It wouldn't be Christmas without A Christmas Carol. In this new stage version, Patrick Barlow takes Charles Dickens' classic story of greed, grief, ghoulish ghosts and eleventh-hour redemption, and makes it feel brand new again. This adaptation brings the timeless tale to life with just five actors and all the wit, flair and theatrical invention you'd expect from Patrick Barlow, who brought The 39 Steps to the stage so memorably.

Based on one of the timeless story of one of the best-selling books of the nineteenth century, this stage adaptation condenses the epic tale so that it can be told by just four actors (or it can be expanded for a cast of up to twenty-six). The story follows an amateur theatre troupe as they produce the massive tale of the fictional Jewish prince and merchant Judah Ben-Hur. He falls to galley slave and rises to champion charioteer within Jerusalem during the life of Jesus Christ, while the act

The funniest and most magical Nativity you will ever see. A travelling troupe of two actors and an opera singer arrive by donkey to masterfully, movingly and miraculously enact the greatest story ever told. The absurdly talented Maurice Rose, the alarmingly unpredictable Ronald Bream RAC, and the distinguished diva Mrs Leonora Fflyte play a cast of thousands in a Christmas comedy that conjures up the sublime, the ridiculous and the truly angelic. Patrick Barlow's The Messiah was first performed to universal acclaim by the National Theatre of Brent in 1983, and revived at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2000. This new version, with additional material by Julian Hough, Jude Kelly and John Ramm, was published alongside a major touring production in 2018, starring Hugh Dennis, John Marquez and Lesley Garrett, which was seen at venues around the country including Birmingham Repertory Theatre and The Other Palace, London.

From the Movie by Alfred Hitchcock, Licensed by ITV Global Entertainment Limited and an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon Characters: 3m, 1f Comedy WINNER 2 Tony(r) and Drama Desk Awards, 2008 WINNER BEST NEW COMEDY Laurence Olivier Award, 2007 The 39 Steps, is Broadway's longest running comedy, playing its 500th performance on Broadway, May 19th, 2009 Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre This 2-time Tony(r) and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of 4), an on-stage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance In The 39 Steps, a man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she's a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon, a mysterious organization called "The 39 Steps" is hot on the man's trail in a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale A riotous blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, The 39 Steps amounts to an unforgettable evening of pure pleasure "A wonderful triumph of theatre " -BBC Radio 4 "It's really not so much about a spoof of Hitchcock, which it is, of course; it's really an homage to the theater. Not the contemporary theater, where mermaids traverse the stage on wheels and gargantuan mechanical sets get bigger applause than the actors, but the nostalgic version that survives on greasepaint and hammy actors. It's a valentine to that kind of creativity and imagination, of doing so much with so little..." -The New York Times "THEATER AT ITS FINEST... Absurdly enjoyable This gleefully theatrical riff on Hitchcock's film is fast and frothy, performed by a cast of four that seems like a cast of thousands." -Ben Brantley, The New York Times "The most entertaining show on Broadway " -Liz Smith, The New York Post "INGENIOUS A DIZZY DELIGHT " -Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News "RIOTOUS & MARVELOUS " -Clive Barnes, The New York Post "Whirlwind funny business " -Michael Sommers, The Star-Ledger "a giddy display of theatrical invention " -David Rooney, Variety "comedy of the highest order " -Roma Torre, NY1 "About the cleverest show on Broadway in a long time " -David Richardson, WOR Radio "Rollicking Fun Hugely Entertaining " -Sunday Times "Clever, very funny, imaginative and brilliantly acted " -The Guardian "Dizzyingly entertaining show " -Daily Teleg

They said it was unachievable! They said it couldn't be done! But now the greatest book ever penned is brought to the stage by a towering team of just four actors - turning a theatre near you into one of the most authentic versions of Ancient Rome ever seen. Complete with... Stunning combat (featuring the latest 3D technology)! A 103% bona fide chariot race (with REAL chariots)! An authentic sea battle (with REAL water)! A decadent and unexpurgated Roman orgy (suitable for all ages)! Ben Hur is the epic set to stir your very soul. Brought to you by the writer of the Olivier nominated A Christmas Carol and Olivier and Tony Award-winning comedy The 39 Steps.

Published alongside his Sex Play at the National Theatre comes Desmond Dingle's mind-bendingly erudite account of how we all got to be where we are now. Desmond Dingle, founder and leading actor of the National Theatre of Brent, gives us the benefit of his encyclepaeadd - incyclicalpeed - huge and devastating knowledge by charting the history of the world in sixty-six chapters, three prefaces and a foreword by Omar Sharif. Starting, obviously, with The Creation of the Universe, and moving swiftly through The Dawn of Man, The Grandeur that was Rome and A History of the English Channel, each chapter is replete with erudition: "The Chinese Empire is one of the oldest Empires in the world and existed until recently without anyone knowing about it. Apart from the Chinese, obviously." Each chapter also ends with helpful suggestions of 'Things to Do': eg Make a scale model of the Big Bang. Discuss Civilisation generally. Release from bondage an oppressed person of your acquaintance. Originally published (in 1987) as All the World's a Globe, this revised and updated version is cynically and opportunistically re-issued to cashin on the anticipated success of the same author's Wonder of Sex at the National Theatre this Christmas. (Fingers crossed.)