Unbound For Hire

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These 30-minute sketch shows offer a madcap potted history of England. Choose from:

• Ancient Tales
• Roman Tales
• Wessex Tales (Saxons!)
• Norman Tales
• Plantagenet Tales
• Tales of the Roses
• Tudor Tales*
• Stuart Tales
• Hanover Tales (Victorians!)
• Windsor Tales

*Also available as a 60min performance.

For all ages: 

• Wind in the Willows (30 or 60 mins)
• Treasure Island (30mins)
• The Three Musketeers (30mins)
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (60mins)
• Robin Hood (30mins)
• A Christmas Carol (full-length)

For adults:

• The Picture of Dorian Gray (full-length)

These 30-minute semi-improvised shows pit our fablesmiths against the clock! They've got just 20mins to retell a classic fable, fairytale or folk story, but also have to weave in some crazy plot twists suggested by the audience, before time runs out! 

Stories available:

• The Three Little Pigs
• Hansel & Gretel

30-minute sketch shows offering a potted history of myths, fables, and legends. 

• An Unbound Guide to Greek Mythology
• An Unbound Guide to English Mythology

30-minute festive adventures featuring our seasonal superhero battling the forces of yuletide evil: 

• 'The Sprouts of Doom'
• 'The Cryptic Crackers'
• 'The Curmudgeonly Carols'
• 'The Son of Scrooge'
• 'The Trees of Terror'

60-minute immersive, interactive plays featuring time-traveller Professor Chronomier. Each is adapted to suit the chosen venue, and cover three topics: 

• Museums and collections ('Lost in Time')
• The English Civil War ('March of Time') 
• Law & order ('The Laws of Time')

Uniting two inspirational women - horticulturalist and  garden designer Gertrude Jekyll, and record-breaking racing driver  Dorothy Levitt - who find themselves thrown together in comical crime  capers:

• The Flowerbed Fiend
• The Sinister Seaside

Original 30-minute tales.

Meet Barry. He's determined to inject a bit of excitement into his life,  and  so sets out to recreate the globetrotting voyage from Jules Verne's  classic novel. He's only got a bus ticket and a London A-Z, but he's   going to make them count...  

An original 30-minute tale.

Come  and meet the world's worst art thieves, as Doreen and Derek prepare to  pull off the greatest heist of their careers – robbing Constable’s  ‘The Hay Wain’ from the National Gallery.  

An original 30-minute tale.

Nellie  and Neville take their duties as garden gnomes very seriously. Whilst  the humans in the wide world succumb to slumber, they patrol the flower  beds and vegetable patches, determined to keep the peace. Or should that  be peas? However, trouble is afoot. Cartwright the Caterpillar is out  to destroy this year’s harvest. 

An original 30-minute tale.

Count  Dracula has a thirst… for fame and fortune! He’s tired of trendy modern vampires getting all the attention, so he launches a bid  for stardom.  With  the help of his Goblin Godmother, he soon finds that he’s the talk of  Transylvania – but being the most famous vampire in the world can  attract some very unwelcome attention…

A 60-minute Halloween pantomime.

During the Second World War, the female pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary were instrumental to the RAF's operations. 

In this special family show, pilots Jean and Nancy find themselves caught up in a tale of espionage... 

An original 30-minute story.

On the night of the VE Day celebrations in London, Princesses Elizabeth & Margaret sneak out of Buckingham Palace to join the crowds... and soon find themselves in trouble. Don't worry, though - Prime Minister Winston Churchill is close behind with a brilliant disguise! 

An original 30-minute story.

A sketch show exploring how some of Shakespeare's plays might have panned out if his heroes were a little more level-headed. 

What if  Obron and Puck had been more thorough? What if Romeo and Juliet calmed things down a little? What if Hamlet had just gone to the police?

A 60-minute sketch show.