Edward Albee’s modern classic, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is coming to Wokingham Theatre for the first time this Spring.  Set in one night, in one living room, in the 1960s, the play tells the story of a college professor George, and his wife, Martha, who have just returned home drunk from a party. They are joined for a nightcap by newlyweds Nick and Honey; he, the opportunistic new college professor and she, his seemingly naive new bride.  Drinks flow. Inhibitions melt. And secrets are revealed. We’ve sat down with director Sophie Earle-Thorpe to hear what audiences have in sto

As the final preparations are underway for our March production, we sit down with Director Hedda Bird to hear what we can expect from Laura Wade’s comedy, based on Jane Austen’s unfinished novel The Watsons. First of all, without giving too much away, tell us what The Watsons is about? It starts clearly as an adaptation of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel – The Watsons. The play explores the same themes that Austen continually examined – the imperative to marry for love as well as financial security, and young women’s desire to be seen and heard, within the context of the period.&nbs

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