Charleston theater events

Pirate Mystery Show: A Family Comedy

Tuesday, May 21 7:30p

The Black Fedora Comedy Mystery Theatre, Charleston

It's been many a high tide since the notorious Blackbeard and the Gentleman Pirate Stede Bonnett sailed the dark waters off Charles Town, but still thar be whispers on the wind of the ill-gotten tr...

Oklahoma!

Sunday, May 19 3:00p

The Footlight Players, Charleston

Oklahoma! takes place in the Wild West on Indian territory. A love story unfolds between Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey, a charming farm girl, who are both too stubborn to admit it...

Sherlock Holmes and The Charleston History Mystery

Sunday, May 19 4:00p

The Black Fedora Comedy Mystery Theatre, Charleston

Join Sherlock Holmes for an Historical City Tour truly for the lazy — where without ever leaving your theatre seat you will explore Charleston's past, present, and ... other worldly .....

33 Variations by Moises Kaufman

Sunday, May 19 3:00p

Threshold Repertory Theatre, Charleston

It is 1819: Beethoven is asked to write a variation on a waltz by Anton Diabelli. Beethoven is not interested...

'The Intergalactic Nemesis'

Thursday, Jun 6 7:00p

Sottile Theatre, Charleston

More than 1,250 original full-color comic-book images blast from a two-story-high projection screen with actors' voice-overs and sound effects in "Book Two: Robot Planet Rising," the story of an in...

'The Intergalactic Nemesis'

Wednesday, Jun 5 7:00p

Sottile Theatre, Charleston

More than 1,250 original full-color comic-book images blast from a two-story-high projection screen with actors' voice-overs and sound effects in "Book One: Target Earth," the story of an intrepid ...

Inspector NoClue's Murder Mystery

Saturday, May 25 7:30p

The Black Fedora Comedy Mystery Theatre, Charleston

Live Comic Mystery Whodunit! Against a redneck butler, gold-digging maid, and tie-dyed dude, can Inspector NoClue hope to deduce Whodunit before WhoDOESit again? Professional actors, volunteer aud...

Conversations With....

Sunday, Jun 2 3:30p

Charleston Library Society, Charleston

Host Martha Teichner interviews Steven Berkoff, director of "Oedipus."

Conversations With....

Saturday, May 25 12:00p

Charleston Library Society, Charleston

Host Martha Teichner interviews Tom Morris, director of "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Thursday, May 23 7:30p

Dock Street Theatre, Charleston

At its U.S...

'Le Grand C'

Wednesday, May 22 7:00p

Memminger Auditorium, Charleston

Compagnie XY makes its Festival debut with a French circus spectacle of gravity-defying stunts, stunning skill, and distinctive style, with trust as the performers' only safety net.

Venus in Fur

Friday, May 24 8:00p

Threshold Repertory Theatre, Charleston

Just when you think you’ve got it all under control, a person walks into your life and everything you thought you knew is turned upside down...

Slammergirls

Saturday, May 25 8:00p

The Footlight Players, Charleston

"Slammergirls" chronicles the lives of Francine, a former flight attendant turned prison matron; Princess, the “air-head” nymphomaniac; Bonnie the coupon-clipping charity embezzler; Blossom, the ea...

'Oedipus'

Tuesday, Jun 4 7:00p

Memminger Auditorium, Charleston

Celebrated actor and director Steven Berkoff offers up an original adaptation of Sophocles’ classic Greek tragedy, "Oedipus Rex," faithful to the original yet completely modern.

'Bullet Catch'

Wednesday, Jun 5 8:00p

Emmett Robinson Theatre, Charleston

A stunt so dangerous Houdini refused to even attempt it, the magic trick known as the "Bullet Catch" has claimed the lives of at least 12 illusionists, assistants and spectators since its conceptio...

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