You need help. You’re trapped again.You fled this place. You moved to the city and became a massive, GARGANTUAN success - a rising star! Training under the most infamous genius in the country!Uuuuuuuuuuuuuurgh. Because then this morning happened. The biggest moment of your whole career. And suddenly you get a phone call from the hospital. Oh god. You hate this shit-hole. You hate your dad. And most of all - most specifically and most definitely of all - you hate your ex.Just as long as you get out quickly, before they drag you down. Retire your dad, retire the whole bloody lot of it, so you can get back and save what’s left.You will survive. You will escape. You will succeed.You don’t have any choice.Because if you stay too long, you might be forced to admit that you hate them all so much, you could even love them a little bit too. Part of BokFest 2026Running time: Approximately 65 minutesLATECOMERS MAY NOT BE ADMITTED.UNDER 18s ARE NOT PERMITTED INTO THE THEATRE FOR THIS PERFORMANCE.No re-admittance once the performance has commenced. Refunds and exchanges are not available.

“I don’t mind being alone, I just don’t want to become easy to forget. That feels too close to being gone…”In a faded Midlands church hall, a group of friends throw a surprise party for their grieving friend Heather. What begins as Mark’s well-meaning attempt to lift her spirits quickly collapses into laughter, rows and secrets.  Funny, tender and unflinching, this sharp new play captures the ache of small-town life: the fear of being forgotten, the mess of first love, the weight of grief, and the desperate urge to escape a place that keeps trying to shrink you. It asks how we hold onto one another when the world tries to pull us apart.Set against the final years of Thatcher’s Britain, a time of cassette tapes and Walkman, these young people on the cusp of adulthood confront who they are, who they love, and what kind of future they dare to claim in a town that punishes difference.With characters that feel like your own mates, come for the laughs Stay because it reminds you why we still show up for each other, even when it's hard.It’s the worst possible nice thing you’ll see this yearPart of BokFest 2026Running time: Approximately 65 minutesLATECOMERS MAY NOT BE ADMITTED.UNDER 18s ARE NOT PERMITTED INTO THE THEATRE FOR THIS PERFORMANCE.No re-admittance once the performance has commenced. Refunds and exchanges are not available.

In the deepest depths of the underworld, Orpheus discovers a gay club. What happens if Eurydice doesn’t follow him back from the dead?Blending heart-thumping music with alternative Greek myths, Tartarus is a musically-charged gig-theatre odyssey that reclaims queer identity from the many tortured men of the afterlife.A personal story of self-discovery, it follows a lovelorn Orpheus, forced to reassess everything after his great love Eurydice declares that she’s ‘just not physically attracted’ to him.Realising that these words echo his own feelings about her, he embarks on a quest to discover what he wants out of love. Drawn to troubled male figures from Narcissus to Sisyphus, his journey through the underworld will chart the complex journey of figuring out who he is, fighting gay shame and queer confusion with open-hearted desire.Join his erotic blossoming in this fantastical and expansive paean to self-love that shows how music and storytelling can salvage our mythology from the formless chaos of the past.From the team behind Hamstrung (Edinburgh Fringe 2024): ‘A one-hour riot of a play’ ★★★★★ Broadway World; ‘Swift, funny, and briskly theatrical’ ★★★★ Salterton Arts ReviewPart of BokFest 2026Running time: Approximately 65 minutesLATECOMERS MAY NOT BE ADMITTED.UNDER 18s ARE NOT PERMITTED INTO THE THEATRE FOR THIS PERFORMANCE.No re-admittance once the performance has commenced. Refunds and exchanges are not available.

Deep underwater, deep in the stomach of a whale, sit two people huddling around a small campfire. All they have is the old stories they tell. Stories from home, stories of magic, loves lost, and lives saved.Jamaican stories that they tell over and over again.What happens when the whale takes another soul? When someone gate-crashes their stories?A boy, who wants escape.Will he ever leave the whale? What about the duppies he'd leave behind?Their stories? Will they be forgotten?Will you forget?'Baleen' written by Mio Lobban explores Black British identity, Caribbean heritage, and the Trans experience.Join the cast on a tale filled with stories old and new, with magic, wonder, and plenty of puppets.Part of BokFest 2026Running time: Approximately 65 minutesLATECOMERS MAY NOT BE ADMITTED.UNDER 18s ARE NOT PERMITTED INTO THE THEATRE FOR THIS PERFORMANCE.No re-admittance once the performance has commenced. Refunds and exchanges are not available.

EAT YOU is a love story.Ira and Julienne have emailed for months. Now they're in a hotel room. One has lied about almost everything.The other wants to eat her - literally.Against all odds, they fall in love.Sort of.  You know that feeling when you want someone so much it's almost frightening? When close isn't close enough?Julienne knows it too. She just takes it further than most.Love, it turns out, is hungry work.Raw, rare, yet surprisingly tender; EAT YOU is the most uncomfortably recognisable love story you'll see this year.Come with someone you'd eat.Part of BokFest 2026Running time: Approximately 65 minutesLATECOMERS MAY NOT BE ADMITTED.UNDER 18s ARE NOT PERMITTED INTO THE THEATRE FOR THIS PERFORMANCE.No re-admittance once the performance has commenced. Refunds and exchanges are not available.

Ruth and Zadie celebrate Halloween by wishing they could kill each other.  From the moment horror writer Ruth pursued much-younger former-addict Zadie, she’s had the  upper hand; down to the miserly allowance she hands out each week. Ruth obsessively loves the  idea of Zadie. But Heaven forbid she has individual wants or needs.  And Zadie can't voice her growing unhappiness. The spark has gone, but she knows Ruth will twist  and gaslight and convince her to stay. She needs a different approach. A deadlier one.It’s 31st October. To inject some ‘theatre’ and impress the guests of their Fifth Annual Halloween  ‘Spooktacular’, Zadie has ordered a blood-soaked, screaming clown mannequin from her local  fancy dress shop. His name is Diablo.  “He feeds off misery. He drives a wedge. By watching. By learning. By imitating. By predicting.”With a stolen firearm, fake suicide note, deadly game of apple-bobbing and mahoosive bottle of  arsenic also in the mix, the night soon descends into unpredictable and dangerous chaos…  Part of BokFest 2026Running time: Approximately 65 minutesLATECOMERS MAY NOT BE ADMITTED.UNDER 18s ARE NOT PERMITTED INTO THE THEATRE FOR THIS PERFORMANCE.No re-admittance once the performance has commenced. Refunds and exchanges are not available.

“The skin and bones in my face and all of the squidgy stuff in between rearrange themselves until I’m myself, completely myself, but different.”Jules is having trouble fitting in. Fitting in at camp, fitting in with boys, fitting into their own body. Aiden is popular, self-assured, and drawn to Jules for reasons he can’t understand. Mud becomes a canvas for Jules and Aiden – a place for play, intimacy and mutual understanding.But the pressures of camp and adolescence are coming to a head. Jules struggles with their first forays into gender expression, while Aiden struggles to make sense of early desires. The spectres of bullies and rigidly enforced masculinity hang over both of their heads.Can their friendship survive?Told over the course of four summers, MUD is a play about growing up trans, and the struggle to feel comfortable in your own skin.Part of BokFest 2026Running time: Approximately 65 minutesLATECOMERS MAY NOT BE ADMITTED.UNDER 18s ARE NOT PERMITTED INTO THE THEATRE FOR THIS PERFORMANCE.No re-admittance once the performance has commenced. Refunds and exchanges are not available.

'I want to keep all your things. Le piccole cose che fai. I caught myself doing it the other day. I’ll click my tongue at people when I’m annoyed, say things the way you would say them or roll my letters to replicate your voice. Voglio tutte le tue cose.’Florence has just moved to Italy to train as a teacher—but she wasn’t expecting such a difficult student. Laura desperately needs to learn English for work—but she wasn’t expecting such a hot teacher. As they begin a series of lessons together, they might just fall in love a little bit.Through miscommunication and misspellings, bad grammar and hand gestures, they begin to learn—and unlearn—working out when to stop talking and when to let the silence speak. But when everything has been said and every mistake has been made, what parts of themselves can they give for the other to keep—and what parts remain forever untranslatable?Part of BokFest 2026Running time: Approximately 65 minutesLATECOMERS MAY NOT BE ADMITTED.UNDER 18s ARE NOT PERMITTED INTO THE THEATRE FOR THIS PERFORMANCE.No re-admittance once the performance has commenced. Refunds and exchanges are not available.

The Brainhacker is back! Following a completely sold-out nationwide tour — including a landmark performance at Dublin’s 3Arena — Keith Barry has announced additional dates across Ireland and, for the first time, the UK, for his acclaimed show Unhinged: 25 Years Inside Your Minds. With demand at an all-time high, these newly added dates represent the final opportunity to experience the show before Keith Barry takes a two-year break from touring. Keith Barry Unhinged – 25 Years Inside Your Minds celebrates 25 years of mind-blowing magic, hypnosis, and brain hacking. Get ready, because Keith Barry is about to get inside your head like never before with his most unpredictable, jaw-dropping, and hilarious live show yet. Do you want to witness a show where your mind becomes the stage? Do you want to experience moments you’ll talk about for years? Do you want to be part of an audience where anything can – and will – happen? If you’re nodding yes, yes, yes… then don’t wait. Prepare to laugh. Prepare to be shocked. Prepare to have your mind hacked.

Rediscover the story of the greatest pop band ever formed. From humble beginnings to Eurovision stardom, overcoming the odds to become international icons – all through the power of music. This highly anticipated world-premiere production from multi award-winning Night Owl Shows brings their trademark blend of musicianship and storytelling to Sweden’s greatest export. Dancing Queen, The Winner Takes It All, Mamma Mia and many more. Take A Chance on the journey of the finest pop songs ever created through the lives of the people who made it happen.

Journey with The Eagles from their early days to their reign as the most revered band of the seventies. Take It Easy, Hotel California, Desperado and more from Will Sharp and the Night Owl Band. Night Owl brings you more than just the music with a new take on the tribute genre that has won awards and sold out shows worldwide. Take one of the wildest rides in rock culture as you join Will and his band on this meteoric journey from humble beginnings to one of the most important bands of the decade.

After four consecutive years of sold-out runs, this celebration of the legendary supergroup returns for more standing ovations and rapturous applause. Featuring The Chain, Everywhere, Dreams and more, these iconic songs are brought to life by the Night Owl band. Night Owl delivers more than just the music, offering a fresh take on the tribute genre that has won awards and standing ovations worldwide. Experience the emotion and euphoria of Fleetwood in Night Owl’s flagship show, now entering its fifth season and sure to sell out again. Two-time winner of the Adelaide Fringe Weekly Music Award.