PurpleDoor Theatre

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That's it for Act One! We've had a gorgeous week bringing our first iteration of Romeo.Juliet to Leeds and Manchester. T...
22/05/2026

That's it for Act One! We've had a gorgeous week bringing our first iteration of Romeo.Juliet to Leeds and Manchester. Thank you to all of you who came out to see the first chapter of this new show 🥳

Over the coming months we'll be back into the lab to refine, develop and build thanks to our epic supporters, before our summer run kicking off at the stunning Gala Theatre, Durham.

If you saw the show and would like to be a part of helping us refine it further please do reach out and say hi.

To everyone asking how you can get involved with PurpleDoor, keep an eye out over the coming weeks as we've got loads more opportunities in the pipeline, starting with a short film casting next month! 2026 is our 18th birthday and we are only just getting started.

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Manchester! Come see us when we bring Romeo.Juliet to your fab city this week!As part of our 2026 relaunch and eighteent...
18/05/2026

Manchester! Come see us when we bring Romeo.Juliet to your fab city this week!

As part of our 2026 relaunch and eighteenth birthday weve made the decision to branch out across the North, and Romeo.Juliet is our first show ever cast and rehearsed in Manchester as well as our spiritual home of Liverpool. So come see us and say hi! We've got loads more coming up and we want to know about you!

Kings Arms, Salford 19-21 May

18/05/2026

See you tomorrow then I guess Manchester? 🥳

Manchester! 🚨 Come and see us when we bring Romeo.Juliet to the King's Arms next Tue-Thur. You don't want to miss this.'...
14/05/2026

Manchester! 🚨 Come and see us when we bring Romeo.Juliet to the King's Arms next Tue-Thur. You don't want to miss this.

'PurpleDoor have made the events in one of the world's best known plays seem surprising' British Theatre Guide

Slung Low, Leeds 16 May
Kings Arms, Salford 19-21 May
Gala Theatre, Durham 30 July
More dates coming soon.

12/05/2026

One week until we being Romeo.Juliet to Manchester! Come see us at the Kings Arms, Salford, or on one of our other tour dates in Leeds and Durham.

Slung Low, Leeds, 16 May
Kings Arms, Salford, 19-21 May
Gala Theatre, Durham, 30 July

Leeds! We can't wait to make our debut in your gorgeous city when we play Slung Low a week today. This is part of our re...
09/05/2026

Leeds! We can't wait to make our debut in your gorgeous city when we play Slung Low a week today. This is part of our relaunch effort to broaden across the North, and to support a wider range of artists where they live.

We'd love to meet as many of you as possible during our ONE NIGHT at Slung Low. Tickets are PWYC so come out and see us!

07/05/2026

What's Romeo.Juliet about? How is it different from Shakespeare's play? And what's it got to do with the Manosphere?

Some of our fabulous cast and crew address all this and more. Come and see us when we open in Leeds next week!

16 May - Slung Low
19-21 May - Kings Arms
30 July - Durham Fringe

07/05/2026

To celebrate the opening of Romeo.Juliet next week, here's a clip from our 2012 production of Romeo and Juliet at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, which we staged as part of the cultural celebration of the Olympic Games. Our new reworking is a very, very different play, but Im thinking back fondly to this ambitious, unhinged production and the gorgeous actors who brought it to life as we approach the next chapter of our long, long story with this play.

Poster launch! 📸We're going to Durham baby! New dates added: come see us at the Gala Theatre Durham in July! Also playin...
01/05/2026

Poster launch! 📸
We're going to Durham baby! New dates added: come see us at the Gala Theatre Durham in July! Also playing Slung Low and the Kings Arms.

Romeo.Juliet is a new play, a reworking and a provocative re-telling, looking at the story through the lens of the manosphere and toxic masculinity.

'It doesnt seem like a bad thing to support PurpleDoor. Its incredibly exciting' Stephen Fry

16 May Slung Low
19-21 May Kings Arms
30 July Gala Theatre
More dates coming soon

Casting Now! Link in our bio to apply.We are now casting for our upcoming tour of Romeo.Juliet, a bold and gritty retell...
30/01/2026

Casting Now! Link in our bio to apply.

We are now casting for our upcoming tour of Romeo.Juliet, a bold and gritty retelling of Shakespeare’s play. The production is the first under our new Classics Unchained scheme, which is dedicated to bringing high quality classical theatre experiences to the most promising actors in the North West of England.

Romeo.Juliet will explore ideas of toxic masculinity, the manosphere and the radicalisation of the internet in a gritty, North West-based retelling that seeks to look beyond the idea of this as a love story. We are looking for performers with previous performance experience, comfortable with tackling difficult topics, and looking to be pushed. We prefer to work with actors who identify as working-class or who feel they have not had access to opportunity elsewhere.

Exact dates are being confirmed but we are anticipating touring the show to Leeds, Manchester and Dublin in late May 2026. Other venues and dates are being considered. You should have good general availability around this time.

The show will be filmed and we always integrate a skills development as part of our rehearsal process. Rehearsals are likely to be in evenings and weekends, but we will fit around existing availability.

For more info and to apply for an audition slot, fill in the form in our bio by Friday 13th February 2026.

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