By popular demand we are pleased to welcome back to the Playhouse Theatre - ‘The One and Only Rat Pack Show!’

Mention Las Vegas and you think of the Rat Pack and with Neil Gordon as Frank Sinatra and Darren Charles as Sammy Davis Jnr. (direct from the West End show) together with Whitstable’s own Neil Duncan as Dean Martin, you have a fantastic tribute to the famous three and an evening filled with Music, Memories and Mischief!

These guys look like the real thing, sound just like them and have the mannerisms and fun on stage that made this show so special.

Supported by the fabulous Black Tie Swing Band, this Rat Pack Show really is the ‘Top of the Heap!’

Expect two hours of blissfully uncomplicated silliness in this classic farce set in 1944 in the vicarage of Merton-cum-Middlewick. Described as arguably the funniest farce ever written, it's outrageously contrived plot transforms, with madcap energy, a preposterous situation into spiralling chaotic hilarity.

A cast of the Lindley's finest farceurs pile on the misunderstandings, mistaken identities and pratfalls and with it, the laughs.

See How They Run! is an official 'umbrella' event for the Canterbury Festival 2018.

Alan Bennett’s sharp and witty new play is ‘just what the doctor ordered’ (Daily Telegraph). Set in a local hospital facing closure as part of an efficiency drive, this state-of-the-nation piece is a ‘rousing chorus line for the NHS’ (Observer).

It will be an Alan Bennett double bill for NT Live, with the broadcast of his famous The Madness of George III following at the Playhouse on 10th December. 

Please note this production has been filmed in front of a live audience and will not be a live broadcast.

A 'Little Lindleys' Production - theatre for young children from the award-winning Lindley Players!

Lost in the woods, Goldilocks finds a house to stay safe from the big bad wolf, eat and have a rest. But should you really go into other bears' houses without asking? And what about poor baby bear's broken bed - what will she eat now Goldilocks has eaten all her porridge?

This funny musical adventure puts these questions to a judge and jury! Brilliantly written by childhood favourite Roald Dahl, this show is perfect fun for all ages, and with a 50 minute running time, not too long for little ones to get fidgety.

Come join the fun...and feel free to dress up as your favourite woodland creature!

The Madness of George III
by Alan Bennett

Multi-award-winning drama The Madness of George III will be broadcast live to cinemas, in National Theatre Live’s first ever broadcast from Nottingham Playhouse.

Written by one of Britain’s best-loved playwrights Alan Bennett (The History Boys, The Lady in the Van), this epic play was also adapted into a BAFTA Award-winning film following its premiere on stage in 1991.

The cast of this new production includes Olivier Award-winners Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Wolf Hall, NT Live Coriolanus) in the title role, and Adrian Scarborough (Gavin and Stacey, Upstairs Downstairs, After the Dance).

It’s 1786 and King George III is the most powerful man in the world. But his behaviour is becoming increasingly erratic as he succumbs to fits of lunacy. With the King’s mind unravelling at a dramatic pace, ambitious politicians and the scheming Prince of Wales threaten to undermine the power of the Crown, and expose the fine line between a King and a man.

Show image photograph (Mark Gatiss) by Creative by Wren

Simon Godwin follows the success of Twelfth Night with another Olivier Theatre Shakespeare. Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo play the titular lovers, with design by Hildegard Bechtler.

I’m Not Running, David Hare’s 18th play at the National Theatre, is directed by Neil Armfield. It tells the story of two friends and their involvement, or lack of it, in British party politics.