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Midlife Cowboy

Midlife Cowboy

Open Date: 13 Sep 19 to 6 Oct 19

Midlife Cowboy Midlife Cowboy follows the fortunes of the members of the Swindon Country and Western Club as they bid to end many years of hurt by finally winning first prize at the prestigious Railway Museum Gala Evening - and along the way discover the true nature of heroism. But this is not just about country music. A marriage is in crisis, fri...

How to Catch a Krampus

How to Catch a Krampus

Open Date: 13 Nov 18 to 23 Dec 18

How to Catch a Krampus International drag collective Sink the Pink and Pleasance Theatre present a dark and terrifying twist on the traditional Christmas theatre show. Based on Victorian melodrama and the myth of the Krampus (a horned eastern European Christmas beast with the head of a goat and long hideous claws, of course), the story follows ...

Assassins

Assassins

Open Date: 20 Mar 18 to 8 Apr 18

Assassins “You wanna shoot a president?” Over the last 152 years, 9 Americans have tried to kill – no, assassinate - 8 American presidents, only 4 of them successfully. Why? Sondheim’s Assassins tells us the story of these ambitious, deluded, passionate, desperate people who believed that the solution to their problems was to shoot the guy in cha...

The Lost Boy Peter Pan

The Lost Boy Peter Pan

Open Date: 29 Nov 17 to 7 Jan 18

The Lost Boy Peter Pan A magical adaptation of J.M. Barrie's classic tale of fairies, pirates and the little boy who flew through the window. Based on the most famous children’s story of all time, The Lost Boy Peter Pan is a journey past the second star to the right and on until morning, featuring the songs of The Beatles played live on stage by a...

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