Season 107 is coming!
We’re delighted to announce the plays for our 107th Season, which will take place from October 2026 to June 2027. We’re also seeking expressions of interest from directors for each of the four plays. Details below…
Expressions of interest should be sent to casting[@]huddersfieldthespians.co.uk by 12 noon on Wednesday 8 April 2026.
| Play | |
| 2:22 A Ghost Story by Danny Robins | 14-17 October 2026 |
| Lawrence Batley Cellar Theatre | Cast: 3f, 3m |
| Staging: Built set (interior, with French windows onto garden) Jenny and Sam – and their baby Phoebe – have recently moved into their new home. But something feels frightening and wrong. Very wrong. Over the baby monitor, at 2:22 every night, Jenny hears footsteps around her daughter’s cot. Could the house be haunted? When their friends Lauren and Ben come round for a housewarming dinner, they drink wine, relive their pasts, and argue about the existence of ghosts. They decide to stay up until 2:22, to discover the truth. Over one adrenaline-filled night – as the foxes scream outside – secrets will emerge, and ghosts may appear… Spine-chilling, funny and scary, Danny Robins’ play won Best New Play at the 2022 WhatsOnStage Awards, and was nominated for Best New Play at the Olivier Awards. 2:22 A Ghost Story provides rich opportunities to make things go bump in the night – and audiences scream. | |
| The Way Old Friends Do by Ian Hallard | 9-12 December 2026 |
| Longwood Mechanics Hall | Cast: 3f, 3 or 4m, plus 2 m/f voiceovers |
| Staging: Various locations, simply staged In 1988, two Birmingham school friends tentatively come out to one another: Edward as gay; Peter, even more daringly, as an ABBA fan. Nearly thirty years later, they meet again – and take a chance by forming the world’s first ABBA tribute band in drag. It’s a riot of platform boots and dodgy beards, Waterloos and Chiquititas, and they couldn’t escape if they wanted to. But can Edward and Peter’s friendship survive the tribulations of a life on the road? Ian Hallard’s The Way Old Friends Do is a tender, laugh-out-loud comedy about devotion, desire and dancing queens. It offers all the ingredients to give an audience the time of its life. | |
| The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright | 17-20 March 2027 |
| Longwood Mechanics Hall | Cast: 3f, 3m + 1m/f |
| Staging: A living room, bedroom and a working men’s club Blown fuses, real and metaphorical, punctuate the action with flashes of pent-up energy in this acclaimed play. The diminutive heroine frequently plunges the dilapidated house she shares with her alcoholic mother into darkness by playing her dead father’s records at a volume matched only by the soulful power of her vocal impressions. Little Voice has a hidden talent: she can emulate every chanteuse from Judy Garland to Edith Piaf. She hides in her room, crooning and dreaming of love, while her dishevelled mother mistakes a seedy agent’s interest as affection rather than enthusiasm for the gold mine buried in her daughter’s throat. This is an engaging fairy tale of despair, love and finally hope as LV finds a voice of her own. Please note: the part of LV has been cast following a pre-emptive audition call. | |
| The Girl on the Train by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel (based on the bestselling novel by Paula Hawkins and the Dreamworks film) | 9-12 June 2027 |
| Lawrence Batley Cellar Theatre | Cast: 3f, 3m, + 1m/f |
| Staging: A suburban town in England. Present day using simple staging Rachel Watson longs for a different life. Her only escape is the perfect couple she watches through the train window every day, happy and in love. Or so it appears. When Rachel learns that the woman she’s been secretly watching has suddenly disappeared, she finds herself as a witness and even a suspect in a thrilling mystery in which she will face bigger revelations than she could ever have anticipated. This stage adaptation, based on Paula Hawkins’ international bestseller and the blockbuster film, The Girl on the Train is a gripping mystery suspense thriller. |
For any further information, please also contact casting[@]huddersfieldthespians.co.uk before the closing date for expressions of interest.
