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

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

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. Our January play will be Jeeves and Wooster In Perfect Nonsense, written by David and Robert Goodale, and based on the characters of P. G. Wodehouse. I’m sure Jeeves and Wooster need no introduction, but this is a relatively recent update/adaptation of these classic characters. Originally written and performed in 2013, this a clever, fast paced and imaginative comedy that’s ver

We are pleased to announce the team that will bring you the first show of our 2023/4 season. PamClaire LawrenceTheresaZoe HuppertSharonEmma ZuccaroBettyBeckie MoirJackieStacy Mason The production team are as follows: DirectorSophie PierceStage ManagerSophie ValellyLighting DesignMatt EdwardsSound DesignBev HamptonCostumesSue De QuidtPropsBob De QuidtProduction ManagerAlan Long The show runs from 7 – 16 September 2023 at Wokingham Theatre, and tickets are now on sale.

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. Christmas at Grimley Hall is a spooky comedy written by our very own Martin Kempton. This will be an exciting project with the opportunity to work with a brand-new script and to bring this funny, ghostly play to the stage and be the first cast to premier it. Christmas is the perfect time for ghost stories and this is a modern, funny ghost story with mysterious twists and turns

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 second play in the new 2023-24 season will be A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin, directed by Lloyd White. Based on a real life incident, A Few Good Men tells the story of the investigation into and court martial of two United States marines accused of murder, when their attempt to discipline one of their own underperforming comrades goes fatally wrong. Duri