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Being stranded on a train in Slough Station in the middle of the night isn’t the best way for a couple to end an evening out at The Globe theatre. The evening does not improve when they are joined unexpectedly by the person who made one of their lives a misery at school and wants to continue with the bullying and abuse. It’s a tension filled situation that Peter and Lucy have to face in this explosive short play about the past, present and future. READ THE PLAY

Set in Moscow at the height of the cold war. The action takes place in a meeting room in the headquarters of the Supreme Geodesic Directorate (VGU), a large department devoted to the creation of detailed maps for the soviet military. Fedorov, the director of the VGU, and his two senior colleagues, Alexeev and Ivanov) have received a memo from a General Kulikov informing them that one of the maps for Great Britain contains a serious error. The town of Slough, identified in an invasion plan as a key strategic target, has been inexplicably omitted from the map. The section leader, a Lieutenant Maria Yegorova, is called into the meeting to explain this oversight. We learn that the agent responsible for providing information about the area has deliberately concealed the existence of Slough, believing it to be a “workers’ paradise”. He cannot allow Slough to be attacked. Yegorova and her bosses seem doomed as Kulikov is intending to inform his superiors of the mistake. However, the strange workings of the soviet political system come to their rescue at the eleventh hour.

N.B. The VDU did exist and produced many highly detailed maps, some of which can be seen online. It is also true that the town of Slough was omitted from the maps, though the reason for its absence will probably never be discovered. READ THE PLAY

Set in the village of Slough 1866. It is fact that Dickens maintained Nelly Ternan and her mother in a cottage in Slough. The exact relationship between Dickens and Nelly is open to speculation. In this play a Victorian gutter press reporter comes to Slough in search of a story about Dickens. Nelly and her maid Jenny (both real characters) become the subject of the reporters attention. Jenny is beguiled by the reporter without realising his true aims. Jenny's long-standing beau has to fight for her and stand up for Nelly and Dickens against the snooping of the reporter. Dickens does not appear in the play but Victorian society's feelings for him and his attitudes to women and the poor come under the spotlight. The people of the village of Slough close ranks, the reporter is despatched and Nelly and Jenny are left considering the role of women in the life of Charles Dickens. READ THE PLAY

The Wicker Man comes to Chalvey. The folklore of the Slough village – the Stab Monk, Black Ditch and mayor-making – is melded with contemporary rituals round the Whitsun Princess that ensure the prosperity of the villagers. Incomer John breaks his bike ride for a coffee at The Cape of Good Hope pub. Through his ignorance and inebriation, he is drawn into the Whitsun celebrations. John is flattered when he is made the Mayor of Chalvey, and aroused on learning the pubescent Whitsun Princess is his to do with as he likes. He eagerly, and without question, goes with her to Chalvey Grove only to find he is the lead in a ghastly ritual horror. This is the tragedy when prurience pushes aside prudence.
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Synopsis: Omar Khan, former film stunt-man and asylum seeker is a mini-cab driver in Slough. He receives a commendation from the Chief Constable for helping the police to foil a robbery - 'a brave act of a good citizen'. But he has yet to be granted the full UK citizenship he desperately needs. His quest for citizen status, and a further act of heroism by which he saves the Queen from a terrorist bomb, are the main drivers of this brief comedy-drama.

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Synopsis: In 1782, William Herschel, discoverer of the planet Uranus, was embarking on the construction in Slough of what would become the largest telescope in the world, a project of such international interest that for a period of time the Observatory House at Slough, Herschel’s home which he shared with his sister, Caroline, would become very well known. So much so that royalty, nobility and others were regular visitors to the site. Herschel’s discovery of a new planet had given him celebrity status both in Britain and abroad, and while this had assisted in the funding of his telescope construction, the downside of this, in his view, was the need for his public appearances, depriving him of precious time at his telescopes. READ THE PLAY

Synopsis: ‘Feels Like Love’ is a romantic comedy set in Slough. Jassy Sharma is a beautiful, but single, reflexologist who, in the course of a night out at Slough Ice Arena with Ola, her Polish receptionist, and Richie, Jassy’s rather persistent admirer, encounters ex-boyfriend Pete. The relationship had ended several years beforehand when Pete had mistakenly climbed into bed with Jassy’s mother. Richie vies with Pete for Jassy’s attention, much to the chagrin of the lovely Ola, who is attracted to both men. Jassy, on the other hand, despite being plied with exotic drinks, has her sights set on another man, ‘Mr Huge-nose-big-teeth-bald Wright’. Ola cannot understand Jassy’s preference for her client, when Pete and Richie are so attractive. Jassy explains that it is all in the feet. She has, as a reflexologist, an intimate knowledge of all three men’s internal organs. Mr Wright is, according to Jassy, a far better prospect. This pleases Ola, who is left to choose between Richie, a stockbroker with kidney problems and Pete, a mobile sanitation technician with a defective liver. READ THE PLAY