Orphaned and staying in Bournemouth’s Hotel Magnificent with his convalescing Grandmother, Boy finds himself surrounded by real, terrifying witches, who are gathering at the hotel for their Annual General Meeting.
Tennessee Williams’ iconic 1959 play – is an exploration of lost youth, beauty and dreams.
Lucy’s bright and sunny nature seems at odds with the rest of her family who are so caught up with their own problems and pre-occupations that they have no time for her. Father’s disillusioned, Mother’s depressed and Gary’s dysfunctional. To ease her loneliness Lucy has invented an imaginary person called Zara, a perfect companion and friend, loyal, supportive and fun.
The Judas Kiss recounts the final years in the life of Oscar Wilde when the consequences of the playwright’s succumbing to “terrible temptations” leads him on a path to destruction.
Well-known to many for its jaunty songs and fast-paced action, Oh What A Lovely War is not only a highly entertaining piece of theatre, it also turns a sobering and sympathetic spotlight on the horrors of World War 1.
To celebrate the company’s 20th Birthday on May 18th, Next Stage’s Artistic Director Ann Garner is presenting possibly her most ambitious project yet! In House & Garden, Alan Aykbourn’s weaves his usual wit and warmth through two plays depicting the events occurring on a single Saturday in August.
Betrayal explores a seven-year affair involving a married couple, Emma and Robert, and Robert’s “close friend” Jerry, who is also married.
Ayckbourn’s masterful trilogy: Table Manners, Living Together and Round and Round the Garden which together form The Norman Conquests, introduces the hapless Norman and his doomed attempts in the dining room, living room and garden of the family home to proposition, placate and pacify the three women in his life.
In the theatricality of the Bliss household, life is never simple. Matriarch and retired actress, Judith Bliss, creates a constant dramatic whirl into which family and friends are inevitably drawn.
In a deprived, inner-city comprehensive a group of Year 11 no-hopers are preparing to leave school and face life in the world of work. Regarded as academic failures, and written off by their teachers as trouble makers and time-wasters, Hobby, Gail and Salty are drifting through their last months at Whitewall Comprehensive.
Evacuated from a war-torn world and marooned on a tropical island when their aeroplane crashes, a group of pre-adolescent boys find themselves battling for survival with no adults to help them.
On Golden Pond is the love story of Norman and Ethel Thayer. The tart-tongued retired professor and his long-suffering wife have stayed in their holiday home on Golden Pond in Maine each Summer for as long as they can remember.
Wertenbaker’s iconic play celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2013. Over the last quarter of a century, it has enjoyed worldwide success and acclaim.
George Farquhar’s The Recruiting Officer is a classic English Restoration comedy featuring the womanising Captain Plume and his adventures and mis-adventures with Sylvia - a seductive heiress and daughter of a local gentleman.
After the sell-out success of Next Stage’s first Taster Theatre in February, the company is delighted to announce: A Cup of Coward. This sparkling summertime entertainment celebrates the life and works of one of the 20th Century’s most charismatic British playwrights: Sir Noel Coward, who has indeed: “a talent to amuse”.
Horrifying, funny and inspiring by turns, this renowned play by one of Britain’s greatest living playwrights has language that will shock and a sting in its tail. Boasting an all female cast, this fast-paced, unflinching production promises an evening of theatre to keep you talking all the way home.
In a society divided by tribal bigotry, Crosses are the superior majority and Noughts are the underclass. As Nought separatists fight for equality and inclusion, two children from opposite sides embark on a bittersweet love story.
Brecht’s masterpiece entertains whilst raising fundamental questions about power and ownership. Drawing on Next Stage’s considerable company strengths and using Alistair Beaton’s modern-day translation with especially composed music, this ensemble production aims to engage the audience’s imagination and provide an unforgettable interpretation of this iconic play.
In our first Taster Theatre, Next Stage has taken for its inspiration the life and works of Alan Bennett. This influential and iconic British author and playwright blends playfulness, passion and pathos in witty and insightful monologues, diaries, plays and stories.
My Boy Jack offers an intimate portrait of one family’s complex and divided experience through a war and its painful aftermath. This tenderly-written play does not promote or condemn conflict, but instead weighs family loyalties and national duty in the balance.
A Voyage Round My Father is a highly entertaining and perfect slice of British upper/middle class life in the last century, captivating audiences with its chronicle of a larger-than-life Father and a son struggling to emerge from his shadow. Next Stage’s in-the-round production has a stellar cast with Richard Matthews as John Mortimer, Dave Dunn as his Father and Kay Francksen as his Mother.
Next Stage Theatre Company is proud to announce the Bath première of another topical, modern, award-winning play: Doubt.
Bath audiences who flocked to see Next Stage’s stunning production in January will be delighted to know that Jerusalem is returning The Mission Theatre and the many people who were disappointed they couldn’t get a ticket now have another chance to see Jez Butterworth’s ground-breaking play this September.
His Dark Materials Parts 1 and 2 is a brilliant adaptation by Nicholas Wright of Philip Pullman’s best-selling trilogy: Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.
His Dark Materials Parts 1 and 2 is a brilliant adaptation by Nicholas Wright of Philip Pullman’s best-selling trilogy: Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.
The young mother, the baffled divorcee, the bride-to-be, the lonely widow... in unique, touching and unexpectedly funny monologues Joanna Murray-Smith has beautifully captured four very different modern women.
Based on the true-life story of the Archer-Shee family, The Winslow Boy throws a revealing spotlight on the early 20th Century struggles in this country for individual freedom and portrays an era characterised by the repressed manners of a dying aristocracy.
The Children’s Hour is a gripping account of how destructive lies delivered by a consummate schemer can convince the most honest and sensible individuals, poisoning their perceptions with terrifying consequences.
In the week which marks the bicentenary of Dickens’ birth why not come along to The Theatre Upstairs at The Mission and enjoy a delicious dinner in the company of Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Miss Havisham, Pip and David Copperfield to name but some of this great writer’s brilliant creations.
Jez Butterworth’s award-winning smash hit arrives in Bath for the first time following sell-out runs at London’s Royal Court Theatre, on Broadway and in the West End.
