John Godber News

Joe Pasquale and Sarah Earnshaw will star as Al and Bet in John Godber's classic comedy, April in Paris, which will tour the country, opening in Wellingborough on 28 January 2021, and will be directed by Richard Lewis.  Audiences will be socially distanced.

The Belgrade Theatre is planning for its reopening, when Covid restrictions begin to ease in Coventry and across the West Midlands over the next few months. Ahead of the start of its Spring Season in April 2021, the Theatre will be hosting a series of socially distanced test events, in line with the latest government guidelines.

El estreno de la comedia de John Godber será en Málaga en junio de 2021.

Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre will be closing its doors to the public again from Thursday 5 November to Wednesday 2 December, re-opening on Thursday 3 December.

Following the recent lockdown announcement, Guildford Fringe Theatre Company has revised this week's performance schedule for its professional production of Jim Cartwright's, Two. 

Liverpool Theatre Festival attracted almost 3,000 live performance fans across nine days for its inaugural staging a?" with calls for it to become an annual event. 

Guildford Fringe Theatre Company presents a new professional production of Jim Cartwright's gritty play, Two, at the Back Room of the Star Inn, Quarry Street, Guildford from Monday 2 a?' Saturday 7 November 2020 (excluding Friday; press night Tuesday 3 November).   

The very first Liverpool Theatre Festival starts this Friday (11 September), with a comedy play by acclaimed city playwright Jonathan Harvey opening the nine-day event. 

Blackeyed Theatre have today announced that their highly acclaimed production of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson's novella by Nick Lane, will be performed to a socially-distanced audience at the Wilde Theatre in Bracknell, Berkshire, on Friday 18 September and be available to watch LIVE online and on demand.

Swan Song, a comedy by Liverpool playwright Jonathan Harvey, will open a brand-new theatre festival in the city next week marking the return of live outdoor performance.

An innovative autumn and winter season for 2020 at Scarborougha??s Stephen Joseph Theatre has been carefully crafted to combine live theatre for socially distanced audiences with digital work for those that prefer to stay at home.

Liverpool theatre producer Bill Elms has created a nine-day outdoor live performance festival to support the city's devastated theatre scene in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Warts and All Theatre has announced their new season of LINK: UP, a series of Q&A's and Masterclasses with industry creatives, including some of the UK's leading playwrights Dennis Kelly, Simon Stephens and John Godber, as well as Stars of The End Of The F***ing World.

Blackeyed Theatre has announced that, with the permission of John Godber, they are making available to schools their 2018 archive recording of Teechers. Access will be free of charge to teachers while theatres remain closed as a result of COVID-19.

The world première of John Godber's new comedy Angels of the North transfers to the West End, opening at the Trafalgar Studios on 14 May, with previews from 12 May, and runs until 6 June. The production ran at Theatre Royal Wakefield until 15 February, ahead of performances at East Riding Theatre from 4 a?" 28 March.

Guildford Fringe Theatre Company presents a new professional production of Jim Cartwright's gritty play, Two, at the Back Room of the Star Inn, Quarry Street, Guildford from Tuesday 2 a?" Saturday 6 June 2020.

A new comedy by John Godber OBE is to open at Theatre Royal Wakefield and East Riding Theatre Beverley, before transferring to Trafalgar Studios in the West End in May.

Holly (Martha Godber) is a talented girl who lives on a Council estate in Hull with her Dad (Jamie Smelt). Her mum left them when she was ten and nothing's ever been the same. When she goes off to London to attend university, she has to come to terms with her protective father and a life that's not exactly what she'd dreamed it would be. John Godber's This is not Right has been rewritten for its current run at Wilton's Music Hall, but feels like it's majorly out of focus and only comes together, unjustifiably, in its last ten minutes.

Following the recent run of Scary Bikers at Trafalgar Studios, The John Godber Company today announces the world première of John Godber's This is not Right. Godber directs Frazer Hammill (Dad) and Martha Godber (Holly Parker) in the production which opens on 2 October, with previews from 1 October, and runs until 5 October.

a?oeWe treat you like young adults and we expect you to behave accordingly.a?? The new academic year means it is time to head back to school as Guildford Fringe Theatre Company presents a raucous production of John Godber's razor-sharp comedy Teechers this autumn. Following a successful run at Guildford Fringe, the professional production will tour to the Churchill Theatre, Bromley (3 - 8 September) and Swindon Arts Centre (10 September).