What's on - the calendar of events
Here's the schedule for amateur and professional productions in Newbury and the surrounding areas. Items in red and with an asterisk in front are particularly suitable for children.
| From | To | Company | Play |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Sep | 23 Sep | Watermill Theatre | The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| 18 Sep | 23 Sep | Oxford Playhouse | The Wipers Times |
| 19 Sep | 23 Sep | Old Fire Station | Ada and the Engine |
| 21 Sep | BT Studio (Burton Taylor) | The Bastard King | |
| 21 Sep | Theatre at the cinema | King Lear | |
| 22 Sep | The Community of Hungerford Theatre Company at Great Shefford Village Hall | The Odd Couple | |
| 22 Sep | 23 Sep | Silchester Players | Three One-Act Plays |
| 22 Sep | 24 Sep | Corn Exchange | * The Gruffalo |
| 23 Sep | The Lights | * AnimAlphabet | |
| 25 Sep | BT Studio (Burton Taylor) | Remote | |
| 26 Sep | Corn Exchange | Sherlock Holmes and The Crimson Cobble | |
| 26 Sep | 30 Sep | Woodley Theatre | The Memory of Water |
| 27 Sep | 30 Sep | The Haymarket | Body Double |
| 27 Sep | 30 Sep | Oxford Playhouse | Things I Know to be True |
| 27 Sep | 30 Sep | Reading Operatic Society | Singin' in the Rain |
| 27 Sep | 30 Sep | Abingdon Drama Club | Portia Coughlan |
| 28 Sep | 30 Sep | BT Studio (Burton Taylor) | Instructions for Border Crossing |
| 28 Sep | 21 Oct | Watermill Theatre | Loot |
| 28 Sep | 18 Nov | The Mill at Sonning | Perfect Wedding |
| 29 Sep | The Community of Hungerford Theatre Company at Shalbourne Hall | The Odd Couple | |
| 29 Sep | 30 Sep | Purley Players | Who Killed the Holiday Rep? |
| 30 Sep | The Community of Hungerford Theatre Company at Walwyn Hall, Lambourn | The Odd Couple | |
| 3 Oct | The Haymarket | The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | |
| 3 Oct | The Lights | Sherlock Holmes and the Crimson Cobbles | |
| 4 Oct | 6 Oct | BT Studio (Burton Taylor) | Frogman |
| 4 Oct | 7 Oct | Nomads Musical Theatre | Thoroughly Modern Millie |
| 5 Oct | Theatre at the cinema | Hamlet | |
| 6 Oct | Watermill Theatre at Uffington Memorial Hall | The Picture of Dorian Gray | |
| 7 Oct | Watermill Theatre at Cold Ash, Ackland Memorial Hall | The Picture of Dorian Gray | |
| 8 Oct | The Haymarket | * AnimAlphabet | |
| 11 Oct | Theatre at the cinema | Coriolanus | |
| 11 Oct | Watermill Theatre at Shrivenham Memorial Hall | The Picture of Dorian Gray | |
| 11 Oct | 14 Oct | Oxford Playhouse | People, Places and Things |
| 11 Oct | 14 Oct | New Theatre | * Awful Auntie |
| 12 Oct | Corn Exchange | Mr Darcy Loses The Plot | |
| 12 Oct | 14 Oct | Compton Players | Richard III |
| 12 Oct | 21 Oct | Progress Theatre | Hamlet |
| 13 Oct | Watermill Theatre at Broad Hinton Village Hall | The Picture of Dorian Gray | |
| 13 Oct | 15 Oct | The Haymarket | * The Gruffalo |
| 13 Oct | 15 Oct | Shinfield Players | 80s... Best Years of Our Lives |
| 13 Oct | 15 Oct | Russell Players | Music Hall |
| 14 Oct | Watermill Theatre at Stanton Harcourt Memorial Hall | The Picture of Dorian Gray | |
| 14 Oct | The Community of Hungerford Theatre Company at The Royal British Legion, Hungerford | The Odd Couple | |
| 17 Oct | 18 Oct | The Hexagon | Private Lives |
| 18 Oct | Theatre at the cinema | Hamlet | |
| 18 Oct | 21 Oct | The Haymarket | It Runs in the Family |
| 18 Oct | 21 Oct | Oxford Playhouse | Bacchae |
| 18 Oct | 21 Oct | The Kenton Theatre | Sense and Sensibility |
| 19 Oct | South Street | For All The Fires Not Yet Lit | |
| 19 Oct | Old Fire Station | Joan | |
| 19 Oct | 21 Oct | Compton Players | Richard III |
| 20 Oct | Pegasus Theatre | Cockfight | |
| 20 Oct | 21 Oct | Mortimer Dramatic Society | Shut Your Eyes and Think of England |
| 24 Oct | 28 Oct | Oxford Playhouse | Rita, Sue and Bob Too |
| 24 Oct | 28 Oct | Abingdon Operatic Society | Sister Act |
| 25 Oct | The Haymarket | * The Three Musketeers | |
| 25 Oct | 26 Oct | Corn Exchange | * Shark in The Park |
| 25 Oct | 28 Oct | Old Fire Station | Kindertransport |
| 25 Oct | 28 Oct | The Sainsbury Singers | Godspell |
| 25 Oct | 4 Nov | Watermill Theatre | Under Milk Wood |
| 26 Oct | 28 Oct | Newbury Musical Theatre Society | Hollywood |
| 27 Oct | The Haymarket | Austentatious | |
| 27 Oct | 28 Oct | Mortimer Dramatic Society | Shut Your Eyes and Think of England |
| 30 Oct | 4 Nov | Oxford Playhouse | Driving Miss Daisy |
| 1 Nov | South Street | Finding Joy | |
| 1 Nov | The Lights | Wuthering Heights | |
| 2 Nov | Corn Exchange | Dirty Dusting | |
| 2 Nov | 4 Nov | Kennet Opera | The Marriage of Figaro |
| 3 Nov | Old Fire Station | Hummingbird | |
| 3 Nov | 4 Nov | Drayton Players | Absurd Person Singular |
| 5 Nov | Arlington Arts Centre | * The Curious Adventures of Pinocchio | |
| 7 Nov | The Lights | Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | |
| 7 Nov | Arlington Arts Centre | Rum in the Gravy Boat | |
| 7 Nov | 8 Nov | Corn Exchange | Shakespeare Schools Festival |
| 8 Nov | 11 Nov | Watermill Theatre | Our Town |
| 8 Nov | 11 Nov | The Haymarket | Waiting for Gateaux |
| 8 Nov | 11 Nov | Oxford Playhouse | Candide |
| 8 Nov | 11 Nov | H.A.O.D.S | A Chorus Line |
| 10 Nov | Corn Exchange | The Secret Keeper | |
| 10 Nov | 11 Nov | Drayton Players | Absurd Person Singular |
| 13 Nov | 18 Nov | Progress Theatre | Buddy Cop 2 |
| 14 Nov | 15 Nov | Corn Exchange | Finding Joy |
| 14 Nov | 18 Nov | Oxford Playhouse | As You Like It |
| 14 Nov | 18 Nov | The Lights | 9 to 5 |
| 14 Nov | 25 Nov | New Theatre | Mamma Mia! |
| 14 Nov | 25 Nov | New Theatre | * Amongst the Stars |
| 16 Nov | South Street | Republica | |
| 16 Nov | Theatre at the cinema | Follies | |
| 16 Nov | 31 Dec | Watermill Theatre | * The Borrowers |
| 17 Nov | 25 Nov | Wantage Stage Musical Company | No.1 hits through the decades |
| 21 Nov | 25 Nov | Woodley Theatre | The Chalk Garden |
| 22 Nov | 25 Nov | DADS | According to Rumour |
| 22 Nov | 25 Nov | Shinfield Players | The Queen Beneath the Hill |
| 22 Nov | 25 Nov | Studio Theatre Club | Julius Caesar |
| 23 Nov | 25 Nov | Kingston Bagpuize Drama Group | * The Golden Goose |
| 23 Nov | 27 Jan 2018 | The Mill at Sonning | My Fair Lady |
| 24 Nov | Old Fire Station | People Of The Eye | |
| 24 Nov | 25 Nov | Loddon Players | A Recipe for Murder |
| 24 Nov | 7 Jan 2018 | Oxford Playhouse | * Jack and the Beanstalk |
| 28 Nov | 2 Dec | Oxford Theatre Guild | Doubt: A Parable |
| 28 Nov | 2 Dec | Blewbury Players | * The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe |
| 28 Nov | 2 Dec | WLOS | Yeomen of the Guard |
| 28 Nov | 2 Dec | Overton Dramatic Society | * Jack and the Beanstalk |
| 29 Nov | 2 Dec | AmEgos | Spamalot |
| 29 Nov | 2 Dec | The Haymarket | The Ghost's Touch! |
| 1 Dec | 9 Dec | Hook Players | Aladdin |
| 1 Dec | 7 Jan 2018 | Corn Exchange | * Beauty and the Beast |
| 2 Dec | 30 Dec | Creation Theatre Company | * The Wind in the Willows |
| 2 Dec | 6 Jan 2018 | Creation Theatre Company | * A Christmas Carol |
| 5 Dec | 24 Dec | Pegasus Theatre | Morgan & West: A (sort of ) Christmas Carol Magic Show! |
| 7 Dec | Theatre at the cinema | Young Marx | |
| 7 Dec | 7 Jan 2018 | BT Studio (Burton Taylor) | * A New Coat for Christmas |
| 8 Dec | 10 Dec | The Haymarket | * The Night Before Christmas |
| 9 Dec | 7 Jan 2018 | The Hexagon | * Peter Pan |
| 12 Dec | 13 Dec | The Haymarket | A Christmas Carol |
| 13 Dec | 6 Jan 2018 | New Theatre | War Horse |
| 14 Dec | 7 Jan 2018 | The Anvil | * Peter Pan |
| 15 Dec | 28 Dec | The Kenton Theatre | * Robin Hood |
| 10 Jan 2018 | 11 Jan 2018 | The Lights | * The Wizard of Oz |
| 12 Jan 2018 | 21 Jan 2018 | Shinfield Players | * Snow White |
| 24 Jan 2018 | 25 Jan 2018 | New Theatre | * Peppa Pig's Adventure |
| 30 Jan 2018 | 3 Feb 2018 | The Hexagon | Spamalot 2018 |
| 1 Feb 2018 | 17 Mar 2018 | The Mill at Sonning | The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| 5 Feb 2018 | 10 Feb 2018 | Oxford Playhouse | The Kite Runner |
| 12 Mar 2018 | 17 Mar 2018 | Oxford Playhouse | The Winslow Boy |