Upcoming SLT Productions
Hedda Gabler
by Henrik Ibsen in a version by Patrick Marber
Performances: 29 Sep - 3 Oct 2026
Rehearsing: from 19 Jul 2026
A bored newlywed trapped in a passionless marriage manipulates the lives of others in this modern, sharp-tongued interpretation.
Director: Jake Levy
Beyond Therapy
By Christopher Durang
Performances: 13 - 17 Oct 2026
Rehearsing: from 14 Aug 2026
Beyond Therapy is a farcical comedy focusing on two singletons seeking romantic relationships with the help of their psychiatrists, each of whom suggests their patient place a personal ad in the newspaper. What could go wrong?
Director: Indie
Gaslight
by Patrick Hamilton
Performances: 20 - 24 Oct 2026
Rehearsing: from 3 Aug 2026
Bella is haunted by the unexplained dimming of the gas lights and mysterious footsteps in their home. Jack convinces her these occurrences are mere hallucinations.
Director: Jonathan Pott-Negrine
They Promised Her The Moon
by Laurel Ollstein
Performances: 3 - 7 Nov 2026
Rehearsing: from 24 Aug 2026
The true story of female pilots who underwent rigorous testing in the 60s as astronauts, only to be denied the chance to fly to space.
Director: Craig Norman
Things I Know to be True
By Andrew Bovell
Performances: 24 - 28 Nov 2026
Rehearsing: From 14 Sept
Things I Know to be True is a beautiful and touching story of love in a family where everyone is changing, and learning to let go might be the only way to hold onto those you cherish.
(6 roles - mix of ages and genders) Script
Director: Stephen Hayward
The Flint Street Nativity
By Tim Firth
Performances: 10 - 19 Dec 2026 (Mat' perf 13 & 19 Dec)
Rehearsing: from Late Sep 2026
A warm, witty and joyful festive comedy packed with twisted Christmas carols, in which adults brilliantly recreate the triumphs, tantrums and tiny dramas of a group of seven-year-olds preparing their school nativity.
(11 roles - 20s-50s, mix of genders)
Directors: Guy Jones & Jason Salmon
Till The Stars Come Down
by Beth Steel
Performances: 11 - 16 Jan 2027
Rehearsing: from Nov 2026
A poignant, humorous, and chaotic drama set in a Nottinghamshire mining town during the wedding of Sylvia and Marek, her Polish immigrant partner.
Director: Charlotte Benstead
CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
YOUTH THEATRE SHOW: Love and Information
by Caryl Churchill
Performances: starting 3 Feb 2027
A fast-moving, kaleidoscopic and witty drama in which more than a hundred characters grapple with love, knowledge, communication and the bewildering flood of information that shapes their lives.
Directors: Greg Williams & Matea Thomas-Gray
The Master Builder
by Henrik Ibsen adapted by David Edgar
Performances: 23 - 27 Feb 2027
Auditions: 15 & 16 Nov 2026 (Apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: 6 December 2026
A tense and symbolic drama about a successful Norwegian architect whose fear of ageing and being succeeded is brought to crisis by the arrival of a mysterious woman from his past.
(4M & 3F 20s-60s)
Director: Gabriel Kellett
The Swell
by Isley Lynn
Performances: 9 - 13 Mar 2027
Auditions: Late Nov 2026 (Apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from mid-December 2026
A darkly comic drama in which a couple’s wedding plans are disrupted by an old friend, reigniting a dangerous love triangle.
(6F - 3 x 20s, 3 x 50s)
Director: Mark Ireson
Mort
by Terry Pratchett adapted by Stephen Briggs
Performances: 23 - 27 Mar 2027
Auditions: Early Dec 2026 (Apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from early Jan 2026
A comic fantasy in which Death’s new apprentice, Mort, changes history when he saves a princess from assassination instead of collecting her soul.
(Mix of gender and age)
Director: Milenka James
The Effect
by Lucy Prebble
Performances: 6 - 10 Apr 2027
Auditions: Late Dec/early Jan (Apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from Jan 2026
A funny and moving drama exploring love and attraction alongside questions of sanity, neurology and the limits of medicine.
(2M & 2F 20s-40s)
Director: Jess Osorio
Othello
by William Shakespeare
Performances: 20 - 24 Apr 2027
Auditions: Mid Jan (Apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from Feb 2026
A tragic play about how malicious manipulation destroys trust, love, and honour through groundless jealousy.
(10 - 15 roles)
Director: David Frost
Loot
by Joe Orton
Performances: 11 - 15 May 2027
Auditions: Late Jan (Apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from Feb 2026
A darkly comic farce in which two young thieves hide their stolen money in a coffin, triggering increasingly macabre chaos when a suspicious inspector arrives.
(5M 20s-60s & 1F 20s)
Director: Steve Grist
Killology
by Gary Owen
Performances: 25 - 29 May 2027
Auditions: Mid Feb (Apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from March 2026
A dark and provocative drama exploring violence, responsibility and consequence through a controversial video game that rewards players for acts of brutality.
(3M roles)
Director: Barry Hooper
Colder Than Here
by Laura Wade
Performances: 8 - 12 Jun 2027
Auditions: Late Feb (Apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from March 2026
A funny and moving drama about a terminally ill mother planning her own funeral as her family struggles to communicate in the face of an uncertain future.
(3F 20s-50s & 1M 50s)
Director: Cal Beckett
Holmes and The Ripper
by Brian Clemens
Performances: 22 - 26 Jun 2027
Auditions: Mid Mar (Apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from April 2026
A fast-moving mystery in which Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the grisly Jack the Ripper murders in Victorian Whitechapel.
(Multiple roles)
Director: Zane Fleming
Around the World in 80 Days
by Jules Verne adapted by Laura Eason
Performances: Starting 13 Jul 2027
Auditions: Late Mar (Apply when advertised)
Rehearsing: from April 2026
A fast-paced adventure in which Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg wagers his fortune on travelling around the world in eighty days.
(8-10 roles of mixed age & gender)
Director: Lisa Thomas