All events take place at 7.30 pm in the
Sherborne Studio Theatre
unless otherwise indicated
APS 90th Anniversary Celebration and Christmas Party
29th November
Loads of Lolly
A rehearsed play reading of a 'radio' adaptation of Tons of Money, the first
ever play performed by APS in 1934, and revived in 2009 for the 75th anniversary.
Written and directed by
Martin Williams
Tickets (£4) will be available in due course
(APS members will be given priority)
December Production
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
directed by John Crabtree
Mon 2nd - Sat 7th Dec, 7.30 pm
Sat 7th Dec, 2.30 pm
Play Reading
The 39 Steps
Tue 10th December
March Production
Hedda Gabler
by Henrik Ibsen
directed by Graham Smith
Mon 24th - Sat 29th March, 7.30 pm
Sat 29th March, 2.30 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
August Production
A Servant of Two Masters
by Carlo Goldoni
directed by Martin Williams
Mon 25th - Sat 30th August, 7.30 pm
Sat 30th August, 2.30 pm
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.
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.
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.
For further information, please contact Adrian Harding at anharding@btinternet.com/span>
