Imagine yourself in a theatre in 2026. Now picture yourself as a Year 9 student on a school trip. And then, as a citizen of Europe in 1939, as history takes its darkest turn.
While you imagine, Sam will be by your side. Sam is an emotional support dog. Sam is here to look after you. Sam will keep everyone safe.
An ETT, York Theatre Royal and Mull Theatre Production
Written by George Brant & Directed by Monique Touko
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the roof-raising ‘godmother of rock ‘n’ roll’, influenced countless musicians from Elvis to Johnny Cash. This sparkling, intimate portrait of Rosetta and her beloved singing partner, Marie Knight, restores these forgotten musical heroines to the spotlight as one of the most remarkable and revolutionary duos in music history.
Featuring a wealth of joyous rock and gospel hits including Didn’t It Rain and Peace in the Valley, the show will feature live musicians accompanying Olivier Award-winning West End star Beverley Knight (Memphis, The Drifters Girl, Sylvia, Sister Act) as Rosetta Tharpe. Joining Beverley Knight is Ntombizodwa Ndlovu (Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, The Space Between Us, Mixtape, Nothing, and The Mountain Top – Royal Exchange Theatre), an up-and-coming talent making her West-End debut as Marie Knight, Rosetta’s protege and musical partner.
George Brant is an award-winning American playwright whose work includes Grounded (Fringe First and Off-West End Awards).
Monique Touko, winner of the 2022 Stage Debut Award for Best Director, whose acclaimed productions include The Boy at the Back of the Class, School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play, Wedding Band and G, directs this UK premiere.
Jonathan Church Theatre Productions and Chichester Festival Theatre in association with Nica Burns present the Rose Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre and ETT production of Marie and Rosetta.
Age guidance: 12+
Witness the human stories of Austerity Britain in this arresting mixed reality installation.
In 2016, the UN found that “grave or systemic violations” of the rights of disabled people were taking place throughout the UK. Wearing a mixed reality headset, you will enter a striking, holographic gallery that lays bare the consequences when state safety nets fail.
This powerful installation combines verbatim testimony with the skills of theatre/XR director Sacha Wares and the in-depth knowledge of John Pring, editor of Disability News Service. It was a finalist in the XR History Awards, nominated for Best Digital Innovation at the UK Theatre Awards and won International Documentary Festival Amsterdam’s (IDFA) Best Immersive Production
Co-produced by English Touring Theatre, Trial & Error Studio and National Theatre, in association with Young Vic.
Content Guidance
Museum of Austerity uses mixed reality headsets and contains material that some people may find distressing or challenging to engage with. For further information on what to expect please take a look at the Visitor Guide.
Age recommendation: 18+
Running Time: 45 mins in total including headset familiarisation
Click here for full visitor information
To accompany the Museum of Austerity exhibition, there will be a free workshop on Welfare Justice on Monday 12 January with Imogen Day, China Mills and Tumu Johnson. For more information and to book, click here.
Imogen Day has been campaigning for changes to the welfare system ever since her sister, Philippa Day, died in 2019, due to fatal mistakes within the benefits system.
Through the Cracks is drama like you’ve never experienced it before, through the lens of augmented reality.
Download the free app now and transport yourself to a world where reality meets fantasy, where cracks open up right beneath your feet, revealing glimpses of extraordinary stories playing out below.
In Time – is available now. A queer love story woven through the fabric of time travel.
Brought to you by English Touring Theatre and Office of Everyone.
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Strange stories for stranger times. With the contemporary world being the troubled, complicated, messy place it is – difficult enough for us to wrap our conscious minds around – we want to interrogate the ugly underbelly of what haunts our unconscious minds.
F**ked Up Bedtime Stories (for Adults) consists of 7 stories from 7 writers, read by leading actors and put out as a podcast and listened to by audiences right before bedtime, all exorcising different and unique horrors from our world and from our lives.
Commissioned and Produced by ETT
A struggling and divided nation, tearing itself apart. So, when the Macbeths see their chance at the crown, why shouldn’t they take it?
But things don’t go according to plan. Dreams quickly turn to nightmares, humanity erodes, nature stirs. As society strives to make sense of the darkness that sits inside it, how long will it take for people to fight back against the endless cycle of violence and corruption?
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre presents an ETT production.
Originally co-produced by ETT, Shakespeare North Playhouse, Northern Stage & Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, in association with Bristol Old Vic.
This production contains, sodium lights, strobe lighting and other strong lighting effects, as well as loud noises.
Content guidance: Murder, Infanticide, inference of child loss, stage blood, and violence against women.
If you or someone you know would like support concerning the themes of violence against women and children you can find help here: https://refuge.org.uk/
ETT supports the Anti-Racism Touring Rider which you can read about here.
2023 Winner of the prestigious RTST Sir Peter Hall Director Award, Jack Bradfield breathes new life into this classic Mike Leigh favourite.
Beverly, the queen of suburbia, is hosting a cocktail party. Next door, 15-year-old Abigail is throwing a party of her own. No one can stop talking about Abigail’s Party. No one can stop thinking about Abigail’s Party.
Something must be done about Abigail’s Party.
An ETT, Northern Stage, Rose Theatre, and Colchester Mercury Theatre Co-Production
Age: 12+
Supported by a grant from The Royal Theatrical Support Trust.
We’re not going down without a fight
Lord’s, present day. It’s the Women’s Cricket World Cup: England versus India. There’s a rain delay. Stuck in the same locker room together, tensions mount, ambitions are laid bare and a whole new tactical game begins. Calcutta in the eighteenth century. Two British administrators in colonial India encounter challenges on the field of play that threaten the entire regime.
A co-production with Orange Tree Theatre & Bolton Octagon Theatre.
ETT supports the Anti-Racism Touring Rider which you can read about here.
At St Pancras International, a woman sits at the piano and begins to play. The music captivates commuters, tourists and, following a viral clip, millions people around the world. Behind the music is the incredible story of a lifelong duet – the ballad of Hattie and James.
Throughout their lives, Hattie and James find themselves inextricably linked with one another, for better or worse, and cannot help but replay the experiences that have shaped them.
An impassioned story from Samuel Adamson (Wife) that asks who gets to have their voice heard, and can you ever settle the score?
A Kiln Theatre and ETT co-production.
ETT supports the Anti-Racism Touring Rider which you can read about here.
A struggling and divided nation, tearing itself apart. So, when the Macbeths see their chance at the crown, why shouldn’t they take it?
But things don’t go according to plan. Dreams quickly turn to nightmares, humanity erodes, nature stirs. As society strives to make sense of the darkness that sits inside it, how long will it take for people to fight back against the endless cycle of violence and corruption?
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre presents an ETT production.
Originally co-produced by ETT, Shakespeare North Playhouse, Northern Stage & Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, in association with Bristol Old Vic.
This production contains strobe lighting and other strong lighting effects, as well as loud noises.
Content guidance: Murder, Infanticide, inference of child loss, stage blood, and violence against women.
If you or someone you know would like support concerning the themes of violence against women and children you can find help here: https://refuge.org.uk/
ETT supports the Anti-Racism Touring Rider which you can read about here.