IT’S A PROGRAMME OF ALL HULL BASED PLAYS THIS SEASON…..

This season will have a distinctly local theme with the opportunity to run two fabulous Hull-based plays; Ladies’ Day (first performed by us in 2008) and we have been fortunate to get the amateur rights to put on Richard Bean’s To Have And To Hold which was a recent success at Hull Truck as recently as 2025. 

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COMIMG THIS NOVEMBER : LADIES’ DAY by Amanda Whittington

Ladies’ Day follows four fish factory workers from Hull—Pearl, Jan, Shelley, and Linda—whose daily lives are an unfulfilling grind. It is 2005 and to celebrate Pearl’s upcoming retirement, they ditch their hairnets for glamorous outfits and head out for a day at York Racecourse in the year Royal Ascot was held there.  As the champagne flows, personal secrets begin to unravel, exposing their hidden heartbreaks and dreams.

We are looking forward to bringing this popular comedy-drama back  to the stage, 19 years after our first run back in 2008. 

Directed by Steve Howland and performed by Janet Drewery, Nic Johnson, Wendy Salter, Sally Morland, Rob Newton and Steve Howland.

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COMIMG MAY 2027 : TO HAVE AND TO HOLD by Richard Bean

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD is a sharp, funny and bittersweet comedy-drama about an elderly couple and the chaos that ensues when their adult children descend to get their affairs in order.

After sixty years of marriage, happily settled into their retirement village in Wetwang, ex-cop Jack and his wife Florence have elevated bickering almost to the status of high art.  That said, they’re otherwise getting along fine with the support of a nearby niece and the hilarious interventions of the man known locally as ‘Rhubarb Eddie’. 

But will their anxious son, shuttling between London and LA, and their errant daughter, contemplating a move to Australia, leave them to live out their days in peace?

Directed by Janet Drewery and performed by Gill Collins, Steve Howland, Gary Vann, Dianne Turner, Lee Kelly and Janet Lamb.

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The Forum hasn’t been so full of people for rehearsals like this for many years, but then this play has a cast of seven and an extensive backstage crew too. If you’re booked to see this comedy then you will get to understand why.

This week we enter our final rehearsals before preparing to take it to the stage – so this Friday will see our tiring but amazing set-build weekend begin as we create the set we have had to imagine for the last few weeks.

As for tickets, we have seats still available on Saturday 16/5 or get on our waiting list for other days.

A few recent photos below…

Book now for our next production.

PARTY PIECE, our second play of the season, provides us with the opportunity to cast seven of our actors in this hilarious play from the writer of two of our most popular earlier productions (‘Outside Edge’ and ‘Stepping Out)’ along with dozens of well known TV dramas.  

What’s it about?

This is a fast-paced and very funny play set in the back gardens of feuding neighbours, the Smethursts and the Hinsons. 

It is the night of the Smethurst’s fancy dress house-warming party. Uptight Michael and his wife Roma are diligently making preparations for a lively evening despite concerns over their neighbour, the elderly Mrs. Hinson. At the other side of the fence, the artful and acerbic Mrs. Hinson is visited by her son and daughter-in-law adding to the tension. And when the party is ready to go we await the guests with the sense that events may not go smoothly….

Two gardens, two families, some guests, a BBQ and a Zimmer frame all feature in this manic comedy. Book now.

The Cast

With Rob Newton as Michael and Sally Morland as Roma, Barbara Failey as Mrs. Hinson, Gary Vann as son David and Nic Johnson as Jennifer the daughter-in-law, Wendy Salter as Sandy and introducing Lee Kelly as Toby.

Produced and Directed by Steve Howland.

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