Booking tickets

When checking out, we recommend the 'Fast Checkout' option followed, if necessary, by 'Checkout as guest (you may need to scroll down to find this)'. If you are an unregistered customer, you do not need to create an account, in fact it's probably easier if you don't.

If you want to create an account, click on one of the sign-up options shown; the 'email' option is possibly the easiest. Be aware that your basket will time out after 15 minutes (there is a 'time remaining' indicator top right of the screen).

Whichever checkout method you choose, please complete the 'Full name' field with your first and last names only. Please do not include your title or middle names.

APS Cancellation Policy

If you need to move your seat or seats from one performance to another of the same production, we can do this very easily for you at no additional cost to you. There is no need to cancel and rebook. Just contact the APS Box Office.

If you are unable to attend an event for which you have purchased tickets, we would be grateful if you would let us know as soon as possible, so that we can cancel your order and release the seats. However, please note that we do not, under most circumstances, offer refunds if a ticket order is cancelled after it has been processed.

When your ticket order has been cancelled, if the seats are resold and the performance is sold out, we will offer you a discount code that can be used to purchase tickets for another production. The value of the discount code will be the value of the tickets you cancelled, less a £2.00 admin fee per ticket. The discount code will be time limited and usually valid only for a maximum of six months.

If you order a ticket by mistake and inform the APS Box Office within 24 hours of your purchase that you wish to cancel it, we will offer you a discount code as described above.

If a production is cancelled by APS, you will receive a full refund for the amount you paid.


If you wish to cancel tickets or move your seats to a different performance, please contact the APS box Office
07353 074944 (9.00 am - 7.00 pm, please); email admin@aps-sherborne.co.uk

She Stoops to Conquer

Mistaken identity lies at the root of much comedy. A is mistaken for B and complications ensue. But could anyone really confuse a private house for a public inn, as happens in this imperishable comedy? Goldsmith always claimed that it could and that his play which enjoyed an unexpected triumph in 1773 was based on a true incident in his childhood.

Making his way home from his school in Ireland, he lost his way and found himself at nightfall in a remote village. Asking a local to direct him to 'the best house', the wag directed him to the residence of the local squire claiming it to be an inn. Goldsmith lorded it over his hosts and only the next morning, when the young man asked for the bill, did he discover his mistake.

So, Goldsmith's comedy, in which Marlow and Hastings are led by the mischievous Tony Lumpkin to mistake Mr Hardcastle's house for an inn, is not altogether implausible. But the author, who subtitled his play 'The Mistakes of a Night', builds on that simple deception to create a series of dazzlingly escalating misunderstandings, practical jokes and mistaken identities. This is a witty romp with deftly drawn characters and sparkling dialogue that is bound to invoke gales of riotous laughter.

Written by Oliver Goldsmith        Directed by John Crabtree

Mon 1st - Sat 6th Dec, 7.30 pm
Sat 6th Dec, 2.30 pm

Tickets for She Stoops to Conquer will be on sale from October 20th.

The Saturday matinée performances is sold out.
There are two seats available for tonight (Thursday), and one seat at each of the Friday and Saturday evening performances.
You can use the 'Book Tickets' button below to see if there have been any cancellations and you can also email admin@aps-sherborne.co.uk) asking to be placed on a waiting list. Remember to include your full name, telephone number and preferred performance. Please do not use the box office telephone number for your waiting list request unless absolutely necessary.

You can also turn up for a performance to see if there are any 'no shows', but be warned that, with regret, you will be turned away if there are no available seats.

Before clicking the 'Book tickets' button, please read our
Booking Notes and Cancellation Policy

If you need help, or require disabled access, call the APS Box Office -- 07353 074944 (9.00 am - 6.00 pm, please), or email admin@aps-sherborne.co.uk

The Sherborne Studio Theatre now has a hearing loop. If you do not have hearing aids with a 'T' setting, we can lend you a loop listening device for the performance. If you would like to reserve one, please email admin@aps-sherborne.co.uk, with your name and the performance you are attending.

Make your evening out complete with a preshow meal at the Newell French Bistro in Greenhill, just a few minutes walk from the Theatre. Note that the restaurant is closed on Mondays.

3-course menu (excluding wine) £28.50
with a full à la carte menu to choose from.

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