Written by Willy Russell, the legendary BLOOD BROTHERS tells the captivating and moving tale of twins who, separated at birth, grow up on opposite sides of the tracks, only to meet again with tragic consequences.  The superb score includes Bright New Day, Marilyn Monroe and the emotionally charged hit Tell Me It’s Not True.

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Tuesday 1^st June

11 am – 1pm: Family Art Workshop based on ‘Alan in Wonderland and the 3 Goats Plus …’ Suitable for children aged 4 plus and their families (parents/careers must stay with their children at all time). Join in with art activities including mask making, colouring, & stencils.

2pm : 'Alan in Wonderland and the 3 Goats Plus …' A Family show! Booster Cushion Theatre brings us a comical mixture of retold stories, with a slice of Alice in Wonderland, a generous helping of goats and a 3.5m concertina book. For 3 to 93 year olds … plus you!

Wednesday 2^nd June

11am – 1pm: Family Art Workshop based on ‘Little Red Riding Hood & Friends’. Suitable for children aged 4 plus and their families (parents/careers must stay with their children at all time). Join in with art activities including puppet making, collage and mobile making.

2pm: Little Red Riding Hood & Friends (Booster Cushion Theatre). A Comical Mixture of Fairy Tales with audience participation and mime. Our Hero meets The Pop Star Cinderella and a Vegetarian Wolf. For 4 year olds plus … Bring your own carrots!

Both children’s shows will be in the Dixon studio where our younger audience can get close to and join in with the action!

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Benefactors centres on David and Jane, a happy and prosperous couple, and their struggling, dysfunctional neighbours, Colin and Sheila. David is an  idealistic architect, working on the redevelopment of an inner city slum. He and Jane are also working on the 'redevelopment' of the crumbling marriage of Colin, a cynical journalist, and Sheila, his love-starved, oppressed wife.

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Reginald D Hunter’s uniquely non-secular approach to comedy continues to batter down the time-honoured constraints of politics, religion and so-called morality.

He is a well-known face on primetime television shows such as  8 Out Of 10 Cats, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and QI and is a frequent guest on Have I Got News For You

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With performances from The Southend Band and Southend Festival Chorus.

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An evening of unremitting drama as we are transported into a terrifying and ghostly world.

A lawyer obsessed with a curse that he believes has been cast over him and his family by the spectre of a ‘Woman in Black’, engages a sceptical young actor to help him tell his terrifying story and exorcise the fear that grips his soul.  It all begins innocently enough, but as they reach further into his darkest memories, they find themselves caught up in a world of eerie marshes and moaning winds.  The borders between make believe and reality begin to blur and the flesh begins to creep...

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