Newbury theatre guide
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Newbury and West Berkshire, reaching out to Oxford, Basingstoke
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Posters of forthcoming productions, audition notices and requests for help are below
Newbury Theatre: the future
I created the Newbury Theatre website 25 years ago, in April 2000. At that time, there were very few amateur groups that had their own web site, and I provided a platform that they could use. Now they all have their own web sites, and this seems a good point to change Newbury Theatre.
Up to now, some groups have been sending me information about their forthcoming productions, and I have perodically searched other group sites for this information. I'll no longer do this searching, but if you continue to send me your information, I'll include it. I'll also continue to include professional theatre information, but only for the Newbury Corn Exchane, the Watermill theatre, RABBLE Theatre and the Mill at Sonning. So nothing else for Reading, Basingstoke or Oxford.
On this basis, I'll retain newburytheatre.co.uk for at least two years. It contains a huge number of review pages - over 1000 - mostly from the Newbury Weekly News and I'm very grateful to the NWN and Trish Lee for giving me permission to publish them.
You can see what the site looked like in 2001 at web.archive.org/web/20010302021159/http://www.comptonplayers.freeserve.co.uk/. It hasn't changed much! I'll continue to provide a weekly theatre page on Penny Post.
If you have any comments or questions about this, please email me, Paul Shave at .
In the spotlight
See What's on for a list of everything. |
Newbury Theatre and Penny Post
Newbury Theatre has joined up with Penny Post to give updated theatre information, and it will also appear here. Penny Post is a great source of local information - if you don't know it already, I can thoroughly recommend it.
Online theatre
The National Theatre are making their NT Live recordings available online. You can subscribe for £9.98 a month or rent individual plays for £7.99.
You can search for reviews of previous productions - there are more than 1000 pages of them in the Archive!
Latest news
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| 4 Jul | Reviews of the Watermill's Jesus Christ Superstar "the quality of the singing is exceptional... beautifully choreographed... Bravo!"; "there’s a lucidity and a fluidity here that keep you hooked... choreography works wonders in a small space" ★★★★; "directed with imagination, insight and compassion" ★★★★★; "an interpretation like you have never seen before... an unmissable production" ★★★★★; "ambitious, inventive and bursting with talent... fresh and exciting"; "stellar performances ★★★★★"; "exuberant, dynamic yet intimate", "incredible performances by the eighteen-strong cast"; great verve and seemingly boundless energy" ★★★★★. |
| 24 Jun | Review of New Era Players' Only Connect "an evening of delightful short plays... a thoroughly engaging evening with strong direction" - Newbury Wekly News. |
| 21 Jun | Reviews of Compton Players' The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde "a gritty and gripping triumph... Compton Players have pulled off something ambitious and impressive" - Freelance Arts; "gothic allegorical tale of moral corruption... striking set design and atmospheric lighting... compelling viewing" - Newbury Weekly News. |
| 14 Jun | Boxford Masques' 25th anniversary production is The Healing Tree from 30th July to 3rd August. |
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