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Brickhouse Open Mic Night!
Under usual circumstances, Brickhouse holds at least 5 productions in Robinson's indoor and outdoor theatres each year, while funding other shows across Cambridge! Due to the pandemic, we are going online and hosting 3 virtual Open Mic Nights throughout Easter term! 8pm Fri 30 April, Fri 7 May, Fri 14 May Facebook/Youtube
Find out more »Permanent Marker
Permanent Marker is an original student-written one-person play. It is an exploration of a woman’s fragmented response to rape and the imperfection of memory. As the piece develops the sense of a solid story/timeline disintegrates using the experience of disassociation. Her memory jumps back and forth as her sense of self disconnects, and she becomes overwhelmed by the potential beauty of her trauma.
Find out more »Talking Heads
Talking Heads is a series of monologues written by Alan Bennett in the 1980s. This production will include performances of the following monologues: A Chip in the Sugar, A Lady of Letters, Soldiering On and Her Big Chance.
Find out more »No Cash Left on the Premises Overnight
It's the bolshiest heist in human history. Three struggling cons who haven't hit a target in years set their sights on the Crown Jewels, and a much-needed early retirement. Join them as they assemble their team, plot their path, and even fall in love on the way. Will they swagger off with the swag, or be swept up in the long arms of the law?
Find out more »Memento Mori
A wealthy merchant by the name of Jenrick retires, thinking he's settling into a life of relative peace and composure. Philosophic rest, you might call it. But his long unrequited love, his disgruntled business partner and his plotting servants don't quite have the same thing on their minds. A lot of plotting and hijinks ensue, and it seems that not one of these schemers is going to get much rest, unless it's an eternal one.
Find out more »Halfway
Eddie and Niall meet by chance on an unremarkable street in Manchester. Eddie’s trying to break into the film industry, Niall’s at uni. They strike up the unlikeliest of friendships, and before long they’re living together. They’re happy, until life takes an unexpected turn for both of them, and their differences threaten to tear their friendship apart. This is a play about connection, isolation, perspective and life drawing gone wrong.
Find out more »Horse Girls
Horse Girls is a dark, satirical comedy which tells the story of the Lady Jean Ladies, a group of pre-teen girls who devote their lives to their horses. Or, as Ashleigh would say, her horses – most of the girls borrow their horses from her stables, remember? The girls all dream of becoming Olympic-level riders in six years’ time – once they’re 18 – but when the very thing they love might be taken away, things quickly turn sour between…
Find out more »Queen Anne
Queen Anne takes the male-dominated genre of the history play and places women at its centre, portraying fierce friendship, sexuality, jealousy, war, politics and betrayal through the eyes and inner lives of women. Exploring the life of one of England’s little-known monarchs, Queen Anne follows the sovereign and her close friendship with confidante, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. Set in 1702, William III is on the throne and England is on the verge of war. Princess Anne is to become…
Find out more »Antigone: The Musical
Ancient Greece. 441 BC. Two dead brothers. One king. One girl. One shovel. Following the war in Thebes, both Antigone’s brothers are dead, and her uncle, Creon, is the king. One of the brothers is given a proper burial, whilst the other is declared a traitor and forbidden to be buried. Anyone who disobeys is to be killed. But that’s not going to stop Antigone. A story about rebellion, sticking to your principles, and the power of community, this original…
Find out more »Dogfight
"Cause people can surprise you... or not" Brickhouse Theatre Company presents Dogfight, a story of war, love, and personal growth, as a marine learns the power of compassion when he plays a cruel joke on an idealistic waitress. Set in the swinging 60s, in San Francisco, and featuring a score by Tony Award winners Pasek & Paul (Dear Evan Hansen, The Greatest Showman), the genuine heart of this show is sure to have you wanting more. Music and Lyrics by…
Find out more »Blood and Ice
“It is easy, describe what haunts you. Frankenstein, you have thought of a story. Mary Shelley, you have seized the spark of life. Now write this.” 1816, Switzerland. Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and Claire Clairmont vacation together. A challenge is made: who can write the best horror story? As past and present intertwine, friendships fade and die, and a mysterious voice haunts the room, Mary Shelley reflects on the circumstances that led to her greatest work -…
Find out more »Splinters
What does it mean to trust yourself and those around you? Arel is a powerful sorcerer gifted with the magic of the forest. When sent away from her home for her own safety, she is met by a party of outcasts - a wizard, a rogue, a fighter, a bard and an alchemical healer - seeking to take down a tyrannous force in the community. As each member of the party grapples with their own identity and place in…
Find out more »The Son
"I'm telling you. I don't understand what is happening to me." Just a couple of years ago, Nicolas was a smiling, happy boy. But now, nearly 18 and struggling with his parent's divorce he's the opposite: listless, skipping classes, and lying. He hopes moving in with his father will help; a new school and a chance for a fresh start. But he feels unwanted with his father's new wife and decides that returning to his mother's may be the answer.…
Find out more »M. Butterfly
Puccini’s Madama Butterfly was a glorified story about an American navy boy in Japan, failing his oriental love for his soon-to-be wife, Butterfly. In an alternative universe of 1960s China, amidst the rise of the cultural revolution, Rene Gallimard, a French diplomat newly tasked with high-profile intelligence, falls in love with a mystical Beijing Opera singer, Song Liling, in his attempts to escape the expatriate circles. Restraining physical contact, Song cites Confucian modesty, but Rene is dissatisfied — he must create his…
Find out more »Streamlined
Desperate to discover the secrets of their business before they get #cancelled, the board of “Pear Music” dive deep into every aspect of their business with the help of “Consultancy Man”. Together they investigate hilarious investments ranging from “Drum and Bassless Conspiracy Theories” to a tragic pair of Sony Headphones.
Find out more »How to Date a Feminist
In a hilarious subversion of a romantic comedy, How to Date a Feminist turns a traditional straight relationship on its head by playing with ideas of feminism and gender roles. This incredibly self aware production uses stereotypes and cinematic tropes to bring a traditional rom-com storyline into the 21st century, weaving in some classic family drama for good measure. Kate and Steve are caught between their parents’ expectations, supposedly ‘perfect’ partners and their own predisposed (and gendered) understanding of what…
Find out more »A Midsummer Night’s Dream
‘I have had a dream. Past the wit of man to say what dream it was.’ Two pairs of lovers ( ... and a rowdy set of tradesmen-cum-actors) leave the Athenian court for the forest, just as the marriage between Hippolyta, the warrior princess, and Theseus takes place. What follows is nothing short of mania: fairy magic, romantic rivalry, mischievous sprites, and a pantomime rom-com to top it all off. This is the English countryside, but not as you know…
Find out more »Amadeus
I will be remembered! I will be remembered! - if not in fame, in infamy…’ Respected composer Antonio Salieri’s unflinching devotion to God comes to an end when he meets a new rival by the name of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. How can a man so trivial, so infantile, so obscene, be blessed with divine talent? Transformed by envy and hatred, Salieri dedicates his life to ruining Mozart's. Accompanied by a live orchestra onstage, Peter Shaffer’s hard-hitting masterpiece dives into…
Find out more »All My Sons
The Keller family home seems an archetypal image of the American dream. But dark secrets lie behind this veneer of suburban contentment. Larry Keller, a soldier in the US army, is missing. His mother, Kate, eagerly awaits his return, as his brother Chris pleads with his family to move on. As tensions rise over the course of a summer evening, horrifying truths emerge about the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a much-loved son. Arthur Miller's classic text grapples with far-reaching…
Find out more »Jerusalem
On a beautiful St. George's day, Johnny 'Rooster' Byron is a wanted man. To some, he is a rustic pied piper, a demagogue of the woods, a powerful legend among men; but to most of the townsfolk, he is a drunkard who disturbs the peace and needs to be evicted from the land. However, Rooster has more to worry about: his son wants to be taken to the fair, a father wants to give him a serious kicking, and a…
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