With the CODS’ production of See How They Run opening this coming Saturday – and the stage having been converted to a wartime vicarage somewhere in Oxfordshire – attention turns to the launch of our winter brochure which will start distribution next week. OK, strictly speaking, winter doesn’t officially start until December, but with the next brochure detailing the productions from October to the beginning of February, I think we can get away with calling it our winter season.
Theatres often say: “this season has a wide variety of productions catering to all tastes” when it isn’t really true, and we’ve been guilty of that ourselves in the past. But this time it is fair to say we have an excellent balance of dramas, comedies and musicals (bucking the trend of the West End and many other theatres which are almost exclusively musicals at present).
The box office is now taking bookings for all the productions listed below, with the exception of The Sorcerer and The Railway Children, which are subject to the company’s own advance booking arrangements. Sorcerer will commence booking on Monday 27 October and Railway Children on Monday 5 January. Full details are available on our main website.
PLAYS
We have two contrasting dramas in November, kicking off with the Victorian-setting of The Gut Girls, followed by the 1977-setting of the very funny Epsom Downs, while the season closes with a professional touring production of Talbot House, the true story of a refuge for soldiers in WWI.
FAMILIES
There are two shows definitely aimed at family audiences. In October, for one night only, we have The King of Spain’s Daughter, presented by the professional Fabulous Old Spot Company – and children and students can attend for just £6! Then, in January, CODS will be in residence for a week with a new musical version of The Railway Children.
MUSICALS
Next month, Ad Hoc present their cabaret revue of the songs of Stephen Sondheim, Beautiful Girls; in November, Cotswold Savoyards return to their roots with a staging of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Sorcerer; and in December, Jacob’s Well Productions will be bringing us the amateur premiere of Paul: Strange Kind of Hero.
CHRISTMAS
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without our annual alternative to pantomime for childish grown-ups, which this year owes a nod to Lewis Carroll while taking a swipe at political correctness – Alice in a Non-PC World.
Theatres often say: “this season has a wide variety of productions catering to all tastes” when it isn’t really true, and we’ve been guilty of that ourselves in the past. But this time it is fair to say we have an excellent balance of dramas, comedies and musicals (bucking the trend of the West End and many other theatres which are almost exclusively musicals at present).
The box office is now taking bookings for all the productions listed below, with the exception of The Sorcerer and The Railway Children, which are subject to the company’s own advance booking arrangements. Sorcerer will commence booking on Monday 27 October and Railway Children on Monday 5 January. Full details are available on our main website.
PLAYS
We have two contrasting dramas in November, kicking off with the Victorian-setting of The Gut Girls, followed by the 1977-setting of the very funny Epsom Downs, while the season closes with a professional touring production of Talbot House, the true story of a refuge for soldiers in WWI.
FAMILIES
There are two shows definitely aimed at family audiences. In October, for one night only, we have The King of Spain’s Daughter, presented by the professional Fabulous Old Spot Company – and children and students can attend for just £6! Then, in January, CODS will be in residence for a week with a new musical version of The Railway Children.
MUSICALS
Next month, Ad Hoc present their cabaret revue of the songs of Stephen Sondheim, Beautiful Girls; in November, Cotswold Savoyards return to their roots with a staging of Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Sorcerer; and in December, Jacob’s Well Productions will be bringing us the amateur premiere of Paul: Strange Kind of Hero.
CHRISTMAS
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without our annual alternative to pantomime for childish grown-ups, which this year owes a nod to Lewis Carroll while taking a swipe at political correctness – Alice in a Non-PC World.
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