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Blue Remembered Hills

Hannah Rose will be directing Blue Remembered Hills, Dennis Potter’s evocative, childhood drama, as our adult entry for Woking and Spelthorne drama festivals later this year.
A read-through will take place at The Castle pub, Brox Road, Ottershaw, on Weds 17th June from 8.00pm.
Auditions will follow at Brook Hall, Ottershaw, on Tues 23rd June, also at [...]

Festivals 2009

Hannah Rose is to direct Blue Remembered Hills by Dennis Potter for the Woking Drama Festival. Auditions and read-throughs to be held in June or July.
Originally written for TV, the tale relates the activities of 7 West Country 7-year olds on a summer afternoon during WW2. The children (all played by adult actors) play, fight, [...]

Spelthorne & Runnymede Drama Festival Results

Congratulations again to the All In The Timing team who scooped TWO trophies at the Spelthorne & Runnymede Drama Festival, double what they achieved at Woking.
Julia Stevens took home the Best Actress trophy, a well-deserved award which adjudicator Mike Kaiser gave for Jules’ controlled and moving performance as Dawn in The Universal Language.
The team also [...]

Woking Drama Festival Results

Congratulations to everyone involved with All In The Timing, our 2008 Festival play.  The results of the Woking Drama Festival were announced this evening and Ottershaw Players definitely acquitted themselves well, finishing 6th overall in a field of 20 entries.
The competition was very tough, with Runnymede Drama Group swept the board with 7 out of [...]

Woking Drama Festival

Just a reminder that the Woking Drama Festival starts today, Tues 30th September, and runs until Saturday 11th October, at the Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking.
Visit the Festival web site to view the programme of events.
Tickets are available at £8 per evening from Chris Moore on 01932 702091.
The Ottershaw Players’ entry, All In The Timing, will [...]

All In The Timing

This year’s entry for the 50th Woking Drama Festival will be All In The Timing by David Ives. This is a book of 12 short plays, of which we will be performing just three, making a 30 to 40 minute piece.
The plays – English Made Simple, The Universal Language and Sure Thing – deal with [...]

Festival Play Reading

The choice of play for the Woking Drama Festival will be unveiled and we will have a read-through on Sun 22nd June, 8.00pm, at the Castle pub in Ottershaw. Auditions will follow later in the summer. Do come along to read, to listen and to have a drink with your friends.

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Woking Drama Festival 2008

The committee are short-listing two plays to be considered for this year’s Festival. A read-though of both plays will be organised, shortly after Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime is over, at which the entry will be chosen.

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One-Act Plays

This year’s Woking Drama Festival is the 50th and to mark the occasion local groups will be pulling out all the stops to show their best work.There has also been some discussion about organising an evening of one-act plays in September. This would be an ideal platform for anyone who would like to give directing [...]

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Drama Festival News

Congratulations to all involved with Charity Begins… After a decent performance at the Woking Festival, the ladies really raised their game for the Spelthorne Drama Festival which they performed at on Weds 17th Oct. Each member of the cast was nominated for either Best Actress (Nicky Breslin & Kay Doyle) or Best Supporting Actress (Alison [...]

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