In a small rural American town, retired schoolteacher Eleanor Bannister lives alone, settled into a life of quiet routine and fiercely protective of her independence. When a storm passes through, it leaves a hole in her roof and the charming drifter Abel Brown to her door with an offer to help with repairs. What begins as a simple business arrangement gradually grows into something more personal. Can the unexpected sparks of late-life romance be trusted, or is there truth in the gossip that Abel isn’t all that he seems to be? Either way, the whole town is talking. 

By popular demand, the St Andrew's Big Band are returning to HLT in December for three fundraising concerts. Joyful, Joyful will be staged on Friday, 11 December at 7pm; and Saturday, 12 December at 2pm and 7pm. Under leader Hamish Arthur, the band will be performing their usual mix of uplifting music from artists mix of jazz and big band classics by Cannonball Adderley, George Gershwin, and Glenn Miller, along with a few festive favourites.Tickets are $20 and it will be general admission. To book your tickets, go to Humanitix.Proceeds from these concerts will go to the continued development of...

It's 1938 and the printing presses are humming. Jeff Kincaid, star reporter for The Chronicle, has been coasting on a reputation he stopped earning some time ago. Mary Hayes is an aspiring journalist with an eye for detail and a nose for perfume, and has more nerve than Jeff knows what to do with. When their editor sends them both to cover the society wedding of the newspaper owner's son, neither intends to share the scoop and only one can come out on top.Norm Foster's love letter to the golden age of Hollywood screwball comedy is a rapid-fire battle of wits between two people more alike...

Christopher Boone is fifteen years old. He knows all the countries of the world, their capitals, and every prime number up to 7,057. Most importantly, he does not tell lies. When he finds the neighbour's dog dead in the garden, he decides to investigate and write everything down because that’s what a good detective does. What begins as a strange mystery leads him towards a difficult discovery about his own family. One he was never meant to find.Simon Stephens' five-Tony Award-winning adaptation of Mark Haddon's beloved novel has played to audiences around the world and presents a deep and personal adventure of an extraordinary mind navigating an...

Mollie and Giles Ralston have opened up Monkswell Manor as a new guest house. As the weather worsens and snow deepens, seven strangers find themselves cut off together, each with somewhere else they’d rather be and hiding something they’d rather not discuss. When a police detective suddenly arrives on foot through the snow, he brings unsettling news. A killer hides among the guests and nobody is safe.Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap is the longest-running play in theatrical history and a genre-defining classic. Full of Christie’s sharpest wit, closed-room logic, careful misdirection, eclectic characters, and with a final revelation that audiences have kept to themselves for generations. Come along and...

Karen's wedding is in three weeks and her fiancé Max is in another country. Their relationship, like most of the relationships in her life, exists largely through calls, text messages, and emails. It’s constant and convenient but growing increasingly distant. As the big day draws closer, the pressure starts to mount, and her family and friends begin asking questions that there are no good answers to.Eric Coble's insightful comedy about technology and modern love interrogates what it means to really connect with each other. What emerges through the crossed wires and dropped calls is something much funnier, and more uncomfortable, than a straightforward love story.

Pablo and Tania Del Valle have just bought their first home. A nice modest house with a garden that has potential. They find themselves next door to Frank and Virginia Butley, who have spent thirty years building a garden that has become their carefully curated pride and joy. When a land survey reveals the fence between the properties is in the wrong place and that the new neighbours are legally entitled to reclaim the land it occupies, what follows is a dispute that escalates well beyond the fence line and the boundaries of politeness.Karen Zacarías's modern comedy of personal conflicts treats both couples with equal affection and...

Join The Middle Earth Bard for one night only as he recounts the epic tale of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring through storytelling and original music. From the peaceful hills of the Shire to the depths of the Mines of Moria, Tales of the Fellowship is a unique re-telling of the Fellowship’s journey, from the perspective of some of the more minor characters in the story. This fast-paced solo comedy celebrates JRR Tolkien’s beloved world with humour, music and occasional depravity. Suitable for ages 12 and above: contains strong language.ABOUT THE PERFORMERDanny Blockley has been...