What’s on

New Writing Night at The Rondo

Thu 30 Jan • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Professional Theatre

Join us for an exciting evening of theatre; all written, directed, and produced by The Rondo team, past and present!

For the first time, The Rondo team will showcase their work in a series of short plays. Expect to laugh, expect to cry, and more so, expect to wonder ‘what goes through their minds?’

Recommended age: 16+

Please note that there is a theatre restoration levy of £1.50 per ticket. This levy applies to all transactions, whether made in person at our Box Office, by post or by phone, for all payment types.

Stable

Fri 31 Jan • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Professional Theatre

Written by Taruna Nalini
Presented by Theatre Nisha UK

Jack, a troubled psychologist, finds himself drawn to his client, Ava, over the course of their therapy sessions. In his own therapy with Tara, he attempts to explore these feelings but falters – resulting in a breakdown in the very safeguards surrounding therapy. This gripping narrative delves into relationships, boundaries and the repercussions of our actions.

Told through duologues between the four characters, Stable is a modern cautionary tale. The play is a journey through the slow and dangerous collapse of a therapist’s internal compass leading to devastating consequences. It poses the question: Is the misuse of power ever forgivable?

Please note that there is a theatre restoration levy of £1.50 per ticket. This levy applies to all transactions, whether made in person at our Box Office, by post or by phone, for all payment types.

Behold Ye Ramblers

Thu 6 Feb • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Professional Theatre

Written by Neil Gore
Presented by Townsend Theatre Productions

From about 1890 up to the 1930s, readers of the The Clarion newspaper formed clubs and societies dedicated to leisure and educational pursuits for the furtherance of health and wellbeing – Clarion Cycling, Clarion Rambling, Scouts, Vocal Unions (choirs), drama groups, brass bands – as well as the Clarion Van for the promotion of Socialism.

New, lively arrangements of songs from the Clarion Song Book (from such luminaries as William Morris, Edward Carpenter and Edith Nesbit) and popular songs amongst the cyclists and ramblers will be front and centre of the performance.

The show invites existing choirs to join the performances, but audiences will also be encouraged to become choir members for the night and actively enjoy the interactive experience. It promises to be an evening of breezy, energetic entertainment that will leave you with the desire to join in with the performance, and then get up onto the nearest hillside and out into the fresh air!

Please note that there is a theatre restoration levy of £1.50 per ticket. This levy applies to all transactions, whether made in person at our Box Office, by post or by phone, for all payment types.

A Warning to the Curious: Two Ghost Stories by M R James

Thu 20 Feb • 7:30pm • Full £15 Concs £13 • Professional Theatre

Presented by Nunkie

“Sometimes you see him, and sometimes you don’t. It’s just as he pleases, I think: he’s there, but he has some power over your eyes…”

M R James wrote his ghost stories to perform to friends in Kings College Cambridge. Now, 120 years after their first publication, Nunkie have bought two of the eeriest and most entertaining back to life in this gripping, candlelit one-man show.

Lost Hearts offers one of James’s most memorable villains, the predatory scholar Mr Abney. It is paired here with perhaps his most poignant and personal work: A Warning to the Curious, in which a young archaeologist is haunted and hunted by the guardian of an ancient treasure.

The English seaside has never looked so menacing…

Please note that there is a theatre restoration levy of £1.50 per ticket. This levy applies to all transactions, whether made in person at our Box Office, by post or by phone, for all payment types.

FUFC

Fri 21 Feb • 8pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Professional Theatre

Written by Mark Jackson
Presented by New Anthem Theatre

A bad day in goal is one thing; a bad result from a cancer specialist is another. FUFC centres on a fifty-three year old man who has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, which he talks about with his old mate. Inspired by personal experience, this debut work is a testament to the power of sharing one’s story and speaks to the challenges, hopes and camaraderie that unite us all.

Please note that there is a theatre restoration levy of £1.50 per ticket. This levy applies to all transactions, whether made in person at our Box Office, by post or by phone, for all payment types.

Impromptu Shakespeare

Thu 27 Feb • 7:30pm • Full £15 Concs £13 • Professional Theatre

Hold onto your doublets, ruffs and trunk hose. The Bard is back! With story and verse improvised in the moment, enjoy a riotous new Shakespeare play every time – performed by Impromptu Shakespeare’s whip smart cast.

Packed with priceless wit, lyrical smarts, romance, and a dash of double-crossing, this leading ensemble do the Bard proud with a brand new hit every time, inspired by audience suggestions.

WINNER: Best Comedy Event, Buxton Fringe 2021

“Shakespeare from the hip. Ingenious and very funny” Will Gompertz, BBC Arts Editor

★★★★★ “Simply sublime, side-splittingly hilarious improvised comedy almost worthy of the Bard himself” Broadway Baby

Please note that there is a theatre restoration levy of £1.50 per ticket. This levy applies to all transactions, whether made in person at our Box Office, by post or by phone, for all payment types.

Grimm

Wed 5 – Sat 8 Mar • 7:30pm • Full £14 Concs £10 • Professional Theatre

“Star light, star bright,
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have this wish I wish tonight.”

Every year, the creatures of the forest gather to pay homage to the two rulers of the forest, the Faerie King and Forest Witch, by singing songs, telling tales, and wishing on stars, in hopes that one day the two will reunite.

With stories to tell, tonight they gather once more, to try and bring the two lovers back together, and restore the forest back to its former glory.

Combining traditional British folk music, and the Brothers Grimm Fairytales, join WhimsiCo for their second collaboration with folk duo Humm, in a haunting, ensemble-lead show, with beautiful music, and an uplifting message of hope, unity, and the power of once upon a time

Please note that there is a theatre restoration levy of £1.50 per ticket. This levy applies to all transactions, whether made in person at our Box Office, by post or by phone, for all payment types.

Impromptu Shakespeare

Fri 3 Oct • 7:30pm • Full £15 Concs £13 • Professional Theatre

Packed with priceless wit, lyrical smarts, romance, and a dash of double-crossing, this leading ensemble do the Bard proud with a brand new hit every time, inspired by audience suggestions.

WINNER: Best Comedy Event, Buxton Fringe 2021

“Shakespeare from the hip. Ingenious and very funny” Will Gompertz, BBC Arts Editor

★★★★★ “Simply sublime, side-splittingly hilarious improvised comedy almost worthy of the Bard himself” Broadway Baby

Please note that there is a theatre restoration levy of £1.50 per ticket. This levy applies to all transactions, whether made in person at our Box Office, by post or by phone, for all payment types.