
The complete works of jane austen, abridged
Schoolhouse Productions
​One newbie and two self-professed Janeites, through almost all means imaginable, tackle the entire canon of Jane Austen’s works – in just 80 minutes.
Come along for a fun, funny, and fast-paced romp through the masterpieces of Jane Austen with The Complete Works of Jane Austen, Abridged. Three nimble actors take on all of Austen’s beloved heroines, friends, and love interests—and her incisive social satire—in just 80 minutes. It is a truth universally acknowledged that an audience in possession of high spirits must be in want of a ticket to this big-hearted comedy that will delight Janeites and newcomers alike.
18th May 2025
7.30pm £15
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“Hilarious” Stagetalk Magazine ★ ★ ★ ★
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“played to perfection... a delightfully funny romp through the Austen canon” Bristol 247​​
Age recommendation 14+

The mushroom show
Scratchworks Theatre
Augustine Fogwoode is on a quest to make sure everyone knows about the brilliance of fungi: all of their amazing abilities and scientific superpowers. But it’s just her and her puppet friend Goldie. She might just need a few more fun-guys to make it happen…
Join the party and discover how fungi grow, connect and help the natural world, including us humans. Packed full of interactive games, playful music and lots of laughs for all the family, The Mushroom Show is one person’s mission to build a community… and maybe it’ll become your mission too?
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​Critically acclaimed Scratchworks Theatre fuses their signature style of physical comedy, audience interaction and family theatre with the world of fungi.
28th May 2025
2pm £8
Age recommendation 5+

Playtime
The Last Baguette
Play-along theatre adventures for 2-6 year olds and their grownups
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Come along for a fun, relaxed participatory theatre session with The Last Baguette theatre company.
There’ll be silliness, play-acting, games and music... Expect to play, move, watch and laugh.
Join Ratty and her friends for a fun and gentle introduction to theatre with play-along storytelling, original music, puppetry, theatre games, movement, and lots of imaginative play. Ratty has a lot of ideas but sometimes things don’t go according to plan....can you help her by playing along and working together?
Sessions last 1 hour, and are created for ages 2-6 and their grown-ups. Younger and older siblings welcome!
26th May 2025 "A Woodland Wonder" join Ratty as she learns about
the environment and plant your very own seeds!
10 am & 11.30am £8 (group discounts available)
Age recommendation 2-6

Toss Bag
Becky Walsh
By unpacking the ‘Toss Bag’ Becky Walsh dives into human psychology, neuroscience and power dynamics to reveal what triggers people to behave from the worst of themselves, in a humorous and insightful exploration of dealing with difficult individuals in life.
You may know one, you may work with one and you may even be one. This show is a stress reliever for those annoyances called other people, also known as douchebag!
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​We're really pleased to welcome Becky back to Theatre Shop after her 2024 sell-out performance of 'Burnout'
31st May 2025
7.30pm £15
Age recommendation 12+

BIN RAT!!!
The Last Baguette
A rat-astic and realistic look into refuse and recycling. Rummage through the rubble with Bin Rat and her friends from Squeaky Clean Street Cleaners to discover where all the junk goes!
Scrape scraps off the streets and find out what literally happens to litter in this fun, feral, family show.
Bin Rat is an outdoor interactive theatre & puppetry show that explores our relationship with our waste and where it goes, and asks the question: is tidiness really the answer? With Last Baguette’s zany style & absurd humour & lots of disco dancing, this show asks you to think before you throw - where is away?
The Last Baguette makes entertaining, accessible and eccentric work for family audiences and uses live music, physical comedy, puppetry, visual storytelling & silliness to talk about important issues of our times.
27th July 2025
11am & 2pm
FREE SHOW IN
QUEENS SQUARE!
Age recommendation: All Ages

Too Many Greek Myths
Living Spit
When two members of Clevedon-based comedy theatre company, Living Spit, are overhead bragging about how good they are, Zeus, enraged by their hubris, decides to teach them a lesson. His punishment? A Herculean challenge: to squeeze twenty of the greatest Ancient Greek myths into one chaotic, side-splitting show!
Join Living Spit as they tackle everything from Hades to Heracles, Midas to Medusa, with their trademark blend of harebrained humour, questionable wigs and a total disregard for historical accuracy. Can they conquer the labyrinth of legends before time runs out? Or will the gods have the last laugh?
Prepare for a mythological marathon - Living Spit style!
Warning: May contain togas, ridiculous puns and possibly an overworked Trojan Horse.
29 Sept - 11th Oct 2025
2.30pm (Saturdays only)
7.30pm £15
Age recommendation 8+

don Quixote (is A Very Big Book)
Opposable Thumb Theatre & Nordland Visual Theatre
In his new one-man show, Dik Downey (Green Ginger, Pickled Image, Opposable Thumb) weaves together the crazed delusions of Don Quixote with his own struggle against reality. With a rogue’s gallery of puppets and desperate clowning, Dik’s Quixote embarks on surreal, comic misadventures, accompanied by his wisecracking sidekick, Sancho Panza, and his decrepit horse, Rocinante.
While Dik fights to make his retelling of this huge novel joyous to a contemporary audience, we see something else – Dik’s refusal to yield to the passing of time. As Quixote chases his impossible dreams of glory, Dik faces his own dwindling relevance and his mortality.
This international co-production from the company that made Coulrophobia, a “truly fabulous showcase of clowning and puppetry skills” (Total Theatre), blends laugh-out-loud moments with mad reflections on the joys and indignities of growing old and fighting against the inevitable.