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
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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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17 May | Rabble Theatre's Preview of William the Conqueror, which was initially scheduled for Reading Gaol, will now take place inside Reading’s St Laurence’s Church, founded 1121, owing to costs associated with safely bringing a public audience into Reading Gaol. |
26 Apr | Russell Players' next production on 17th and 18th May is Two comedy Plays: You Can’t Take It With You and Spy With a View. |
22 Apr | New Era Players' June production is Only Connect: a Trio of Short Plays between 12th and 21st June. |
19 Apr | Reviews of the Watermill's Piaf: 'Now and again, you watch a performance in which the inhabitation of a character is so skilful and deep that you can’t help but think this actor was born to play that part... [Audrey Brisson] lives — and sings with charismatic strength and passion — the role' The Times ★★★★; 'a charismatic tour de force performance' NWN; 'a raw, brave and utterly compelling performance' The Stage ★★★★; 'this is a must-see show' StageTalk Magazine ★★★★; 'Brisson is truly exceptional' WestEndBestFriend ★★★★; 'a stand out production' thespyinthestalls.com★★★★. And lots more. |
19 Apr | Newbury Dramatic Society's next production between 10th and 15th May is Bletchley: Beyond the Gates, a show put together from material tht was first written and performed by people working at Bletchley Park during the war. |
19 Apr | Review of Newbury YoungStars' Sister Act Jr: 'Newbury YoungStars once again pulled a blinder with their production... bringing such pleasure to both cast and audience' NWN. |
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Auditions and requests for help
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