the fun of growing up where every...
Teechers at Theatre Royal
It is the end of term and John Godber’s comedy masterpiece has been reset for our post-Covid times. Bristling with teenage swagger and outlandish imagination, Salty, Gail and Hobby use their BTEC Performing Arts exam to showcase their work. But as Salty, Gail and Hobby conclude their performance and leave state education, it appears that...
Six at The Theatre Royal
From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, the six wives of Henry VIII take to the mic to tell their tales, remixing 500 years of historical heartbreak into an 80-minute celebration of 21st century girl power. These Queens may have green sleeves but their lipstick is rebellious red.
Malory Towers at Theatre Royal Bath
Darrell Rivers is starting school with an eager mind and fierce heart. Unfortunately she also has a quick temper! Can she learn to tolerate the infuriating Gwendoline Lacey, or value the kind-hearted Sally Hope? Can she save the school play and rescue terrified Mary Lou from the grip of a raging storm? If she can...
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Theatre Royal
Following Joseph’s rocky relationship with his brothers and employers, before his interpretations of dreams land him a job as Pharoah’s right-hand man. But what of his fathers and brothers back home in famine-stricken Canaan? Can he forgive their past and save them in time for the show-stopping mega-mix finale? Full of catchy songs including a...
The Dressing Up box at Theatre Royal
Enjoy a talk by costume designer, Katie Sykes, as she unravels her years of costume design experience and brings to life her process when designing for theatre. Bring along your own sewing, design and craft projects to talk through with fellow sewers over a cup of tea, and receive helpful tips and tricks from sewing...
Beauty and the Beast at Theatre Royal
With lavish new sets, show-stopping musical numbers and jaw-dropping special effects, the timeless tale – magical, musical and utterly unmissable.
A Christmas Carol at Theatre Royal
Olivier Award winner Guy Masterson’s internationally acclaimed solo performance of Charles Dickens’s festive tale.
Aurora at the egg
In a snow-covered woodland, on a dark Winters night, the sky becomes filled with colour and light. Across a snowy woodland, there is a flicker of a light and the sound of gentle music as Aurora sets up camp. Aurora has always dreamt of seeing the Northern Lights, could tonight be the night? As the...
Aurora at the egg
In a snow-covered woodland, on a dark Winters night, the sky becomes filled with colour and light. Across a snowy woodland, there is a flicker of a light and the sound of gentle music as Aurora sets up camp. Aurora has always dreamt of seeing the Northern Lights, could tonight be the night? As the...
Aurora at the egg
In a snow-covered woodland, on a dark Winters night, the sky becomes filled with colour and light. Across a snowy woodland, there is a flicker of a light and the sound of gentle music as Aurora sets up camp. Aurora has always dreamt of seeing the Northern Lights, could tonight be the night? As the...
Aurora at the egg
In a snow-covered woodland, on a dark Winters night, the sky becomes filled with colour and light. Across a snowy woodland, there is a flicker of a light and the sound of gentle music as Aurora sets up camp. Aurora has always dreamt of seeing the Northern Lights, could tonight be the night? As the...
Aurora at the egg
In a snow-covered woodland, on a dark Winters night, the sky becomes filled with colour and light. Across a snowy woodland, there is a flicker of a light and the sound of gentle music as Aurora sets up camp. Aurora has always dreamt of seeing the Northern Lights, could tonight be the night? As the...