Southend Shakespeare Company
ANTIGONE
by Sophocles
A powerful king and a brave young woman’s momentous battle for their country’s security and their family’s rights. See Sophocles famous tragedy, as Southend Shakespeare Company present a dynamic, highly charged political thriller for our times. State versus the individual, family loyalty, crime, morality and equality. Written 2,466 years ago it could have been yesterday.
Who is the tragic hero?
You must decide. Don’t miss it.
THE MISER
by Moliere
The paranoid old skinflint Harpagon has two grown children: Elise, who is in love with Valère, her father’s butler, and Cleante, who loves Mariane. Both siblings know that if they persist with their romantic choices, they can kiss their inheritances goodbye. Things only get worse when the widowed Harpagon announces startling marriage plans of his own. It’ll take a miracle – or two, or three – for the desires of youth to have their way!
The SSC are delighted to bring Molière’s comic masterpiece to the Dixon Studio.
About the Company
Originally formed in 1951, the Southend Shakespeare Company is one of the few theatre groups in the south-east, professional or amateur, that dedicates itself to performing plays from a classical repertoire. In recent years our programme has included works both ancient and modern, by authors as diverse as Coward, Moliere, Wilde, Miller, Priestley and of course, Shakespeare.
We are also one of the most prolific drama groups around, producing an average of five productions each year. Our indoor shows are staged at the Dixon Studio at the famous Palace Theatre in Southend on Sea. Every July we also stage an open air summer production at various open air venues in Essex.
We are always on the look out for new faces who may be interested in acting, or working backstage or any other aspect of the Company. As a Full or Associate Member of the SSC you can obtain discount tickets for certain shows. If you would like to contact us please use the Get In Touch button in the corner of our homepage. We hope to see you soon!
The Tempest - Production Photos
Death Of A Salesman 2024
The Liar 2024
Lady Windermere's Fan 2024
The Homecoming 2024
The Merry Wives Of Windsor 2023
Past Productions - The Last Ten Years
Dixon Studio Palace Theatre
2023
You Can't Take It WithYou
Hedda Gabler
As You Like It
The Merry Wives of Windsor
2024
The Homecoming
Lady Windermere's Fan
The Liar
Death Of A Salesman
The Tempest
2022
The Children
The Revenger's Tragedy
A Month In The Country
Romeo and Juliet
2021
The Vortex
Flare Path
2019
The Killing of Sister George
Henry IV Part Two
Private Lives
Richard III
2020
The Playboy of The Western World
2018
Journey's End
Dangerous Corner
The Learned Ladies
Henry IV Part One
2017
L'Occupation
Home
Macbeth
2015
Broken Glass
The Merchant Of Venice
When We Are Married
2013
Dancing At Lughnasa
Othello
The Romans:
Julius Caesar/Antony & Cleopatra
2014
An Ideal Husband
King Lear
Hay Fever
Cowardy Custard
2016
Copenhagen
The Winter's Tale
Home and Beauty
Measure for Measure
Open Air Summer Productions
2023
As You Like It
2022
Bartholomew Fair
2019
The Rover
2018
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2017
The Servant of Two Masters
2016
The Comedy of Errors
2015
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
2014
Much Ado About Nothing
2013
The Merry Wives Of Windsor
2012
Love's Labour's Lost
2011
The Tempest
2010
Henry V
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