Hay Market
Plays Past and Present
The Haymarket is known for its New Writing scheme, about half of the performances done at the Haymarket each year this is around 5 or 6 plays, is work they have home produced, the other half is either touring companies or local amateur groups.
The New Writing scheme is part of their Artistic Policy that is currently working towards producing a large amount of new work over the next 5 years, so far this scheme is well underway, with a world premiere of 3-1-6 by Euan Roase in 2006, also Blue on Blue by Derek Lister. For both of these productions existing scripts were taken and the commissioned for development.
They have also launched writer's workshops that allow collaborations, with their Artistic director and co-founder of the company.
Past Productions at Haymarket Theatre
Since Haymarket opened they have had a wide range of productions on that have appealed to a wide range of audiences, some shows that have been done at;
Through-out the years many famous faces have graced the stage in a number of productions that the Haymarket Theatre have put on, these include; Susannah York, Tessa Peak-Jones and Sue Devaney, to name a few.
As well as putting on theatre productions they also do Comedy nights and special Children events. The Basingstoke concert club also do special concerts and you can sign up and join the Matinee club, this will allow you to see free matinee performances, get free parking, reduced programmes, and free post show chats with both the actors, director and production team.