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Little Shop of Horrors

Author(s): Book and lyrics by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken Company: Theatre by the Lake, Octagon Theatre Bolton, Hull Truck Theatre and New Wolsey Theatre Running time: 2h 10min approx Age recommendation: 11+ years

Down town on Skid Row, weedy flower shop assistant Seymour is down on his luck until he stumbles across a mysterious new plant with killer potential.

Fame and fortune follow but will this win the attention of the girl of his dreams, or will the insatiable appetite of his carnivorous plant get out of control?

Reviews

Top: Matthew Heywood, Matthew Ganley. Bottom: Anton Stephans, Oliver Mawdsley, Andrew Whitehead, Laura Jane Matthewson, Chardai Shaw, Janna May, Zweyla Mitchell Dos Santos

Little Shop of Horrors

Book & lyrics by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken

Octagon Theatre Bolton, New Wolsey Theatre, Theatre by the Lake & Hull Truck ...

Octagon Theatre

24 April–18 May 2024

Audrey (Laura Jane Matthewson) & Seymour (Oliver Mawdsley)

Little Shop of Horrors

Book and lyrics by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken

New Wolsey Theatre, Octagon Theatre, Hull Truck, Theatre by the Lake

New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich

1–23 March 2024

News items

Little Shop co-production casting announced

13 January 2024

Lotte Wakeham's production of Little Shop of Horrors will visit New Wolsey Theatre, Theatre by the Lake, Octagon Theatre and Hull Truck.

Hull Truck shows Guts in 2024

21 December 2023

The story of Hull fish packers' fight for equal pay features in a spring and summer season with co-productions and visiting shows.

Theatre by the Lake summer 2024 programme

Musicals and classic literature in Keswick season

2 December 2023

Co-productions of Little Shop of Horrors, Northanger Abbey and Brassed Off will be at Theatre by the Lake in 2024.

Octagon announces spring and summer 2024 season

25 November 2023

The Bolton theatre will present a literary classic, a rock ‘n’ roll musical, a new play, a northern classic, a fast-paced comedy and a musical adaptation.

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