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“No is not an option” – why societies should consider a relaxed performance. Relaxed performances are nothing new in the theatre world but for many amateur societies the thought of not conforming to the technical requirements of a particular script or the idea of people calling out, commenting loudly or...

The Digswell Players have made a valiant effort to keep their members and followers entertained during Covid by performing a murder mystery over a period of three episodes on YouTube. Written and produced by Mary Portalska, it has proved to be a hit with viewers. Mary started writing this murder...

So what did you do during lockdown…. endless puzzles? read a ton of books? Cleared out the house/shed/garage? …. while many of us agonised or got lost in box sets and Netflix.... two talented men with time and furlough on their hands... found a way of getting back together to...

2020 will be the first time in 52 years that The Lowestoft Players haven't performed their annual pantomime, so we thought we would take a nostalgic look back at over 50 years of Pantomime Magic to remember what we are missing in our 'GRAND FINALE' Gallery: The Players have been...

In November 1920, an event took place that was to bring a profound change in the theatre scene of Chelmsford. A public meeting at the town’s Corn Exchange in Tindal Square led to the formation of the Chelmsford Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society (CAODS) which is now celebrating 100 years...

Cast & Crew Theatre Workshop, the Canvey based amateur theatre group, usually performs three live productions each year, but 2020 was a year to change all of that. It was a year that made us all think differently if we wanted to come together as a group as well as...

My name is Hayley Hope and I belong to The Phoenix Players Drama Group in Luton. I have been involved in amateur theatre since the age of 7.  The show that ignited my passion was Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. My late father was playing the drums and I...

By DeeDee Doke Matthew Attwood knows something about seizing opportunities.  At 22, the winner of NODA East District 4S’s Best Technical Production Award 2020, has written a full-length pantomime, directed it and even had to play the lead villain when the person originally cast in the role had to drop...

MURDER ON THE TUBE! In times like these; YouTube has been a hit when it comes to ‘premier’ entertainment, but, ‘Murder’ ?  Well, yes as it happens, and a jolly good job was made of it too by Digswell Players, whose production of their interactive online murder mystery ‘Murder at...