Upcoming SLT Productions
Cold Water
by Philippa Lawford
Performances: 2 - 6 September 2025
Emma returns to work at her old secondary school. It's easy it is to stay where you are — especially when you're not sure where to go, or what might happen if you tried.
Director: Jessika Hirvonen
NSFW
by Lucy Kirkwood
Performances: 16-20 September 2025
A biting workplace satire that skewers media ethics, gender politics, and exploitation. Sharp, darkly funny, and provocative.
Director: Sapphire Shoferpoor
Accidental Death of an Anarchist
by Dario Fo and Franca Rame, adapted by Tom Basden
Performances: 30 September - 4 October 2025
A fast-paced political farce exposing police corruption through absurdity, satire, and razor-sharp wit. Chaotic, clever, and outrageously funny.
Director: Mark Ireson
Es & Flo
by Jennifer Lunn
Performances: 14 - 18 October 2025
An exploration of the power of women through the lens of Es and Flo’s relationship and others who come into their home. Es & Flo is by turns humorous and reflective.
Director: Jess Osorio
Contractions
by Mike Bartlett
Performances: 28 October - 1 November 2025
An ink-black comedy about the boundaries between work and play. Emma's been seeing Darren. She thinks she's in love. Her boss thinks she's in breach of contract.....
Director: Ingrid Miller
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
Performances: 11 - 15 November 2025
In a world bound by Puritan law, a single lie sparks a wildfire of paranoia. This gripping classic tale of fear, power and mass hysteria, set during the Salem witch trials, is intense, timeless, and powerfully resonant.
Director: Yohann Philip
CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
Mixed Feelings
by Ajjaz Awad-Ibrahim
New Writing!
Performances: 25 - 29 November 2025
A dynamic piece of new writing looking at race, sexuality, family and the intersection of the above. With pace, it explores identity in British society today.
Director: Ajjaz Awad-Ibrahim
Rodgers & Hammerstein's
Cinderella
Music by Richard Rodgers, Original book & lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, New Book by Douglas Carter Beane
Performances: 11–20 December 2025, including matinees
This timeless musical brings the classic fairytale to life, with unforgettable songs, magical transformations, and a heartwarming story of dreams coming true.
Director: Florence Henderson
CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
Performances: 20 - 24 January 2026
Auditions: 21/22 September 2025 (apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from 19 October 2025
Ten strangers must find the murderer among them before they all fall victim. Agatha Christie's classic tale of poison, paranoia, and murder most foul. (3/4 F and 6/7 M) Script
Director: Alistair Simpson
Animal Farm
by George Orwell adapted by Tatty Hennessy
Youth Show
Auditions (within Youth Theatre): October 2025
Rehearsing from:November 2025
Performances: 10 - 14 February 2026
All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.
Directed by the SLT Youth team
The Habits
by Jack Bradfield
Performances: 24-28 February 2026
Auditions: 2/3 November 2025 (apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from mid November 2025
A tender look at who we are, and who we wish we were, in the face of bereavement, The Habits is equal parts charming, nerdy humour and bittersweet family tragedy. (3F and 2M) Script
Director: Jo Boniface
Terminus
by Mark O'Rowe
Performances: 10 - 14 March 2026
Auditions: 16/17 November 2025 (apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from December 2025
A poetic, blackly comic urban Dublin fantasy. Three people ripped from their daily lives are catapulted amongst serial killers, avenging angels and lovesick demons. (2F and 1M) Script
Director: Tom Watts
The Madwoman of Chaillot
by Jean Giradoux
Performances: 24 - 28 March 2026
Auditions: 30 November/1 December 2025 (apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from January 2026
A fantastical tale of hope and community in the face of an increasingly greedy and soulless world. (Multiple M & F-presenting roles) Script
Director: Cristina Jerney
Wanderlust
by Nick Payne
Performances: 7 - 11 April 2026
Auditions: 7/8 December 2025 (apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from February 2026
Joy’s lost interest in sex. Alan hasn’t. Their son Tim is curious. Wanderlust is a painfully funny exploration of intimacy and the awkward nature of relationships. (3M & 4M) Script
Director: Owen Thomas James
Black Mountain
by Brad Birch
Performances: 21 - 25 April 2026
Auditions: 4/5 January 2026 (apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from February 2026
Rebecca and Paul are running away, trying to save their relationship. But you can’t run forever, especially when you’re being followed. A tense psychological thriller about betrayal and forgiveness. (2F & 1M) Script
Director: Kurban Kassam
Nora: A Doll's House
by Stef Smith
Performances: 5 - 9 May 2026
Auditions: 18/19 January 2026 (apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from March 2026
Ibsen's play outraged society in 1879. This bold new version reframes the drama in three different time period, asking how far have we really come in the past hundred years? (3F & 3M) Script
Director: Mark Ireson
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
Performances: 19 - 23 May 2026
Auditions: 1/2 February 2026 (apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from March 2026
A modern retelling of Shakespeare's most famous tale, which sees Hamlet as a toxic masculine influencer marshalling his millions of followers against his treacherous uncle. (Multiple F & M-presenting roles) More info
Director: David Frost
My Night With Reg
by Kevin Elyot
Performances: 2 - 6 June 2026
Auditions: 15/16 February 2026 (apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from April 2026
A multi-award-winning comedy that is both deliciously funny and bittersweet. A group of gay friends old and new gather to party, but their world is about to change forever. (6M) Script
Director: Barry Heselden
The River
by Jez Butterworth
Performances: 16 - 20 June 2026
Auditions: 1/2 March 2026 (apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from April 2026
A remote fishing cabin, a man and a woman, and a moonless night; The River asks, when we find each other, are we trying to recapture someone we once lost? (2F & 1M) Script
Director: Janine Wunsche
Come From Away
by Irene Sankoff and David Hein
Performances: 1 - 11 July 2026
Auditions: 15/16 March 2026 (apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from Spring 2026
A multi-award winning musical that tells the heartwarming true story of a small town in Newfoundland that came together when the 9/11 terrorist attacks shook the world. (6F & 6M)
Director: Lily Ann Green
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stephenson, adapted by Briony Lavery
Performances: 23 July - 3 August 2026
Auditions: 12/13 April 2026 (apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from May 2026
On a dark and stormy night, Jim, the inn-keeper's granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger with a huge sea-chest at his feet, full of secrets. Jim invites him in - and her dangerous voyage begins. (6-8F & 10-12M) Script
Director: Lisa Thomas