Current Productions

 Agatha Christie’s

A Murder is announced

In the quiet village of Chipping Cleghorn, a peculiar notice appears in the local newspaper:
“A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30pm.”The villagers are intrigued — is it an invitation to a parlour game, a practical joke, or something more sinister?

Curious neighbours gather at Letitia Blacklock’s house, Little Paddocks, eager to see what happens. At the appointed time, the lights go out, a masked gunman bursts in, shots are fired — and when the lights return, the gunman lies dead!

 

What looks like a bungled burglary soon reveals deeper layers of deception. Miss Marple arrives to untangle the puzzle, working alongside the sceptical Inspector Craddock and his enthusiastic assistant, but as secrets and identities unravel, it becomes clear the murder was no accident, and the announcement was far from a prank, it was a warning.

 

Through wit, observation, and a sharp eye for human nature, Miss Marple uncovers the truth hidden beneath the village’s quiet surface. Loyalties, greed, and long-buried histories collide in this classic Christie mystery, full of suspense, misdirection, and dark humour. 

 

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Lewis Caroll’s

 

Alice in Wonderland

Join Your Chance Productions this Spring on Topsy-Turvy journey as we tumble head-first into Lewis Carroll’s brilliantly bonkers world.

 

Follow Alice down the rabbit hole, chase White Rabbits, converse with Cheshire Cats and join the Mad Hatter and the March Hare for tea. Rescue the White Queen and the Tweedle’s from their magical mishaps and face off in a croquet game against the Horrid Queen of Hearts and attend the trial of the missing tarts can we save the day before everyone loses their heads as well as their minds?
Packed with Carroll’s original wit, wordplay, and nonsensical charm, this lively new adaptation brings the book’s most iconic moments to life with humour, imagination, and a dash of delightful absurdity. Perfect for children, grown-ups, and anyone who’s ever wondered what might happen if you believed six impossible things before breakfast!

 

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About Us: Early Life

Your Chance Productions began as a small university project in 2010.

As part of her final year, founder Jessica McLean had to set up a theatre group and perform a piece of work written and directed by herself.

After graduating she decided to continue with the company and Your Chance Productions became an amateur dramatics group.

In 2012, Jessie was becoming increasingly aware of some definite favouritism and cliques forming within other local amateur dramatics groups and many, very talented people were just not being given a chance to shine.

Taking inspiration from the company name “Your Chance Productions” Jessie began focusing specifically on giving people that chance. Many actors developed their confidence and ability during this time and were then able to move on to bigger groups and get themselves noticed.

About Us: Now

In 2019 after seeing a lot of talented people come and go, Founder Jessica McLean made the decision to move on from amateur dramatics and look into turning Your Chance Productions into a professional theatre company. Bad timing perhaps because of course in 2020 we were hit with a global pandemic and for over a year nothing was being performed.

Their first professional production was meant to be an all-female Sherlock Holmes, due to be performed in June 2020, it eventually went on in October 2021, after being postponed twice due to the pandemic.

The production was a huge success and has allowed the company to continue creating work that challenges perceptions, plays with gender and continues to give people of all backgrounds and abilities a chance to develop their craft.

Working with actors across the Midlands (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire) YCP have performed several productions from classic Shakespeare to modern comedies and thrilling murder mysteries.

We continue to develop and grow as a company and hope to one day find a permanent home of our own.