Medway Play Lab CIC

15/05/2026

Join us on Monday evening for Improv Hang Out - games, exercises and skill building for all abilities - beginners welcome!
This time our theme will be 'The Wedding' - games based around the big day of traditions, celebration, love and just maybe family feuds!
Get in touch for more details or to book a space

05/04/2026

👉🏻 Two shows down, one to go!!

Book our last show here 🔗 shorturl.at/fX7nl

Tales from the High Street - Leonards of Rochester
Monday 6th April 7.30pm - 9.30pm

This accessible performance will be downstairs in Store 104.

Project Leonards is funded by the National Heritage Lottery Fund. Thanks to National Lottery Players we are able to research, collect and preserve the records, artifacts and memories of Leonards Department Store.

04/04/2026

ONE TICKET LEFT FOR TONIGHT!

Grab it here ⬇️ once it’s gone, it’s gone!!

https://bit.ly/4s92FYc

03/04/2026

Tonight’s the night!

Our first performance of Tales from the Highstreet-Leonards of Rochester starts 7.30pm at .104

An immersive performance about the rise and fall of Leonards Department Store. Hear the tales in the building where it all began...

Can’t join us tonight? We also have performances:

Saturday 4th April - 7.30pm - Performance Upstairs
Monday 6th April - 7.30pm - Accessible Performance Downstairs

Tickets available here: https://bit.ly/4s92FYc

Music by Matthew Fisher
Cast:
Members of Medway Play Lab CIC Improv Group
David Sayers
Nic Lamont
Kate Mechedou

About The National Lottery Heritage Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest funder for the UK’s heritage. Using money raised by National Lottery players we support projects that connect people and communities to heritage. Our vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. From historic buildings, our industrial legacy and the natural environment, to collections, traditions, stories and more. Heritage can be anything from the past that people value and want to pass on to future generations. We believe in the power of heritage to ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration, and to build pride in place and connection to the past.
With thanks to Medway Archives for use of the Leonards Photograph.

01/04/2026

We’ve been working hard rehearsing behind the scenes!

Get ready to step back in time to the 40s, 50s, and 60s at Leonard’s Department Store!

An immersive performance about the rise and fall of Leonards Department Store. Hear the tales in the building where it all began...

From slogan ‘Leonards for Quality’ to headline ‘The Shop Nobody Wants’,

Leonards Department Store was a retail empire on Rochester High Street from the 1880s until the 1960s. In this immersive performance, you will be able to witness the history of Leonards in the building where it all began, Store 104 in Rochester High Street.

Enter through the shop doors and you will be greeted by shop staff through the ages. Then join Mr Leonard upstairs to be seated for the main performance which charts the rise and fall of Leonards through drama, comedy and song.

Tickets are available here 🔗 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tales-from-the-high-street-leonards-of-rochester-tickets-1985368353189?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=wsa&aff=ebdsshwebmobile

Project Leonards is funded by the National Heritage Lottery Fund. Thanks to National Lottery Players we are able to research, collect and preserve the records, artifacts and memories of Leonards Department Store.

31/03/2026

This Easter weekend, visit .104 in Rochester for our immersive play, Tales from the High Street!

👉🏻 Starring .lamont, , and . Performances on 3rd, 4th, and 6th April.

Tickets available here 🔗 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tales-from-the-high-street-leonards-of-rochester-tickets-1985368353189?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=wsa&aff=ebdsshwebmobile

27/03/2026

📣 Introducing Miss Honey…

Sales Girl Number 33 of 1950s style.

Proud to work at Leonards, until her mysterious disappearance...

Played by our Co-Creative Director Nicola Fysh.

Don't miss our immersive performance about Rochesters Department Store - tickets available here:

🔗 https://bit.ly/4de6HuB

Project Leonards is funded by the National Heritage Lottery Fund. Thanks to National Lottery Players we are able to research, collect and preserve the records, artifacts and memories of Leonards Department Store

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26/03/2026

Tenterden, Kent - The Jewel of the Weald

An immersive performance about the rise and fall of Leonards Department Store. Hear the tales in the building where it all began...

From slogan 'Leonards for Quality' to headline 'The Shop Nobody Wants', Leonards Department Store was a retail empire on Rochester High Street from the 1880s until the 1960s.

In this immersive performance, you will be able to witness the history of Leonards through the ages in the building where it all began, Store 104 in Rochester High Street. Enter through the shop doors and you will be greeted by shop staff through the ages. Then join Mr Leonard upstairs to be seated for the main performance which charts the rise and fall of Leonards through drama, comedy and song.

This performance is part of Medway Play Lab CIC's Project Leonards. With support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, we have undergone extensive research and held 'Memories Tea Parties' to uncover and preserve all we can about Leonards.

More information and tickets: https://shorturl.at/fX7nl