Baker Street Ladies
Sherlock Holmes is not at home this evening. Neither is his friend and colleague Dr. Watson.
Mr Holmes is rarely home unless knee-deep in a case (and unavailable anyway) or otherwise desperately waiting for a good one to come along. But on this particular evening, whatever the 'case', he is elsewhere.
Four ladies, all with strong ties to the Great Detective, one after another, are drawn towards and into 221b Baker Street in the hope of finding him at home.
After Shakespeare – Richard III
The tumultuous life of Richard III: not the villain of Shakespearean lore, but loyal brother to a king, devoted husband and father, and eventually reluctant monarch. King for only two years, Richard navigates the Wars of the Roses through betrayal and intrigue with an unwavering sense of duty.
After Shakespeare – Richard III invites audiences to watch real events through a different lens, and reconsider their judgement of a man maligned by centuries-old Tudor propaganda, and ask themselves the question: in Richard’s place, what would you have done?
Last performed to sold out audiences at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe.
After Shakespeare
What happens to Shakespeare's best-loved heroes and most reviled villains after the curtain falls?
Come and join a host of familiar Shakespearean characters as they reflect back on their lives: including Lady Macbeth, Portia, Hamlet and King Hal (Henry V).
Lexi Wolfe weaves together Shakespeare's words, historical research, and her own dramatic spark, as she transforms into four distinct characters, to follow their onward journeys.
Winner of Best Actress, Buxton Fringe 2021. 'Lexi Wolfe is a formidable actor' (Buxton Fringe).
The Pendle Witch
1636. Lancaster Castle - The Witches' Tower. You are imprisoned, awaiting trial, crammed into a cell with a solitary woman who has been here for years. She tells you the story that lead to her being imprisoned, beginning at a Witchcraft Trial, twenty-four years previously.
But she was not the accused witch. In 1612, she was nine, and she was a witness for the prosecution against the Witches Of Pendle, including her own brother, sister, and mother. In this story, the infamous Jennet Device herself tells her version of the events which lead to the hanging of ten people - impossible, had it not been for Jennet's testimony - and her how fortunes fared since then.
Mrs Oscar Wilde
Constance Lloyd is rarely remembered in literary history. A feminist, a writer and a mother, she is rather remembered as the wife of one of the most infamous Victorians – Oscar Wilde.
From her childhood days suffering at the hands of her abusive mother to blossoming into a young woman of society, Constance’s story is intriguing and varied. She had her own income, she brought up her two small children almost single-handedly and was one of the most well-known faces and names among the celebrities of London in the late 1800s.
Mrs. Oscar Wilde is a presentation of her life, told using excerpts of accounts in her own hand in letters to those she knew and loved, revealing a wit that rivaled Oscar’s himself, a sense of humour dry and winning and a sense of self that will have every audience member rooting for the tragic heroine from beginning to end.
