"This is how you do site specific theatre, this is how you make historic spaces work and this is how you entertain audiences."

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Award Winning British Playwright Deborah McAndrew

Deborah is a British playwright writing original work and classic adaptions for theatres and companies around the country.

She is joint Artistic Director of the Stoke-on-Trent-based Claybody Theatre Company.

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COMING UP in 2026

Deborah's smash hit adaptation of Arnold Bennett's classic comic thriller returns and tours!

A Claybody Theatre production in association with New Vic Theatre

The highly successful 2025 production is remounted for a short run at The Dipping House, Stoke-on-Trent, before heading out on tour.

Directed by Conrad Nelson

Nella Racksole wants steak and beer for her birthday treat, but these are not on the menu of the exclusive Grand Babylon Hotel – so her American Railroad Millionaire father obligingly buys the chef… the kitchen… the entire hotel.

However, The Grand Babylon is not all it seems, and Theodore Racksole soon discovers there’s more than a juicy steak on his plate – with kidnapping and murder for starters!

The Grand Babylon Hotel is a rollicking comedy thriller, with a virtuoso cast of five bringing you many faces, chases, glamour, intrigue, and a couple of German princes thrown in for good measure.

A riotous evening out!

BOOK TICKETS HERE FOR THE DIPPING HOUSE 27 FEB - 7 MAR 2026