• The King's Speech: Watermill Theatre Reviews (Fri 20 Sep to Sat 2 Nov).
• The Whistling: The Mill at Sonning (Fri 27 Sep to Sat 16 Nov).
• Breath of Spring: Sinodun Players (Tue 15 Oct to Sat 19 Oct).
• Windrush Secret: Corn Exchange (Wed 16 Oct).
• Spygame: Mortimer Dramatic Society (Fri 18 Oct to Sat 19 Oct).
• The Lion and the Unicorn: Arlington Arts Centre (Sat 19 Oct).
• The Invitation: Russell Players (Sat 19 Oct to Wed 23 Oct).
• Gormenghast: Oxford Theatre Guild (Tue 22 Oct to Sun 27 Oct).
• Spygame: Mortimer Dramatic Society (Wed 23 Oct).
• Rock of Ages: Reading Operatic Society (Wed 23 Oct to Sat 26 Oct).
• Dracula: Compton Players (Thu 24 Oct to Sat 26 Oct).
• Lark Rise to Candleford: HAODS (Thu 24 Oct to Sat 26 Oct).
• Spygame: Mortimer Dramatic Society (Fri 25 Oct to Sat 26 Oct).

See What's on for a list of everything.

New Era Players invite you to our Improv in Drama sessions. Maybe you quite fancy trying your hand at drama, but don’t want to learn lines or face an audience? This could be just the spontaneous, fun and friendly activity for you! Sessions are fortnightly on Mondays at the New Era Theatre, Andover Road, Wash Common, Newbury RG14 6NU. Come and join us from 7-8pm, sessions are free for members and £3 for non-members. Please contact the organiser, Neil, rather than just turning up as dates are sometimes subject to change. For more information please contact Neil Taylor on 07761 061545 or email

Compton Players' next production at the end of October is Dracula. The popularity of Bram Stoker’s 1897 horror romance is as eternal as any vampire. Its enduring appeal has seen countless film and stage adaptations, and more than a century after it first appeared in print Compton Players present a new adaptation to delight and terrify their audience.

Mortimer Dramatic Society's dinner-theatre production between 18th and 26th October has woven “an intense web of deceit, intrigue and secrets”. Prospective contestants for a TV reality show gather in a country house, aiming to win a large cash prize, but only if they survive the rigours of the ultimate Spygame.

Russell Players' next production between 19th and 23rd October in Swallowfield is The Invitation. This light-hearted play is a familiar bride-to-be situation with the bride-to-be struggling to get the wedding she wants despite having an over-enthusiastic and over-helpful mother. Eve is working hard on her wedding day plans which seem to involve doing everything her mother wants regardless of how Eve feels about it. Eventually, Eve’s creativity takes over, and the plans change in rather surprising ways.

Kingston Bagpuize Drama Group's next production from 28th to 30th November is Calendar Girls. When Annie's husband John dies of leukaemia, she and her best friend Chris resolve to raise money for a new settee in the local hospital waiting room. With varying levels of encouragement, they persuade four friends and fellow members of the Women’s Institute to pose nude with them for an "alternative" calendar. .

New Era Players' next production between 28th November and 7th December is Boeing-Boeing, a frantically funny and fast-paced farce, The action is set in the late 1950s and follows the exploits of American lothario Bernard, who has three fiancées, all stewardesses with different airlines. He likes to think he has ‘one on the ground, one about to take off and one in the air’, but his bachelor bliss is about to come crashing down as faster jets bring changes to the schedules, upsetting his carefully managed love life. This is a play that manages to take off from its 50s time zone and entertain you with timeless comedy.

New Era Players (Newbury) want backstage helpers.