6 minutes | Friday, 8 May 2026
Kirsty caught up with Blind Eye's Director, Lindsey, to find out all about this critically acclaimed show heading to the Duchess Theatre in Long Eaton from 27 - 30 May. Keen to boost his flagging career, fading Hollywood action hero Jefferson Steele arrives in England to play King Lear in Stratford – only to find that this is not the birthplace of the Bard, but a sleepy Suffolk village. And instead of Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench, the cast are a bunch of amateurs trying to save their theatre from developers. Jefferson’s monstrous ego, vanity and insecurity are tested to the limit by the enthusiastic am-dram thespians. As acting worlds collide and Jefferson’s career implodes, he discovers some truths about himself – along with his inner Lear! Tickets are on sale now and can be bought via the Duchess Theatre website.