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Cast Announcement : Christmas At Grimley Hall

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

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Cast Announcement: A Few Good Men

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

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Cast Announcement: Curtain Up!

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.

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Our 2023/4 Season

We’re thrilled to announce details of Wokingham Theatre’s upcoming 2023/2024 Season. Returning Artistic Director Alan Long writes: It’s a great challenge and honour to put together a season at Wokingham Theatre, and this season is no exception! I’m incredibly proud of the season ahead, representing a mix that I hope will appeal to audiences old and new. My thanks go to my diligent team of script readers who have assisted over the past few months: Steve Hall, Sophie Vallely, Gemma Burgess, Kim Sanderson, and Thomas Atkinson-Joy, along with WT’s company secretary,

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Cast Announcement: Shakespeare in Love

We’re delighted to announce the cast for our epic summer production of Shakespeare in Love. Thank you to all those who joined us for the readthrough and auditions, and congratulations to the cast! Will ShakespeareChris WestgateViola De LessepsElysia CarrollHensloweJulian HirstWessexDave WoodNurseLisa RenalsFennymanAlan LongNed AlleynSteve HallRalphAlex DaykinKit MarloweChris HillebrandtBurbageJeremy RadburnWebsterBecca TizzardSamOli LeesTilneyMartin KemptonQueen ElizabethMel HampshirePeter / ValentineAlexander WhennellNolBailey HainesWabashNeil HodgsonSir Robert De LessepsMike WattBoatma

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Cast Announcement: Ding Dong

We’re delighted to announce the cast for our June show, the hilarious farce Ding Dong by Marc Camoletti. Bernard MarcellinLloyd WhiteRobert RegnierStu HayllorMarie-LouiseBecky RobertsJacqueline MarcellinEmma CarverBarbaraCharlotte DruryJuliette RegnierHeather MacEachern The creative team is as follows. DirectorFiona RogersProduction ManagersSteve JoyHayley CrouchStage ManagerRachel PearsonSet DesignFiona RogersCostume leadMary RutterfordPropsMaria ThorpeLighting Design And OperationNeil GoodhandBecca TizzardSound DesignLiz SuttonSound OperationLiz SuttonSteve JoyRehearsal ContinuitySteve

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Cast Announcement: Flare Path

The team for our April / May production of Terrence Rattigan’s wartime classic Flare Path are announced below. Cast Countess SkriczevinskyClare BrayMrs OakesPenny DixonPeter KyleMurray LindoSergeant MillerAlex DaykinPercyJoseph ReaCount SkriczevinskyVladimirs LazzrevsFlight Lieutenant GrahamMitchell ThorpePatricia GrahamGemma BurgessMrs Maudie MillerSally RowlandsonSquadron Leader SwansonJonathan Boulding Creative Team DirectorMargery JacksonProduction ManagerDavid AndrewsStage ManagerSophie VallelyASMKim SandersonLighting DesignNigel Lawson DickSound DesignJohn GoldCostumeSue DaykinProp

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Cast Announcement: Things I Know to be True

The actors and creative team for our March production of Things I Know to be True have been announced. Cast FranRachel PearsonBobPeter O’ SullivanRosieSophie EarlePipClea IqbalBenJack MartinMarkThomas Atkinson-Joy Creative Team DirectorJerry RadburnProduction ManagerJanice EverettStage ManagerKim SandersonLighting DesignMartin KemptonLighting OperationBob De QuidtSound DesignAlan JasperCostumeSue De QuidtSet DesignMartin Kempton / Jerry RadburnChoreographyChloé Collins Tickets are currently on sale for WT members and go on general sale on 1st January 2023.

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Updates to the WT Board

Following the EGM on 15th November, we’re delighted to announce Alan Long will continue as Artistic Director his second season, and that preparations will soon begin for our 2023/4 season. Also elected to the board are two new Non-Executive Directors – John Gold and Beverly Hampton. For more information on how WT is managed, please see our Governance page.

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A statement in light of the death of Her Majesty

Thursday 8th September As a mark of respect for the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Wokingham Theatre will be closed tonight, and this evening’s performance (8th September) of A Bunch of Amateurs cancelled. We will also be closed on the day of Her Majesty’s funeral. We will be in contact with all patrons affected by the closure in due course, offering refunds or seats for an alternative performance where possible. — The Wokingham Theatre Board

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