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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...

We’ll Sing Once More... Since lockdown was imposed upon us, I have craved the escapism of theatre more than ever. I have missed seeing shows, both amateur and professional, more than I could ever imagine - and in times of need, like many, I look to theatre for comfort.  The...

For many amateur theatre groups and companies 2020 started off as usual with a calendar of performances planned for the forthcoming year. Our first venture was Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None” to be staged on 19th to 21st March at the 300 seat South Mill Arts (formerly Rhodes)...

“Oh what a beautiful morning... oh what a beautiful day”...it may not be Sunshine on Leith but here in Norfolk Me and My girl have been busy every day from 9 to 5.  After a good and hearty Breakfast (At Tiffanys), we enjoyed working hard to the Sound of Music...

Attleborough Players regard themselves a ‘theatre family’ and like all families they are missing each other a lot during these times. Lockdown blues is not in their repertoire and to prove it go to the link below and enjoy their contribution to uplifting the Coronavirus  Sophie Garrod told NODA that...