The Little Theatre

The Effect is a play by British writer Lucy Prebble about two young volunteers, Connie and Tristan, who fall in love while participating in a clinical trial for a new antidepressant. As their romantic feelings intensify with higher doses, they struggle to determine if their chemistry is genuine or an artificial side effect of the experimental drug.

When a house party gather at Gull’s Point, the seaside home of Lady Tressilian, Nevile Strange finds himself caught between his old wife, Audrey and his new flame, Kay. The scene is set for one of Christie’s most intriguing thrillers. Who will be murdered and who will be revealed as a sadistic killer?

A revealing, funny and wonderfully moving portrait of four women who sign up to join the Women’s Land Army during World War II.

It’s the day of Sylvia’s wedding to Marek and the family is excited and overflowing with good wishes for their future happiness, until the vodka starts flowing, and resentments and secrets threaten the day’s harmony…

Leonard Vole stands accused of murdering a rich widow. The stakes are high with shocking witness testimony, impassioned outbursts from the dock, and a young man’s fight to escape the hangman’s noose.

Based upon the popular children’s book, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the latest musical version by Marsha Norman and Lucy Simon, and adapted by Leicester Drama Society raises the bar, with a tremendous cast as it begins its run at Leicester’s Little Theatre.

A dazzling Christmas cracker of a show bursting with glitz and glamour plus an upright, walking talking feline clad in magical red boots has arrived at Leicester’s Little Theatre, delivering their ever popular and always traditional pantomime. This year being – yes, you’ve guessed it – Puss in Boots.

The killing doesn’t just happen in Christie’s play. It comes thanks to an announcement in the local paper, stating that it will take place at Little Paddocks, Chipping Cleghorn – the genteel home of Letitia Blacklock (Alexandra Elliott) on Friday the 13th at 6.30pm.