Past Productions

TREASURE ISLAND

adapted & directed by Karen Hebden.

Guardian 5*****

This is a production too good to miss from a theatre too valuable to lose.

Daily Mail 4****

This is a show that owes its success not to individuals, but to the spirit of the whole company.

MOON LANDING (TMA nomination)

created & directed by Stephen Edwards

The Guardian 4****

…Houston I think we have a hit!

The Daily Telegraph 5*****

This is rather wonderful…

The Times 4****

It’s as ambitious and spectacularly staged show as I’ve seen at any regional rep.

MERRILY WE ROLL A LONG

by Stephen Sondheim

directed by Karen Louise Hebden

The Guardian 4****

….the final scene when Frank, Charley and Mary first meet was so poignant it began to wobble behind my welling tears.

The Times 4****

Sparkling at its bittersweet best

CHRISTMAS CAROL

adapted by Karen Louise Hebden

directed by Stephen Edwards

The Independent 4****

Dickens’s story is brought alive, with clarity and faithfulness to the original.

Daily Telegraph 4****

Edwards has taken this adaptation and honed it so that a delightful evening now becomes absolutely stunning.

INTO THE WOODS (TMA nomination)

by Stephen Sondheim

directed by Karen Lousie Hebden

The Guardian 4****

You can’t but cheer to find a regional rep staging a big, difficult show like this with so much swagger and confidence.

ARABIAN NIGHTS

adapted by Karen Hebden & Stephen Edwards

directed by Stephen Edwards

The Guardian 4****

The production looks and sounds a treat... Edwards’s production is a back to basics exercise in ensemble narrative.

The Independent 4****

Shahrazad's flights of fancy are brilliantly acted out with jokey buffoonery, magical transformations and nimble stage business

MACBETH

directed by Karen Louise Hebden

The Times 4****

We are hauled into the superstitious world of the play, and the surge continues throughout Hebden's astutely judged and satisfying production.

The Guardian 4****

Hebden's perceptive and thoughtful treatment remains truly illuminating

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JOHNNO by David Malauf

adapted & directed by Stephen Edwards

The Australian

1950’s Brisbane has never looked so spectacular as it does in Edwards’ production of Johnno.

Time Off, Australia

Edwards’ dramatic re-telling takes this well loved narrative and absolutely nails it.

ANIMAL FARM

adapted by Peter Hall

directed by Stephen Edwards

The Times 4****

This impressive revival by Stephen Edwards — its first since the National Theatre premiere ten years ago

The Guardian 4****

Edwards' direction makes this a gripping, poignant, strong and swirling show.

MASTER CLASS by David Pownall

directed by Stephen Edwards

The Independent 5*****

Edward’s stupendous revival.

The Daily Telegraph 4****

David Pownall’s enthralling 1983 drama has been given a tense, gripping revival by Edwards