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The Old Curiosity Shop

Its not about a shop at all. Dickens changed his mind. It's a journey, a flight undertaken by the girl Nell and her gambling-addicted Grandfather. A flight from demons and enemies.

Dogging their footsteps are the bad-guys, Quilp and the crooked lawyer Brass. Also hard on their trail is the Single Gentleman, mysterious and rich. Along the road Nell an Grandfather meet a whole Fun and Horror House set of characters who help and hinder, amuse and bemuse, sucker and succour them. And then there's Dick Swiveller and his Marchioness, the comedy second-leads who get dragged into full-screen close up as the lovers.

In this innovative and imaginative adaptation Little Nell and Quilp are played by the same female actor reflecting the struggle between good and evil. True to the inner life of the book this adaptation shows Dickens at his best and as a master of the grotesque. You can meet the cast and crew from the production here.

And get a sneak preview of the production from some of the cast and our Assistant Director by watching our short video!

Beauty And The Beast

A beautiful girl, a father on his uppers, an enchanted castle, a mad gallop through the forest, a deserted rose garden, a promise unkept, a classic tale, a love story.

What more could you want in the middle of a long winter? This is a story you’ve always known, but you’ll feel you were hearing it for the first time. It’s funny, it’s sad, it’s exciting. It will warm your heart and send shivers up your spine, whether you are young or old.

Star Quality

A time warp 1970s corner shop owned by Miss Lavender, a sixty year old agoraphobic, is wracked by weather that the Prime Minister has called ‘a once in a thousand-year scenario’. Former groceries delivery boy Julian King pours everything he’s got into his singing on Britain’s bright n’ brash number one TV talent contest “Star Quality”.

Yet all is not what it seems ... and is the windblown collapse of the shop connected to the sale of his soul? Whether we decide yes or no, the ride that we’ve been on has combined the best of Saturday night TV with a cloistered world where something uncanny is going on.