All MLT and MYT productions are performed at Middlesbrough Theatre (The Avenue, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, TS5 6SA) unless otherwise stated.
19-22 February Albert Nobbs by Gordon Steel, directed by Mike Crooks
After a life of hard graft, retirement isn't at all what Albert Nobbs expected. Instead of relaxing and taking things at a leisurely pace, the curmudgeonly Albert finds himself bored and nagged by his wife Connie.But Albert's world is tuned upside-down by the sudden death of Connie. Described as a 'Blithe Spirit' for the working class by local playwright, Gordon Steel.
30 April-3 May The Railway Children by E. Nesbit and adapted by Dave Simpson, directed by Wendy Lowe and Wendie Middleton
When their father mysteriously disappears with two strangers, the lives of Roberta, Peter and Phyllis are turned upside down. But in the Yorkshire countryside they discover new friendships and an unexpected secret. This is the classic film, adapted for the stage.
9-12 July Deckchairs by Jean Connell (directors to be announced)
Please note this will take place in our Studio in Toft House
5 short plays all set at the seaside. There's comedy, drama and everything in-between! There's two best friends who love to shop, a doomed mother/daughter relationship, the joy of the tea-dance, secrets and lies, and two friends and their dogs!
8-11 October The Laramie Projecct by Moises Kaufman, Directed by David Tuffnell
The true story recounting the murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard in Wyoming. In a series of poignant reflections, the residents of Laramie react to the hate crime and surrounding media storm with anger, bewilderment and sorrow.