Park Theatre has unveiled five exciting new productions for its Autumn season, adding to an already vibrant programme that includes The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights, festive musical Dracapella, and Adam Riches’ Jimmy, which has added three extra performances due to popular demand.
The new season features a mix of comedy, drama, and autobiographical storytelling, with themes ranging from grief and friendship to capitalism and coming of age.
Opening the season is This City (3 – 6 September), a powerful piece from youth theatre group Company Three. Eleven teenagers share autobiographical stories about community, belonging, and identity in a city that can feel both welcoming and alienating.
From 9 – 20 September, audiences can enjoy a double bill of Vermin and (God Save My) Northern Soul. The former is a pitch-black psychodramedy about a couple whose dream home is invaded by rats, exposing the cracks in their relationship. The latter is a dark comedy about Nicole, a mixed-race teenager from Wigan, navigating grief, adulthood, and Northern soul music after her mother’s sudden death.
On 19 September, An Afternoon with Mike McCartney, hosted by The Last Leg’s Adam Hills, offers a warm and witty look at the life of the celebrated photographer and musical comedian. McCartney reflects on a career that includes chart-topping hits with The Scaffold, international photography exhibitions, and encounters with royalty and rock legends.
Kindling (22 October – 15 November) follows five perimenopausal women as they attempt to fulfil their friend Mei’s final wish: to scatter her ashes in the redwood forests of Wales. “Connected only by their shared grief, what begins as an opportunity to bond, quickly descends into chaos,” reads the show’s description. “Kindling is a story of friendship, loss, resentment and ultimately hope.”
Closing the season is Isley Lynn’s Jobsworth (19 November – 6 December), a hit from the Edinburgh Fringe. Bea is secretly juggling three full-time jobs and still struggling financially. “Armed with nothing but her smarmiest boss’ dirty secret, can Bea get herself out of the red and into the black (and into the fit intern’s bed)?”
All shows are now on sale via Park Theatre’s newly redesigned website, which introduces a transparent pricing model. Audiences can choose to top up their ticket price with a donation using an interactive slider, helping to support the theatre’s mission to keep prices low and theatre accessible.
Listings and ticket information can be found here.
