At Calder Theatre, 26th and 27th of September





26th and 27th of September 2025, 7.30 pm

IN PLAIN SIGHT


Written by Adam Laboda
Directed by Valentin Burwell

Set across contemporary Britain, In Plain Sight is a collection of British-focused Stories of Love told in the form of a one-act play. Each scene is 20-25 minutes in length and is set in a unique location across the U.K., from the shores of Cornwall, rural Wales, and the Peak District echoing the complexity of life in Britain. The show highlights how love takes many different forms, from familial, platonic, and romantic, and how love is more complex than we often see in media. In this Work in Progress showcase, we are performing three of the five stories, celebrating love in all its forms:

Erin, Alys, & The Open Space
Telling the Story of Erin, who travels from Denbigh to Chester to meet her birth mother.

Alex, Danny, & The Space Between
Set in the City of Plymouth, Alex and Danny reconnect following a tragic incident that tore the two of them apart three years ago.

Hannah, Max, & The Whirlwind
When Hannah goes on her first date with Max in Lancaster, her life is swept up in a Whirlwind as their entire relationship is played out. A fun theatrical twist on the traditional rom-com.

Ticket Prices: £11
Run time: 70 minutes (no interval)
Content Warnings: References to alcohol, sex, drugs, suicide, and adoption.









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ENDED 9TH MARCH 2024


The Trial of Jemmy Button


A verbatim play based on old documents and letters.

Written and directed by Luis Gayol.

Wednesdays to Saturdays 7.30pm.
February 14th to March 9th.


It was the year 1830 when a young aboriginal from Tierra del Fuego was abducted and brought to England. As he was exchanged for a large pearl button, he was given the name of Jemmy Button. He was spared from being exhibited in a human zoo, as was the custom of the time; instead, he was sent to school to be indoctrinated in all aspects of English culture and the Christian religion.

After some time, he was put on a boat and returned to his land – the famous voyage of the Beagle, with Charles Darwin on board – in the hope that he would spread “civilization” among the members of his community.






ENDED 25TH MARCH 2023:


SEPTEMBER


A new play by Tereza Briggs Novaes.

“September” is a new play about love, betrayal and murder that links General Pinochet’s coup in Chile on September 11, 1973 and the attacks on New York, on September 11, 2001.

Three lives, two 9/11.

Brazilian theatre director and playwright Tereza Briggs-Novaes has devised a play that spans over three decades and looks at the issue of personal responsibility for great political events.

With
Stephanie Ellyne
John Terence
Bianca Beneduzi
Lukas Rimkus

Directed by Tereza Briggs-Novaes

 









THEATRE

ENDED 10 DECEMBER 2022


THE CRITIC



With Gary Heron and Gemma Pantaleo,
Directed by Sally Ripley.

Hugh is a renowned theatre critic who seems to have
everything a telegenic 50-something could possibly want:
success, adoring fans, money.  Even a basic understanding
of Twitter.

Privately it’s another story. He has no real friends and gets regular death threats.  And tonight, someone who bears a very real grudge against Hugh is planning to exact their revenge, once and for all...