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Scarborough's independent theatre and cinema.
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The 2025 #Oscars may have been full of surprises, but we're screening all the Best Picture nominees - including winner Anora! - this month: even better, book 3+ screenings and get 20% off with code OSCARS25! ✨

Discover the Papatango Playwrights' Studio! Members can access 1-2-1 advice via our online live chat. Membership is completely free - explore all of our opportunities and sign up here: papatango.co.uk/studio/ #PapatangoStudio #Theatre #Playwriting #Playwrights #TheatreCommunity

No detail spared for the intro at last night's Moviedrome @thesjt.bsky.social - roll on next month sjt.uk.com/events/movie...

Sun’s out!* ☀️ *So’s the frost, but let’s just pretend it isn’t…

We're welcoming two new touring shows later this year, so say hello to: 🪖 Dad's Army Radio Show 🖤 Black Tie Ball, the new comedy from the John Godber Company On sale exclusively to SJT Circle members from now until 10am on Wed 5 March when general booking opens 👇 sjt.uk.com/news/two-new...

It's May 1997. Britain is the coolest place in the world ✌️ But at the local secondary school, it's a different story... We can't wait to see our Young Company - the SJT's talent development programme for young creatives in #Scarborough - perform Education Education Education next month 💥

Counting down next Friday 28th Feb A Taste of Honey (1961) is the next Moviedrome screening @thesjt.bsky.social #scarborough sjt.uk.com/events/moviedr…

Weekend vibes 💥 . . . 📸 Love's Labour's Lost (more or less) in rehearsal | Tony Bartholomew

The News Quiz, BBC Radio 4's flagship topical comedy show hosted by Andy Zaltzman, is recording from the SJT on Feb 27! All tickets are handled through the BBC - click the link below to see how you can be part of the audience 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtour...

Sometimes you've just got to bring the drama 💥

Just back from a great evening In the company of the extremely funny Miles Jupp @thesjt.bsky.social The Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough.

Calling all playwrights! ✍️ Our friends @papatangotc.bsky.social have launched the Playwright's Studio, an exciting free opportunity to connect with creatives and producers, enjoy digital workshops, network, and explore funding opportunities. Join up here 👇 papatango.co.uk/studio/

Sending loads of good luck to our brilliant Drama Club and Youth Theatre for tonight's first performance of Mystery at the Museum - we can't wait to see you all shining on stage! ⭐

We had a wonderful time at the @whatsonstage.bsky.social awards, and it was an honour to be nominated for Best Regional Production and Best Musical Direction with Brassed Off. Thanks to everyone who voted - what a joyful evening celebrating our brilliant industry ❤️ 📸 Pamela Raith

📣 Calling writers! If you’re keen to enter the The Women's Prize for Playwriting, we’ll be hosting a Q&A with experts on Wed 5th March. Join us to ask questions, find out more about @womensplayprize.bsky.social 's impact and what the readers are looking for. How to attend: bit.ly/3CKbynr

We're screening the @whatsonstage.bsky.social award-winning Macbeth with David Tenant and Cush Jumbo filmed live @donmarwarehouse.bsky.social this week - just a handful of tickets left! sjt.uk.com/events/macbeth-david-tennant-cush-jumbo-12a

✨ Oscars Season Offer! ✨ We're rolling out the red carpet and screening all the Best Picture nominees throughout March - and even better, if you book for three or more you'll get 20% off with code OSCARS25. That's three films for less than £20! 🥳 Check them out here 👇 sjt.uk.com/news/oscars-...

📣 Exciting news! 📣 The Peggy Ramsay Foundation has announced the recipients of the 2025 Playwrights ’73 Award, and we're delighted to be welcoming playwright @katrosemartin.bsky.social to the SJT! Kat will be with us for the next 18 months - read more here 👇 sjt.uk.com/news/2025-pl...

Stags and Hens on the same island - what could go wrong?! (Spoiler: pretty much everything) Come on, let's fly off into the sun and the second week of rehearsals for Love's Labour's Lost (more or less); just fasten your seatbelts, 'cos it's gonna be a wild ride...☀️ 📸 Tony Bartholomew

We’re so excited to welcome @theatreadinfinitum.bsky.social to Scarborough for the first time on Saturday with the beautiful Last Rites ❤️

Great Moviedrome screening last night @thesjt.bsky.social with Barbarella - next month's could be more different with kitchen sink classic A Taste of Honey sjt.uk.com/events/movie...

A cool showing tonight @thesjt.bsky.social in Scarborough of Barbarella (1968), hosted @madbasil.bsky.social. The future people of earth make love by an exaltation-transference pill & in Sago city a new perversion is invented daily. Enough to make your hair stand on end... & it did!

Calling young Yorkshire writers! ✍️ Know someone 14-18 who loves writing (or wants to try)? Join Life in a Northern Town, a FREE creative writing programme from our friends at Northern Broadsides. No experience needed, with a mix of online and in person workshops 👉 📧 [email protected]

It's a 'trip into the read through room' kinda morning 😍 90s fashions ✔️ Banging soundtrack ✔️ Loads of laughs ✔️ Love's Labour's Lost (more or less) is coming... 👉 sjt.uk.com/events/loves-labours-lost-more-or-less

Revealed! ⚡ The writers we've commissioned for this year's Fresh Ink: Hull Playwriting Festival: bit.ly/3WATByz

Pride and Prejudice was published #OTD 212 years ago, and Jane Austen's classic romantic comedy hits our stage this summer in the UK premiere of award-winning playwright's Kate Hamill's sparkling production ✨ 👉 sjt.uk.com/events/pride-and-prejudice

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Try something new! 💥 Our Backstage Schools are back next month, inc: 🎭 Set Models - Tue 18 Feb 🖊 Playwriting - Thu 20 Feb ✒️ Playwriting Masterclass (adults only) - Wed 19 Feb, 7-9pm Info and booking: sjt.uk.com/takepart/act... . . . 📸 Model box of The Whitby Rebels, designed by Jess Curtis

If you’ve passed our way today, you might have noticed something a little out of the ordinary … a giant crane, to be exact! 🏗 Last year we said we’d be starting work on replacing our outdated heating and cooling systems - well...

Bringing ALL the sunshine to your timeline! 🌞 Say a big hello to your wonderful cast for Love's Labour's Lost (more or less), getting ready to bring Shakespeare's riotous comedy to life in 90s Ibiza... 🍹 👉 sjt.uk.com/events/loves-labours-lost-more-or-less

We're looking to hire a DSM to work on our 2025 production, Biting Point, written by Sid Sagar. Rehearsals start w/c 7 April, touring from 5 May.

The Women's Prize for Playwriting 2025 is now open for submissions until Tuesday 22nd April!🎉 @painesplough.bsky.social @concordukshows.bsky.social @ekpshows.bsky.social The First Prize is £20,000: our biggest prize fund yet.👀 Enter via our website: womensprizeforplaywriting.co.uk/how-to-enter/

Calling all NHS staff, Blue Light cardholders and carers with a green CARE badge - this one's for you! ❤️ 👉 sjt.uk.com/events

Just one day left to vote for Brassed Off in the WhatsOnStage awards! 💥 Our 2024 summer smash-hit is up for Best Regional Production and Best Musical Direction and we'd love to bring another win back to Scarborough - cast your vote here 👇 awards.whatsonstage.com/25th-annual-...

And no rain in sight 🤞

What better way to end another year of Moviedrome screenings than with a packed showing of 80s classic Labyrinth? Next stop: Barbarella 💥 sjt.uk.com/news/moviedr... @madbasil.bsky.social

What a year for Brassed Off! 🎺 Hot on the heels of nominations for Best Regional Production and Best Musical Direction in the WhatsOnStage awards, it's also been named as one of the top 50 shows of the year @thestage.bsky.social 👇 www.thestage.co.uk/features/fea...

Chuffed to bits to see @lyngardnertheatre.bsky.social list Fresh Ink: Hull Playwriting Festival as one of her reasons to be cheerful 😀 The festival will return in July and we announce our next seven commissioned writers in January. www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/lyn-...

Just a trip to the SJT from Whoville ❤️💚

"Bright, brilliant, cheerful and full of song." Lovely Captain Cliff and the Seagull Squad review from The Scarborough News! ❤️ @cuscarborough.bsky.social

All we'll say is: tickets for Aladdin are going FAST 💥 If you're thinking of coming to see it, please don't leave it until the last minute - we'd hate for anyone to be disappointed!

A brand new show from the same team that brought last year’s Thor's Great Big Adventure to the stage will entertain under-sixes and their families at @thesjt.bsky.social this Christmas. Captain Cliff & the Seagull Squad opens today, on until the 21st

We're delighted to announce we're a Charter Partner with Parents & Carers in Performing Arts! 🎉 We're passionate about making the SJT a space that's truly inclusive and we're excited to be exploring ways of working together and supporting carers and parents. Read more👇 sjt.uk.com/news/the-sjt...