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AUB Theatre Productions

Providing quality theatre, reflecting the highest levels of industry practice.

For exciting drama and high-level entertainment, our programmes offer something for everyone. Professionally supported, top-quality productions showing off AUB’s wealth of emerging young talent in theatre performance and design.

Building on decades of developing expertise in performance and design, we're thrilled to host our spring season at the University’s Palace Court Theatre in Bournemouth town centre. Our autumn season will continue at Studio Theatre, Wallisdown, and our sold-out Schools' Tour has been extended to offer public performances at Palace Court Theatre.

To discover more, watch our YouTube playlist.

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Upcoming productions

A close-up portrait of a man with dark hair, set against a gradient background. The image features a layered effect with shades of blue and red, creating a blurred and stylised visual appearance.

AUB Theatre Productions presents: 1984

Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s stage version of George Orwell’s 1984 is a gripping experience and the first attempt to...

Two halves of two black-and-white images arranged next to each other. The left image shows a young woman's face, holding a bonnet with a gloved hand. The right image shows Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's Monster.

AUB Theatre Productions presents: Frankenstein: The Making of a Monster

A dynamic, fascinating drama with a captivating insight into how the gothic horror classic came to be written by local teen legend...

A young woman with long blonde hair wears a black hat and an elaborate collar. The collar is white with a ruffled design, while her outfit features rich colours. The background is dark, highlighting her features and the details of her attire.

AUB Theatre Productions presents: Twelfth Night

"Twelfth Night" (subtitled "What You Will") is one of Shakespeare's most beloved romantic comedies. It follows the story of twins...

A young man in a black shirt and shorts carries a tall stack of cardboard boxes marked 'FRAGILE' on his head. People walk in the background along a concrete pathway beside vehicles and industrial buildings.

AUB Theatre Productions presents: One Man, Two Guvnors 

Critically-acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic, "One Man, Two Guvnors" is one of the great modern comedies...

A close-up view of a purple translucent mannequin head with text patterns projected onto its surface. The background is plain and grey, highlighting the intricate details of the text and the head's smooth contours.

AUB Theatre Productions presents: Faustus, That Damned Woman

In this radical reimagining of the classic cautionary tale, Johanna Faustus makes the ultimate sacrifice and sells her soul to...

AUB Theatre Productions feature theatre collaborations between industry professionals and students from courses within Bournemouth Film School, including BA (Hons) Acting, BA (Hons) Costume, BA (Hons) Makeup, Hair and Prosthetics, BA (Hons) Creative Writing and BA (Hons) Dance, Movement and Creative Practice.

This is vocational learning in performance and design at the highest level, providing students with key insights into the industry, and opportunities to develop professional skills in multiple roles on and off stage. These span all areas, including costume, set design, acting, technical, props, prosthetics, hair, makeup, script, front-of-house, stage management and publicity.

Make sure that any AUB production should be on your theatre calendar.

Fine Times Recorder
The Visit

It’s edge-of-your-seat stuff, in a production that pulls its audience into the action and lays bare the human condition – another example of the depth of skills and talent currently attracted to AUB, where the students rise to every challenge thrown at them.

The Fine Times Recorder
Thérèse

A powerful and historically significant piece of theatre that is worth going out of your way to see.

Scene One Plus
Spring Awakening

AUB Productions gallery

Check out our gallery of videos and photos from our performances. If you'd like to see more full-length clips, including behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with cast members, visit our AUB Theatre Productions playlist on YouTube.

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A BA (Hons) Acting student dressed in a pink 16th century gown writes in a book on stage in "Emilia!"

Three BA (Hons) Acting students performing "I, Joan". One of the performers is kneeling on the stage wearing armour, held back by the other two actors standing behind them.

Four BA (Hons) Acting students in modern dress performing in Romeo and Juliet. One of the actors is pointing a piece of pipe at another actor off camera. Two other actors are standing on a small scaffolding behind them.

A BA (Hons) Acting student performing I, Joan. They are sitting on stage under a dim blue light, looking emotionally up away from the camera, their arms around their knees.

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A group of BA (Hons) Acting students dressed in colourful 16th century costumes dance around a stage while performing in "Emilia!"

Two BA (Hons) Acting students dressed in 1960s-style costume facing each other closely while fellow actors hold small mirror balls behind them.

A group of BA (Hons) Acting students pose as they perform a dance routine under dim pink lighting.

AUB Productions' 'The Ballad of Maria Marten' – two actors in period costume.

A scene from La Casa Nova at Palace Court Theatre featuring BA (Hons) Acting students in period costume.

AUB Productions' 'The Ballad of Maria Marten' – actor in period costume with a green umbrella, wood panel background.

Actors on stage in A Midsummer Night's Dream, two in the woods with trees and a character facing away in a blue eye robe.

A BA (Hons) Acting student wearing an 18th century costume and wig, performing in La Casa Nova at Palace Court Theatre.

Actors on stage in A Midsummer Night's Dream hiding in a tree, dim blue lighting.

Four BA (Hons) Acting students all in contemporary costume, standing and performing a scene from La Casa Nova at Palace Court Theatre.

A performer dressed as a maid approaches two other performers in period costume sitting on chairs with a small table in between.

Three actors in period costume on a stage. One is handing a candle to another.

Portrait of an actor in Victorian costume.

Set designed by students for Mermaid performance

Person standing at the foot of a stage wearing headphones. A line of performers are behind them with their backs to them.

A makeup artist wearing a face mask applies makeup to an actor's face.

Set designed by students for Jane Eyre performance

A makeup artist wearing a face mask applies a false moustache to an actor.

Set designed by students for Gut Girls performance

A performer in a fur-collared coat and hat and goggles gazes up open-mouthed.

A makeup artist wearing a face mask applies makeup to an actor's face. The actor has their eyes closed.

A group of actors in period costume in the middle of a performance. Four of them are seated around a table with a door behind them.

Two make-up artists wearing face masks work on an actor's hair.

Set designed and built by students for the Changing Room performance

A make-up artist wearing a face mask adjusts an actor's hair from behind.

Set designed and built by students for the We Burn Brightly performance

Actors on stage, two serving as the head and body of a lion. An actress in costume as an ice queen is on the ground and cowering before the lion's head.

Man wearing orange make-up with blue hair

Two people with red noses stand opposite one another, each with a foot on a blue box on the floor in front of them.

BA (Hons) Acting students in the middle of a performance of Frankenstein. The actors are gathered around a table in the middle of the stage, on which another actor is lying.

A person sits at a sewing machine and works on a colourful piece of fabric

Two actors in costume - one as a white witch with an ice crown, the other as a school child with a fur shawl wrapped around them - sitting on a bed.

Make-up student painting an Acting student's face for a performance

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Actor in costume with his arms raised, on stage in mid-speech.

A person in costume as the White Witch from the Chronicles of Narnia sits on a bed.

A performer stands with a serious expression on the left-hand side with a group of other performers reaching towards him.

Student Stories

AUB Theatre Productions is all about collaboration that mirrors the industry. Hear directly from students that have taken part in our shows from across our creative community, and how it's benefitted their studies.