Newbury Theatre

Newbury theatre guide

Find out about theatre events coming up in and around Newbury and West Berkshire, reaching out to Oxford, Basingstoke and Reading. This site is updated very frequently - see What's new below and follow us on Twitter .
Posters of forthcoming productions are here.

In the spotlight

Macbeth: Watermill Theatre Reviews (Thu 28 Feb to Sat 30 Mar).
Made In Dagenham: BAOS (Tue 19 Mar to Sat 23 Mar).
The Tempest: New Era Players (Tue 19 Mar to Sat 23 Mar).
Loot: Goring Gap Players (Wed 20 Mar to Sat 23 Mar).
The 39 Steps: Shinfield Players (Thu 21 Mar to Sat 23 Mar).
Love in Idleness: The Kenton Theatre (Thu 21 Mar to Sat 23 Mar).
The Sooty Show: Corn Exchange (Sat 23 Mar).
Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth: Studio Theatre Club (Wed 27 Mar to Sat 30 Mar).
A Brave Face: Corn Exchange (Thu 28 Mar).
No Kids: Corn Exchange (Fri 29 Mar).
Legally Blonde Jr: Newbury YoungStars (Fri 29 Mar to Sat 30 Mar).

See What's on for a list of everything.

News and special events

On 27th March at 19:30 there will be a rehearsed reading of Peter Durrant's The Brylcreem Boys by students from Park House School at Greenham Common Control Tower.

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What's new

Here's the list of what's changed in the last month. You can also get the latest updates via Twitter.

Date	Item
6 Mar	Review of KATS' Spamalot ("it was crazy fun... super choreography... high production values... pure entertainment from start to finish" - NWN).
6 Mar	Review of The Community of Hungerford Theatre Company's The Sound of Music ("stage movement throughout was very good... the production overall was a big success" - NWN).
5 Mar	Reviews of the Watermill's Macbeth ("luridly gothic design adds to the atmosphere of this raucous and bloody Macbeth" ★★★★ - The Stage; "the atmosphere the company create together is one of unbearable mounting tension, of gathering forces of evil... a feeling of real tragic catharsis ★★★★ - WhatsOnStage; "a bold new production with a lot to think about and take in" - Newbury Theatre).
19 Feb	Compton Players' next production is The Ladykillers by Graham Linehan from 10th to 13th April.
15 Feb	TADS' next production on 5th and 6th April in Tilehurst is a traditional, laugh-out-loud farce Drinking Habits.
10 Feb	Reviews of the Watermill's Murder For Two ("a cracking, fast-moving production... hugely impressive... very, very clever" - NWN; "hilarious and brilliantly performed" ★★★★ - The Stage; "a high energy antidote to the gloom of both the season and of our current national politics" ★★★★ - The Spy in the Stalls).

Coming soon

New Era - The Tempest New Era's next production in Newbury between 14th and 23rd March is The Tempest. When the Tempest comes it leaves plenty of wreckage behind; a lost prince, a lovesick daughter, a distraught king and his retinue, and two drunken and very confused servants and their monstrous sidekick. Prospero needs all the help he can get from his hard working spirits to clean up the mess!

On 27th March at 19:30 there will be a rehearsed reading of Peter Durrant's The Brylcreem Boys by students from Park House School at Greenham Common Control Tower. An injured aircraftman joins an RAF bomber crew in a local hospital as they re-enact their experience of the ill-fated raid on Nuremberg.

TADS - Drinking Habits TADS' next production on 5th and 6th April in Tilehurst is Drinking Habits. Accusations, mistaken identities and romances run wild in this traditional, laugh-out-loud farce by Tom Smith. Two nuns at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing have been secretly making wine to keep the convent's doors open, but Paul and Sally, reporters and former fiancés, are hot on their trail.

Compton Players - The Ladykillers Compton Players' next production is The Ladykillers by Graham Linehan from 10th to 13th April. Posing as amateur musicians, Professor Marcus and his gang rent rooms in the lopsided house of sweet but strict Mrs Wilberforce. The villains plot to involve her, unwittingly, in their heist. The police are left stumped but she becomes wise to their ruse. With only her parrot to help her, she is alone with five desperate men...

AmEgos - The 39 Steps AmEgos' next production from 11th to 13th April in Wantage is The 39 Steps. Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have the intriguing, thrilling, riotous and unmissable comedy. A small cast of actors plays over 150 characters in this fast-paced tale of an ordinary man on an extraordinarily entertaining adventure.

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