Thursday, February 5, 2015
St James' Church, Reading: Amid the expanding professional theatre sector in Reading rises the town's Between the Lines Theatre Company, here staging its third production since its ince…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:08AMMonday, January 26, 2015
The Mill at Sonning: Aside from an incongruous mix of props such as a laptop, 35mm slide projector and a paper model of Shakespeare's Globe, as well as a few subtle script changes, ther…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:56AMWilde Theatre, South Hill Park, Bracknell: Blackeyed Theatre, known for its acclaimed, challenging productions, has produced some great stuff in the past 10 years as one of Berkshire's …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:44AMWednesday, December 24, 2014
Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell: In creating the atmospheric backstreets of Peking, the qualities of colour, fun and laughter have been mislaid in the opening sequence …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:13AMReading Studio: This adaptation of the famous festive poem marks the beginning of the official Reading Studio and a delightful start to what is sure to be a groundbreaking year for Reading R…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:01AMMonday, December 22, 2014
Anvil Arts, Basingstoke: UK Productions has a wealth of pantomime scripts, sets and costumes, and any theatre buying in to its tried and tested recipes are sure to enjoy a delicious taste of…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:24AMThursday, December 18, 2014
Swan Theatre, High Wycombe: Qdos knows how to stage a good panto and this year's offering at the Wycombe Swan is no exception. Stunning costumes including a fabulous walk-down finale, e…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:27AMFriday, December 12, 2014
Corn Exchange, Newbury: With this Aladdin, the Corn Exchange has out-performed its pantos of previous years. This really is a revelation. The actors are brilliantly cast and Phil Willmott�…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AMFriday, November 28, 2014
The Mill at Sonning, Reading: Also known as Whose Wife is it Anyway?, Out of Order is the more popular and relevant title for this ministerial comedy which sees cabinet minister Richard Will…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:38AMMonday, November 24, 2014
Watermill Theatre, Bagnor: Wendy without Michael and John? Mr Darling without Mrs? Crossing dressing mermaids? One might consider all of this sacrilegious but it could not be more of a salut…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:34AMWednesday, October 15, 2014
Norden Farm Arts Centre, Maidenhead: Steinbeck's novels always leave food for thought and Sam Gayton's poetic adaptation of the novella about Kino the pearl diver is no exception. …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:51PMTuesday, October 14, 2014
Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an actor in possession of a good script must be in want of playing more than one part. And not just the desirable…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:08AMMonday, October 6, 2014
The Mill at Sonning: In the unique surroundings of the Mill at Sonning Dinner Theatre, the five-minute call plunges the diners into darkness and warns them of what is likely to befall them -…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:44PMTuesday, September 30, 2014
Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell: Blackeyed Theatre's resourceful, progressive adaptation of Stephen MacDonald's 1982 First World War poets drama, about the re…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AMWednesday, September 17, 2014
Watermill Theatre, Newbury: With this year's centenary of the First World War, authors such as RC Sherriff, Pat Barker, Sebastian Faulks and Stephen MacDonald are enjoying a revival of …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:21AMMonday, August 4, 2014
Mill, Sonning: Only an Irish playwright could capture so acutely the idiosyncracies of the Irish without causing offence and Dwina Murphy-Gibb covers subjects that could potentially have bla…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:35AMMonday, June 9, 2014
The Mill at Sonning: The UK premiere of Cawood's thriller coincides with a German production in Munich and has been played previously at the English Theatre in Hamburg; so it seems both…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:10AMTuesday, May 27, 2014
Watermill Theatre, Bagnor, Newbury: Even the title gives a sense of foreboding and not having seen the 2008 British comedy film of the same name while admitting to the snobbish propensity of…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:55PMMonday, March 24, 2014
The Mill at Sonning, nr Reading: First produced on Broadway and based on the novel by Elizabeth Von Arnim, Enchanted April enjoys a delightful UK premiere at The Mill at Sonning. It is a bea…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:55AMHaymarket Theatre, Basingstoke : While this production of Sloane is very much a piece of its time (mid-1960s), as reflected by the costume design and speech patterns, director Michael Cabot …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AMTuesday, February 25, 2014
Watermill Theatre, Bagnor, Newbury: A powerful drama such as All My Sons requires a balanced command of the script combined with the ability to steadily raise the bar to emotional heights th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:22PMMonday, January 27, 2014
The Mill at Sonning: Ayckbourn's intrinsically cynical interpretation of humanity is compounded in this inveterate play and, despite some dated references that rather pleasantly reinfor…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:06AMMonday, December 23, 2013
Hexagon Theatre, Reading: This year it is left to Jon Clegg as Simple Simon and Paul Morse as the Dame to inject the excitement. Clegg's impressions are rather good and Morse camps it u…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:13AMMonday, December 16, 2013
Anvil Theatre, Basingstoke: With Martin Dodd for UK Productions once again responsible for the Anvil's panto, Basingstoke audiences are assured of a traditional show full of laughter, l…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:07AMWilde Theatre, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell: The long-standing relationship between Bart Lee and South Hill Park is successfully resurrected in this ingenious rewriting of Snow Whi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:17AMThursday, December 12, 2013
Swan Theatre, High Wycombe: Qdos - staging some 24 pantomimes this festive season - prides itself on some of the best pantos in the country and this production does not fail to meet the grad…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:19AMMonday, November 25, 2013
Watermill Theatre, Bagnor: With Newbury's Corn Exchange Theatre producing the traditional festive offering, the Watermill always opts for the Christmas family show option and what a del…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:19AMWednesday, October 2, 2013
Watermill Theatre, Bagnor: Our long fascination with Sherlock Holmes has extended beyond Conan Doyle's original stories and, it seems, the public can't get enough of the belligeren…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMMonday, September 30, 2013
Wilde Theatre, Bracknell: There have been numerous productions of Dracula over the years, creatively conceived and generally well staged, but few have drawn so effectively from the timing of…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:58AMTuesday, June 18, 2013
Watermill Theatre, Bagnor: The story of Laurel and Hardy's rise to fame, told from beyond the grave by the two men themselves, is a poignant and beautifully crafted theatrical tribute.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:03PMTuesday, May 28, 2013
Watermill Theatre, Bagnor: The collaboration between the Watermill's Outreach project and this all-male experimental theatre company began two years ago at the Edinburgh Fringe and has …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:32AM 
