• Relatively Speaking: The Mill at Sonning (Tue 18 May to Fri 30 Jul).
• The Last Abbot of Reading: Rabble Theatre reviews below (Fri 11 Jun to Sat 3 Jul).
• Four Quartets: Oxford Playhouse (Mon 14 Jun to Sat 26 Jun).
• Daisy Pulls It Off: New Era Players (Thu 17 Jun to Sat 26 Jun).
• Rotterdam: Progress Theatre (Wed 23 Jun to Fri 25 Jun).
• As You Like It: Watermill Theatre (Thu 24 Jun to Sat 24 Jul).
• A Dog's Tale: Micron Theatre Company (Thu 1 Jul).

Rain & Shine have an outdoor production of She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith at the Old Church House, Wantage on 24th June.
It’s the 18th century. Kate Hardcastle is a young lady fixed up to meet the eligible Marlow with a view to marriage. Marlow is a young gent who is tongue-tied with the upper classes and downright lecherous with commoners. So when Marlow is tricked into believing Kate’s ancestral home is a country inn, and mistakes Kate for a lowly barmaid what could possibly go wrong? Plenty!

Mikron Theatre Company are back touring the waterways of England.
With no performances possible last year, they’re back with 80 this year, a reduction from their usual 130. Performances in our area are:
A Dog’s Tale, 1st July, 19:30 at Minal Cricket Pavilion near Marlborough
A Dog’s Tale, 28th July, 19:30 at The Rowbarge, Woolhampton
Atalanta Forever, 31st July, 19:30 at Goring Lock
Atalanta Forever, 1st August, 17:00 at Caversham Court, Reading
A Dog’s Tale, 3rd August, 19:30 at Long Wittenham
Atalanta Forever, 11th August, 19:30 at the Plough Inn, Oxford
All performances must be booked in advance.

This year’s Boxford Masque takes place from 28th July to 1st August at Boxford Rec, RG20 8DD. The inspiration for it was the uncovering of a very rare Roman mosaic in Boxford. The Masque will feature a huge community cast of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, and will be produced by a professional theatre team. It will whisk you on a crazy image-packed journey into the land of mosaics, myths and monsters where ancient stories will become real and our modern world melts into the marvellous past.

Reading's Rabble Theatre are premiering a new play by Newbury's Beth Flintoff: The Last Abbot of Reading from 11th June to 3rd July in Reading Abbey ruins. It's about Hugh Faringdon, Henry VIII and the ruin of Reading Abbey.
Reviews: "this atmospheric, strongly acted show is a model of theatre rooted in and illuminating its locality" - Guardian; "strong performances and an atmospheric setting elevate this detailed depiction of the Dissolution of the Monasteries" - The Stage.

Progress Theatre's Abbey Ruins Open Air Shakespeare production this year is Romeo and Juliet from 14th to 24th July.

Miracle Theatre from Cornwall are bringing their outdoor touring production of Starcrazy to Ogbourne Maizey near Marlborough on 14th July.
October 1957: the world lives in fear of nuclear war, Russia has launched Sputnik 1, UFOs are cropping up everywhere, MI5 is on high alert and Stanley is building something in his garden shed. He may live in suburbia but, in his mind, Stanley is voyaging through outer space. He hopes to make contact with other life forms. His neighbour, Gwen, thinks he should be exploring the unknown much closer to home… A cosmic comedy about obsession and the rekindling of love, hope and possibility.

See What's on for a list of everything.

Strangers is a new online film from theSpaceUK. Written by local writer Nick Card and starring local actors Emily Browne and Steve Schollar it tells a dark tale of when two strangers meet by chance. Desperate circumstances lead to desperate action that result in a shocking revelation.

Daisy Pulls It Off is a jolly romp from New Era Players in the style of the old Angela Brazil books for girls, set in a boarding school in the 1920/30s. Though scorned by some of the girls because of her humble roots, Daisy Meredith sets out with her best friend to find the school treasure. After many trials and tribulations, all comes good. This is an outdoor performance at Shaw House between 17th and 26th June.

Sinodun Players return to the stage with The Wind in the Willows at Wallingford Corn Exchange from 14th to 17th July. It's one of the all-time great animal stories and a true classic of children’s literature. It introduces us to Mole, Rat, Badger and – of course – the irrepressible Toad. Will Toad get out of prison and find his way home? And can his friends help him to save Toad Hall?