The third crime novel in the Detective Inspector Miles Davies series, Storm Ransom, will be published on Monday, 5th October! This will be Davies’ most difficult case yet: when two professional footballers are kidnapped, their clubs face an impossible demand: pay a huge ransom or risk never seeing their star players again. DI Davies is called in to bring the footballers home ...

Andy Parsons has been making us laugh for nearly 40 years. His satirical, sharply observational, politically aware brand of comedy aims to “puncture people in power” – and the way the country is going at the moment it looks as though he won’t have any problems finding material for his shows. He’ll shortly be returning to the road with his ...

By Robert Thomas, translated and freely adapted by Sean Aita Theatre Royal Nottingham 25–29 August 2026 Anyone thinking of buying a ticket for the final play in the 2026 Colin McIntyre Classic Thriller Season must have wondered how The Mantrap qualifies as a classic. Written by the late French playwright and director Robert Thomas, it started off as Piège Pour ...

By John Goodrum based on a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle Theatre Royal Nottingham 18–22 August 2026 It’s not an uncommon scenario: two women both in love with the same man confront each other as they hurl accusations of betrayal, disloyalty and treachery at their “opponent”. But in The Nightmare Room, the second of three plays in the 2026 ...

By Brian Clemens and Dennis Spooner Theatre Royal Nottingham 11–15 August 2026 The Colin McIntyre Classic Thriller Season has changed considerably over the years, as you would expect from a series of plays which were first presented almost 40 years ago. It began as a genuine repertory season, with a cast of actors performing one play in the evenings and ...

Think history is boring? Many people believe so. But not Tracy Borman. The chief historian at Historic Royal Palaces is a self-confessed Tudor nut and in her new show Tudors On Tour she’ll be delving into the scandal and the drama surrounding one of the most famous dynasties in England. The tour will open at Buxton Opera House on Thursday ...