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The Bonington Players are pleased to announce that, following sold-out seasons at the National Theatre and in the West End, and a national tour, we are proud to bring Laura Wade’s Olivier Award-winning comedy to the Bonington Theatre.
How happily married are the happily married?
Every couple needs a little fantasy to keep their marriage sparkling. But behind the gingham curtains, things start to unravel, and being a domestic goddess is not as easy as it seems!
One Singular Sensation!🎩
A love letter to theatre, A Chorus Line will be directed/choreographed by Megan Hindley, with musical direction by Harry Hindley. With a book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Edward Kleban, A Chorus Line features iconic songs including ‘One’, ‘I Hope I Get It’, ‘Nothing’ and the hit ballad ‘What I Did For Love’.
Flying High Youth Theatre and Drama groups perform extracts from past NT Connections plays, followed by Flying High Young Company’s 2023 production of Wind/Rush Generation(s) by Mojisola Adebayo. This play is about the British Isles, its past and its present written for all young people to perform regardless of their cultural background, skin colour, ability or gender.
Tickets: £8.00 each (£5.00 under 25s)
Age recommendation: 14+
Warning: Some strong language and references to disturbing events in the past
*Please note, this performance will start at 7.30pm, not 7pm as previously stated
A gatecrashed party. A chance meeting. Love at first sight.
When Romeo meets Juliet, the world around them melts away. But then reality kicks in; their families are enemies, and they will never be allowed to stay together. With the world against them, they hatch a plan to escape the lives they were born into. But fate has other ideas.
Following the success of last year’s sell out Twelfth Night, the latest in our series of First Encounters productions makes Shakespeare’s star cross’d lovers relevant for a new generation of theatregoers.
This 90-minute version of Romeo and Juliet uses an edited version of the original language to create the perfect first introduction for young people aged 7-13 and their families.
The tour of First Encounters: Romeo and Juliet is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
The ever-popular Mayor’s Panto returns to the Bonington for a performance of the classic fairy-tale involving magic beans and more! Book early to avoid disappointment, as this will sell-out!
All in aid of the Mayor’s chosen charity!
The Bonington players return with a comedy by Guy Bolton and PG Wodehouse!
Mischief, mishaps and mayhem abound in this high-spirited comedy which brings PG Wodehouse’s larger-than-life characters to the stage. Perhaps none more so than Jeeves, the most superb “”gentlemen’s gentlemen”, who acts as butler and bookie to an impoverished nobleman.
Behold Ye Ramblers! is the story of the Clarion Ramblers, their contribution to the Right To Roam and to the health and wellbeing of working people after its formation well over a hundred years ago.
The Clarion Movement itself was made up by readers of the ‘The Clarion’ newspaper that formed clubs dedicated to leisure and educational pursuits – Clarion cyclists, Clarion Ramblers, Scouts, Clarion Vocal Unions (choirs), and so on – and to the promotion of Socialism.
Songs from “The Clarion Song Book” will provide much of the backdrop for the show.
Finding Chester takes us on a bumpy journey around Britain’s treasured towns, cities and countryside, as our two unlikely heroes follow the tracks of the missing moggy. From Leicester to Lands’ End, London to the Lakes. Will Chester and Edith be reunited? Join Rhubarb Theatre to find out.
Rhubarb Theatre, known for their imaginative styles of storytelling, perform this fun filled fantasy for all the family. Prepare for hilarity, poignancy, and surprises around every corner. Finding Chester is a show told through visual inventiveness, puppetry, mask, dance, song and lots of laughter.
When the World Stood Still by Penny Shields, Lisa Wharton and Carrie Bird
Sisters, Lynn and Helen have always had very different outlooks on life, one creative and artistic and the other much more pragmatic. Both live alone on different sides of the country but they share a common genetic disorder that has always been manageable and monitored annually. March 2020 changed this forever.
This is Lynn’s story, based on the true reflections of someone living in a pandemic that could have fatal consequences. Parody and song are used throughout to reflect the increasing frustrations of an inept government’s ever changing rules and regulations.
This play was submitted as part of the ‘37 Plays Project – Writing the Stories of our Nation’ established by the RSC to commemorate 400 years since Shakespeare completed his first folio. More than 2000 plays were submitted from people of all ages throughout the country, shortlisted to 71 and then 37 selected by a panel of ten to make up the new 37 Plays Folio. The Theatre Royal Nottingham is a partner for this project and details of two of the 37 plays selected and other events can be found at https://trch.co.uk/?s=37+plays+
‘When the World Stood Still’ will be presented as a rehearsed reading by members of the local community on Tuesday 7th November at 11.00 followed by light refreshments, a Q & A and discussion.
Admission is free
This triple bill of one-act murder mysteries combines: the light-hearted comedy Afternoon at the Seaside, in which a detective attempts to find a priceless emerald necklace and the culprit who stole it; The Rats, a dark and chilling tale in which a pair of adulterous lovers find themselves lured to a flat, trapped like rats and framed for murder; and finally, The Patient, a tense thriller in which a woman has been hospitalised after seemingly falling from her balcony.