TOP FLIGHT Productions present : “Choice Grenfell”

TOP FLIGHT Productions present:

“Choice Grenfell”

Friday 11th-Saturday 12th March at 7.30 pm

Tickets: Adults £15 Students £10

This show celebrates the life of Joyce Grenfell and provides a unique view into her life through the eyes of her much respected friend and musical director William Blezard

 

Alice In Wonderland

Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

23rd-27th November 2021

Adapted and Directed by Graham Botterill

Tickets: adults £16, children/students £10.

The Nomad Theatre proudly presents a celebration of Mr Lewis Carroll’s enchanting fantasy – a splendid time is guaranteed for all!

Join us for our family-friendly adaptation of the classic story of Alice, a little girl who falls down a rabbit hole one summer afternoon. On her journey into Wonderland, she’ll meet many new friends, and see some extraordinary sights.

This production is brought to you by the NODA award-winning team who produced A Christmas Carol in 2019.

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Living Together

Living Together by Alan Ayckbourn

14-18th September 2021 at 7:30 pm

Tickets: adults £14, students £10.

Directed by Danny Sparkes

Living Together is the middle play of the ‘Norman Conquests’ by Alan Ayckbourn. Fortunately, each play can be performed independently, although the action takes place over one weekend among the same group of related people.

A common factor is Norman’s inadequate attempts to ‘seduce’ his sister-in-law and brother-in-law’s wife, whilst keeping his own wife happy! This is a comedy that shows just what happens when families misunderstand what is happening under their noses!! The common theme is Norman’s assertion – “but I love you!”

A double-bill: Two Sisters & Dead Man Quotes

A double-bill: 27-31 July 2021 at 8pm

Tickets: adults £12, students £10.

Two Sisters by Caroline Harding

Directed by Moyra Brookes

Sisters Anya and Sonia are goaded into remembering things they’d rather forget, upon discovering an empty coffin in Anya’s lodgings. Twenty-five years before, they both fell in love with the same man. The coffin prompts Anya to tell how, before he died, she tried to protect Sonia from discovering the truth about André…

This production of Two Sisters is an amateur production by arrangement with Stagescripts Ltd.

Dead Man Quotes by Daniel Shepherd

Directed by Daniel Shepherd

Daniel saw this play write itself in a pile of old takeaway menus and unpaid bills. How would you describe a person’s life, a stranger’s, when all you saw of them was their preference for fast food and the cost of heating? Dead Man Quotes is a dark comedy, exploring who we are and what we leave behind; whether it’s razz mags, menus or broken gnomes.

Book online now – BOX OFFICE – or call 01483 284747.

All That Glisters – The Nomes

A show by The Nomes

All That Glisters

10th & 11th July 2021 at 3:30pm

Tickets: Adults £6, Children/Students £4

During the Spring Term, we conducted classes online and we’re working together on creating our brand new summer show: ‘All that Glisters’ or Shakespeare meets Hollywood!

The show mixes plots and characters from Shakespeare’s plays with late 20th century stereotypes and Hollywood movie glamour. The characters all dream of movie industry fame and winning gold. Imagine Juliet as a movie starlet, Prospero as a  producer, Caliban as a director, Romeo as a stuntman and the Fairies as an award-winning pop group!

To realise their dreams they journey through storm and peril to Hollywoodland. A fun-packed and original piece of family theatre…

Book now – CLICK HERE FOR BOX OFFICE

Written and Directed by Sammy Swanborough & Matt Findlay

Devised with The Nomes students

Production Manager: Jackie Shearer

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

By Charles Dickens

Adapted and Directed by Graham Botterill

Tuesday 11th to Saturday 15th December at 7.30pm, matinee on Saturday at 2.30pm

Tickets: adults £16, children/students £10 (£12 for adults on the 11th)

Box office: 01483 284747 or Book Online

The famous tale of Ebenezer Scrooge’s journey from miserable miser to generous benefactor, has been a popular feature of Christmas since it was published in 1843. Scrooge’s redemption is prompted by the visitation of a succession of spirits. By turns exciting, terrifying, amusing and always moving; this story is a wonderful prelude to Christmas.

The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold

The Chalk Garden

By Enid Bagnold

Directed by Murray Stephens

Tuesday 13th to Saturday 17th November at 7.45pm in the studio

Tickets: adults £12, children/students £10

A troubled teenage girl lives with her eccentric grandmother, Mrs. St. Maugham, in a big house in Sussex, with a Chalk Garden. When a new governess is hired, partly to keep Laurel’s mother from taking her back, the brittle calm of the household is shaken. Miss Madrigal has no past, and no references; but when Mrs. St Maugham’s old friend the Judge comes to lunch, secrets are revealed and illusions destroyed.

Enid Bagnold’s 1955 play deals with issues that are as relevant now as they were in the 50’s, renewing and rebuilding lives, and above all the need for love, and the need to move on.

It was first performed on Broadway, in 1955. It opened in London in 1956 with Edith Evans and Peggy Ashcroft, and was the most successful play that year, eclipsing both “Look Back in Anger” and “The Deep Blue Sea”. It won numerous awards in Britain and on Broadway, including rave reviews from Kenneth Tynan. It has been revived regularly. There was a run at the Donmar Theatre in 2008, with Margaret Tyzack (her last play) Penelope Wilton and Felicity Jones in her breakthrough role, and it is running at Chichester this year with Penelope Keith. It was also filmed in 1964 starring Edith
Evans, Deborah Carr, Hayley Mills and John Mills.

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing

By William Shakespeare

Directed by Andrew Hamel-Cooke

Tuesday 9th to Saturday 13th October at 7.45pm

Tickets: adults £14, children/students £10 (£12 for adults on the 9th)

A sharply witty romantic comedy – a battle of the sexes. As soldiers memories of conflict give way to a life of parties and masked balls, two fall madly, deeply in love, while another two reignite their own altogether more combative courtship.

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First Club Night of 2023

First Club Night of 2023! 4th March

We will be having  our first club night of 2023 on March 4th. Arrive at 7pm, start at 7.30pm.

There will be all the usual fun with the Raffle, time to socialise with friends and learn about upcoming productions and auditions (we have got some Directors coming along), and book tickets to future shows. Christine Hayward is taking a show to the Edinburgh Fringe this year so come along and hear excerpts from the show. The bar will be open with members pricing and Nibbles will be served. To help us cater please let us know if you are planning to come along by emailing Moyra on [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you on the 4th March!

 

Trivial Pursuits by Frank Vickery

Trivial Pursuits

By Frank Vickery

Directed by Michael Ayres

Wednesday 12 to Saturday 15 September at 7.45pm

Tickets: adults £12, children/students £10

At the summer meeting of the local am dram society, next season’s play is to be announced. The society’s business manager, Nick, runs into trouble, having promised a different show and the plum roles to four different people.

In this comedic look at the world of ‘am-dram’, the audience may find the scenarios of hidden agendas, scores to be settled and all the behind-the-scenes shenanigans which go into a production, a little familiar.

All in all, this play will make you chuckle and chortle, perhaps even raise the odd wry eyebrow or groan! Now, does anyone know how to light a barbecue properly?

A comedic look at the world of amateur dramatics!

  • Derek – Paul Asher

Play In A Week 2018 – Keeping Score

Play In A Week celebrates 20 years in 2018!

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Keeping Score

Directed by Brandon McGuire

Performances 28 July at 7.30 and 29 July at 2.30

Tickets: £13

Book online or call 01483 284747

The Nomads annual week-long project for people with a range of physical and/or learning disabilities. A special play is commissioned each year with a unique part to suit every individual wanting to participate. Not to be missed!

Love Me Slender by Vanessa Brooks

Love Me Slender

By Vanessa Brooks

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Directed by Andrew Hamel-Cooke

Tuesday 10th to Saturday 14th July at 7.30pm

Tickets: adults £14, students £10

Box office: 01483 284747 or book online

A perceptive and comedic look at a modern issue… Siobhan, the ‘Achiever of the Year’ inspires her hopeful new recruits in the Slim For Life dieting club. Siobhan has lost seven stone, found a new self, a fulfilling job and a wonderful husband. Now, she encourages others to achieve the same.

These are seven very contrasting women – Siobhan, the leader of the group and a total control freak, who struts around the stage in her ‘Achiever of the Year’ banner and her ever faithful Kelly, quiet and deep and heading for disaster from the moment the play opens. Claudette the Liverpudlian, with an obsession for food, attractive, confident and loud, who is the exact opposite of Rosie, the dowdy and lank-haired loser. There is Lucinda, who feels far more at home with a large gin and tonic, is sophisticated , smart and could organise any office in the city. Celia is a jolly hockey sticks lady and everybody’s friend with a perfect marriage, or so we are lead to believe, initially, and Jean who is being ripped off by Siobhan and cannot afford to be.

The cast

  • Siobhan – Moyra Brookes
  • Claudette – Cheryl Chamberlain
  • Rosie – Laura Spalding
  • Lucinda – Sarah Gage
  • Celia – Susan Monteregge
  • Jean – Nikky Kirkup
  • Kelly –  Emily Ingold

“A Right Royal Romance” in association with BLOS

In association with Bookham Light Operatic Society

A Right Royal Romance

A concert of romantic songs from the shows to celebrate the Royal wedding, presented to you by BLOS!

Musical Director: Selena Hegarty

Thursday 17 to Saturday 19 May at 7.30

Tickets: £12 – call 01483 284747 or book online.

With songs from composers such as Andrew Lloyd Webber, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, Gilbert and Sullivan, Franz Lehár, Leonard Bernstein.

Enjoy hearing musical numbers from the shows you love… Oklahoma, Les Miserables, The Phantom of The Opera, Patience, My Fair Lady, Half a Sixpence, Ruddigore, Kiss Me Kate and more!

Box office: 01483 284747 or www.ticketsource.co.uk/nomadtheatre

Showtime Singalong – with The Duffers & Gruffers Choir

Showtime Singalong – with The Duffers & Gruffers Choir

Saturday 24th March 2018 at 7:30pm

In aid of Play In A Week 2018

Presenting songs from their favourite shows, the D&G Choir and their Musical Director, Martin Hall invite you to join them in a “Showtime Singalong” featuring songs from Oliver, My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, Oklahoma, Carousel and many more.

You’ll have the words so you can join in a much or as little as you like. There will also be a selection pf special performances for you to sit back and enjoy!

This evening is open to everyone and will be raising funds for Play In A Week’s 20th anniversary production in 2018.

Tickets £12 via the box office on 01483 284747 or www.ticketsource.co.uk/nomadtheatre

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About Play In A Week

Play In A Week is the Nomads annual week-long project for people with a range of physical and/or learning disabilities.
It enables actors with learning and/or physical disability to enjoy the magic and benefits of participating in a show and putting on 2 public performances every summer in our fully equipped and accessible modern theatre.

To achieve this, a cast of around 50 performers are backed by over 60 volunteers and specialist professionals. A special play is commissioned each year with a unique part to suit every individual wanting to participate.

New songs and music are composed, and dances choreographed to fit the script. Personal achievements since 1999 are both inspiring and humbling. Accessing performing arts and being part of this very special company has amazing benefits for our participants and volunteers, as well as providing great entertainment for our audiences!

Funding for this project comes primarily from donations and fundraising events which run throughout the year.

Freewheelers Easter Showcase

Freewheelers Easter Showcase

Wednesday 21st March @ 7.30pm

Tickets: £12
Concessions: £6
Carers go free – please contact the box office
Limited Wheelchair spaces available – please contact the box office

 

Join Freewheelers at our Easter Showcase for an evening of Dance, Drama, Film and Music, presented by our weekly workshop groups. From incredible improvised dances to hilarious Roman radio plays and live musical medleys, our creative programme promises to entertain!

Freewheelers work with disabled and non-disabled artists using theatre, dance, film, music and animation. We achieve high production standards, alongside a person-centred approach. We entertain, innovate, collaborate and challenge perceptions. We surprise people.

Box office: 01483 284747

Our box office is open on Saturday’s 10.30am – 12 noon. At all other times, please leave a voicemail with your name and telephone number, clearly stating your requirements and we will call you back.

Online box office: www.ticketsource.co.uk/nomadtheatre