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Next Play Titus Andronicus

29 SEP - 4 OCT 2025   Book Tickets

TITUS ANDRONICUS
by William Shakespeare 

“Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand,
Blood and revenge are hammering in my head.”

The Bard's bloodiest play is about to get bloodier. Titus Andronicus is a gory revenge play, performed in the style of '80s horror, with a raunchy soundtrack, goths, PVC, twisted metal and fleeting but visceral gore. William Shakespeare meets slasher movie.

When Titus Andronicus returns from the war with his Goth prisoners, his brother Marcus wants him proclaimed emperor. Titus declines in favour of Saturninus, who takes Tamora, the Goth Queen as his bride. Tamora seeks revenge on Titus, and her daughters, encouraged by the evil Aaron, savagely assault Lavinia, Titus' daughter. From here, the violence escalates to a gruesome and tragic finale.

Full of fury, the bodies pile up in this unholy feast.

Depicts violent and graphic scenes which may upset some people – see our content warnings.

Please note that due to the nature of this production, there is no Relaxed Performance.

Witch tree photoFree Talk

31 OCTOBER 2025 at 6.45pm  Book FREE tickets

WALK YOU WILL

A talk by David Hatfull of Diem Photography about our foyer exhibition of photographs.

Sometime around 1586, William Shakespeare left Stratford-upon-Avon and headed for London. We don't know exactly when this happened, nor the route he took, or whether he travelled alone or in the company of others. He was in his early twenties was married with 3 young children; they probably stayed behind in the family home. To academics, this is known as the lost years. 400 years later, David and Ronan Hatfull walked the 146 miles from the Bard’s birthplace to the Globe Theatre in London. This exhibition is a response in photographs and poetry about the landscape and people that we encountered on our journey.

This free event will be a half hour talk in the theatre foyer before doors open for the evening performance of Titus Andronicus.

 

Next Jazz Freddie Gavita

7 NOVEMBER 2025  Book Tickets

The Freddie Gavita Quartet in Homage to Freddie Hubbard

  • Freddie Gavita trumpet
  • Tom Cawley keys
  • Daniel Casimir bass
  • Mez Clough drums

Quite a line up to perform music of one of the finest trumpeters in jazz, Freddie Hubbard. He came of age as a soloist in Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers from 1961 to 1965. Ten albums for Blue Note and featured on several classic recorded albums with Oliver Nelson, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, to name but a few! Hubbard died in 2008 and deserves to be remembered as being among the jazz greats.

We are therefore delighted to host this gig with wonderful musicians led by 2017 British Jazz Award “Best Trumpeter” Freddie Gavita, who has long been an admirer of Hubbard and will add to our knowledge of his legacy.

Jazz at Progress is presented in association with Jazz in Reading.

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