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Dr Freud Will See You Now, Mrs Hitler
4 - 28 Sep 2025
Drama
Production by:
Chromolume Productions
Sigmund Freud and Adolf Hitler never met. But what if they had?
Would the world be a better place if the 20th century's greatest psychopath had been treated by the 20th century's greatest psychoanalyst?
It could have happened: At the fag-end of the 19th century, Mrs Hitler took the infant Adolf to her GP because the child was suffering from nightmares and bedwetting. The doctor was out of his depth. He suggested she take her son to a new clinic for children with 'nervous disorders' which had just been opened in Vienna by a Doctor Freud. Her abusive husband wouldn't hear of it. But what if Mrs Hitler had defied him and young Adolf did end up on Freud's iconic couch?
29 Sep 2025
Production by:
Just Like That Productions
Join us, once a season, for an evening of Magic at the Gatehouse presented by an exciting line-up of top magicians. Witness miracles manifest before your eyes in an intimate theatre that puts you at the heart of the magic.
Featuring...
Tom Brace
Florian Brooks
Lee Hathaway
Paul Regan
30 Sep 2025 until 19 Oct 2025
Drama - Comedy
Production by:
Francis Beckett
Francis Beckett’s new play Make England Great Again is set just after the Britons First Party wins its first ever general election victory, and its charismatic leader Max Moore enters 10 Downing Street.
It’s a comedy, but also a warning.
Francis Beckett’s last three plays have had successful runs at Upstairs at the Gatehouse. The New Statesman called A Modest Little Man “a moving and entertaining play about Clement Attlee.”
In The House Magazine, John McDonnell MP wrote of Vodka with Stalin: “As always with Francis’s work, you can’t fail to become emotionally close to the characters.”
23 Oct - 16 Nov 2025
New Musical
It’s autumn in Moominvalley. Leaves are falling, rain has settled in. Six strangers arrive, each searching for something. Snufkin is looking for a melody. Fillyjonk longs for order. And Toft wants, more than anything, to meet the Moomins.
But the house is empty. The valley is quiet. The Moomins have gone.
Based on Tove Jansson’s final Moomin story, Moominvalley in November is a gentle, profound, and life-affirming meditation on grief, belonging, and quiet resilience.
