Pyramus and Thisbe Productions
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, May-July 2026:
Thurs 21 and Fri 22 May
Ropery Hall at The Ropewalk
Barton-Upon-Humber
Fri 29 and Sat 30 May
Seven Arts, Leeds
Thurs 4 June
Hutton Rudby Village Hall
www.huttonrudbyvillagehall.co.uk
Fri 5 June
Leyburn Arts Centre
Sat 6 June
Askrigg Temperance Hall
Sun 7 June
Reeth Memorial Hall
all via: www.blueboxt.co.uk
Thurs 25 June
Guildhall, Grantham
Fri 26 and Sat 27 June
Helmsley Arts Centre
Fri 3 and Sat 4 July
The Gaiety Studio, Ayr
Fri 10 and Sat 11 July
Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond
www.georgiantheatreroyal.co.uk
Fri 17 and Sat 18 July
The Friargate Theatre, York
Tues 21 - Sat 26 July (multiple performances)
The Lantern Theatre, Brighton
www.lanterntheatrebrighton.co.uk
And for 2027 onwards...
The Wodehouse Wheeze
by Stuart Fortey
This comedy centres on Wodehouse's time in England during the 20's and his friendship with a dour penniless poet! A character who could have come straight from a Jeeves and Wooster novel!
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!