Our Next Production

THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE

In this moving play, a family is tested by the complexities of love, identity, and the passage of time. Bob and Fran have spent their lives raising their four children, only to find that the bonds the've worked so hard to build are slowly unravelling. As their adult children confront their own personal battles - from love and heartbreak to self-discovery - the Price family is forced to confront uncomfortable truths that will change them forever.

Told with stunning emotional depth and honesty, Things I Know To Be True explores the messy, imperfect nature of family and the ways in which love both binds and challenges us. With unforgettable characters and a raw, real portrayal of the human experience, this play will leave you questioning the things you know to be true about family, love, and what it means to belong.

This critically acclaimed play by Andrew Bovell is being presented at the Public Hall from the 19th to the 22nd November. Tickets are now on sale via our online Box Office.

Our Last Production

NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH

Our most recent production was Neighbourhood Watch by the ever-popular Alan Ayckbourn. After a slow start to sales things picked up as the show approached and we ended up with very healthy audience numbers.

In a cast of eight people it is quite unusual to have 2 completely new members - so that's 25% of the cast - two who haven't appeared in one of our shows since pre-COVID and only two who were in our last production, meaning some fresh faces for the audience, which can only be a good thing!

There were many compliments from the audience, not least for new member Jane Smith in the lead (and very large) part of Hilda - her opening speech was as long as some parts in their entirity!!

That's not to take anything away from the other members of the cast, including another dependable portrayal from relative newcomer Daniel James, complete newcomer Hugh Morris, returning members Graham Eyre and Charli Piper and regulars Tracy Skingley, Carolyn Hurley and Graeme Parrett. Plus, we mustn't forget the vital contributions of Katie Parrett and Kris Knox-Crichton's 'Monty' (if you saw the play that will make sense!!)

Backstage things were in the capable hands of Stage Manager, Jacqui Brown, ably supported by her ASM Libby Johnson, Sound and Light people Jack Joslin and Lucy Parrett, Props wizard Kris Knox-Crichton and wardobe lady Alex Duckworth.

Looking Ahead

2026

Although potentially still subject to change, we now have a full programme for 2026. We kick off in March with the comedy-drama Entertaining Angles by Richard Everett. In June we will be presenting Sonya Kelly's comic comment on conflict, peace and the pursuit of territory at all costs, The Last Return. Finally, next November we will be staging a new play only just released for amateur performance that was a West-End smash hit, Till The Stars Come Down.