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Olive: Fame in Flames
21st - 22nd November 2025
Olive Knight has thirty thousand followers, one viral song, and a dream - to become immortal, or at least algorithmically unforgettable. As she live-streams yet another “how-to” on fame, Olive spirals into a desperate séance for relevance in a world where everyone’s already famous.
Olive: Fame in Flames follows the award-winning 2022 short film Olive (Best Micro Short, Birmingham Film Festival). Now reimagined for the stage with Window Zebra Productions, this darkly funny one-woman show asks: when we’re drowning in content and nothing’s rare, what does fame even mean anymore?
Co-Creator, Writer & Director: Flora Lopategui
Co-Creator, Writer & ‘Olive’: Lucy Nicholson
Shed Theatre Presents
Ring Ring
By Gary Owen
25th Nov - 6th Dec 2025
“What if it gets easier? What if we can cope? What if everything we think is us going wrong is actually just how hard it is coping with all this and it isn’t going to be hard any more? What if, actually, if we just hold on, what if actually… we’re alright?”
Gary Owen’s Ring Ring, inspired by Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde, spins a series of chance encounters and tangled relationships into a witty, poignant exploration of connection, hope and human resilience.
Owen, one of Wales’ most celebrated playwrights, is known for Violence and Son (Royal Court), Romeo and Julie(National Theatre), Killology (Sherman Theatre / Royal Court) and Iphigenia in Splott (Sherman Cymru). His upcoming work Owain and Henry will be staged by National Theatre Wales starring Michael Sheen.
Originally commissioned by the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, this marks the first professional productionof Ring Ring.
Krimson Kestrel Theatre Co Presents
A new play by Vaughan Evans
9th - 13th December 2025
Four recent graduates set out to change the world for the better.
But might they succumb to the lure of Mammon – the ancient demon of money and wealth?
Or can they hold on to their principles – in life, in love…?!
Written by Vaughan Evans (A Rude Awokening, FU EU!, Integration, Integrity)
Directed by Orsolya Nagy (Striptease, Just Stop Extinction Rebellion, 29 Internet Dates)
Presented by Krimson Kestrel Theatre Co (A Rude Awokening, Integrity)
Openside presents
WHAT'S THE TRADE?
16th - 20th December 2025
ABOUT
A meeting room at an investment bank.
James is an successful FX Trader. Sarah is new to the Human Resources department.
They collide during an investigation into the absence of their collegue, Scarlett. A game of power and deceit which questions morals and challenges the professional and social lives of the young corporate world. It asks the question - who is actually in control?
Industry meets Mike Bartlett's Bull
PREVIOUS WORK
JOCK (Writer/Performer)
"A gripping exploration of toxic masculinity with a brilliant central performance – JOCK is a triumph that earns its place in the spotlight."
- Squirrp
"Howard's control of his play is pitched perfectly"
- The Reviews Hub
Maybe I Should Stop (Producer/Director)
Nominated for two 2025 Fringe Theatre Awards (Solo Performance & New Writing)
'A triumph from start to finish […] Director Esalan gates ensures every scene is distinctive, optimising the space and the performer’s remarkable range.’
★★★★★ London Pub Theatres
Pop Goes the Dollar (Writer/Director/Producer)
‘A fabulously entertaining and cleverly staged exposé'
★★★★½ The Reviews Hub
‘Everyone remains absolutely hooked by the spiralling storyline and fast-paced action.’
★★★★½ RatedReviewed
Brother Wolf presents
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
21st December 2025
During his final lecture on the duality of humankind, the respectable Dr Jekyll reveals his strange association with the mysterious Edward Hyde and the shocking truth about his identity: that Hyde, unlike other human beings, is not only fundamentally evil, but also the very definition of it. Combining edge-of-your-seat thrills with stunning physical theatre, Robert Louis Stevenson's classic "boogey tale" is brought chillingly to life in this award-winning one-man show.
Presented by Brother Wolf
Based on the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson
Adapted and Performed by James Hyland
Directed by Phil Lowe
Music by Chris Warner
"A creative and bold masterpiece... truly magnificent" ★★★★★ (A Youngish Perspective)
"The best piece of acting I've seen... outstanding" ★★★★★ (Pink Prince Theatre)
"Hyland is a genius. He has to be... extraordinary" ★★★★★ (Everything Theatre)
"the outstandingly talented James Hyland" ★★★★★ (What's On Stage)
"outstanding and original... extremely impressive" ★★★★★ (What's Peen Seen)
"A fantastic actor... Go and see it wherever you can." ★★★★★ (Stafford Radio)
"A masterpiece in every respect... Utterly unmissable." ★★★★★ (British Theatre Journal)
"not for the faint hearted... a spine tingling piece of theatre" ★★★★★ (The Theatre Twittic)
