Droylsden Little Theatre - Upcoming Productions

2009/2010 Season

A Night at the Musicals 2010 - Tuesday 3rd to Saturday 7th August 2010

Another night of musical numbers and sketches to end the season.

2010/2011 Season
Brassed Off - Monday 4th to Saturday 9th October 2010

Directed by Dorothy Wilkinson
A Play by Paul Allen

Grimley Colliery is set to close as the accountants say there's more money in it shut than open, even after redundancy payments. It means 1200 job losses, a dying town and the loss of its brass band. But under the leadership of Danny, coughing with coal-dusted lungs, the band is somehow transformed into British champions with local lass Gloria whipping up the money needed to get them to the Albert Hall.

Booking commences Thursday 23rd September 2010

Sugar Daddies - Monday 22nd to Saturday 27th November 2010

Directed by Norma Raif
A Play by Alan Ayckbourn

After a hit and run accident, naïve country girl Sasha comes to the aid of ex-villain Val who is using a bogus identity as an ex-policeman. Sasha befriends Val and welcomes him into her home; overcome by her generosity and childlike innocence, he showers Sasha with lavish gifts whilst his rival Ashley, knowing of Val's sordid past, seeks to protect Sasha from this potential danger.

Booking commences Thursday 11th November 2010

Laugh? I Nearly Went to Miami! - Monday 24th to Saturday 29th January 2011

Directed by Eddie Hynes
A Comedy by Miles Tredinnick

A zany, fast-moving comedy of confusion. When Tom, an Elvis fanatic, and Alice his fiancee are unable, due to fog, to fly to Miami for an Elvis Convention, they arrive back at Tom's flat to find they have inadvertently picked up the wrong suitcase at the airport and are now in possession of half a million dollars. Confusions arise when Auntie arrives with a bag containing $20,000 as does Frankie, a thug working for the owner of the suitcase dollars, and it takes Inspector Hendy to sort everything out.

Booking commences Thursday 13th January 2011

An Inspector Calls - Monday 14th to Saturday 19th March 2011

Directed by Mike Lawlor
A Play by J.B. Priestley

When Inspector Goole arrives unexpectedly at the prosperous Birling family home, their peaceful dinner party is shattered by his investigations into the death of a young woman. His startling revelations shake the very foundations of their lives and challenge us all to examine our consciences.

Booking commences Thursday 3rd March 2011

Ladies Day - Monday 9th to Saturday 14th May 2011

Directed by Lynn Heywood
A Comedy by Amanda Whittington

Work, love and life are one hard slog for the fish-filleting foursome Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda. Their luck changes when Linda finds tickets to Ladies’ Day at Royal Ascot in York. Out go the hairnets and overalls as the girls do themselves up and head for the races. As the day unfolds, the champagne flows, secrets spill out and their horses keep winning. By the last race, the girls are on course for a life-changing win.

Booking commences Thursday 28th April 2011

Corpse! - Monday 27th June to Saturday 2nd July 2011

Directed by Tony Birch
A Comedy-Thriller by Gerald Moon

Evelyn, an out-of-work actor, engages Powell, with a shady past, to do away with his suave, sophisticated, moneyed twin. As with most 'fool-proof' plans things do not go as they should and people are not what they seem. Corpse! is not so much a whodunnit as a whodunnit to whom!

Booking commences Thursday 16th June 2011

For tickets and booking information, please contact our Ticket Secretary, Peter Larkin using the information on the contact us page.