* Book now for our April shows 'The Lieutenant of Inishmore' and 'The Long Road'
* Previews and booking details for 'Other Desert Cities', 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'Old Times'
* News of upcoming auditions in May and June
* Are you a Facebook fanatic? A whizz on the Web? BLT needs you!
Don't miss this month's comedy classic in the Main House...
Fri 8th - Sat 16th April at 7.45pm (No show Sunday 10th)
Psychotic IRA terrorist Mad Padraic only cares about one thing more than Irish independence and that’s his beloved cat, Wee Thomas. So when Padraic learns that Wee Thomas has been killed, someone’s going to pay. And when a group of hitmen arrive to assassinate Padraic, the body count goes into overdrive…
Following our recent successes with Martin McDonagh's 'The Beauty Queen of Leenane' and 'The Cripple of Inishmore', BLT is proud to present this brilliantly black comedy, which is also a merciless (and timely) satire on the ultimate futility of terrorism.
Don't miss it!
WARNING: contains strong language and scenes of a violent nature
...And book now for this month's brilliant Bar production
Thurs 21st - Sun 24th April at 7.45 (in the Bar)
When 18 year-old Danny is fatally stabbed by Emma, his family struggles to find meaning and forgiveness. His mother’s need to understand this random killing brings her face to face with his killer, taking her down a 'long road' and forcing the rest of her family to confront their own demons and the senselessness of their loss. A moving and often very funny piece of theatre that will touch each and every one of us.
Please note: booking open to members and their guests only
Fri 6th – Sat 14th May at 7.45pm (No show Sunday 8th)
Returning home to Palm Springs after a six-year absence to celebrate Christmas with her family, Brooke Wyeth announces that she is about to publish a memoir dredging up a pivotal and tragic event in the family’s history – a wound they don’t want reopened. This fast-paced, tautly-written drama was described by the New York Times as “The most richly enjoyable new play for grown-ups that New York has known in many seasons”.
Please note: booking for non-members opens 6th April
Lord Arthur Savile's engagement to the lovely Sybil has all the appearances of a match made in heaven. But everything changes when he has his palm read and discovers that he is destined to become a murderer.
To protect his future wife from shame, Arthur feels duty-bound to get the dirty deed over and done with well before the marriage. Naturally, he settles on killing a member of his own family, but which one to dispatch? Decisions, decisions…
Wilde's wicked, black comedy positively fizzes with fun as the audience is taken on a laugh-out-loud romp through Victorian society. A zany, improbable comedy of murder, chocolate and a night on the Embankment in 1890s London.
Please note: booking for non-members opens on 3rd May
Anna visits her old friends, Deeley and Kate (husband and wife), at a farmhouse on the English seaside, seemingly to reminisce about their adventures in London 20 years ago. But memory can play false as old friends compete for attention. Their recollections overlap and in that overlapping lies confusion about the truth of what happened: “There are things I remember which may never have happened but, as I recall them, so they take place.”
Old Times was first staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre, London, June 1971 (directed by Peter Hall), and most recently in January 2013 at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
Bromley Little Theatre welcomes Colleen Batson in her debut as a director at BLT
Please note: booking open to members and their guests only
Get set for these latest auditions, coming in May and June...
Auditioning Sunday 8th May at 2pm...
Rules for Living
by Sam Holcroft
Directed by Jane Buckland
Performance dates: Thu 15 – Sat 24 September 2016
A theatrically playful, fast-paced, dark comedy which premiered at the National Theatre in 2015 with Miles Jupp and Stephen Mangan among the cast.
As an extended family gathers in the kitchen for a traditional Christmas, long-held mechanisms for survival are laid bare, accusations fly, relationships deconstruct and the ‘rules’ take over.
'Cause Célèbre' refers to the sensational Rattenbury murder of 1935. It took 40 years to reach the stage, but is an example of Rattigan’s immense skills.
Trapped in a sterile, sexless marriage, middle-class Alma Rattenbury embarks on an affair with her 17-year-old gardener. Shortly after, Alma’s husband is discovered dead from head injuries. The lovers were charged with murder and the subsequent Old Bailey trial caused a sensation – with women across the country less appalled about the murder than Alma’s adultery with her young lover.
Mixing gripping entertainment with compassion, suspense and humour, this is theatre on a grand scale - and therefore requires a sizeable cast!
Performance dates: Thu 29 September – Sun 2 October 2016 in the Bar
Orphans is a psychological thriller that explores the conflict between family ties and moral responsibility.
Helen and her husband Danny are having a quiet night in with a romantic meal, to celebrate the news that Helen is newly pregnant with their second child, when they are interrupted by Helen’s brother Liam, who arrives covered in blood.
A gritty urban drama with dark humour, full of suspense that questions loyalty, family and morality.
“...grips you tight, like a mugger in a knife-point robbery.”
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*You may use your credit or debit card to book online, provided we have your valid e-mail address registered on the Ticketsource system. In the event of any problems please email the box office
Please note: tickets booked online or via telephone can be refunded with 48 hours notice but are subject to a deduction of the 10% Ticketsource booking fee
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May we remind you that the smoking of electronic cigarettes is not permitted anywhere on Bromley Little Theatre premises. Thank you.
