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NODA North wishes to extend to Emma Scott our regional editor and Joe Coulson our warmest congratulations on their wedding today. May you have a long life and happiness throughout.

  Hello everyone!   Another month gone! And another month closer to our North West Regional awards event – very exciting. I can’t wait to meet so many of you face-to-face at the youth awards on the 30th April. It’ll be a brilliant night to celebrate our fantastic regional talent.  ...

Financial Controller Due to the imminent departure of the current post holder NODA is looking to appoint a new Financial Controller. Founded in 1899 NODA is the national body that represents amateur theatre with a membership of over 2000 societies across the UK. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer (COO),...

NODA NW Regional Awards and AGM - THE WAIT IS OVER! We are THRILLED to be able to - finally - announce to you all the dates of our 2022 regional awards, dinners & AGM. We can't deny that all of us on the NODA North West committee hoped you'd...

Hello everyone!    I hope that you have had a lovely February and haven’t been too soaked by the glorious weather that has been sweeping the North West. It’s time for another NODA NW Youth update, looking at some things that have been going on, and coming up in the...

As we fastly approach April and our Gala Weekend, which I am very pleased we are able to have "in person" this year instead of via Zoom, I thought I would send out the AGM papers. You will see attached are the minutes from last year's AGM which was conducted...

Whether or not a panto, play or musical is in production, there’s rarely a time of year when the Hockwold Amateur Theatrical Society (HATS) in Norfolk is ‘resting’. Especially since 2018 -- when Sue Perry, a HATS management committee member, developed and ran with an idea for an entertainment programme...

On the 17th September a rare and highly prized honour was bestowed on one of Bedfordshire’s flagship drama groups when The Sharnbrook Mill Theatre Trust was awarded The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service by HM The Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire, Helen Nellis. Equivalent to an MBE, it is the highest...

Chelmsford Theatre Workshop at The Old Court Theatre, became one of the first amateur groups in the east of England to stage a production in 18 months. We started rehearsals for Ladies Down Under in March 2020 but had to suspend them as lockdown began. Rehearsals resumed in July once restrictions had eased...

Comberton Players Youth was started in May 2020. Previously our young people had been involved in our annual pantomime, mostly as chorus members and smaller named parts, but COVID prompted the start of some online workshops for our young people. Our first sessions were online play readings, which provided structure...