A Play For Breakfast
Artists and Theatre lovers alike are invited to join Live’s creative team for breakfast in the Undercroft, to read a play together as a group over free drinks and pastries.
Play for Fri 3 July: 1536 by Ava Pickett
Kings don’t kill their wives alright? It’s not – it just don’t happen. It doesn’t.
Tudor England. A field in Essex.
Three women hurry to their childhood meeting place, thirsty for gossip from London.
Word spreads of a clash between King Henry VIII and his Queen, Anne Boleyn. And closer to home, another rumour begins to catch fire.
A “razor-sharp, darkly comic and blisteringly relevant” (Independent) new play that explores the dynamics of female friendship in a world stacked against women.
Play for Fri 10 July: Scenes From A Friendship by Jane Upton
It's 1987. Kylie's about to hit number one, and Jess meets Billy in First-year Juniors. They quickly become inseparable: proper soulmates – the kind who finish each other's sentences and overshare about first kisses.
As they pursue different paths, him in the big city, her in their fading hometown, they can't escape the pull of their friendship – or the arguments and jealousy that come with it.
Following them across the decades, Scenes from a Friendship is a warm, funny and deeply felt look at the bond you share with the person who knows all your flaws but loves you regardless. Jane Upton's play was first performed at Nottingham Playhouse in 2026, directed by Hannah Stone.
