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We stage up to 10 productions a year. Have a look below to see what's on and coming up at The Little. Click on each show to get more information and to book tickets.
BOOKING TICKETS
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If you would rather book via telephone, you can do so by calling 0844 888 0432.
Please note that all tickets must be collected from Box Office no later than 15 minutes before the performance starts.
ONLINE BOOKINGS
To book online, use the link found on the individual production pages below.
Please note that you will be sent an email notification of your purchase(s), which you should bring with you as proof of purchase.
Kings and Queens
Following the success of Broken Silence last year, we are presenting another production to support our Brick by Brick fundraising campaign, comprised exclusively of Shakespearean monologues and scenes from royal and noble characters. Set in the “King and Queen” pub and featuring scenes from King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing and many others.
The Mill on the Floss @ BOAT
George Eliot's classic story of loss, tragedy and the relentless nature of fate. Outgrowing, but still hopelessly devoted to her family, our protagonist Maggie, befriends the disfigured Phillip Wakem, son of a local lawyer. But their fathers become embroiled in a bitter legal dispute that only the prosperous Wakem can win, and the Tullivers find fate dealing them the first harsh hand of many. With their father dead, the family must face up to their cold future together.
The Mill on the Floss
George Eliot's classic story of loss, tragedy and the relentless nature of fate. Outgrowing, but still hopelessly devoted to her family, our protagonist Maggie, befriends the disfigured Phillip Wakem, son of a local lawyer. But their fathers become embroiled in a bitter legal dispute that only the prosperous Wakem can win, and the Tullivers find fate dealing them the first harsh hand of many. With their father dead, the family must face up to their cold future together.
Mary Stuart @ BOAT
“Do not forget that nothing stands forever…” Mary Stuart is imprisoned in England. Elizabeth I hesitates over the signing of the death warrant that will end her life. A disastrous meeting is arranged between the two women leading to the last days of Mary Stuart and, finally, her elevation as a martyr.
The meeting never happened but, as Goethe said, “It will be good to see those two whores alongside each other”. Schiller's Mary redeems her youthful crimes through an ordeal that lifts her into realms of spiritual serenity, while Elizabeth descends deeper into rage, revenge and deception.
Oswald’s striking new adaptation, written in a mix of prose and poetry, brings to life this imagined meeting and explores the characters of two of history’s most iconic figures.
Mary Stuart
“Do not forget that nothing stands forever…” Mary Stuart is imprisoned in England. Elizabeth I hesitates over the signing of the death warrant that will end her life. A disastrous meeting is arranged between the two women leading to the last days of Mary Stuart and, finally, her elevation as a martyr.
The meeting never happened but, as Goethe said, “It will be good to see those two whores alongside each other”. Schiller's Mary redeems her youthful crimes through an ordeal that lifts her into realms of spiritual serenity, while Elizabeth descends deeper into rage, revenge and deception.
Oswald’s striking new adaptation, written in a mix of prose and poetry, brings to life this imagined meeting and explores the characters of two of history’s most iconic figures.
The Pride
The powerful debut play from Alexi Kaye Campbell, winner of an Olivier Award, the Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright, and the John Whiting Award for Best New Play.
Alternating between 1959 and 2019, The Pride examines changing attitudes to sexuality, looking at intimacy, identity and the courage it takes to be who you really are. The 1959 Philip is in love with Oliver, but married to Sylvia. The 2019 Oliver is addicted to sex with strangers. Sylvia loves them both.
Contains some sexual scenes and a small amount of nudity.
Return to the Forbidden Planet
Join Captain Tempest and his fearless crew on their journey into hyperspace… and beyond! This musical bursts with red hot rock and roll hits, including Great Balls of Fire, Good Vibrations, Teenager in Love, The Young Ones and The Monster Mash.
So fasten your seat belts, set your ray guns to stun and get ready for a cosmic adventure of meteoric proportions! Bob Carlton’s smash hit West End musical takes the 1956 film, with plot taken from Shakespeare’s The Tempest, raids the Bard’s other plays at will (and not always absolutely verbatim) and sets it to a score of great pop hits from the 1960s and 70s including Young Girl, Good Vibrations, Gloria and many more.
Youth@TheLittle
You Can’t Take it With You
At first the Sycamore family seem quite mad, but it is not long before we realise that if they are mad, the rest of the world is even madder. In contrast to the Sycamores are the stuffy and snobbish Kirbys. The play tells how Tony, the attractive young son of the hugely wealthy Kirbys, falls in love with Alice Sycamore. The Kirbys have been invited to dinner to meet the Alice’s family, and much to her dismay they duly arrive… on the wrong night.
The Magical Voyage of Ullysses
Troy has fallen ... The captains and the kings depart, some like Nestor to a happy homecoming, others like Agamemnon to a bloody one. Ulysses is condemned to ten years exile for offending the gods during the siege. The story of his wanderings is well known from Homer's Odyssey, here providing a marvellous stimulant to the youthful imagination.
Absurd Person Singular
Meet three couples in their three kitchens on the Christmas Eves of three successive years. The "lower class" but very much up and coming Hopcrofts are in their bright new, gadget filled kitchen anxiously giving a little party for their bank manager and his wife and an architect neighbor. Next there are the architect and his wife in their neglected, untidy flat. Then the bank manager and his wife are in their large, slightly modernized, old Victorian style kitchen. Running like a dark thread through the wild comedy of behind the scenes disasters at Christmas parties is the story of the advance of the Hopcrofts to material prosperity and independence and the decline of the others.
Hello/Goodbye
Who the hell says 'ergo'? Whilst breaking into someone's flat?
What kind of person does that?
Alex, an introverted amateur collector who “likes things ordered and alphabetised and preferably laminated”, and Juliet, an impetuous whirlwind of a woman with a questionable history of past relationships, move into a flat they each think they’re renting alone... This chic, fast moving, extremely funny play is a modern metropolitan guide to falling in (and out) of love.
Don't Dress for Dinner
It’s a few years since the events of Boeing Boeing and lothario Bernard has married his Italian Air Stewardess girlfriend, Gabriella, and finally settled down… or has he? A telephone call from an agency to advise that the 'girl' will be arriving shortly raises Gabriella's suspicions, so of course she cancels her plans to go and visit her mother for the weekend.
Cue an evening of mistaken identities as Bernard's old good friend, Robert, turns up and mixes up Bernard's mistress and the hired agency cook!
Grimm Tales
Funny, magical, cruel and wondrous, the folk classics Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin and others from the Brothers Grimm are presented here in acclaimed poet Carol Ann Duffy's enchantingly fresh adaptation.
A beguiling and vigorous stage dramatization which takes a journey into the bright, warped world of a child's Imagination. A feast of storytelling magic suitable for children and adults alike.
Unfenced
A sophisticated piano, three blended voices, an old-fashioned string bass and a zippy drummer play songs from the Great American Song Book and beyond. Join Elizabeth Woodhouse , Sally Wilson and Samantha Brennan with Jane Peckham and Barney Guy for an evening of popular song. Enjoy!
Edith in the Dark (Abridged Version) @ The Regency Town House
A promenade performance of the abridged version of Edith in the Dark by Philip Meeks at The Regency House
Children’s author E Nesbit, bored of her husband’s Christmas party, retreats to her basement with her faithful housekeeper and a handsome party guest. As the night draws on Edith reads some of her work, not from her cherished children’s stories but her early terrifying horror tales. As the stories unfold it becomes clear that the darkness is not only in the writing.
A haunting glimpse into the disturbing dark and supernatural imaginings of a beloved children’s writer.
Billy Bishop Goes to War
Presented on the 100th Anniversary of Armistice Weekend.
Canada 1914. Billy Bishop signs up to fight in Europe and is soon in a military training camp. But one day, he spots a single-seater plane circling overhead. Overcoming intense prejudice and astonishing danger, Billy becomes the most successful fighter pilot of his generation. This play with songs explores the complexities of heroism, the cost of war, and Britain’s colonial past. Billy Bishop Goes To War is a true story. A deceptively simple and totally gripping theatrical experience. A co-production with Gonna Fly.
Edith in the Dark
Children’s author E Nesbit, bored of her husband’s Christmas party, retreats to her attic writing room with her faithful housekeeper and a handsome party guest. As the night draws on Edith reads some of her work, not from her cherished children’s stories but her early terrifying horror tales. As the stories unfold it becomes clear that the darkness is not only in the writing.
A haunting glimpse into the disturbing dark and supernatural imaginings of a beloved children’s writer.