Upcoming SLT Productions
These Shining Lives
by Melanie Marnich
Performances: 1 - 5 July 2025
These Shining Lives is a powerful and poignant play telling the true story of the women who worked at the Radium Dial Company in the 1920s and 30s, painting watch dials with glowing radium paint—unaware of the deadly consequences.
This deeply moving drama follows the journey of four courageous women as they fight for justice after discovering that their work has poisoned them. These Shining Lives is not just a story of corporate negligence, but of resilience, friendship, and the strength of the human spirit, as the women band together to take on their employer in a landmark legal battle that changes American labour laws forever.
Director: LilyAnn Green
First rehearsal: 6 April 2025
James and the Giant Peach
Adapted by David Wood
Music by John Trent Wallace
Performances: 7.30pm 17 - 19 & 24 - 26 July, 2.30pm 19 & 26 July, 2pm & 6pm 20 July 2025
Full of fun, thrills and a sprinkling of magic, James' epic adventures will be brought to life in a show for all the family.
Director: Simon Gleisner
SLT Summer Shorts 2025
by various writers
Performances: 5 - 9 August 2025
Our annual new writing vehicle comes racing into town once again, with the opportunity for anyone with an idea to put together a 10-minute play which can be easily staged, with no more than 5 actors.
Submissions are closed, but there's more on this year's theme here
First rehearsal: TBC (shortly after the auditions.)
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Cold Water
by Philippa Lawford
Performances: 2 - 6 September 2025
A romcom about attraction and aspiration, told through snapshots from six months of Emma and Matt working together on a school production of The Seagull.
Director: Elliot Archer
CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
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
CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
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
CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
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. 4F (1 x white British, early 70s; 1 x black British, early-mid 60s; 1 x Polish, 30s; 1 x white British, 40s-50s) + child role. More info & script
Director: Jess Osorio
Auditions: 29/30 June, 2025
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. The situation needs to be resolved… 1F (20s to 30s), 1F (40s to 50s)
Director: Ingrid Miller
Auditions: 20/21 July 2025
The Crucible
by Arthur Miller
Performances: 11 - 15 November 2025
A gripping classic tale of fear, power, and mass hysteria, set during the Salem witch trials. Intense, timeless, and powerfully resonant. 7-10F (20s-60s); 7-10M (30s-60s) More info & script
Director: Yohann Philip
Mixed Feelings
by Ajjaz Awad-Ibrahim
New Writing!
Performances: 26 - 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
Auditions: Mid August, 2025
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
Auditions: 27/28 July