Upcoming Shows at
The Playhouse Theatre
The Importance of Being Earnest
by
Oscar Wilde
on stage at
Christ Church Hall
3 Christchurch Road
Northampton NN1 5LL
7.30pm, 15 - 19 September 2026
Directed by Simon Rye
Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is a farcical comedy where two bachelors, Jack and Algernon, invent fictitious personas named "Ernest" to escape social obligations. Their deceptions hilariously entangle them in overlapping romances, ultimately satirizing the rigid, hypocritical, and trivial nature of Victorian upper-class society.
The Girl On The Train
Based on the novel by Paula Hawkins and DreamWorks film, adapted by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel
on stage at
Christ Church Hall
3 Christchurch Road
Northampton NN1 5LL
7.30pm, 10 - 14 November 2026
Directed by Jasmine Hudson
A new stage adaptation based on Paula Hawkins' international bestseller and the blockbuster DreamWorks film, The Girl on the Train is a gripping mystery/suspense thriller.
This Amateur production is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals.
The Signalman & A Christmas Carol
by
Charles Dickens
perforded at
Christchurch
3 Christchurch Road
Northampton NN1 5LL
7.30pm, 10 - 11 December 2026
A rehearsed reading of two Charles Dickens' ghost stories presented in the churceh with the 10th December being a fundraiser for Christchurch.
See How They Run
by
Philip King
on stage at
Christ Church Hall
3 Christchurch Road
Northampton NN1 5LL
7.30pm, 2 - 6 February 2027
Directed by Graham Breeze
See How They Run by Philip King is a classic British farce centred around a quiet English vicarage, a nosy parishioner, and a cascade of mistaken identities. The main characters are the Toop household, their visitors, and the chaotic figures caught in the middle.
The Rev. Lionel Toop's wife, Penelope, is an ex-actress. While Lionel is away, Clive, an actor, calls. He invites Penelope to dine in town, which is out of bounds to servicemen. He dresses in Lionel's clerical blacks. Miss Skillon, a parishioner, sees the couple repeating one of their theatrical scenes and draws the wrong conclusion. Matters become highly complicated when Lionel arrives home, followed by the Bishop of Lax and a German POW disguised as a vicar!
This Amateur production is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals.
The Crucible
by
Arthur Miller
on stage at
Christ Church Hall
3 Christchurch Road
Northampton NN1 5LL
7.30pm, 6 - 10 April 2027
Directed by Georgina Pearson and Giles Mooney
This exciting drama about the Puritan witch-hunt in old Salem is both a gripping historical play and a timely parable for our contemporary society. The story tells “how small lies - children’s lies - build and build until a whole town is aroused and 19 men and women go to the gallows for being possessed of the Devil...
This Amateur production is presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd.
Dancing at Lughnasa
by
Brian Friel
on stage at
Christ Church Hall
3 Christchurch Road
Northampton NN1 5LL
7.30pm, 8 - 12 June 2027
Directed by Ben Knight
Brian Friel’s Tony and Olivier Award-winning play is a haunting and celebratory portrait of five unmarried sisters eking out their lives in a small Irish village in 1936.
This Amateur production is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals.