The Park Theatre in North London has announced five new shows for its 2025 – 2026 season.
Highlights include the Papatango New Writing Prize winner The Meat Kings! (Inc.) Of Brooklyn Heights, a revival of Noël Coward’s The Rat Trap on its 100th anniversary, Athol Fugard’s The Train Driver, and Steel by Lee Mattinson as part of a national tour.
Also, Maureen Lipman & Friends: Poetry & Jazz will play for one-night-only as a fundraiser for the Park, on 11 May 2025.
In June, Steel (11 to 14 June 2025) comes to Park Theatre as part of its national tour presented by Theatre by the Lake. Starring Suraj Shah and Jordan Tweddle, and directed by Liz Stevenson. Lee Mattinson’s play is set on the wet West Cumbrian coast, and follows mates James and Kamran, one of whom discovers he is heir to a single mile of the British railway system.
In autumn, Papatango Theatre Company and Park Theatre present the winner of the Papatango New Writing Prize, The Meat Kings! (Inc.) Of Brooklyn Heights (30 October to 29 November 2025) by Hannah Doran.
Directed by George Turvey, the drama carves into the dark underbelly of America’s anti-immigration policies and the brutal sacrifices that drive the pursuit of prosperity.
Kicking off 2026, The Train Driver (14 January to 7 February 2026) promises to be a timely revival of Athol Fugard’s soulful exploration of guilt, suffering, racial intolerance and the powerful bonds that grow between strangers, based on a true story and set in South Africa. The production is directed by Jimmy Walters.
Troupe Theatre are back at the Park Theatre after their acclaimed production of The Forsyte Saga, with a rare revival of Noël Coward’s play The Rat Trap (28 January to 14 March 2026), celebrating its 100th anniversary, and reimagined by Bill Rosenfield.
In fashionable 1920s Belgravia, Sheila, a talented novelist, and Keld, an aspiring playwright, embark on married life. Both are fiercely ambitious, but when Keld’s career takes off and Sheila’s doesn’t, professional jealousy and an affair have a devastating effect on their marriage.
Artistic Director Jez Bond said in a statement: “I’m pleased to announce four plays and a fundraiser – with both spaces boasting a piece of new writing and a revival to enthral our audiences. We’re pleased to be working with two producers new to us, to begin a partnership with Papatango and to welcome back Troupe Productions (following their success with The Forsyte Saga). As we enter our thirteenth year, and arts funding seems more challenging than ever, we’re honoured by the continued support of our fabulous friends of stage and screen; and are delighted to welcome back Maureen Lipman and friends for a fundraising evening of poetry and jazz.”
Currently playing at the Park Theatre is Farewell Mister Haffmann, until 12 April; and coming up is How to Fight Loneliness from 17 April, and Our Cosmic Dust from 2 June 2025.
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