You Oughta be in Pictures

Theatre · Leek

You Oughta be in Pictures

Wednesday 11 November 2026 · Doors 19:30

Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek

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You Oughta be in Pictures is on Wednesday 11 November 2026 at Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek, with doors at 19:30. Tickets start at £13.20, including the booking fee.

Hollywood, the 1940s. A charismatic film director auditions a young actor for a horror movie whose lead has died under mysterious circumstances. As he shares tales of exploitation, broken promises, sex, cults, and the fine line between artifice and truth, it transpires there may be a more malevolent eye than that of the camera in the room. But the horrors on screen were never real – or were they? Award-winning theatre-maker Polis Loizou with a tale to fill you with dread… and doubt. “Loizou’s performance is powerful, chilling and pitch perfect.” – Rialto Arts

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