What will happen in England after we have won this war?

Bunting! Bunting everywhere!

After the bunting has been taken down.

They will never take down our bunting!

July 1940. After an aerial dog fight, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home to win the heart of his old flame, Lydia Languish. Back on British soil, Jack's advances soon turn to anarchy when the young heiress demands to be loved on her own, very particular, terms.

The Big Spirit Youth Theatre brings this wonderful new play by Richard Bean and Oliver Chris to The QMT. In 2011, Richard Bean became the first playwright to win the Evening Standard Award for Best Play for two plays, The Heretic and One Man, Two Guvnors. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the National Theatre, London, in July 2022.

Seven-time BAFTA Award-winner Steve Coogan plays four roles in the world premiere stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove.

When a rogue U.S General triggers a nuclear attack, a surreal race takes place, seeing the Government and one eccentric scientist scramble to avert global destruction.

This explosively funny satire is led by a world-renowned creative team including Emmy Award-winner Armando Iannucci (The Thick of It, Veep) and Olivier Award-winner Sean Foley (The Upstart Crow).

Adapted by Armando Iannucci and director Sean Foley, starring Steve Coogan.

Perfect Days (PG)

Hirayama lives a life of blissful contentment, spending his days balancing his job as a caretaker of Tokyo’s public toilets with his passion for music, literature, and photography. His structured routine is slowly interrupted by unexpected encounters that force him to reconnect with his past.

Cast: Kôji Yakusho, Yumi Asô, Tokio Emoto

Director: Wim Wenders

Run Time: 125 mins.  

Language: Japanese with sub-titles

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written by David Harrower

directed by Amy Walker

15 years ago, Ray and Una had a relationship that ripped their lives and families apart. They haven’t set eyes on each other since.

Now she’s found him again

Una confronts Ray at his workplace , where the two engage in a long and difficult confrontation involving Una’s continuing struggles to understand and come to terms with the what happened and her intensely conflicting emotions, which pivot between anger, curiosity, confusion, and even a persistent attachment to

Ray, whom Una loved – and she believed that he loved her.

Ray, who is himself trying to forget the past and the potential feelings he had for Una, parries her demanding questions and descriptions of her feelings and experiences, all the while uncertain of her intentions…

The play follows a gruelling conversation between the two adults, examining how the choices made 15 years ago have shaped both of their lives.

They reflect on both the good and bad memories of their relationship and what their lives have been like since it ended.

Winner of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play in 2007, Blackbird is a play that grabs you from the first moment and won’t let go until the climax.

*This play explores challenging themes including sexual abuse.

The Junior Bancroft Players present an adapted version of Euripides classic tale of the fall of Troy and the fate of the women left behind.

Fallen Leaves (12)

In modern-day Helsinki, Ansa and Holappa, two lonely souls in search of their first love, meet by chance in a local karaoke bar. However, the pair’s path to happiness is beset by numerous obstacles—from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.

Director: Aki Kaurismäki

Cast: Alma Pöysti, Alina Tomnikov, Jussi Vatanen

Running Time: 81 mins.

Language: Finnish with sub-titles.

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Two estranged cousins reunite for a tour through Poland to honour their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the pair’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

A comedy about two cousins (Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin) travelling to Poland to visit the house of their grandmother. Great cast and plenty of laughs but underneath some serious themes about family, male friendship and growing older are delivered with a light touch, great dialogue and in wonderful locations.

The film effortlessly walks the tonal tightrope about cousins on a holocaust tour to create a masterpiece without really trying.

Cast: Olha Bosova, Kieran Culkin, Jesse Eisenberg, Banner Eisenberg

Director(s): Jesse Eisenberg

Runtime: 90

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Written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton we find the recurring characters of Blackadder, Baldrick and George placed in a trench during World War 1.  

We follow their various doomed attempts to escape from the trenches to avoid death under the misguided command of General Melchett.

 

The last Blackadder in the TV series and Winner of the British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Series in 1989.

Blackadder Goes Forth is the Bancroft Player’s second visit into the life of Blackadder as we put on a very successful production of Blackadder The Tudor Years in 2019.