EDITH Evans, that grand theatrical dame who took over-acting to a fine art, once became so exasperated with a ‘method’ actor, who in rehearsal was moving and doing things continually during a scene, that she exploded – and, fixing the young man with a beady eye, announced in stertorous tones to one and all: “Young…
HOT on the heels of the Swan Theatre’s own mystery horror, Civic Players will be performing The Murder Room as their pre-Christmas offering at the Yeovil theatre from 4th to 7th December. Described as a hilarious murder mystery spoof, Jack Sharkey’s The Murder Room was scheduled for production in 2020, when COVID restrictions shut down theatres…
THE members of MADS, aka Mere Amateur Dramatic Society, and their audiences, will be paying tribute to the memory to Eric Kincaid when they perform Alice in Blunderland at the Lecture Hall from 28th to 30th November. They have chosen Eric’s own pantomime, written with his friend Chris Wood and first performed in 2007. Eric,…
BLITHE Spirit, one of Noel Coward’s most delightful comedies, is the winter choice for Dorchester Drama, at Dorchester Corn Exchange on Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd November at 7.30pm, with a Saturday matinee at 2pm. Novelist Charles Condomine wants material for his next book, and rather hopes that a séance with the village’s eccentric medium…
MILLSTREAM, the Wimborne-based theatre group for learning disabled and neurodivergent adults, is seeking urgent financial support from individuals, businesses or organisations, to be able to continue running regular drama workshops and creating annual productions. Tam Gilbert, co-director of the group which has its home at the Museum of East Dorset, says: “Although we are starting…
SHAFTESBURY Arts Centre’s music and drama group has chosen a dark comedy with a supernatural twist for its autumn production, from Thursday 17th to Saturday 19th October. Rehearsal, by talented local playwright, educator and author Steve McAuliffe, blends humour, chaos, and a touch of the unworldly with a setting and plot that make it an…
SALISBURY’s always reliable Studio Theatre will be staging one of the classic dramas of the 20th century, Emlyn Williams’ Night Must Fall, at the theatre in Ashley Road from 11th to 19th October. Directed by Sally Marshall and Sophie Townsend, this psychological thriller is the dark story of a young man who gets a job…
STURMINSTER Newton Amateur Dramatic Society – known as SNADS – has a long record of staging original, often locally written plays, and the autumn production, on Thursday 10th and Friday 11th October, features three new short plays written and directed by company veteran Craig White. Three In One brings some interesting and mature themes to…
THOSE of us who loosely refer to ourselves as ‘middle aged’, especially classical music lovers, will remember the tragic story of the brilliant cellist Jacqueline du Pré. From an early age, her glittering career and marriage to concert pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim seemed to forecast a charmed life, but all that changed when she…
ONE of the most stylish and best-loved musicals of all time, Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady, is the autumn choice for the award-winning Bath Light Operatic Group at the Theatre Royal, from Tuesday 10th to Saturday 14th September. The classic stage production, which was also a famous film with Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison,…