We’re thrilled to announce details of Wokingham Theatre’s upcoming 2024/5 Season. Returning Artistic Director Alan Long writes: WT continues to go from strength to strength, and I’m delighted to introduce you to our new season, offering my thanks to the team who have supported putting this season together: Sophie Pierce, Jeremy Radburn, Jack Atkinson-Joy, Janice Everett, Matthew Edwards, and Sue De Quidt. There is always a challenge in finding eight plays that will appeal to members, existing and new, plus audiences, too – I’m confident we have a fantastic season ahead

If you are a new member, or know someone who is thinking of joining, our next ‘Access All Areas’ Theatre Tour will be on Saturday 22nd June 2024 at 2pm. This is an opportunity to have a look round the theatre, meet other members and see what’s going on and what’s coming up. It’s also an ideal opportunity to see what is involved in all the Front Of House, Technical, and Back-Stage roles that we are always looking for volunteers for – maybe there is an area that you would like to be involved with ? For further information contact Rachel Pearson at RachelP@woki

WT is committed to being a diverse and open organisation. Auditions are open to anyone, regardless of background or experience, and we particularly welcome those who have been traditionally under-represented in theatre. The Game’s Afoot is a fast-paced comedy mystery with razor sharp dialogue and larger than life characters. It is set in 1936 and centres around William Gillette, the actor/ playwright who made his name playing Sherlock Holmes for many years in the early part of the 20th century. He invites his actor friends to his mansion near New York for Christmas. There is, of course, a mur

WT is committed to being a diverse and open organisation. Auditions are open to anyone, regardless of background or experience, and we particularly welcome those who have been traditionally under-represented in theatre. The Dresser is a wonderfully affectionate, irreverent, touching and intelligent play about the theatre. Set in the days of the tradition of the actor-manager – often a tyrannical figure, who demanded hard work, devotion and loyalty from the members of his company. The play revolves around the central relationship between ‘Sir’ an ageing actor-manager and his long-sufferin

WT is committed to being a diverse and open organisation. Auditions are open to anyone, regardless of background or experience, and we particularly welcome those who have been traditionally under-represented in theatre. The 􏰀irst play of our next Season will be Entertaining Angels by Richard Everett in September, and auditions are being held later this month. As a clergy wife, Grace has spent a lifetime on her best behaviour. Now, following the death of her husband Bardolph , she is enjoying the new found freedom to do and say exactly as she pleases. But the return of her eccent

WT is committed to being a diverse and open organisation. Auditions are open to anyone, regardless of background or experience, and we particularly welcome those who have been traditionally under-represented in theatre. A comedy by Noel Coward, described by the author as ‘an improbable farce in thee acts’. Novelist Charles Condomine invites the eccentric Medium and Clairvoyant, Madam Arcati to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires however, when the ghost of Condomine’s first wife, Elvera, comes back causing disruption and ghostly unres

WT is committed to being a diverse and open organisation. Auditions are open to anyone, regardless of background or experience, and we particularly welcome those who have been traditionally under-represented in theatre. Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling is a hysterical, heart-warming, iconic play. Set in the fictional north-western Louisiana parish of Chinquapin, the play follows the trials and tribulations of six fierce and sassy women as they set the world to rights in their small-town, bustling beauty salon. The characters use humour and light-hearted conversations, expressed in their “wond

WT is committed to being a diverse and open organisation. Auditions are open to anyone, regardless of background or experience, and we particularly welcome those who have been traditionally under-represented in theatre. Synopsis Jean Brodie’s progressive approach to education comes to create friction with the more conventional school life at Marcia Blaine. Set in Edinburgh in the 1930’s the play follows the relationships between Brodie and her chosen set of girls as well as with some of her fellow staff members. In ‘her prime’ Brodie is magniicent but in the end ‘the establishment’ will prevai

We are pleased to announce the cast and crew for our December 2023 show. Cast: RoseKatie WebsterHenryAlexander MackintoshFrankAlan LongShirleyRachel PearsonGriffithsLloyd WhiteMiss TushBecky RobertsJaneEleanor BukhtJoeAndy Barrett Production Team: DirectorFiona RogersProduction ManagerSteve JoyStage ManagerSophie VallelyLighting DesignMartin KemptonLighting Rigging & OperationBob De QuidtAndrew CooperNeil GoodhandSound Design & OperationJohn GoldLiz SuttonSound & Music CompositionHope LawrenceCostumeSue De QuidtPropsBob De QuidtSet DesignMartin KemptonRehearsal PromptVron Kempton T

Thank you to all who auditioned. The cast is as follows: Washington DCLieutenant Daniel A. KaffeeDave WoodLieutenant Commander Joanne GallowayClare BrayLieutenant Sam WeinbergIoan HavardLieutenant Jack RossChris WestgateCaptain Isaac WhitakerAustin MarshallCaptain Julius ‘Judge’ RandolphAustin MarshallGuantanamo BayLieutenant Colonel Nathan R. JessepTim HarlingFirst Lieutenant Jonathan James KendrickSimon RobsonCaptain Matthew A. MarkinsonSteve HallLance Corporal Harold W. DawsonMatthew OxleyPrivate Louden DowneyDan EdwardsCommander Walter StoneRobin NewellMulti-rolePrivate William T Santiago