Various artworks for theatre shows in the Spring 2027 season with a purple background. Text: Pure Drama 2027

Pure Drama

About our events

At Salisbury Playhouse, we produce theatre because it makes us feel alive. It brings people together in an act of communal celebration and collective experience. We laugh together, we cry together, and we leave with a sense of belonging to a community.

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List of Events

  1. Various newspaper clippings and photo scraps depicting 70s England and a Pakistani family strewn against a beige wallpaper background with some chips on top. Overlaid is the text 'East is East' depicted as a road sign and a blue clothing label.

    East Is East

    – Salisbury Playhouse
    Identity
    Culture
    Comedy
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  2. A woman in a yellow dress surrounded by flowers against a sparkly purple background. There is a castle with a beastly shadow in the doorway behind her, and a full moon on the other side. The image is bordered with purple cogs. There is a rose in the 'a' of 'Beast' in the text. Text: Beauty and the Beast, proudly sponsored by Trethowans Law. As it should be.

    Beauty and the Beast

    – Salisbury Playhouse
    Pantomime
    Family
    Festive
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  3. A mouse sat on a skein of red velvet holding a bobbin of red thread against a blue snowy background. Also on the velvet is a thimble, a button, two wedding rings and a needle.

    Beatrix Potter's The Tailor of Gloucester

    – The Salberg Studio
    Family
    Interactive
    Musical
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  4. Actor Guy Masterson holding a red candle and posing spookily against a black smoky background.

    A Christmas Carol

    – The Salberg Studio
    Festive
    Classic
    Solo
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  5. Comedian Larry Grayson popping out of a 70s-style television, surrounded by blue and purple pixels. The background is two different purple shapes and in the foreground is the name 'Larry' in marquee lit-up letters, with the following text underneath: A new play by BAFTA & Olivier Award-winning writer Tim Whitnall.

    Larry

    – Salisbury Playhouse
    Queer
    Showbiz
    Nostalgic
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  6. A woman dressed in shorts and stripy socks, reading a book while sat on an oversized green couch, with various colourful monster puppets leaning over and looking at her.

    Sir Charlie Stinky Socks & The Really Big Adventure

    – The Salberg Studio
    Family
    Adventure
    Interactive
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  7. Theatre-maker Shôn Dale-Jones stood with his hands on his hips and wearing a red tracksuit, on a cloud in an image of a blue sky.

    The Small Office for Eternal Optimism

    – The Salberg Studio
    Fringe
    Optimistic
    Storytelling
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  8. A teenage girl dressed in 70s garb, sat in a purple space with her back to us. She has messy long hair with a yellow comb stuck in it.

    Comb

    Salisbury Arts Centre
    Storytelling
    Folklore
    Irish
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  9. A photo of actor Rufus Hound with a quizzical expression and a large moustache, overlaid with bright orange lines and the following text: The Other Side of Murder

    The Other Side of Murder

    – Salisbury Playhouse
    Funny
    Murder
    Mystery
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  10. A woman sat on a deflated inflatable pool, crying and holding a baby with a pacifier in its mouth. Both wear colourful religious-style crowns, and the image mimics religious paintings of the Madonna.

    Madonna on the Rocks

    – The Salberg Studio
    Honest
    Motherhood
    One-woman
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  11. A bright turquoise cloudy sky. Large orange text in the centre reads “OH ZEUS!” Above it, smaller white text reads “LE NAVET BETE PRESENTS.” Three Greek mythology inspired figures are on a cloud. One stands on a pedestal holding a lightning bolt, one is wearing a pale robe with red and green scarves to the right, while the third is positioned lower left, partially covered by dark fabric.

    Oh Zeus!

    – Salisbury Playhouse
    Hilarious
    Chaos
    Family
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  12. Theatre-maker Victoria Melody dressed in Puritan garb, sat in an orange and blue diner booth eating a drink, burger and chips, with a turnip and apple on the table in front of her.

    Victoria Melody: Trouble, Struggle, Bubble and Squeak

    Salisbury Arts Centre
    Storytelling
    Stand-up
    History
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  13. A photo of Adrian Lukis wearing a red uniform and holding a glass of whiskey. He is standing in front of a turquoise wall. There is a writing above him in gold and white that reads "Being Mr Wickham".

    Being Mr Wickham

    Salisbury Playhouse
    Theatre
    Jane Austen
    West End
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  14. A stylised image of actor Griff Rhys Jones as Einstein, with Joe Absolom and a nuclear cloud popping out of his head. The background is a green scientific chalkboard and overlaid is the text: Griff Rhys Jones, Joe Absolom, Albert's Boy by James Graham, Director Terry Johnson, Designer Tim Shortall.

    Albert's Boy

    – Salisbury Playhouse
    Historical
    Moving
    Funny
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  15. A man shouting into a megaphone with his fist raised, in front of a screen displaying various 1970s 'nazi-focused' headlines.

    Punk Days

    Salisbury Arts Centre
    Rebellion
    Freedom
    History
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  16. A woman smiling to the left of camera. She is dressed in pearls, satin gloves and a grey '30s period dress.

    Ode to Joyce

    – The Salberg Studio
    Nostalgic
    Classic
    Tribute
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  17. Stefan Dennis and George Rainsford in character as Lionel Logue and King George VI looking at each other in front of a grand curtained balcony. Overlaid is gold text: The King's Speech by David Seidler

    The King's Speech

    – Salisbury Playhouse
    Historical
    Moving
    Drama
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  18. An image of a woman with long hair that is flowing behind her. She is from the side and shaded. The background is a red sky that she's blending into.

    Until I Find You

    – The Salberg Studio
    Theatre
    Moving
    Hope
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  19. Two men, one with Down's Syndrome, sat with their heads leant together on a hospital-style bed. The man on the right is wearing pyjamas.

    Housemates

    – Salisbury Playhouse
    Disability
    Rock'n'roll
    Joyful
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  20. The entrance to Slade Prison with blue prison doors set in a red brick wall, and the title Porridge across the foreground.

    Porridge

    – Salisbury Playhouse
    Sitcom
    Iconic
    Adaptation
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