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The Coach House Theatre – Ink and Curtain Festival
Belladonna
Written by Sarah Hutton
Shortlisted for the Malvern Theatres’ Three Counties Talent Hub Stage Writing Competition 2026.
When an unknown woman’s body is found inside a wych-elm tree in Hagley Woods during World War Two, a real-life mystery begins which remains unsolved to this day. A romantic assignation gone horribly wrong? A spy caught and executed? A victim of local witchcraft? Or just an ordinary woman in the wrong place at the wrong time? What really happened to ‘Bella’?
A retiring police sergeant hands the case over to a young constable. Together they sift through the evidence and attempt to make sense of the multiple voices which weave through the witness statements, correspondence and police reports, which from the very start, merge fact with fiction.
Drawing from original historical documents, this play gives ‘Bella’ back her own voice. What might life might be like for a woman arriving as an outsider in a close-knit rural community in fearful, paranoid times?
The Coach House Theatre – Ink and Curtain Festival
Belladonna
Written by Sarah Hutton
Shortlisted for the Malvern Theatres’ Three Counties Talent Hub Stage Writing Competition 2026.
When an unknown woman’s body is found inside a wych-elm tree in Hagley Woods during World War Two, a real-life mystery begins which remains unsolved to this day. A romantic assignation gone horribly wrong? A spy caught and executed? A victim of local witchcraft? Or just an ordinary woman in the wrong place at the wrong time? What really happened to ‘Bella’?
A retiring police sergeant hands the case over to a young constable. Together they sift through the evidence and attempt to make sense of the multiple voices which weave through the witness statements, correspondence and police reports, which from the very start, merge fact with fiction.
Drawing from original historical documents, this play gives ‘Bella’ back her own voice. What might life might be like for a woman arriving as an outsider in a close-knit rural community in fearful, paranoid times?
The Coach House Theatre – Ink and Curtain Festival
Belladonna
Written by Sarah Hutton
Shortlisted for the Malvern Theatres’ Three Counties Talent Hub Stage Writing Competition 2026.
When an unknown woman’s body is found inside a wych-elm tree in Hagley Woods during World War Two, a real-life mystery begins which remains unsolved to this day. A romantic assignation gone horribly wrong? A spy caught and executed? A victim of local witchcraft? Or just an ordinary woman in the wrong place at the wrong time? What really happened to ‘Bella’?
A retiring police sergeant hands the case over to a young constable. Together they sift through the evidence and attempt to make sense of the multiple voices which weave through the witness statements, correspondence and police reports, which from the very start, merge fact with fiction.
Drawing from original historical documents, this play gives ‘Bella’ back her own voice. What might life might be like for a woman arriving as an outsider in a close-knit rural community in fearful, paranoid times?
Here To There Productions
presents
Twelfth Night
If music be the food of love,
then some people are a bit… off.
Shakespeare’s much loved exploration of love, identity, deceit, and self-delusion. Shipwrecked in a foreign land Viola has to rely on her wits to survive whilst those around her lead each other a merry dance.
Join us amongst the nightclubs of Bermuda in 1962 as this fresh new take considers how we are often our own worst enemies, especially in matters of the heart.
Performed in Priory Park on the flat area to the left as you enter from The Coach House side, this performance will take place in the open-air, so please bring along your own chair or blanket. In the event of bad weather the performance will move to The Coach House Theatre.
Here To There Productions
presents
Twelfth Night
If music be the food of love,
then some people are a bit… off.
Shakespeare’s much loved exploration of love, identity, deceit, and self-delusion. Shipwrecked in a foreign land Viola has to rely on her wits to survive whilst those around her lead each other a merry dance.
Join us amongst the nightclubs of Bermuda in 1962 as this fresh new take considers how we are often our own worst enemies, especially in matters of the heart.
Performed in Priory Park on the flat area to the left as you enter from The Coach House side, this performance will take place in the open-air, so please bring along your own chair or blanket. In the event of bad weather the performance will move to The Coach House Theatre.
Jenny Wren Productions present
SHERLOCK HOLMES
And the Mystery of the Governor’s Nose
Adapted by Matthew Bassington and Aidan Mosby from two short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Extra! Extra! Painting stolen from distinguished art gallery!
Everyone’s favourite detective duo (no, not Shaggy and Scooby) are given the Jenny Wren treatment.
Holmes and Watson are called upon to investigate the disappearance of a legendary painting, The Governor’s Nose. But all is not as elementary as it seems. As mysterious forces – and an assortment of shady characters – work to undermine our heroes, they need all the wit, guile, and deduction capabilities in their arsenal, along with the help of the steadfast Mrs Hudson and Detective “Always-One-Step-Behind” Lestrade.
The hour grows late. The paint has dried. The game is afoot.
Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Governor’s Nose is a comic new play, inspired by The Naval Treaty and The Man with the Twisted Lip, with apologies to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Performed at The Coach House Theatre
How do you convince people you’re sane if even you’re not sure?
In a remote house on the Scottish coast two parents fight over the future of their daughter – and one of them is prepared to fight very dirty indeed.
Andrew Whittle’s dramatic new version of Strindberg’s rarely performed play challenges us to wonder how we would react if someone set out to convince us that our grip on reality was, at best, tenuous.
How do you convince people you’re sane if even you’re not sure?
In a remote house on the Scottish coast two parents fight over the future of their daughter – and one of them is prepared to fight very dirty indeed.
Andrew Whittle’s dramatic new version of Strindberg’s rarely performed play challenges us to wonder how we would react if someone set out to convince us that our grip on reality was, at best, tenuous.
How do you convince people you’re sane if even you’re not sure?
In a remote house on the Scottish coast two parents fight over the future of their daughter – and one of them is prepared to fight very dirty indeed.
Andrew Whittle’s dramatic new version of Strindberg’s rarely performed play challenges us to wonder how we would react if someone set out to convince us that our grip on reality was, at best, tenuous.
How do you convince people you’re sane if even you’re not sure?
In a remote house on the Scottish coast two parents fight over the future of their daughter – and one of them is prepared to fight very dirty indeed.
Andrew Whittle’s dramatic new version of Strindberg’s rarely performed play challenges us to wonder how we would react if someone set out to convince us that our grip on reality was, at best, tenuous.
How do you convince people you’re sane if even you’re not sure?
In a remote house on the Scottish coast two parents fight over the future of their daughter – and one of them is prepared to fight very dirty indeed.
Andrew Whittle’s dramatic new version of Strindberg’s rarely performed play challenges us to wonder how we would react if someone set out to convince us that our grip on reality was, at best, tenuous.
How do you convince people you’re sane if even you’re not sure?
In a remote house on the Scottish coast two parents fight over the future of their daughter – and one of them is prepared to fight very dirty indeed.
Andrew Whittle’s dramatic new version of Strindberg’s rarely performed play challenges us to wonder how we would react if someone set out to convince us that our grip on reality was, at best, tenuous.
How do you convince people you’re sane if even you’re not sure?
In a remote house on the Scottish coast two parents fight over the future of their daughter – and one of them is prepared to fight very dirty indeed.
Andrew Whittle’s dramatic new version of Strindberg’s rarely performed play challenges us to wonder how we would react if someone set out to convince us that our grip on reality was, at best, tenuous.
How do you convince people you’re sane if even you’re not sure?
In a remote house on the Scottish coast two parents fight over the future of their daughter – and one of them is prepared to fight very dirty indeed.
Andrew Whittle’s dramatic new version of Strindberg’s rarely performed play challenges us to wonder how we would react if someone set out to convince us that our grip on reality was, at best, tenuous.