Blackbird
by David Harrower
24 – 28 February 2026
Blackbird was commissioned by the Edinburgh Festival, toured Britain and played across the world receiving many awards and nominations. This is a hard-hitting play inspired by events that took place in 2003 when American Toby Studebaker groomed and abducted a 12-year-old girl. In this play, a fictional Una, now 27, has tracked down 55-year-old Ray, and is confronting him with their past. How they came together, how their relationship developed, their elopement and the consequences of what happened.
The play is about a paedophile and includes adult material and sexual references, age 16+ only.
This production will be performed in the studio on the first floor, which is accessed by a flight of stairs.
This amateur production of “Blackbird” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk
The Birthday Party
by Harold Pinter
14 – 21 March 2026
Pinter’s play was first performed in 1960, when its mixture of Monty Python-style absurd comedy and dark menace bewildered most audiences, but since then has been established as a classic of post-war theatre, and comes across today as brilliantly fresh and strange as ever. It is set in a seaside boarding-house, whose landlady, Meg, pampers its sole lodger Stanley Webber, apparently a retired pianist, regardless of her easy-going husband Petey. Two strangers arrive and take a mysterious interest in Stanley, throwing him a party even though he denies it is his birthday. A fun-loving girl, Lulu, is also invited, but the games being played are not just for laughs…
This amateur production of “The Birthday Party” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk
Constellations
by Nick Payne
14 – 18 April 2026
What if every decision you made created a new universe? When Marianne, a cosmologist, meets Roland, a beekeeper, it’s the start of a love story that plays out across multiple universes. Through a series of funny, touching, and heartbreaking scenes, we glimpse the infinite possibilities of their relationship as we discover how small choices can change everything. Moving between parallel worlds from first dates to final goodbyes, Constellations is a tender, thought-provoking love story about chance, fate, and all the infinite possibilities in between.
This production will be performed in the studio on the first floor, which is accessed by a flight of stairs.
This amateur production of “Constellations” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare
9 – 16 May 2026
One of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, this enchanting tale of romance, magic, and mischief is perfect for summer. The Duke of Athens, Theseus, is set to marry Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, but their celebrations are disrupted by Egeus, who demands his daughter Hermia marry Demetrius. In love with Lysander, she refuses and faces death or life in a convent. She and Lysander flee, pursued by Helena and Demetrius, into a mystical forest ruled by the feuding fairy King and Queen, Oberon and Titania. With meddling fairies, magic spells, and a group of bumbling tradesmen rehearsing a play, chaos unfolds!