Upcoming SLT Productions
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. Our 10 short plays have been selected, cast and directed on this year's theme of "Scale"
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: Jessika Hivronen
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
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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…
Director: Ingrid Miller
CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
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.
Director: Yohann Philip
CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
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: TBC
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