Our 107th Season – 2026-2027
Plays 1 & 4 will be performed at the Lawrence Batley Theatre, Queen’s Square, Queen Street, Huddersfield HD1 2SP. Tickets: 01484 430528 / www.thelbt.org
Plays 2 & 3 will be performed at Longwood Mechanics’ Hall, Longwood Gate, Huddersfield HD3 4UU. Tickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/Huddersfield-Thespians
#1 ‘2:22 A Ghost Story’ by Danny Robins, 14 – 17 October 2026
Jenny and Sam have just moved into their new home with their baby. But something feels wrong. Every night, at exactly 2:22, Jenny hears footsteps around her daughter’s cot. Could the house be haunted?
With friends over for housewarming drinks, they decide to stay up and prove, once and for all, whether ghosts exist. Over one adrenaline-filled night, secrets will emerge, and ghosts may appear…
From BBC Uncanny’s Danny Robins, this is spine-chilling, funny and scary.
Wednesday 14th to Saturday 17th October 2026
Wed-Fri 7.15pm and Sat 2pm & 7.15pm
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
Tickets from the LBT Box Office.
#2 ‘The Way Old Friends Do’, 9 – 12 December 2026
In 1988, two Birmingham school friends tentatively came 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 an ABBA tribute band with a twist. But can Edward and Peter’s friendship survive the riot of platform boots, dodgy beards, and tribulations of a life on the road?
‘The Way Old Friends Do’ is a tender, laugh-out-loud comedy about devotion, desire and dancing queens.
Wednesday 9th to Saturday 12th December 2026
Wed-Fri 7.30pm and Sat 2.30pm
Longwood Mechanics’ Hall, Longwood
Tickets available from TicketSource.
#3 ‘The Rise and Fall of Little Voice’, by Jim Cartwright, 17 – 20 March 2027
In March we’re bringing some star power, with Little Voice and her stable of diva and chanteuse impressions so powerful they often plunge her mother’s rundown house into darkness.
Blown fuses, real and metaphorical, punctuate the action with flashes of pent-up energy in this acclaimed play.
‘The Rise and Fall of Little Voice’ is an engaging fairy tale of despair, love and finally hope as LV finds a voice of her own.
Wednesday 17th to Saturday 20th March 2027
Wed-Fri 7.30pm and Sat 2.30pm
Longwood Mechanics’ Hall, Longwood
Tickets available from TicketSource.
#4 ‘The Girl on the Train’ based on the novel by Paula Hawkins and the Dreamworks film, adapted by Racehl Wagstaff & Duncan Abel, 9 – 12 June 2027
If you enjoyed our production of ‘Gaslight’ a few years ago, you’ll love June’s play, ‘The Girl on the Train’.
Rachel Watson longs for the life of the couple she watches from her train window, happy and in love. Butt when the woman she’s been watching goes missing, Rachel finds herself 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, is a gripping mystery suspense thriller.
Wednesday 9th to Saturday 12th June 2027.
Wed-Fri 7.15pm and Sat 2pm & 7.15pm
Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield
Tickets from the LBT Box Office.