Dead on Cue

Written & performed by Mark Carey
Produced by Giles Shenton

Mark Carey, writer of Into The Breach and What's Wrong with Benny Hill has teamed up with Giles Shenton, producer of Old Herbaceous, Three Men in a Boat, Fagin?, and My Dog's Got No Nose to bring you a spooky thriller set in the same dressing room, during the same play, at the same theatre, but 60 years apart.

During both time periods the theatre is hosting a performance of Hamlet where "time is out of joint" and "something is rotten"….

What is the unearthly link between the two productions?

How can the same things be happening to different people 60 years apart?

What secrets have been buried in the old dressing room under the stage?

Why are the actors fascinated by the old dressing room mirror?

Just don't look into it......you might not like what you see!

You'll leave believing that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

NEWS AND EVENTS...
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EVENTS

All events take place at 7.30 pm in the
Sherborne Studio Theatre
unless otherwise indicated

Auditions
The 39 Steps
Tue 28th Jan, 7.30 pm
Sun 2nd Feb, 2.00 pm

March Production
Hedda Gabler
by Henrik Ibsen
directed by Graham Smith
Mon 24th - Sat 29th March, 7.30 pm

Dead on Cue
A one-man show
written and performed by
Mark Carey
Fri 11th April, 7.30
Sat 12th April 2.30 pm and 7.30 pm

June Production
The 39 Steps
by Patrick Barlow
directed by Jane McKenna
Mon 2nd- Sat 7th June, 7.30 pm
Sat 7th June, 2.30 pm

PAST NEWSLETTERS
ROSE BOWL AWARDS 2024

We are pleased to announce that the set for A Wife For All Reasons, directed by Adrian Harding,
has been nominated for the Rose Bowl Walter Hawkins Award for Creativity and Design.

 
NODA SOUTH WEST AWARDS (2023)

Twelfth Night, directed by John Crabtree,
was awarded NODA's Most Innovative Production.

 

Twelfth Night was also nominated for the Hazelmere Award for Visual Excellence.
In addition The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, directed by Bev Taylor-Wade, was nominated for the Best Comedy Production award,
and Art, directed by Graham Smith, was nominated for the Best Drama Production award.

Theatres Protection Fund Small Grants Programme
Supported by The Linbury Trust

We are delighted to report the completion of a project to transform the approach to the Sherborne Studio Theatre. The work was made possible due to an award from the Theatres Trust Small Grants Programme supported by The Linbury Trust.

The trust has provided funds to enable the exterior of our popular little theatre on Marston Road to be aesthetically enhanced whilst enabling access over the previous gravel surface to be significantly improved, especially for those with reduced mobility. We have removed broken flagstones and resurfaced an uneven gravel entrance area that had become prone to weeds despite our best efforts to manage them. The area has now become a gentle sloping ramp, free of loose material and obstructions. The 'good' flagstones have been relocated under two new benches which give audience members somewhere to rest as they queue for entry, or when they take their interval refreshments on a hot summer's evening. The area has been decorated with complementary planting of sensory aromatic herbs and evergreens. Handrails have been fitted to the inside of the main doors, to provide support to those who need it as they enter the theatre.

In all, the entrance to the theatre is more attractive, more enticing, safer and generally easier to navigate for everyone, but with a special emphasis on helping our less mobile patrons. We look forward to welcoming our loyal audience members and newcomers at the earliest opportunity.

For further information, please contact Adrian Harding at anharding@btinternet.com/span>