About Us
Who We Are
Who We Are
Who We Are
Pyramus and Thisbe Productions is Scottish based theatre company, created by actor and director Dominic Goodwin, and based in Dumfries. The company has been set up to promote the work of Dominic as well as Leeds playwright Stuart Fortey.
Dominic Goodwin
Tours include “Up Frankie” (as Frankie Howerd), “The Mystery of Irma Vep”, “Not About He
Pyramus and Thisbe Productions is Scottish based theatre company, created by actor and director Dominic Goodwin, and based in Dumfries. The company has been set up to promote the work of Dominic as well as Leeds playwright Stuart Fortey.
Dominic Goodwin
Tours include “Up Frankie” (as Frankie Howerd), “The Mystery of Irma Vep”, “Not About Heroes”, “Wind in the Willows”, “Holmes and Watson-The Farewell Tour”, “The Lost World”, “Frankenstein Live” etc.
Dominic was for three glorious years the resident Dame at the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond. Credits: “Mother Goose”, “Sinbad” and “Babes in the Wood”.
Directing credits include "Whose Shoes", by Mike Kenny (for Ratatat Theatre Company) "Dane Leno The King's Jester" by Tony Lidington for Prom Prom Productions and Georgian Theatre Royal and many performances for Angus and Ross Theatre Company.
Stuart Fortey (Playwright)
An established playwright, Stuart has published two detective novels, A "Scandal in Scarborough: The First Paget Brothers Mystery" and "The Diva in the Duck Pond", both of which are available via Amazon or Lulu.com.
His biggest success on the stage has been "Holmes & Watson: The Farewell Tour", which has so far clocked up over 275 performances, touring to venues in England and Scotland. A sequel, "Holmes & Mrs Hudson: For One Night Only", is in preparation.
Stuart’s play "A House by the Sea" was performed at BAC in London in 1994 and broadcast on Radio 4 in 1997, starring Ciaran Hinds, Kate Buffery, Helena Bonham Carter and Julian Rhind-Tutt.
A new collection of Stuart's World War One plays has recently been published:
For 2026
Who We Are
Who We Are
Twice Nightly
The story of a second spot comic on the variety stage in 1956.
Written and performed by Dominic Goodwin
Freddie Francis has been a second spot comic for thirty years, touring the country on every variety bill going. We find him in 1956 recalling his life spent touring the halls; the ups, the downs, the riotous, the fantastic a
Twice Nightly
The story of a second spot comic on the variety stage in 1956.
Written and performed by Dominic Goodwin
Freddie Francis has been a second spot comic for thirty years, touring the country on every variety bill going. We find him in 1956 recalling his life spent touring the halls; the ups, the downs, the riotous, the fantastic and the downright silly! He recalls his days entertaining the troops during the war, playing at the infamous Glasgow Empire, and we discover what really happened when a speciality act lost her snake on stage!!
Ultimately Twice Nightly is a fading memory of the variety stage. The death of something that has been part of everyone’s life for decades is now on the decline. Where will Freddie go when he finishes this tour? Who will he go back to, and ultimately who really cares?
Tour schedule to appear here when complete.
2025:
With Clap Trap Theatre - in association with York Theatre Royal:
SWITCHEROO
By Tom Needham
When it comes to scattering their mother’s ashes, three siblings are hit with a bombshell revelation that turns their world upside down. This remarkable play by BAFTA-nominated Tom Needham is based on the very simple premise that ‘it’s not what you say, it’s the way that you say it’.
The first act is a full-blown, larger than life comedy then, after the interval, the characters swap round and it’s repeated as a serious drama. The contrast between the laughter and comedy in Act One and the truth and heart of Act Two makes it hard to believe these are the same characters saying the same words.
Venues we played:
York Theatre Royal, Guildhall Grantham
The Ropewalk, Barton upon Humber
Helmsley Arts Centre
Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond
Huddon Rudby Village Hall
Askrigg Temperance Village Hall
Victoria Hall, Settle
The Heron Theatre, Milnthorpe
Beggar's Theatre, Millom
Wootton Village Hall, Oxon
The White Bear, London
Birdsall House
And for 2027 onwards...
The Wodehouse Wheeze
by Stuart Fortey
This comedy-drama axamines Wodehouse's time in Germanyduring world war two and his friendhsip with a German officer...
Tour schedules to be announced in the coming months.
Kaiser and I
Holmes & Watson: The Farewell Tour
Holmes & Watson: The Farewell Tour
The Kaiser and I
by Stuart Fortey
It's Berlin, 1914, and the music has to stop. Kaiser Wilhelm has summoned a dance instructress from England to put his officers through their paces, but now war is only days away…
From ballroom to battlefield and beyond, this two-hander charts the friendship of a man and a woman caught in their nations' cro
The Kaiser and I
by Stuart Fortey
It's Berlin, 1914, and the music has to stop. Kaiser Wilhelm has summoned a dance instructress from England to put his officers through their paces, but now war is only days away…
From ballroom to battlefield and beyond, this two-hander charts the friendship of a man and a woman caught in their nations' crossfire.
Winner of the 2002 Buxton Festival Fringe Best Drama Award
“An unusual story . . . a wonderfully written play skilfully combining humour and stark moments of wrenching sadness”
Buxton Fringe Review
Joining Dominic for the tour was Pickering based actress Cal Stockbridge:
Cal has been acting for more years than she cares to remember! Credits include tours of “Wreckers” by Tom Needham, “My Fat Friend” and “Duet for One” (both alongside Dominic Goodwin). Cal also produced the first tour of Clap Trap productions WW1 play “Not About Heroes” in 2008.The Kaiser and I tours the UK June and July 2018, with a further limited run in October 2018.
The play toured to:
Pickering, Filey, Lincoln, Helmsley, Moffat, Whithorn, Richmond (North Yorks), Barton-Upon-Humber and Malton.
Holmes & Watson: The Farewell Tour
Holmes & Watson: The Farewell Tour
Holmes & Watson: The Farewell Tour
Holmes and Watson: The Farewell Tour! by Stuart Fortey
Holmes and Watson are brought to life by Julian Finnigan and Dominic Goodwin as they re-enact one of the detective's most baffling unrecorded cases - The Case of the Prime Minister, the Floozie and the Lummock Rock Lighthouse!It's an affair upon whose outcome the security of Europe o
Holmes and Watson: The Farewell Tour! by Stuart Fortey
Holmes and Watson are brought to life by Julian Finnigan and Dominic Goodwin as they re-enact one of the detective's most baffling unrecorded cases - The Case of the Prime Minister, the Floozie and the Lummock Rock Lighthouse!It's an affair upon whose outcome the security of Europe once hung by a thread, and shrouded in secrecy until now. The case has finally been approved by the government for public disclosure. It is understood that Mr Holmes has been entrusted by Her Majesty with the conveyance to the Tower of London of the fabled Satsuma Stone, stolen from the crown of William of Orange in the seventeenth century, and only recently discovered in Europe. One can only be thankful that Professor James Moriarty, the Napoleon of crime, fell to his death at the Reichenbach Falls. Or is he still alive, planning another deadly strike as he lurks, unseen, in the wings...?Written by Stuart Fortey, Directed by David Robertson it's fast paced entertainment and will provide many a titter! This is your final chance to catch Holmes and Watson as they embark on their farewell tour. Don't miss them. It's elementary!!
“Julian Finnigan and Dominic Goodwin respectively as Holmes and Watson give an outstanding performance. Finnigan excels as the straight man Holmes whilst Goodwin’s Watson is sheer comic excellence. A truly magnificent production guided through the hands of two masters of comedy on stage.” Broadway Baby
275 performances from 2009 to 2022!
And still more to come!