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Under the Shadow

Based on the film by Babak Anvari — Adapted by Carmen Nasr

They travel on the wind, just like that missile, and they only land once they find someone to possess. When Shideh's husband is conscripted to serve on the frontline, she is left alone with her young daughter as Tehran is bombed. The missile strikes bring terror and destruction and...

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Driftwood

By Martina Laird

Heat is rising in colonial Trinidad. While support for political independence is growing, a downtown Port of Spain gentlemen's club is about to be entangled in a custody battle of its own. ALMA promises guests a welcome escape from the bustle of the capital. Owned by Englishman Mansion, governed by...

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The Long Drop

By Denise Mina. Adapted by Linda McLean

Glasgow, 1957. A family destroyed. A man who insists he knows why. Between whisky-soaked confessions and half-truths swirling in cigarette smoke, William Watt and Peter Manuel share a night that will change everything. Winding through stale-aired bars, shadowed backstreets and tangled lies – leading to one of the most infamous trials in...

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Recent Openings

Glengarry Glen Ross

By David Mamet

The Old Vic Theatre, London

Previews04 June 2026
Opens/Press Night17 June 2026
Closes18 July 2026
Running Time1 hour 25 minutes
First PerformedNational Theatre London, 1983
Presented ByOld Vic Theatre

A fly-by-night office in Chicago. A brutal sales competition: Top dog wins a Cadillac. Second wins a set of steak knives. Third and fourth get fired. Four real estate agents cheat, fight and steal to come out on top — but can any of them win?

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Nell Gwynn

By Jessica Swale

Shakespeare North Playhouse, Prescot
& touring

Previews12 June 2026
Opens/Press Night16 June 2026
Closes04 July 2026
Running Time2 hours 25 minutes
First PerformedShakespeare's Globe London, 2015
Presented ByShakespeare North Playhouse, Theatre by the Lake & Storyhouse

The year is 1660. The Puritans have run away with their drab grey tails between their legs and Charles II has exploded onto the scene with a love of all things loud, French and sexy. On Drury Lane, a young Nell Gwynn is peddling her satsumas and wit with equal gusto but, little does she know who is watching...

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Soldiers of Tomorrow

By Itai Erdal with Colleen Murphy

Finborough Theatre, London

Previews10 June 2026
Opens/Press Night11 June 2026
Closes04 July 2026
Running Time1 hour 10 minutes
First PerformedPuSh International Performing Arts Festival Vancouver, Canada 2023
UK premiere Edinburgh Fringe 2023
Presented ByThe Elbow Theatre in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre

Many years ago, in Israel, Itai Erdal's eight year old nephew came home from school with an empty box to be filled with presents for soldiers at the front. Inside the box, the boy's teacher had written: 'To the soldiers of today from the soldiers of tomorrow.' That ‘tomorrow' has come. A former conscript soldier in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF), Itai Erdal, accompanied by Syrian born musician Emad Armoush, shares the story of his military service in a frank, profoundly personal insight into the Arab Israeli conflict, the occupation of Palestine, and the conditions that led to October 7, the horror of Gaza, and war with Iran and Lebanon..

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