GenFest 2025: Dorothy and Her Very Many Friends – by Jude Taylor

Want to win some Halloween sweets! All you need to do is figure out the Halloween themed word… Just pick up your activity sheet at the management suite and locate all the QR codes around the centre. Scan the QR code and it will show you a letter to fill in the missing word. Find all the QR codes > find all the letters > you have your Halloween word! Once filled in the correct word, take it back to the Management Suite (just down the side of Vision Express) and you will be handed your scarily sweet prize!!! Best of luck!

????? THE FIVE STAR COMEDY SENSATION DIRECT FROM THE WEST END Direct from its triumph in the West End where it won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy, Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of) is a unique and audacious retelling of Jane Austen’s most iconic love story. Men, money and microphones will be fought over in this irreverent but affectionate adaptation where the stakes couldn’t be higher when it comes to romance. This multi-award-winning production features a string of pop classics including Young Hearts Run Free, Will You Love Me Tomorrow and You’re So Vain. IT’S THE 1800S. IT’S PARTY TIME. LET THE RUTHLESS MATCHMAKING BEGIN.

Abigail’s mum is dead. But it turns out she can’t afford her to be. Did you know how expensive it is to die? It’s £4000 for the funeral. Extra for flowers. And even more if you want sausage rolls. Otherwise, she will get a council funeral and an unmarked grave. Then, when a theatre suddenly pulls out of Abigail’s new project, she is asked to write about something else. Something more raw, from her ‘unique working class lens.’ Something that will make the audience feel really, really bad about themselves. Audiences like that, apparently. Yep. To afford the funeral, she has to write about her mum. With power and playfulness, Kelly Jones’s new play tackles the inequalities around death, and the cost of turning your loved ones into art. This production contains strong language and deals with the topic of bereavement