THE 39 STEPS

The 39 Steps

by Patrick Barlow

Wed 3rd - Sat 6th September 2025

Take a popular spy novel, amplify it with Hitchcock's romantic imagination, add a dash of Monty Python, a plane crash, a car chase and a steam train; portray the cast of over 100 characters with a handful of actors and produce it all on a shoestring! That is The 39 Steps!

In The 39 Steps, a man with a boring life meets a woman with a thick accent who says she is a spy. When he takes her home, she is murdered. Soon he is at the centre of a nationwide manhunt that climaxes in a death-defying finale! A riotous blend of virtuoso performances and wildly inventive stagecraft, The 39 Steps amounts to an unforgettable evening of pure pleasure!

The 39 Steps will have two performances on the Saturday - a matinee at 2:30pm and evening performance at 7:45pm. 

Tickets can be purchased on the Stamford Arts Centre website here - 

This amateur production of “The 39 Steps” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

By Arrangement with Fiery Angel Limited Stamford Shoestring Theatre present The 39 Steps. Adapted by Patrick Barlow. From the novel by John Buchan. From the movie by Alfred Hitchcock. Licensed by ITV Global Entertainment Limited and an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon.