Booking Tickets for Into the Breeches!
It’s 1942, and most of the men of Retford are gone, fighting World War II.
Maggie, wife of the director of Oberon Play House, has the idea of an all-women production of Henry IV and V by Shakespeare, thus keeping the theatre open. They make their way through rehearsals, artistic differences, and how to walk like a man.
Missing their husbands, and longing for word from the front, they find strength in each other and their common goal. In this surprising moving comedy they find the courage to go boldly ‘into the breeches!’
Online Tickets are available now and the Box Office opens from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm on Monday 9th November 2026.
Play Review
FAMILY ALBUM
Alan Ayckbourn’s Family Album is an intriguing and thought-provoking exploration of family life, examining three generations of women whose lives are connected not only by blood, but by the same family home. Spanning seventy years, the play gradually reveals how relationships, expectations, disappointments and unfulfilled ambitions can echo from one generation to the next. Under the assured direction of Daniel Toyne, this production quite literally brought a family album of memories to life….
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