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A Month in the Country

By Ivan Turgenev. Adapted by Brian Friel

Hundreds of women would envy me, wouldn't they? A beautiful house in the Russian countryside. A doting husband, a circle of admirers. A life of order, tranquility and quiet restraint. It's enough to make you scream. Natalya Petrovna looks to all the world like a contented woman, but the arrival...

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Electra/Persona

By Benedict Andrews after Sophocles & Ingmar Bergman

Fusing two iconic texts - Sophocles' ancient myth Electra and Ingmar Bergman's celebrated film Persona - into one theatrical event. Electra. A daughter consumed by grief and rage, clinging to the idea of justice as her world comes apart. Persona. During a performance of Electra, an actress suddenly falls...

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The Story

By Tracey Scott Wilson

There's the truth and then there's the story When a white teacher is killed in a black neighbourhood, four journalists race to get the headline - at any cost. But when shocking new evidence pulls them into the dark heart of the case, they are each forced to...

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Recent Openings

East is East

By Ayub Khan Din

Octagon Theatre, Bolton
& touring

Previews04 September 2026
Opens/Press Night08 September 2026
Closes03 October 2026
Running Time2 hours 35 minutes
First PerformedBirmingham Repertory Theatre, 1996
World premiere of this new revival
Presented ByOctagon Theatre Bolton, Citizens Theatre and Wiltshire Creative in association with Derby Theatre

Salford, 1971. The Khan family are living above a chip shop and on the fault line between two cultures. George Khan is determined to raise the family in his Pakistani way. His English wife, Ella, just wants to keep the peace. Their seven children? They're busy discovering disco, denim, and defiance. When George begins arranging marriages for his sons, rebellion erupts and loyalties are tested. What follows is a hilarious and deeply moving battle between tradition and change.

See cast, creatives, and 4 reviews

Jane Eyre: A Musical

By John Caird & Paul Gordon

Southwark Playhouse Elephant, London

Previews28 August 2026
Opens/Press Night08 September 2026
Closes24 October 2026
Running Time2 hours 30 minutes
First PerformedRoyal Alexandra Theatre Toronto, Canada 1996
UK premiere
Presented ByAdam Blanshay Productions and David & Hannah Mirvish

True to its 19th century origins and the original novel by Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre is a lavish Victorian banquet of emotions - passion, faith, forgiveness and - most of all - the eternal healing power of an all-consuming love. Award-winning composer Paul Gordon joined forces with the original director of Les Miserables, John Caird to create this theatrical masterpiece. Nominated for 5 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Jane Eyre's sweeping love story is breathtaking in its scope and beauty, filled with soaring melodies and romantic lyricism.

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King Lear

By William Shakespeare

Sheffield Theatres - Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

Previews29 August 2026
Opens/Press Night04 September 2026
Closes19 September 2026
Running Time2 hours 55 minutes
First PerformedWorld premiere of this revival
Presented BySheffield Theatres Production in association with MGC

In an attempt to spend the remaining years of his life unburdened by the pressures of monarchy, King Lear decides to pass his lands and responsibilities to his three daughters. When he tells them they must secure their inheritance by proving how much they love him, his eldest daughters make dramatic speeches. The youngest, refuses and is banished by her father. Once in control of their father's kingdom, Lear's remaining daughters trade declarations of love for cold hearted treachery, ejecting the former king from their homes, and stripping him of his authority, his dignity, and ultimately, his sanity.

See cast, creatives, and 7 reviews
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