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Find out about theatre events coming up in and around Newbury and West Berkshire, reaching out to Oxford, Basingstoke and Reading. Follow us on X (Twitter): @NewburyTheatre. Email us at

Posters of forthcoming productions, audition notices and requests for help are belowBelow

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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

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You can search for reviews of previous productions - there are more than 1000 pages of them in the Archive!

Latest news

Date Item
17 MarKingston Bagpuize Drama Group's next production from 24th to 26th April is Le Grand Return by Alan Stockdill, a gentle comedy drama.
9 MarRabble Theatre are presenting The RABBLE Dazzle on 28th March at the Reading Hilton Hotel and Bloody Wimmin on 4th April at Reading University.

Now and coming soon

Newbury Youngstars - Sister Act JrNewbury YoungStars' next production from 28th to 29th March is Sister Act Jr, an uplifting musical comedy based on the hit film and Broadway show. When disco diva Deloris Van Cartier witnesses a crime, she’s hidden in a convent – the last place she ever expected to be. Her bold spirit clashes with the strict Mother Superior, but soon Deloris brings her unique flair to the convent’s struggling choir, filling the community with joy and discovering the true power of sisterhood.

Rabble Theatre - Bloody WimminRabble Theatre are presenting Bloody Wimmin on 4th April at Reading University.The protests at Greenham Common were a political landmark of the 1980s but are now being forgotten or simply invisible to many younger people. Lucy Kirkwood’s short play puts us right into the heart of the peace camp with its petty rivalries and wonderful camaraderie and then sweeps us forward 25 years to a London Climate Camp. Funny, tense, and touching, the play explores the cost of protest, the power of individual and collective action, the legacy of Greenham and the culture of protest itself.

Kingston Bagpuize - Le Grand ReturnKingston Bagpuize Drama Group's next production from 24th to 26th April is Le Grand Return by Alan Stockdill, a gentle comedy drama about love, remembrance, war and peace. Set in 1994 at the 50th anniversary of D Day (which took place during the Second World War). Tommy, Alf and Edwin are incarcerated in Coldrick Nursing Home. Will Tommy with his dodgy ticker be able to make it to the 50th D Day anniversary in France or not?

Corn Exchange - The BaddiesFreckle Productions are bringing The Baddies to life at Newbury Corn Exchange from 27th to 29th May. It's a wickedly hilarious adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s smash-hit story. Meet the very worst Baddies in the world! Don’t you dare to come too close to a witch, a troll and an ancient ghost! The Baddies love being bad. They roar, spook and cast wicked spells to try and scare a girl out of her wits… who will succeed? Or perhaps the girl is braver than they think… A laugh-out-loud riot for all the family.

Auditions and requests for help

New Era - backstage help wantedNew Era Players (Newbury) want backstage helpers.

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