DRAMA/MUSICALS
Brace yourselves for the most sensational and uproarious rollercoaster ride into the world of love, laughter, and 80s tunes as Shiplake College proudly presents ‘The Wedding Singer: The Musical’! Get ready to be transported back to the era of big hair, shoulder pads, and neon lights, as our vibrant cast brings to life the heartwarming […]
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“The great problem with life is that you can get from one end of it to the other without ever feeling that another human being ever truly knew you”. The Silence of Snow: The Life of Patrick Hamilton is a riveting, kinetic solo show which vividly portrays the life of one of the great English writers of the […]
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Coppers and Gold! A double bill of short comedies from veteran performers Kate Stafford and Nicholas Collett, based on the infamous Brinks-Mat robbery of 1983 when £26 million was stolen and never recovered. ‘Coppers’ is set in a fictional Home Office, where the Minister and the Chief of Police grapple with the embarrassment of having […]
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By Charles Dickens – adapted by the Acorn Music Theatre Company Immerse yourself in the Victorian Christmas tale of Ebenezer Scrooge as we travel in time with the ghosts of past, present and future. With Tiny Tim’s life at stake, Scrooge visits seminal moments of his life, but will he change his ways in time […]
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CECIL BEATON’S DIARIES Direct from Brits Off Broadway 2023 For the first time, the diaries of photographer and designer Sir Cecil Beaton come to the stage, to accompany his most iconic images. Beaton’s photographs showed his versatility; his diaries exposed the cost. Even his triumphant designs for My Fair Lady never stopped his doubts. And […]
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“Shelton Sizzles As Sinatra… His mannerisms, his repartee with the audience, his velvety voice, are all incredible.” Hollywood Fringe 2023 – Bonnie Priever, Curtain Up “… an astonishing performance of one of the greatest icons of our age… Richard Shelton’s performance is mesmerizing, emotional, tender and utterly real… if you love Sinatra and honestly, who […]
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‘Where Is Mrs Christie?’ starring Liz Grand Agatha Christie was one of the greatest thriller writers of all time and certainly the most prolific. In 1926, she was at the centre of a mystery as perplexing as any of her fiction, a series of events which sparked one of the biggest and most extensive police […]
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The comedy genius, Mel Brooks, adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation – Young Frankenstein! Grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced “Fronk-en-steen”) inherits his family’s estate in Transylvania. With the help of a hunchbacked sidekick, Igor (pronounced “Eye-gore”), and a leggy lab assistant, Inga (pronounced normally), Frederick finds himself in […]
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Ageing Hollywood action hero Jefferson Steele is looking forward to reviving his career by acting with the likes of Kenneth Branagh and Judi Dench in a production of King Lear at the birthplace of Shakespeare, Stratford-upon-Avon. What he hasn’t counted on is that the production is actually being staged in Stratford St John, a sleepy […]
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Isosceles presents Dracula the Panto There’s a Vampire behind you!!!! This is a hilarious spoof of the Dracula story done in glorious Panto style … A bewildering series of costume changes with just 2 performers brings you a Dame, a naughty Count, countless others and great songs too. Fiendish favourites are ‘Bat out of Hell’ ‘Bad […]
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