Tonight, Theatre

Comedy spoof of 50 Shades of Grey.

• Directed by: Maria Aitken
• Written by: Patrick Barlow

Patrick Barlow's ingenious adaptation of John Buchan's spy novel, in which four actors play 139 roles between them. Barlow's adaptation is heavily influenced by Hitchcock's 1935 film version. Directed by Maria Aitken.

John Buchan's adventurous spy novel (or Hitchcock's classic film) is adapted into this stage version by Patrick Barlow and features only four actors playing 139 roles between them.

• Written by: Victoria Wood

A musical based on Victoria Wood's 1984 series As Seen On TV, parodying early sitcoms by exaggerating their low production values. Its premise: the lives and loves of the staff of an antiques shop in the fictional town of Manchesterford.

• Written by: George Orwell

Sell A Door Theatre Company presents Matthew Dunster's adaptation of George Orwell's harrowing novel of oppression.

A burlesque and cabaret show with a fetish theme.

A production of the ever-popular musical about an orphan adopted by a stony hearted millionaire who she wins over.

• Directed by: James Dacre
• Written by: Amy Herzog

Modern-day hippie Leo turns up at his Communist grandmother's house late one night, and over the next month, they both infuriate and finally connect to each other. When Leo's old girlfriend also shows up, he and Granny find the line between growing up and growing old. Drama written by Amy Herzog.

A cabaret performance by one of Britain's most-loved and respected actors, star of the very popular Last Tango In Halifax, Ladies Of Letters, Dinnerladies and Coronation Street.

Basildon Operatic Society have been performing concerts and stage musicals since the 1930's. Now Basop are back at their home, the Towngate Theatre and proud to be presenting the timeless tale of Little Orphan Annie, giving a whole new generation the chance to experience this classic musical about never giving up hope.

Zion Dance Company (ZDC) is not your mother’s dance company. Premiering three pieces of fresh dance-theater that inspire and surprise. A 55 minute evening of exhilarating dance-theater, dichotomy between ferocity and vulnerability, wildness and refinement, ZDC takes traditional dance expectations and slaps them in the…

• Directed by: Sue Hamilton
• Written by: Bradford Ropes

This Tony and Olivier Award-winning song and dance extravaganza sets the glitz and glamour of Broadway against the backdrop of New York in the height of the Great Depression.

A sparkling comedy in which a persistent stalker lusts after the flirtatious wife of a friend and a would-be lothario claims that it is he alone who really loves her. Meanwhile her husband lies about his whereabouts in order to keep an illicit rendezvous with an old flame.

• Written by: Peter Whelan

Students perform a play set during 1914-1916, about men from the local volunteer battalion who march high-spiritedly off to the Great War. Their experiences in the trenches are contrasted with those of the women left behind.

Based on the Victoria Wood satire.

The musical duo gives their unique slant on the ups and downs of relationships before and after marriage. This gentle battle of the sexes is waged with weapons of song, some hats and all the technology of a blackboard.

Howard & Stu present a two-handed comedy drama delivering an unreliable slice of mid-20th century history.

Hidden within a Laboratory three scientists set out to create a machine which can extract thoughts. Combining a raw, energised and wordy playfulness Manic Chord Theatre present a dark comic and physical tale.

• Written by: Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller's drama in which a businessman comes face to face with the consequences of his own lack of moral responsibility.

Belgian theatre company Ontroerend Goed, in association with Plymouth Theatre Royal, presents their Fringe First and Total Theatre Award-winning drama looking at the world's troubles through the eyes of a teenager. Not suitable for under 16s.

Wartime sitcom written by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft.

• Written by: Michael Green

A triple bill of Coarse Acting plays, defined as a 'closely observed imitation of stage disaster'.

Snuff Box Theatre presents work in progress on a drama set during the space race of the 1960s. Three wannabe astronauts take to the stage armed only with a mandolin, a goldfish bowl and their imaginations.

• Directed by: Alexander Marshall
• Written by: Alexander Marshall

As he lies on the ground struggling for life, John Lennon finds himself in limbo, with his life flashing before him and having to confront Death's five stages, denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Drama by Alexander Marshall, featuring Valentine Pelka as the late Beatle.