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14 Nov
Didcot Phoenix Drama Group's next production on 23rd and 30th January in Didcot and Harwell is Hansel and Gretel.
The York Nativity Play is performed at St Mary's Church, Aldermaston from 3rd to 6th December.
Now and coming soon
Compton Players' next production from 19th to 21st November is Calendar Girls, the heartwarming and uplifting true story of friendship, courage, and community spirit. The play follows a group of women who create an unexpected fundraising calendar in support of a local cause. Full of laughter, warmth, and poignant moments, this much-loved tale celebrates resilience, camaraderie, and the power of ordinary people to do something extraordinary.
New Era Players' next production ibetween 26th November and 5th December 2026 is My Three Angels. This brilliant comedy is set in 1910 in a prison colony in French Guiana, where a French couple, Felix and Emile Dulay, are rather unsuccessfully attempting to run a shop. They are losing money, mainly because of Felix’s generosity with his customers, and now, on Christmas Eve, Uncle Gaston is about to arrive to inspect the books and decide their fate. Fortunately, three convicts working on the roof overhear the problems, and set about solving them for the Dulays, with hilarious results.
Faringdon Dramatic Society's
panto from 29th January to 6th February is Treasure Island. Ahoy, me Hearties and beware the Black Spot! This is a large cast, award winning and dangerously funny panto! Long John Silver and his crew may be dastardly villains, but they’ve reckoned without the Ladies of the Smuggler’s Cove Women’s Institute, who all want to be Pirates in panto this year!
Didcot Phoenix Drama Group's next production on 23rd and 30th January in Didcot and Harwell is Hansel and Gretel.
Our story is set in the village of Nice Place, which is a really… nice place.
One day, the villagers receive a letter from the council telling them that the mysterious GrandLabbe Property developments have made a purchase of most of The Deep Dark Wood. They plan to build a large casino, with the world’s biggest penny falls and 782 slot machines, replete with 9 metre chocolate fountain, a golden ballroom and an Olympic sized swimming pool. Can Hansel and Gretel sort it out?
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