Wokingham Youth Theatre’s modern retelling of Mary Shelley’s classic gothic horror Frankenstein comes to Wokingham Theatre on Thursday 19 February. Ahead of this play coming to life on our stage, we sat down with Director Indigo Hogg to hear what audiences have in store. Frankenstein has always been a story about creation, ownership, belonging, and consequence. In Rona Munro’s bold feminist adaptation of this gothic classic, these questions are reframed through the woman who first imagined the monster. By placing Mary Shelley at the centre of the action, this version questions not

We’re pleased to share details for our final show of the 2025/26 season, directed by Emma Merchant. Written by Oscar Wilde in 1895, An Ideal Husband bubbles with romance, fashion, and society gossip. But underneath the froth lies a deeper story of political corruption, blackmail, and the dangers of holding people to impossible standards. Wilde’s heartfelt answer to all of these is love and forgiveness. It’s sad, then, and strangely ironic, that An Ideal Husband was to be Wilde’s last successful play before he himself was arrested, prosecuted and imprisoned in Reading G

The first production of 2026 for Wokingham Theatre is Abi Morgan’s Lovesong, a beautiful, modern drama about one couple’s 40 year marriage, told by both their younger and older selves. The play was originally staged by renowned UK physical theatre company, Frantic Assembly, and now is being brought to life on the WT stage by Director Sophie Pierce. We sat down with her to hear what audiences can expect from the first play of the new year. First of all, without giving too much away, what is the play about? Well, put simply, the play is about life and love. It is about one couple’s marriage, in