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Keep up to date with the latest from WT, including details about auditions, reviews, and theatre news below.

AUDITION NOTICE: Christmas At Grimley Hall

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

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AUDITION NOTICE: A Few Good Men

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

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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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AUDITION NOTICE: Curtain Up!

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. We’re giving you a sneak preview of the first of the new season’s shows, which will be holding some auditions before our 2023-24 season is announced on Friday 21st April. Peter Quilter’s Curtain Up! will be our September show, directed by Sophie Pierce. Imagine a group of people, all absolutely dedicated to ensuring the success of a local theatre incredibly close

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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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AUDITION NOTICE: Shakespeare in Love

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. Please note that these auditions are now closed. Synopsis We are about to hold a read-through and auditions for Shakespeare In Love, by Lee Hall, which is the final play of our 2022/23 Season. It will be performed 20th to 29th July. The play, with music, follows the fortunes of a young Will Shakespeare as he seeks to improve his work, his love life, and his inances.

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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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AUDITION NOTICE: Ding Dong

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 We will be holding auditions in January for Ding Dong by Marc Camoletti. Bernard has discovered that his wife, Jacqueline, is having an affair with Robert. Being a reasonable business man, Bernard gives Robert two options to compensate for the affair: either he will sleep with Robert’s wife in order to keep things even, or he will have him killed. A hilarious Fre

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