From cricket chaos to Sherlock sleuthing and revolutionary drama – 4 Isle of Wight productions promise laughs, thrills and spectacle this May.
Bembridge Little Theatre Club are batting off with Outside Edge, coming to Bembridge Village Hall from 14th – 17th May. A light-hearted play about a village cricket team trying to win a game while sorting out their various marital problems. It is set inside the cricket pavilion and just outside.
Roger, the captain is having enough trouble getting a team together for the afternoon fixture against the British Railways Maintenance Division Yeading East, but these complications are the least of his worries before those occurring among the wives and girlfriends. As a final catastrophe, rain starts to fall. Tickets are available from Outside Edge at Bembridge Village Hall, event tickets from TicketSource.
Baskerville is the next play staged by the Pepperpot Players, from 15th – 17th May at Niton Village Hall, as they bring Ken Ludwig’s hilarious Sherlock Holmes mystery to Niton. Be prepared for a fast-moving feast of entertainment that retains the essence of one of the most famous Sherlock stories of all time, and delivers something extra (laughter!). The scene changes are as quick as the character switches, but don’t worry, Holmes and Watson are on the case.
Watson – ‘It all began, as these things do, with simplicity itself: a walking stick, left at our residence by an unknown visitor. However, the trail…led to what my friend Sherlock Holmes described as the greatest and most dangerous case in his career.’ Join the investigation by booking at Baskerville – a comedy mystery at Niton Village Hall event tickets from TicketSource.
Go along to the Apollo Theatre on 22nd – 30th May to see the Apollo Players’ next show, Quiz. James Graham’s kinetic, thrilling play combines the tension of a courtroom with the energy of a game show as a winning contestant on Britain’s ‘Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?’ stands trial for cheating.
Tickets available from Quiz at Apollo Theatre, Newport event tickets from TicketSource.
And finally, Shoreline Productions return to Shanklin Theatre with a thrilling new musical adventure… The Scarlet Pimpernel. Get ready for passion, peril and panache in this showstopping production, from 28th-31st May 2026. Based on Baroness Orczy’s iconic novel, this swashbuckling action-adventure musical is set against the turbulent backdrop of the French Revolution, where heroes rise, secrets burn, and the fight for Liberty, Equality and Fraternity comes at a deadly cost. Disguises, daring rescues and forbidden love collide in a story that leaps from revolutionary France to elegant Georgian England.
With an epic, sweeping book and a rousing, emotionally charged score by Nan Knighton and Frank Wildhorn, The Scarlet Pimpernel is a vibrant window into 18th-century history, packed with drama, romance and high-stakes intrigue.
Daring. Romantic. Unforgettable. They seek him here…they seek him there…but you can just book your tickets at The Scarlet Pimpernel – Shanklin Theatre
