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Dogs in Wellies presents
In a coastal studio, a portrait takes shape and old roles are redrawn.
28th July - 1st August, 7:30pm
In a coastal studio, a portrait takes shape and old roles are redrawn. The talented artist is no longer a woman her children recognise. Her adored son and overlooked daughter are rocked by the change. What washes up when the tide retreats – and what stories vanish with the shifting sands? Waving is a moving and humorous look at the nerve centre of a creative yet destructive family. In Rosalind Philp’s debut play, time and reality blur in a vivid exploration of life, loss and identity.
7th-8th august
Five friends gather for one evening to play a party game of hidden identities and accusations. As the game unfolds, the lines between performance and reality start to blur, and the group is forced to confront truths about each other that cross the boundaries of the game. Tense, darkly funny, and built for a single night in a single room, CABIN asks how well we really know the people we trust most, and what happens when a game stops being a game.
13th-15th August 2026
Set in a flat over the course of a year, sex worker Ashley visits Jon once a week. But what begins as a professional arrangement gradually deepens and grows more complicated as feelings develop and boundaries are tested.
Showing for just three nights this August as part of a development run, Intimacy is a darkly comic drama exploring sex work, love, and control.
Written by Alex Bower. Directed by Hamish Clayton.
Reviews of previous work
**** “theatre at its best - a good story elegantly told” - London Pub Theatres
**** "a memorable new play" - Spy in the Stalls
**** “This is the type of theatre you should be watching” - Pocket Size Theatre
The White Bear Presents
18th-22nd August
At a casual leaving party, John Oldman proposes an impossible truth: that he is 14,000 years old. The Man from Earth is a thrilling tale of 8 academic minds embarking on a charged analysis of history, faith and what it means to be human.
VOYAGES FESTIVAL 'Home' by Bill McGillivray
August 26th
In a future world where electricity no longer exists, David and Kate (ex-lovers) have to go on a journey, avoiding a dangerous London, to find David's mum. On the way, they find a small cottage in the middle of the countryside, and in that cottage they find a baby, helpless and lonely. An obstacle. A love rival.
Creatives involved: Bill McGillivray (Writer/Performer)/ Rigby Edwards (Performer)/ Niamh Buckland (Director)
VOYAGES FESTIVAL 'Beneath the Camouflage Tree' by Emily Meldrum
August 27th
VOYAGES FESTIVAL 'This Is Where I Leave You 'by Nayib Jean Baptiste
27th August
VOYAGES FESTIVAL 'Mighty Legacy' by Darren Yeboah
25th August
VOYAGES FESTIVAL DAY-1
28th August
VOYAGES FESTIVAL DAY-4
September 1st-12th
Darren lets out a howl.
Sometimes you just have to communicate. Let them know you’re here.
Darren has left everything behind to go live in the woods. Just off the A46 near Coventry, he weathers the elements, hunts for local prey, and argues with a mysterious creature that’s stolen his bottle opener. Until his brother arrives, and the life he was trying to escape forces its way back in.
This new black comedy by John Marquez explores masculinity, isolation and the desire to get away from it all.
Starring John Marquez (Doc Martin, Wild Cherry), Martin Marquez (Heartstopper, Hotel Babylon) and Lucy Cohu (Amadeus, Broadchurch).
