Blackeyed Theatre, in association with South Hill Park, presents

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

Adapted for the stage by Nick Lane

A thrilling adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s dark psychological fantasy, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde immerses you in the myth and mystery of 19th century London’s fog-bound streets where love, betrayal and murder lurk at every chilling twist and turn. Gripping, stylish and thought-provoking, this is unmissable theatre. Go on...treat your dark side!

Age recommendation: 11+

Running time: Approx 2 hours (plus interval)

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Eastern Angles and Matthew Linley Creative Projects in association with the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough

The Ballad of Maria Marten

By Beth Flintoff

Directed by Hal Chambers

A thrilling retelling of a real-life murder mystery…

Summer, 1827. In a red barn Maria Marten awaits her lover. A year later her body is found under the floor of the barn in a grain sack, barely identifiable, and the manhunt begins.

Age recommendation: 12+

Bright. Young. Things

Written by Georgia Christou

Performed by Sanderson House

Directed by Nellie Farrand and Amelie Holtby

Six child geniuses have been put through a rigorous selection process by TV producers to compete for the title of Britain’s Brainiest Child. But when one of the contestants doesn’t show up Rochelle, a super-smart girl who just so happened to have accompanied her father to work that day, is drafted in their place.

Thought-provoking and laugh-out-loud funny, Bright. Young. Things. is a play about a group of young people struggling against the pressure to succeed and the manipulations of TV, each finally realising that they can achieve amazing things on their own terms.

Age recommendation: all

Telling Tales presents Jackie and the SCREAM-stalk

Oundle’s very own professional Pantomime is about to get SPOOKY!

Performed by Luke Wright

Take a trip through the Drury Lane gin shops, filch oysters by the dozen with Dando, and escape the Bull Ring with Jemmy the Rockman. Expect scandal, excess, and beautiful flawed humanity.

WINNER Best Spoken Word Performer Saboteur Awards 2021.

Age recommendation: 11+

Time and the Conways by J. B. Priestley

Performed by Dryden House

Directed by Imogen Oakey

The Conways, celebrating Kay's 21st birthday in 1919, seem a golden family- safe and well after the Great War, looking forward to future careers, marriages, and a brave new world. Through J. B. Priestley's masterly manipulation of time, we see into their future and back again to where the seeds of their downfall were planted.

Age recommendation: 11+

Christmas Carol – a fairy tale by Charles Dickens. Adapted for the stage by Piers Torday

Directed by Matthew Burlington

Performed by Oundle School

1838, London. Jacob Marley is dead. And so is Ebenezer Scrooge… In this story, Ebenezer died young, but his sister Fan married Marley and, as his widow, has now inherited his moneylending business. She rapidly becomes notorious as the most monstrous miser ever known, a legendary misanthrope, lonely, and despised by all who cross her path. Seven years later, on Christmas Eve, Fan Scrooge will be haunted by three spirits. They want her to change. But will she?

Age recommendation: all