dead on cue

Written & performed by Mark Carey

Mark Carey, writer of Into The Breach and What's Wrong with Benny Hill has teamed up with Giles Shenton, producer of Old Herbaceous, Three Men in a Boat, Fagin?, and My Dog's Got No Nose to bring you a spooky thriller set in the same theatre dressing room, during the same play, at the same theatre, but 60 years apart.

During both time periods the theatre is hosting a performance of Hamlet where "time is out of joint." 

What is the unearthly link between the two productions?

How can the same things be happening to different people 60 yrs apart?

What secrets have been buried in the old dressing room under the stage?

Why are the actors fascinated by the old dressing room mirror?

Just don't look into it......you might not like what you see!

The stunning effects will have you believing that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

Future dates

7 May 2025  Middlesbrough Theatre, Middlesbrough, North Yorks

     https://boxoffice.middlesbrough.gov.uk/event/dead-on-cue/

8 May 2025  Corn Hall, Diss, Suffolk

     https://www.thecornhall.co.uk/shows/dead-on-cue/

10 May 2025  Conquest Theatre, Bromyard, Herefordshire

     https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/conquesttheatre/dead-on-cue-giles-shenton-productions/e-kogola

7 June 2025  Dummer Village Hall, Hants

20 June 2025  Barn Theatre, Oxted, Surrey

     https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/barn-theatre/dead-on-cue-same-play-same-theatre-same-dressing-room-but-60-years-apart/e-yeqdmr

1 July 2025  Stafford Gatehouse Theatre, Stafford, Staffs

     https://www.gatehousetheatre.co.uk/whatson-event/dead-on-cue/

2 July 2025  Stafford Gatehouse Theatre, Stafford, Staffs

     https://www.gatehousetheatre.co.uk/whatson-event/dead-on-cue/

3 July 2025  Stafford Gatehouse Theatre, Stafford, Staffs

     https://www.gatehousetheatre.co.uk/whatson-event/dead-on-cue/

22 Nov 2025  Cherington Village Hall, Warks

3 Oct 2026  Players Theatre, Thame, Oxon

Date TBC  Sarah Thorne Theatre, Broadstairs, Kent

Past dates

12 Mar 2025  Ilmington Village Hall, nr Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks

13 Mar 2025  Ilmington Village Hall, nr Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks

14 Mar 2025  Ilmington Village Hall, nr Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks

15 Mar 2025  Ilmington Village Hall, nr Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks

21 Mar 2025  Southwold Arts Centre, Southwold, Suffolk

28 Mar 2025  Cygnet Theatre, Exeter, Devon

29 Mar 2025  Vera Fletcher Hall, Thames Ditton, Surrey

11 April 2025  Sherborne Studio Theatre, Sherborne, Dorset 

12 April 2025  Sherborne Studio Theatre, Sherborne, Dorset 2.30pm & 7.30pm

19 April 2025  Cotswold Playhouse, Stroud, Glos

23 April 2025  Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks

24 April 2025  Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks

25 April 2025  Bear Pit Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks

26 April 2025  Brixham Theatre, Brixham, Devon