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It’s time for Fluff to do the ultimate puzzle… her life.

But Fluff hates puzzles; especially word searches. She can never find the words and doesn’t understand why there’s a half eaten birthday cake and a woman who keeps visiting her room. As she navigates her way through her most treasured and darkest memories, Fluff desperately needs to piece together her life; story by story, person by person. This darkly comedic play explores memories and the choices we make in life.

The non-linear plot line allows the audience to feel, first hand, the devastating affects of dementia, through joining Fluff in her journey to uncover her life’s memories.

Teepee Productions was founded by co-writers James Piercy and Tayla Kenyon, who met online during a writing course. The two enjoyed each other’s writing and decided to work together, thus, there first creation ‘FLUFF’ was born.

Teepee Productions prides itself in work that caters to communities and explores the complexity of human nature and relationships. They love to produce character driven work with witty, truthful dialogue, relatable to a range of audiences, asking them to reflect on the world we live in. They currently have several projects in development.
FLUFF, is proud to be supported by W3RT, Alzheimer’s Society, Trauma Breakthrough UK and Herts Musical Memories.

Running time: 75 minutes

Age guidance: 15+

Content Warnings: This show contains themes that some audience members may find distressing.

A one-man play focusing on the self-imposed exile of Oscar Wilde’s beau, Bosie (Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas) has been shunned from London’s High Society as Wilde’s scandalous story unfolds towards trial.

Set in a Parisian salon in May 1895, Bosie contemplates his own story and seeks to establish his own narrative against the public downfall of his lover. Taking place over two dates (as Wilde is released on bail and then on his day of sentencing), Bosie tells the story behind the story.

Ruminating on his sexuality and prowess, his hunger for position and status, Bosie explores his journey in homosexuality and relationships. Shocking, abrasive and, at times, downright uncouth the devilish details of his dalliances and affairs come to the fore – but at what point will he accept some responsibility for his current situation?

A beautiful boy turned man, with an attitude of privilege and expectation that supersedes reason, Lord Alfred Douglas’ petulance is on full show. But how did he come to be here? He battles and reflects with how his actions led to Oscar Wilde’s downfall and disgrace, and how he, Bosie – a gentleman of Victorian high society – is now trapped, degraded and alone. Passionate and direct, sumptuous and scandalous, Bosie is ready to spill the Victorian tea – well, his own version of it at least.

Written and performed by Rik Barnett, the first staged iteration took place at The Hope Mill Theatre in 2017 as part of their Powerhouse Plays venture to great acclaim, and has since undergone some significant development to the production you will see here. Directed by Tuirenn Hurstfield and produced by Northern Rep Theatre, this new outing of BOSIE strips back from the flowers of the Victorian setting and focuses on the character and just how deliciously deviant he is.

The latest dramatic offering from Stafford Players.

Unable to sleep. Elaine Wheeler paces the living roomof her Manhattan townhouse, troubled by unsettling memories and vague fears.
When the Police are called after Elaine sees the body of a dead man in the window across the way, they find nothing but an empty chair.
Elaine’s terror grows, and her husband John believes she may be on the verge of a breakdown.
A suspenseful and mysterious story unfolds, with a riveting and chilling climax!

A new show from James Rowland featuring his captivating mix of theatre, comedy and music.

LEARNING TO FLY sees James tell the story of a remarkable friendship he made when he was a lonely, unhappy teenager with the scary old lady who lived in the spooky house on his street.

It’s about connection, no matter what the obstacles; about love’s eternal struggle with time; about music and its ability to heal. It’s also about her last wish: to get high once before she died.

Uplifting, big hearted and hilarious – don’t miss this gem of a show, which is fast becoming a cult classic.

The Giant Killers is the critically acclaimed, inspiring true story of Football’s greatest ever underdog.

Set in 1870s Lancashire, amidst the poverty and social unrest caused by the cotton famine, Darwen FC rose up to become a shining beacon of hope for their town.

The first workers to ever compete in the FA Cup, a competition that has been exclusively played by the country’s wealthiest gentlemen to this point, they will face challenges both on and off the pitch.

This isn’t a tale of how the rich upper classes generously shared their game with the world – this is the truth. The workers have had their game – the old mob style football taken from them – they’ve had their incomes squashed but now they’ve found a space where they are allowed to fight back. In the early rounds they are drawn against The Remnants – an opportunity to become the FA Cup’s first-ever Giant Killers.

But if they win they face the game’s greatest Giants – The Old Etonians.

While the workers of the town prepare to strike, the football team becomes their representative – a chance to show the world that they are worth more than what they are being given and that they are just as good as their wealthy opponents.

Four actors bring to life the incredible cup run that would change not just football, but the country – forever.

Part love story, part social history, part recreation of the greatest football match you’ve never heard of.

The Giant Killers is a rip-roaring show full of spirit and passion that will ignite a fire in everyone – whether you know the offside rule or not.

14+ age guidance

Back by popular demand

A spine-tingling evening guaranteed for those who like to feel the winter chills for real.

Hauntings is an evening of three tales of the supernatural from two of the world’s greatest writers of ghost stories, E.F. Benson and M.R. James.

The award-winning Gerard Logan will take you to world of invisible, but terrifyingly present, spirits.

The evening includes M.R. James’ Oh, Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad in which a medieval spirit terrorizes an arrogant professor.

“Logan is astounding….He takes a strong script and flies it to the stars”

Edinburgh Festival 2016 Review

“Watching Logan work is like being privy to a wonder of nature…”

Edinburgh Festival 2015 Review

Performed by Gerard Logan

Directed by GARETH ARMSTRONG – Music by SIMON SLATER

A funny, touching and at times savage portrait of a family full of longing that’s losing its grip – The Last of the Haussmans examines the fate of the revolutionary generation.

Anarchic, feisty but growing old, high-society drop-out Judy Haussman remains in spirit with the ashrams of the 1960s, while holding court in her dilapidated art deco house on the Devon coast.

After an operation, she’s joined by her wayward offspring, her sharp-eyed granddaughter, a local doctor and a troubled teenager who makes use of the family’s crumbling swimming pool. Over a few sweltering months they alternately cling to and flee a chaotic world of all-day drinking, infatuations, long-held resentments, free love and failure.

Stephen Beresford’s play The Last of the Haussmans was first staged at the National Theatre, London, in 2012, in a production starring Julie Walters and Rory Kinnear.

Now, don’t miss this much-anticipated Stafford Players production.

Please note, this production has themes of an adult nature and strong language. Age 16+

A festive edition of fictional TV show Movies and Memories honouring the 1946 Christmas favourite, ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’, exploring how the movie journeyed from Hollywood failure to feel-good, festive film success in this new theatrical adaptation. Based on the original screenplay by Frank Capra and source material “The Greatest Gift” by Philip Van Doren.

Starring you as the live studio audience, a small cast with a selection of wigs and props will take you behind the scenes of this festive classic.

Expect a tickling of the funny bones and a tugging of the heartstrings in this new Christmas production.

Three classic ghost stories – live on stage!

Vengeful spirits, murderous revenants and gruesome promises kept from beyond the grave – every horror imaginable is conjured in this uniquely terrifying experience. Nightmares is a gothic show that will leave you quaking in your seat… and dying for more!

The show features three of the most spine-tingling tales ever written – ‘The Judge’s House’ by Bram Stoker, ‘The Kit-Bag’ by Algernon Blackwood and ‘John Charrington’s Wedding’ by E Nesbit.

These pleasing terrors are brought to you by The Book of Darkness & Light, who have toured the length and breadth of the country with their unique brand of ghost story theatre for the past nine years.

14+ age guidance

The case of the Enfield Poltergeist in 1977 has long captured the public’s imagination. This dramatisation of those events focuses on the very human stories behind the lurid press headlines.
After the tragic death of his daughter, Maurice Grosse joins the Society for Psychical Research in London. But while investigating the Enfield Poltergeist in 1977, he is haunted by coincidences surrounding paranormal activity that appears to be centred around one particular girl.

Based on the true events of the infamous Enfield Poltergeist case, this is a journey of redemption, and the chance to lay old ghosts to rest.

Kiera Rhodes and Paul Voodini portray troubled characters, thrown together within the walls of a supposedly haunted council house in Enfield, who must not only solve the mystery of the poltergeist, but also find peace with their own tragic pasts.

Age guidance: This performance is recommended for ages 15+

Content warning: This performance contains strong language; themes surrounding death and the loss of a child; one instance of strobe lighting and several loud noises.

Duration: This performance is 50 minutes long with no interval.