'Allo 'Allo - 2nd to 7th August, 10th to 12th August, 17th to 19th August, 24th to 26th August, 31st August to 2nd September, 6th to 11th September 2021

(performances 7.30pm - 7th August 2.30pm matinee and 7.30pm)

By Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft

Directed by John Miles

(A TOADS season production)

A COMEDY

All is not well at ‘Café René’. It’s 1942 in France and the ‘conquering heroes’ have disrupted the peaceful village of Nouvien to such an extent that René Artois, our genial host, doesn’t know which way to turn. Ever since the invasion, he has been forced to be nice to the occupying forces and at the same time try to keep up his
standing as a patriot. René juggles to keep the peace, and fails.

       The Resistance have billeted two British airmen in the cafe; the priceless painting of the ‘Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies’ has been confiscated by the Nazis and hidden in one of René’s sausages, and the radio messages he’s been sending to London have been intercepted! To add to his problems, his two lustful waitresses are becoming impatient and his longsuffering wife, Edith, is suspicious.

       An incompetent cavalcade of cockatoo salesmen, gendarmes and an Italian war hero combine with a power-play between the commandant and the sinister Gestapo officer, aided by sexy Helga.

       Quick-thinking deceptions, a web of increasingly hilarious and improbable subterfuge culminates in René’s last desperate chance of saving his skin by jumping out of his kitchen frying pan, and in to The Fuehrer.

The Rich and The Pure - 19th September 2021

(SPECIAL RED CARPET SEVENTH BIRTHDAY GALA SCREENING 7.30pm marking the group’s extraordinary
achievement and thanking all our partners for their continued support - matinee 2.30pm)

A film by Unleashed Community Drama

(Tickets: £12/£10)

‘A scandal that divided the land’s richest resort.’ Unleashed Community Drama present their most ambitious project to date, a story of austerity in the richest resort in the land, set in the 1840s.

       The film weaves together the untold stories of a gallery of real-life, colourful characters from Torquay’s Victorian past. William Kitson, Lawrence Palk and Bishop Phillpotts all come back to life in this fascinating and educational film.

       Created and performed by a large cast of actors, all drawn from the ex-homeless and recovery community of Torquay, filmed over six weeks in the actual locations where the history of the Bay unfolded.

       Unleashed Community Drama is extremely grateful to Kitsons Solicitors who are generously sponsoring this event.

Ladies' Day - 4th to 9th October 2021

(performances 7.30pm - 9th October 2.30pm matinee and 7.30pm)

By Amanda Whittington

Directed by Mary Singleton

(A TOADS season production)

A COMEDY - Work, love and life are just one long hard slog for four fish filleting fillies. But their fortunes are set to change when Linda finds tickets to Ladies’ Day, the year Royal Ascot was moved to York Racecourse. Off come the hairnets, overalls and wellies as the four friends doll themselves up to the nines and head off to the races.

UNLEASHED THEATRE COMPANY presents

What's So Amazing About Grace - 21st to 24th October 2021

(performances 7.30pm - 24th October 2.30pm matinee and 7.30pm)

Based on the book by Philip Yancey, adapted by Neil Pugmire

Directed by Martin Harris

(Tickets: £12/£10)

Unleashed present an unflinching and powerful production of the international bestseller considered to be Philip Yancey’s most personal and provocative book. This thought-provoking adaptation offers compelling, true portraits of grace’s life-changing power. Not suitable for under 12s.

Deathtrap - 15th to 20th November 2021

(performances 7.30pm - 20th November 2.30pm matinee and 7.30pm)

By Ira Levin

Directed by Jill Pettigrew

(A TOADS season production)

AN INGENIOUS THRILLER WITH FUNNY MOMENTS

Unknown dramatist Clifford Anderson has sent his new work to award-winning Broadway author Sidney Bruhl for comment - or has he? Without a success to his credit for some years, Sidney plots with his reluctant wife Myra about how best to plagiarise ‘Death Trap’, but when Clifford turns up to discuss the play with the ‘Master’ events take a sinister turn.

The Ladykillers - 13th to 18th December 2021

(performances 7.30pm - 18th December 2.30pm matinee and 7.30pm)

By Graham Linehan, based on the Ealing Comedy Film

Directed by Anna Reynolds

(A TOADS season production)

A COMEDY THRILLER
Mrs Wilberforce, a sweet little old lady, rents out a room in her lopsided house to Marcus, a professor of music. She is blissfully unaware that he is actually a maniacal criminal who is putting together a gang of misfits who will stop at nothing to commit the heist of their careers. Unable to think of a suitable final stage to their plan, Marcus decides to involve Mrs Wilberforce, unwittingly, as the perfect getaway ruse.

Bedroom Farce - 17th to 22nd January 2022

(performances 7.30pm - 22nd January 2.30pm matinee and 7.30pm)

By Alan Ayckbourn

Directed by John Pierce

(A TOADS season production)

A COMEDY
Bedroom Farce takes place in the bedrooms of three married couples during one, long night. Ernest and Delia are celebrating their wedding anniversary after many, many years of marriage; Malcolm and Kate are gearing up to host a party in their new ‘love nest’; while Nick and Jan are trying to cope with Nick’s recent back injury which has left him stuck in bed while Jan goes to Malcolm and Kate’s party without him. Each couple’s relationship has its problems and they are all tested when Trevor and Susannah’s dysfunctional, volatile marital issues are inflicted upon them... in their own bedrooms! Leaving a wave of destruction behind them.

The Bully Wee Band - 30th January 2022

(performance 7.30pm)

(Tickets: £15)

The Bully Wee Band return to Devon after a gap of a few years for their Annual reunion. With local boy Colin Reece (vocals and guitar), Ian Cutler from Feast of Fiddles (fiddle, keyboard and vocals), Jim Yardley (vocals, mandolin and whistles) and Fergus Feely (vocals and mandocello) this dynamic band perform traditional and original songs and tunes with a hint of witty banter thrown in, making every year a show not to be missed.

The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon - 9th to 12th February 2022

(performances 7.30pm)

By Don Zolidis

Directed by Becky Dobson

(Tickets: £9/£7)

A TADPOLES' YOUTH PRODUCTION

The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are turned on their heads in this fast-paced, rollicking ride as two narrators and several actors attempt to combine all 209 stories ranging from classics like Snow White, Cinderella, and Hansel and Gretel to more bizarre, obscure stories like The Devil’s Grandmother and The Girl Without Hands. A wild, free-form comedy with lots of audience participation and madcap fun.

Funny Money - 7th to 12th March 2022

(performances 7.30pm - 12th March 2.30pm matinee and 7.30pm)

By Ray Cooney

Directed by Alan Tanner

(A TOADS season production)

A RIOTOUS COMEDY - Henry is late home for his birthday dinner. When he eventually arrives he discovers that he has accidentally picked up a briefcase containing thousands of pounds. Hilarious innuendo and cruelly funny turns of fate ensue as Henry and his wife assume various identities in their battle to keep the money.

Laying The Ghost - 4th to 9th April 2022

(performances 7.30pm - 9th April 2.30pm matinee and 7.30pm)

By Simon Williams

Directed by Stephanie Austin

(A TOADS season production)

A COMEDY

Margot Buchanan is a witty ex-actress in a retirement home. She is visited by a young actress who is having an affair with Leo, Margot’s ex husband. Leo arrives but suffers a fatal heart attack. Leo’s ghost appears, anxious to sort out matters between his women. But the ghost is only visible to Margot’s psychic friend, Freda. Chaotic hilarity ensues.

Take A Chance On Us - 22nd April 2022

(performance 7.30pm)

(Tickets: £20)

After two great nights at the Little Theatre in 2019 Take A Chance On Us Abba Tribute are excited to be back again in 2022 `TAKE A CHANCE ON US!' is a fantastic show celebrating the music of ABBA. The Abba story continues to be written with the new film, themed restaurants, new songs, it never seems to loose its popularity and just keeps growing.This fully live 6 piece show includes dance routines costume changes, the band members encourage lots of audience participation, and it of course includes all the iconic Abba hits as well as a few surprises! The band members fantastic musicianship and energy onstage will ensure you have a fantastic night to remember. This high quality show has been regularly selling out venues so book early to avoid disappointment. Grab a boa and join us for some Abba madness!!

The Passing of the Third Floor Back - 16th to 21st May 2022

(performances 7.30pm - 21st May 2.30pm matinee and 7.30pm)

By Jerome K Jerome

Directed by Andrew Kenyon

(A TOADS season production)

AN IDLE FANCY IN A PROLOGUE, A PLAY AND
AN EPILOGUE
The residents of Mrs Sharpe’s lodgings at 13, Bloomsbury Place are a group of disgruntled and resentful boarders who bicker and snipe from dawn to dusk. Into this mix of malcontents comes a stranger who takes a room on the third floor back - and to whom they take an instant dislike. Yet, one by one, each of them are struck by his gentle disposition and honest simplicity. When he departs - as mysteriously as he had arrived - they are no closer to knowing who he was or from whence he came; but his visit has changed their approach to life forever…

Strictly Murder - 13th to 18th June 2022

(performances 7.30pm - 18th June 2.30pm matinee and 7.30pm)

By Brian Clemens

Directed by Jon Manley & Nicola Opie

(A TOADS season production)

A THRILLER
April 1939. An English couple, Peter and Suzy, are living in Provence in idyllic isolation, far, it seems, from the rumblings of the coming war. Their peace is shattered from within when Suzy discovers she has been betrayed. Peter is not the man he claims to be... Lies, subterfuge and murder make this fast-moving thriller a dark and disturbing roller coaster of bluff and double bluff.