Theatre
Mazepa
Front Room welcomes acclaimed Ukrainian performer Volodymyr Smotrytsky to Weston with his solo performance of Mazepa. The play revolves around the main character Ivan Mazepa, who in his old age finds himself excommunicated and cast out beyond the borders of his homeland due to anathema. Through his own memories, he relives the key moments of his defeats.
From The Mud Cabaret
From The Mud presents: A cabaret night featuring a variety of weird and wonderful performances from artists of Weston-Super-Mare.
Music, jokes, drama, poetry - acts that defy description. Anything could happen!
Stable by Theatre Nisha
Theatre Nisha Uk bring their acclaimed play, Stable, to Front Room this Spring.
Jack, a psychologist, finds himself drawn to his client, Ava, over the course of their therapy sessions. In his own therapy with Tara, he attempts to explore these feelings but falters – resulting in a breakdown in the very safeguards around therapy.
Before Fame
What would you do if you discovered George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley rehearsing in a village hall before they were famous? Michael Burdett knows because that’s what happened to him when he was a 19-year-old talent scout.
Movement and Text Improvisation Workshop with Dust Ensemble
Movement and Text Improvisation Workshop for Actors, Dancers, and Performers.
Twinkles Cabaret
Twinkles Cabaret is triumphantly returning to Front Room in March.
Expect another hilarious evening of variety and alternative comedy from local artists and comedians.
From The Mud Cabaret: Birthday Party
From The Mud presents: A cabaret night featuring a variety of weird and wonderful performances from artists of Weston-Super-Mare. Music, jokes, drama, poetry - acts that defy description. Anything could happen!
The Tiger in the Jungle
The Tiger in the Jungle - a show of neurobiology, music and love.
Cosmic Twegheads – Sketch Comedy from Jack and Jordan
Lifelong best buddies Jack & Jordan are the COSMIC TWEGHEADS in this story-driven sketch show about space, The Two Ronnies, and a couple of boys with no worries (ever).
Everywhere – Short Plays Triple Bill
Tiata Fahodzi presents EVERYWHERE - a triple bill of short plays presented together, driven by a provocation about what we do in what spaces matter.
The Complete Works of Jane Austen – Abridged
One newbie and two self-professed Janeites, through almost all means imaginable, tackle the entire canon of Jane Austen’s works – in just 80 minutes.
World’s End
Front Room is proud to present the final piece of work by the graduating students from UCW's Acting and Performance Making degree course.
Gilgamesh – Performance Storytelling
Over 3,500 years after this ancient Sumerian epic was first etched into clay tablets, world renowned storyteller Ben Haggarty, and multi-instrumentalist Jonah Brody, bring Gilgamesh to the stage in an extraordinary and powerful telling of one of the oldest stories in the world.
Puffling Percy
Percy is a puffling who loves his burrow a little too much. Map & Pap want him to venture outside and flap his wings, but Percy has other ideas. What the puffling doesn’t realise, however, is that his entire flock are about to migrate south for the winter. If he doesn’t learn to fly, he will be left behind and his life will be in mortal danger!
Puffling Percy
Percy is a puffling who loves his burrow a little too much. Map & Pap want him to venture outside and flap his wings, but Percy has other ideas. What the puffling doesn’t realise, however, is that his entire flock are about to migrate south for the winter. If he doesn’t learn to fly, he will be left behind and his life will be in mortal danger!
Too Young To Stay In, Too Old To Go Out!
Ageing: It happens to us all. On the one hand, there are daunting realities and cruel setbacks. On the other, there is pleasure to be had, celebration and the chance to keep evolving. Written and performed by the “tremendously talented and very entertaining Nigel Osner” (The Scotsman), Too Young To Stay In,Too Old To Go Out! takes an entertaining look at dating, love, work, holidays, gym and sex for those no longer young.
Interactive Theatre NOW! – FREE Workshop
Presented by Psychonaut Theatre, this workshop is made for performance-makers at any level who are curious to learn and discover how interactive and technological elements can enrich their performance toolkit.
The Witching Hour
Black Cats, Broomsticks, and Pentagrams? It sounds like you have a witch problem!
But fear not—justice has never been more entertaining! Welcome to The Witching Hour, the nation’s hottest, most cutthroat game show, where trials are a spectacle, the audience holds the gavel, and survival is a matter of public opinion.
Brits Abroad: Banned
Introducing NotThatButThat Theatre with a brand new show Brits Abroad: Banned. After being banned from going anywhere abroad, yes even Benidorm, British tourists are forced to go on holiday to the only place that’ll have ‘em. Hell.
Careless Talk
A true story of high treason, espionage and spam fritters. The only British person to be tried for treason in the Second World War takes to the stage for the first time.
Was Mabel a collaborator? A visionary? Or just an outsider? Was she the victim of a witch hunt? Or the victim of her own uncompromising nature? Join Mabel on Sandown Beach with her secateurs, sequinned tassels and heartfelt - if misguided - self-belief.
The Music of Trees
Inspired by the wonder of the natural world, 'The Music of Trees' weaves together storytelling, woodland folklore and mythology with a suite of original compositions featuring Geoff Robb's signature blend of classical, jazz, Celtic and Spanish influences.
The Zoo That Comes To You
Scarlett Oak are back with their wonderful sell-out show.
The Zoo That Comes To You follows the impassioned attempts of two animal enthusiasts to share their love of and concern for animals with the world.
The Zoo That Comes To You
Scarlett Oak are back with their wonderful sell-out show.
The Zoo That Comes To You follows the impassioned attempts of two animal enthusiasts to share their love of and concern for animals with the world.
Wild Visions – Untamed Myth
Plunge into the wild world of the goddess Artemis: an ecstatic encounter with the Dawn, a moonlit path that leads to transformation and a dilemma that maybe only the audience can solve…
Then meet Kassandra, blessed with the power to see the future, cursed with never being believed: urban, dark and devastating.
Luke Wright’s Pub Grub
After selling out shows across the country with JOY!, Luke Wright is back with a sticky-floored celebration of the ordinary. Here the poet conjures up a world of Tuesday lunchtimes and small town boozers in poems that burst with inventive language.
Terry’s: An American Tragedy About Cars, Customers, and Selling Cars to Customers
Like if David Lynch created The Office, Terry’s: An American Tragedy About Cars, Customers, and Selling Cars to Customers is an absurd, sitcom-esque tragicomedy featuring original live music, acrobatics, and one very special balloon.
Dial 1 for UK
Every night in New Delhi, Uday Kumar (UK) answers panicked calls to the Goldmine Crypto GB Helpline, fantasising about being British himself, filling his YouTube channel with visions of a sophisticated new life of affluence, fish and chips and tea with the royals. Then a chance conversation one tea break reveals how he might make it all a reality. At dawn a mere week later, he leaves the call centre for ever and boards his first ever flight, to take his place amongst the English.