Bleak Expectations
The story Charles Dickens might have written after drinking too much gin…
Follow half-orphan Pip's extraordinary exploits with sisters Pippa and Poppy and best friend Harry Biscuit, as they attempt to escape the calculating clutches of the dastardly Mr Gently Benevolent, defeat the hideous Hardthrasher siblings, and deflect disaster at every turn! Will evil be vanquished by virtue? Can love triumph over hate?
Mark Evans' stage play Bleak Expectations is a hilarious, chaotic caper, featuring dastardly villains, preposterous names, pulse-quickening romances, heart-rending death scenes, and definitely, probably, hopefully a happy ending.
Based on the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series, the play opened at The Watermill Theatre, Newbury, in 2022, directed by Caroline Leslie. It transferred to the Criterion Theatre in London's West End in 2023, where it featured a medley of many well-known actors and comedians.
It is a gloriously daft Dickensian romp which will have their audiences joyfully transported and begging for more.
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2026 Summer School - Monster Academy
Our Summer School for 2026 is now on sale....Monster Academy Is a humorous take on the old Scary movies with our tongues (And fangs) firmly in our cheek. Come and learn a full 2 Act Musical in a week under the expert guidance of the experienced professionals at Up-Stage Visit our box office to secure your place Book fast as we expect this one to sell very quickly.....Payment options available....We are in our third decade of this project which is often copied, but never bettered!
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Future Production Dates
2027 - (Provisional Dates)
22nd May to 30th May - “Sugar Daddies” - Alan Ayckbourn (TBC)
8th August to 14th August - Summer School - “CSI-Spy” by Keith Badham
27th November to 5th December - Winter Production (To be Announced)
