LAST CHANCE

Headliners

‘We can kid the world but we can’t fool ourselves.’

Over the course of one day and night in rural Connecticut, Josie Hogan, the last of her immigrant Irish family left at home with her alcoholic father, and their anguished landlord, James Tyrone, long for escape – she from her life, and he from his loss.

Helen George (Call the Midwife, The King and I) leads the 28-strong cast as glamorous socialite Tracy Lord in this lavish new production, where plans for the society wedding of the year descend into chaos as old and new flames vie for attention, and a sharp-eyed tabloid reporter hunts for scandal at the waterfront estate.

Join Little Red as she journeys through the enchanted forest on her way to visit her fabulous D’ Granny. Along the way, she encounters a host of colourful characters, and one very surprising Big Bad Wolf. With the help of the ever-enthusiastic Silly Billy and the larger-than-life Dame Bridie, the story twists, turns and builds to a riotous, feel-good finale that flips the traditional tale on its head.

With book by Dennis Kelly, music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, Matilda is the story of an extraordinary little girl who, armed with a vivid imagination and a sharp mind, dares to take a stand and change her own destiny.

Inspired by a rare rehearsal recording of a 1951 Bette Davis radio broadcast from the Lux Radio Theater, the piece unfolds live, as performers listen to the original recording and recreate it in real time. RADIO BETTE is both an homage to classic Hollywood and contemporary experimental theatre, about the layers of performance that shape public and private selves.

An intimate and powerful meditation on memory, grief and truth, this chamber opera composed by Tarik O’Regan with a libretto by Colm Tóibín, adapted from his novella The Testament of Mary, unfolds in the final years of Mary, mother of Jesus.

Past and present coexist uneasily as Mary moves between two worlds, reliving her son’s final days while exiled and silencedyears later. Around her, pivotal moments from their lives emerge (…)

When celebrated TV medium Darius Divine, host of hit light-entertainment show The Other Side, plans a cosy family dinner, he expects awkward small talk. He doesn’t expect his pregnant lover, his Gilbert and Sullivan obsessed mother-in-law, or a night of ghostly visitations and explosive revelations. As dinner burns and tensions rise, the line between performance and reality begins to shatter. Secrets surface. Jealousies ignite. And a (…)