The Birthday Shows are a special and unique event, so we understand if you have a couple of questions. We have put together this handy FAQ section to try to provide some answers for you, but if you have any further enquiries, you can email us at tickets@wolseytheatre.co.uk. Please refrain from giving us a […]

We are following Government advice and have closed our theatre and offices. All our shows have been cancelled until September but we are selling tickets for our Rock ‘n’ Roll panto and our Autumn Season online. If you have tickets for a show that has been cancelled we will be contacting you by email if […]

About to embark on a national tour with their critically acclaimed production of The War of the Worlds, Rhum and Clay’s Matthew Wells and Julian Spooner tell us to expect laughter, visual thrills and even modern technology in their retelling of the ultimate alien invasion story. When HG Wells published his classic sci-fi novel back […]

Nottingham Playhouse has revealed the cast of upcoming wartime tale Private Peaceful. Including several actors from Nottinghamshire, it’s a production that is set to transport families and schools back in time. Acknowledged by Morpurgo as his favourite work, this adaptation is a new ensemble-version by Simon Reade. It follows the adventures of Peaceful brothers, Tommo […]

  We are thrilled to announce that the next rock ‘n’ roll showstopper by Peter Rowe will be Jack and the Beanstalk! Dame Dolly Durden’s family farm has fallen on hard times – Squire Snuffbox is demanding the rent and Giant Blunderbore, with his wicked sidekick, Fleshcreep, is terrorising the land. There’s only one thing […]

Youth Perform 2020 presents ARE YOU SITTING COMFORTABLY? It’s TV Night in the Shufflebottom house, and the situation’s comedy! Dad makes the whole family watch the TV together, including the dog! No tablets, no laptops, no phones… just some good old fashioned entertainment just like when he was a boy, even though ‘…there’s never anything […]

With our latest New Wolsey production, Burke and Hare, only a few months away we took 5 minutes to speak with the play’s writer Tom Wentworth. Find out about his inspiration for the play and what advice he’s got for any budding writers out there…   Where did the inspiration come from to adapt this […]

Guest Post by Karen Bartholomew, Associate Artist: Dance and Engagement at Mind the Gap, and a little space Co-Creator. Since starting with Mind the Gap as a freelance artist around 10 years ago, I’ve worked on some incredible projects and been given some fantastic opportunities. Mind the Gap does a great job of investing in […]

A CLASSIC RE-IMAGINED “My Mother said I never should, play with gypsies in the wood, if I did she would say, naughty girl to disobey!” – words from Charlotte Keatley’s contemporary classic, My Mother Said I Never Should, which have been brought to life by countless actors since it was first written in the 1980s. Now, […]

Sarah Thomas plays Miss Marple in Middle Ground Theatre Company’s touring production of Agatha Christie’s A Murder Is Announced. She is best known for roles in Worzel Gummidge, and 25 years playing Glenda Wilkinson in BBC’s Last of the Summer Wine.   Tell us a little about A Murder is Announced It’s a classic Agatha […]