Alison Fitzjohn

Henry VIII, Queen Victoria and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart are our hosts for a special live concert as part of the BBC Proms season at London’s Royal Albert Hall, introducing us to the world of opera. Mozart is sure that the Horrible Histories audience will love opera, with all its grisly and gruesome stories. But Queen Victoria is not so sure, thinking opera is totally unsuitable for children. In fact, she thinks the audience need to leave at once! Can Mozart change her mind?

Mary has just been released from prison. She wants to come home and forget all about it but Briana has other ideas. Over a tumultuous two days a family is forced to confront not just their past but themselves. Because even if you refuse to hear the truth, the truth doesn’t go away. Róisín McBrinn returns to Clean Break (Favour) to direct this powerful story of family and forgiveness by Deborah Bruce (The House They Grew Up In). A co-production from National Theatre and Clean Break.

Stuffed is a short musical about a taxidermist who dreams of stuffing a human and the man she meets online, so afraid of aging he volunteers to be her specimen. An unexpected romantic spark between them complicates their plans.

Sept étrangers de différents horizons - des personnes qui n'interagiraient jamais normalement - sont obligés de travailler ensemble pour rénover un centre communautaire abandonné. Ils n'aiment pas le travail physique subalterne et ils s'en veulent l'un à l'autre. Mais lorsque l'un d'entre eux est entraîné dans le monde dangereux du crime organisé, ils s'unissent d'une manière qu'aucun d'entre eux n'aurait cru possible.