Stephen Joseph Theatre News

The cast has been announced for Dracula: The Bloody Truth, a new production which takes the lid off the familiar story of the world's greatest – or worst, depending on how you look at it – vampire. 

Lines  is at the SJT on Saturday 23 March.  Set in five prisons in Uganda, Palestine and Britain, it follows the parallel, post-colonial lives of ten seemingly disconnected prisoners over five decades.

Brian Bilston, the poet described as the Banksy of poetry and Twitter’s unofficial Poet Laureate, comes to Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre on Thursday 21 and Friday 22 March.

Fat Chance comes to Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre next month. This unconventional show looks at the pitfalls of trying to have it all.          

Blackeyed Theatre’s critically acclaimed revival of Oh What a Lovely War heads to Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre next month. Learn more about the show here!

The cast has been revealed for Ladies Down Under at The New Vic. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets!

A new adaptation of a Jane Austen classic, Northanger Abbey, heads to Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre next month. Performances run 27 March to 13 April. Learn more about the show and find out how to get tickets here!

A new one-man show from the former director of Northern Broadsides, Barrie Rutter OBE, heads to Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre next month. Learn more about the show and find out how to get tickets here!

Pilot Theatre in association with Northern Stage and York Theatre Royal have released a first look at the production photos for the premiere of Zoe Cooper’s new adaptation of David Almond’s award-winning young adult’s novel A Song for Ella Grey.

Love is a complicated business – and so is bringing a debut play to the stage. But writer and performer Alys Williams has successfully navigated both with her new show, The Light House, which brings love, light and hope to Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre on 29 February.

What makes us feel for another person? Following extensive research and development, the UK’s leading devising verbatim theatre company brings the world premiere of Feel Me to Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre as part of a national tour.

All new rehearsal photos have been released of the new cast of the West End transfer of Sheffield Theatres’ smash-hit production, Standing at the Sky’s Edge.  Check out the photos here!

Jo Caulfield will bring Here Comes Trouble to Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre on 23 February, packed with brilliant routines and fantastically embarrassing stories.

A play inspired by the story of a #MeToo pioneer comes to Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre at the end of January. Learn more about As SHE Likes It!

Pilot Theatre in association with Northern Stage and York Theatre Royal have released new behind-the-scenes images for the premiere of Zoe Cooper’s new adaptation of David Almond’s award-winning young adult’s novel A Song for Ella Grey. Check them out here!

Jenny Sealey, the award-winning artistic director of Graeae, brings her acclaimed one-woman show Self-Raising to Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre next month.  Learn more about the show here!

Orange Tree Theatre (OT) with co-producers Octagon Theatre Bolton, Stephen Joseph Theatre Scarborough and Theatre by the Lake Keswick today announces the full cast for Zoe Cooper’s playful reimagining of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey. Tessa Walker directs Rebecca Banatvala (Cath), AK Golding (Iz) and Sam Newton (Hen).

A new play from the writer of the legendary Bouncers heads to Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre in February. John Godber’s Do I Love You? will open next month. Learn more about the show here!

The latest in a series of popular script-in-hand readings of new plays by up-and-coming writers, Rachel E Thorn’s Me for You will be performed at Scarborough’s Stephen Joseph Theatre at the end of January.

Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre is seeking planning permission to replace its heating and cooling systems and carry out an interior refurbishment of its McCarthy auditorium, home to both live shows and regular cinema screenings.