Newbury theatre guide
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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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28 May | Reviews of the Watermill's Three Hens in a Boat "very strong performances from all... lots of humour in it and it’s well worth a visit" - Newbury Theatre; "a real gem of a show – a joyful, hilarious yet poignant journey for everyone... warm, sincere, contemporary and very funny" ★★★★★ - thespyinthestalls; "this really is a very funny play" - WokinghamToday. |
26 May | Review of Compton Players' Aphrodite "It’s fantastic to have groups like Compton Players producing work that is not only entertaining, but which also presents challenging contemporary narratives in community spaces. Long may they continue." - NWN; "an enjoyable performance" - ODN |
25 May | An open air production of The Tempest is at Shaw House on 6th July. |
25 May | Kennet Opera are singing Opera Favourites between 7th and 15th June in Shaw, Stockcross and Brimpton. |
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. |
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Auditions and requests for help
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