Partington Theatre has been putting on 6 shows a year since 1954. You can see a list of our earlier productions here.
ROLEPLAY by Alan Ayckbourn
ROLEPLAY by Alan Ayckbourn Part of Alan Ayckbourn’s "Damsels in Distress” trilogy, Roleplay is the story of the hopelessly mismatched Justin and Julie-Ann. They are about to introduce their respective parents to each other over dinner - Justin’s upper-crust alcoholic mother from Surrey and Julie-Ann’s bigoted Yorkshire father and prim mother. Into this doomed scenario drops Paige Petite, a former lap-dancer with suicidal tendencies and her gun-toting minder. A high-energy farce from one of Britain’s foremost comedy playwrights. Directed by…
4th to 9th May, 2020 - Curtain up at 7:30pm
BREAKING THE CODE By Hugh Whitemore
In the leafy surroundings of Bletchley Park at the height of the Second World War, a brilliant young mathematician called Alan Turing was working away at a problem. The creation of a machine. A machine that would crack the German Enigma code and win Britain the war. In the aftermath of victory, Turing arrived in Manchester with an even bigger task in mind – the development of the modern computer. It would be a task he left unfinished, humiliated and destroyed…
16th to 21st March, 2020 - Curtain up at 7:30pm
GROW UP GRANDAD by Gordon Steel
Poppy is an eleven year old girl and has attitude. When she finds herself living with her cantankerous grandfather, all hell breaks loose.Grandad is something of a hermit, a man living in the past and he is suddenly confronted by a tornado of energy who asks too many questions.He is a man with no television, no computer and no patience, and while their relationship is volatile it’s also very funny and strewn with moments of real tenderness. Directed by Penny…
27th January to 1st February, 2020 - Curtain up at 7:30
BABES IN THE WOOD by Stephen Duckham
Directed by Harry Lee (Pantomime) Tickets for “Babes In The Wood” will be available to the public from Ticketsource from Sunday 20th October, midnight.. However, PAID-UP members of Partington Theatre will have priority booking access from 9 am. on Monday 14 October. You will need to contact Judy to be able to do this.
29th November to 7th December, 2019 - Various showtimes
SALT OF THE EARTH by John Godber
Directed by Jose Warhurst and Sophie Rawcliffe (Play with humour and pathos).Salt Of The Earth by John Godber The plays spans four decades from 1947 – 1988 and is set around a mining community in West Yorkshire. This dramatic comedy captures the dreams, ambitions, joys, fears, heartaches and disappointments of the Parker sisters Annie and May - (whose life revolves around her son Paul). Things change for the worse when Paul goes off to University and the miner’s face industrial…
7th to 12th October, 2019 - Curtains up at 7:30pm