Tickets: £15
£10 (Students, NHS, Universal Credit)
Presented by Next Stage Theatre Company
Monday 29th November - Saturday 4th December 2021
“Discrepancy! I’m damn sure there’s a discrepancy! You come and tell me that a man has died and I’ve got it down here that I had a conversation with him yesterday morning. According to you he was in his grave. There does seem to be a slight discrepancy, I agree with you.” (Roote, Act 1)
It’s Christmas Day and the director of a psychiatric institution, Roote, is left reeling in the wake of an unexpected birth and a mysterious death among his patients - who are all known only by numbers and so are all-too-easily confused.
His staff include the scheming Gibbs, the alcoholic Lush, and his mistress Miss Cutts who also happens to be having an affair with Gibbs. And then there’s the new recruit, Lamb, in charge of checking that the inmates are locked up. Why did his predecessor leave in mysterious circumstances? And what’s happened to his suggestion about a “progressive approach” to dealing with patients?
Who, if anyone, knows what’s really happening in The Hothouse?
Directed by Bob Constantine, and staged in thrust lay-out, this is a rare chance to see one of Pinter’s best plays - by turns dark, funny and unsettling. Not to be missed!
