HOW TO BE HAPPY

We all want to be happy. We all know what it feels like. But what if it keeps slipping through our fingers?

Paul is a former happiness guru. As a young man he wrote self-help books and appeared on the television as ‘Mr Happy’. But now his marriage has failed and his career as a…

ON THE TIN

The committee members of the Granary Theatre are trying to revive their organisation’s flagging fortunes by pinning their hopes on an enthusiastic newcomer, Steve, who seems to know a lot about theatre. He’s keen to push Brecht and Pinter and plays that say something about the human condition instead of the group’s traditional fare of…

ENCHANTED APRIL

When two proper London housewives decide to rent a villa in Italy for a holiday away from their bleak marriages, they recruit two other, very different English women to share the cost and the experience. During their enchanted month in the Ligurian villa, the ladies fall under the spell of their idyllic, sun-drenched surroundings. There,…

UP POMPEII

Based on the original characters devised by Talbot Rothwell and Sid Colin for the Frankie Howerd BBC comedy, this hilarious romp through ancient Pompeii brings back all the television favourites in this full-length play seen on a national tour in 2011 starring Damian Williams as Lurcio, Senator Ludicrus Sextus’s slave. As Lurcio attempts to deliver…

PIECE OF CAKE, A

‘Bridget Jones’ meets ‘Nigella Lawson’ in this delicious romantic comedy!

When London city girl Penelope Hart is suddenly made redundant she seizes the chance to follow her life-long dream – opening a cake shop. She rents a ramshackle commercial property and goes about making her dream come true, helped by bumbling estate agent David, not-so-bright…

REUNION, THE

It’s good to meet up with old friends . . . or perhaps not!

When Nigel arranges a reunion in the back room of a pub, he is optimistic of a good turnout. Whilst the numbers disappoint him, he soon has his hands full when a motley middle-aged threesome turn up, bringing with them assorted…

WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS

Three women of a ‘certain age’ gravitate to Paris. There’s Nancy, a retired headmistress determined to throw off the shackles; Anna, recently widowed – and free – after years of nursing a sick husband; and Raquel, a divorcee in search of eternal youth and a new toy boy. A feel-good play with laughter and tears,…

SLEEP NO MORE

This new supernatural thriller is set in a theatre that has been closed for sixty years following the accidental death of a child during rehearsals for Murder by Poison, a Victorian thriller. Now Micky, the great-grandson of the theatre’s original owner, has set about restoring the theatre to the glory of its former heyday, and…

LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE

In this new stage adaptation of the timeless television series, Foggy, Clegg and Compo are reunited for one last adventure. Foggy has designs on winning the affections of Constance, Nora Batty’s niece and the long-suffering fiancée of the hapless Gifford Bewmont. With the help of Clegg, Foggy invites the ladies around for an evening’s entertainment…

BAD JAZZ

This provocative new comedy is about a group of desperate souls who come together in pursuit of a shared dream. It’s set in the ‘wannabe culture’, where everything is possible as long as you want it hard enough, and are willing to pay the price. Natasha is an actress but her latest role is going…