On the Way: New Shows for 2025/6

We're delighted to be announcing five new touring shows for 2025/6, including an evening showcasing two remarkable one act plays from the personal archive of Stephen Joseph, John Godber's Teechers, and the return of Blackeyed Theatre with a new Sherlock Holmes adventure, adapted for stage and directed by Nick Lane.

Tickets go on sale to SJT Circle members from 10am on Tuesday 5 August and on general sale from 10am on Tue 12 August. Not a member? Join here from just £3.33 a month, and explore our (pretty lovely!) discounts and perks.

For 2026, we'll be renumbering the seats in our Round auditorium to make it easier for you to find your seats on the night. If you've got favourite seats and want to see what the new numbers will be, please check this article.

• Fred & Arlecchino Double Bill

Two remarkable, forgotten one-act plays from Stephen Joseph's personal archive with a brief introduction from director and Joseph biographer, Paul Elsam. Includes performances of Alas Poor Fred by James Saunders and The Disguises of Arlecchino by Clifford Williams

• My Brother's a Genius

“When flying feels impossible, falling teaches you how to soar”

Daisy and Luke are twins navigating life in a high-rise estate, where ambition and self-doubt collide. Both twins have labels thrust upon them: Daisy the “idiot” and Luke the “genius”. But will their bond and shared dream of flying launch them up together or crash them apart?

• John Godber's Teechers

New Year… same problems!

Bristling with teenage swagger and outlandish imagination, Salty, Gail and Hobby use their B-Tech Performance exam to showcase their work. What follows is a funny, fast-moving, hard-hitting account of life at Whitewall Academy as they play staff, students and site premises managers, including the new drama teacher Ms Nixon who's helped get them into drama and changed their lives.

• Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty

The latest show by Blackeyed Theatre, adapted for stage and directed by Nick Lane!

As the British Empire wages war in the name of a Queen whose health is failing, a series of mysterious events reveals a crack in the high corridors of power. A crack that threatens to destabilise monarchy, government and Empire. And at its centre, controlling the flow of information and influence, a shadowy figure plans a final deadly move...

• Rob Rouse: Funny Bones

Funny Bones is Rob’s brand-new stand-up show: a relentlessly funny and daft evening of comedy from a one-man whirlwind who pulls the audience into his craftily spun tall tales with bucketfuls of manic energy, first-class stagecraft, eerily convincing

Tickets go on sale to SJT Circle members from 10am on Tuesday 5 August and on general sale from 10am on Tue 12 August. Not a member? Join here from just £3.33 a month, and explore our (pretty lovely!) discounts and perks.