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IODS Presents… CURTAINS


Boston, 1959. At the Colonial Theatre, the cast of Robbin’ Hood takes their bows on opening night. Just as the curtain falls, so does Jessica Cranshaw, the profoundly untalented leading lady of the production. Enter Lieutenant Frank Cioffi, a fast-talking cop with a love for musical theatre. He quarantines the cast and crew inside the theatre while he searches for clues. But Cioffi doesn’t just investigate the murder–he also offers advice and insight into improving Robbin’ Hood. The musical will open again in 24 hours with a new leading lady, so the clock is ticking to find the killer and put on a killer show. Who could it be? Carmen Bernstein, the sassy and brassy producer? Christopher Belling, the campy and egotistical director? Georgia Hendricks, the lyricist who replaces Jessica onstage? Niki Harris, the ingenue with a secret? Everyone is a suspect, and only Cioffi can make sense of the evidence.


Curtains is a musical-theatre parody of whodunnit classics, with numbers ranging from the classic musical theatre song-and-dance “A Tough Act to Follow” to the heartfelt “I Miss the Music.” A comedic send-up suitable for all ages, Curtains will have the audience laughing until the last curtain falls.


Curtains is presented through special arrangement with and all authorised performance materials are supplied by Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW), www.theatricalrights.co.uk



(prices includes £1.50 Theatre Maintenance Levy)



Do you ever feel that there is something inside you?

Something very old, that will come out one day.


During the British Raj, to meet the world’s insatiable desire for blue, vast swathes of the Bengali countryside were given over to the cultivation of the indigo plant. The atrocities committed by British planters triggered an extraordinary revolution that changed Bengal forever.


1859. A field in Kanaipur, Bengal. Life-loving Sadhu Charan, an indigo farmer, is newly married to Kshetromani, a woman with visions of the future. At first, all is idyllic. But when the new British Planter, Rose, arrives, full of strange desires, the creeping malignancy of the indigo system begins to strangle their happiness…


Can’t you hear the footsteps all around?

The Indigo Giant is coming!


Born out of a dialogue between British and Bangladeshi theatre makers, INDIGO GIANT is a gripping, haunting new drama inspired by Dinabandhu Mitra’s trail-blazing INDIGO MIRROR, a play that shook colonial India.


Presented by Komola Collective

Written by Ben Musgrave

Produced, Dramaturgy and Lyrics by Leesa Gazi

Direction by Gavin Joseph

Design by Caitlin Abbott

Music by Sohini Alam and Oliver Weeks

Lighting by Nasirul Haque Khokon


Komola Collective are an award-winning arts company dedicated to telling stories from women’s perspectives.


Content warnings: Suicidal thoughts,  Sexual harassment, Violence


Supported by Arts Council England, Charles Wallace Trust, University of East Anglia & Redbridge Drama Centre





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