
Homebake
Thursday 5 June, 2025. 7pm, doors 6.30pm.
£10.​​
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Please check out our terms and conditions when buying tickets with us.
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Running time 100 minutes with intervals.
Audience! Are you our secret ingredient for developing north east talent and new theatrical work? Join us for this new community event where local theatre makers will share new writing and ‘works in progress’ in the hope that you, dear audience, will help shape and develop with your generous feedback…
Playwrights! Theatre Makers! Performers and Artists! We invite you to take part in a new community event for sharing new works and works in progress. Perform 10 - 20 minutes of your piece in a professional theatre for audience feedback.
This evening is created by and for local artists to have a nurturing platform to develop works whilst performing in a professional setting with support. You can pose questions to the audience by written format and your hosts will gather up the written responses for you to take with you on your development journey. At just £10 a ticket for a full evening showcase of regional talent make sure to invite friends, family and industry professionals to be the extra ingredient of the new creative idea you are baking!
If you are an artist looking to submit your work, please email homebakelive@gmail.com.
What's being served?
Hallowseve
Erin Robinson
this short play is centred on a conversation between two old flames. Torn apart by responsibility, time and circumstance, Villain offers Hero an escape from his 'perfect' life. A queer analogy told through a superhero narrative, Hallowseve explores how stifling it can be to suppress your true identity for society's sake.
Psychobabble
Imogen Snook
Join Tabitha on her commute to her first ‘proper adult job’ - she’s stressed about her outfit, about missing her second train, about making a good impression. But beneath these everyday worries, there is a darker one as Tabitha is forced to process her sister’s illness and family’s future.
Leftovers
Adam Tibke
Set in a high-end London restaurant, 'Leftovers' sees two old university friends - one now a screenwriter, the other a playwright - reunite roughly fifteen years after they both graduated. However, with one of them hiding a secret, tensions rise as old resentments boil to the surface. The play explores how class differences permeate the arts and often affect relationships with those we hold dear.
The Seventeenth Annual Chelmsford Cake Bake Competition
Ben Stoddart
Ashton Pont is elected as the judge for the Annual Cake Bake but soon realises that the people of Chelmsford take the competition a little bit too seriously. He must try and keep his morals in check whilst facing bribes, blackmail and the mafia. One part Conclave, the other part Hot Fuzz, the Seventeenth Annual Chelmsford Cake Bake Competition has physical gags, quick witty dialogue, absurd characters, what more could you want?
Mr. and Mrs. Bond
Tilottama Chowdhury
A charming play about two elderly strangers who, after being robbed, form an unlikely bond and begin breaking into other old people's homes in an attempt to stop the neighborhood thief. It’s part quiet drama, part absurd vigilante comedy!

This is a seated event.
Seated shows
We have three main seated layouts for shows;
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floor seating with or without cabaret tables on floor level only [up to 100 capacity], or
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seating rake only [up to 119 capacity], or
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both seating rake with floor seating in front (in rows, or with or without cabaret tables) [up to 200 capacity].​
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Every seat on floor level and the first row on our seating rake is accessible to those who require a wheelchair space, an ambulant seat, or those who don’t have any access requirements. Thus, they will be bookable under the same ticket type and unreserved. When buying your tickets, we ask you to declare if you have any access requirements at the checkout so we can reserve any seats or space for those who need them.
Seating rake-only events
These events tend to be theatre or dance performances performed on floor level or film screenings. The front row of our seating rake can be made into wheelchair spaces (up to 2) or ambulant seats (up to 4).
Companion tickets
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Family shows will have space for floor seating in front of the seating rake for little ones to get closer to the action.
Carer/PA/Essential companion tickets
These are available for all events. They are limited to one per ticket order and can be booked by emailing info@gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk and quoting the event name, booking reference on your ticket order and information you’re comfortable sharing on why a companion ticket is required.
Ticketing.
Buying tickets
You can buy tickets for advertised shows, events or activities by visiting our website. While all GCT promoted events and some selected third party promoted events will be available to purchase in person at the Theatre, some third party promoted events will only be available to buy online.
Fees
A booking fee applies per ticket when booking online through our ticketing platform; booking fees may vary when booking through other third party sites.
Concessions and carers
Concession tickets are available to people with disabilities, OAPs, under 18s and Asylum Seekers. We will endeavour to provide free tickets to carers where possible. Please contact us directly if you require carer's ticket.
Child and family tickets
A child is classed as anyone under the age of 14, and Family Tickets, where advertised, apply to a family of four where there is at least one adult and one child in the group. Babes in Arms, up to the age of 12 months, go free at all of our family shows.
Refunds
Refunds are only available up to 28 days before the date of GCT promoted events, otherwise refunds are at the discretion of the promoter. If an event must be postponed, rescheduled or cancelled, tickets purchased for the event will be valid for any new date agreed with the artist/promoter, and the ticket buyer entitled to a full refund if they are unable to attend the new date.
Receiving your tickets
We do not print physical tickets in house and instead email you a copy of your tickets. You can show us your tickets on a mobile device or simply give us the name of the lead booker when you arrive at the Theatre for the event. If receiving tickets from third party sites ran by external promoters (Seetickets/Wegottickets/ Ticket Source/ DICE etc you may need to provide your ticket for scanning.