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  • 23rd December 2009. Chesil Theatre nominations for the The Daily Echo Curtain Call Awards [more...]
 
  • 25th November 2009. Pre-production photos for Whipping It Up now available to view. [more...]
 
  • 20th November 2009 . News item. Donation from the Chesil Rectory Restaurant [more...]
 
  • 16th September 2009. Press release. As the new school year begins, so too does the new season of the Chesil Youth Theatre Founded in 1995 it has given hundreds of youngsters the chance to learn new skills and discover the joy of taking part in drama. [more...]
 
  • 28th June 2009. Press release. Once again the Chesil Theatre, Winchester, is in the happy situation of having a sold out show. They have put on another performance for Stepping Out by Richard Harris on Sunday 12th - making eight in all. [more...]
 
  • 1st June 2009. Press release. The long hot summer has not yet arrived but the Chesil Theatre, Winchester, is already planning the new season. For the first production, in October, they have chosen a classic of European theatre [more...]
 
  • 9th May 2009. Press release. The next production at The Chesil Theatre, Winchester, The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare is a comedy which exploits to the full the potential for misunderstanding of identical twins. [more...]
 
  • 8th May 2009. News Item. The third Chesil Outreach activity was a Play in a Day at St Bede C of E School with a class of thirty 10 and 11 year olds.  Heather Bryant, Lisbeth Rake, Steve Rake and Sian Woodruff  led groups and directed scenes from Ernie’s Incredible Illucinations. [more...]
 
  • 23rd March We are most grateful for the support that our near neighbours, The Chesil Rectory Restaurant, is giving to our Chesil Theatre Development Appeal through the sale of their own label ‘Chesil’ wine [more...]
Appeal news
  • 6th March 2009. Press release. We are delighted that our project has been approved officially by Winchester City Council at their Cabinet meeting on 4th February 2009. This means we have been awarded a total grant of £30,000 for the current year - £10,000 from the Town Forum and £20,000 from the District. [more...]
Appeal news
  • 27th January 2009. Press release. Chesil Appeal: The end of Act 1. After nearly 11 years a significant time has come for Winchester Dramatic Society’s  ambitious £1 million development scheme to extend and improve the Chesil Theatre. [more...]
Appeal news
  • 15th January 2009. Press release: The next production at The Chesil Theatre, Winchester, is a classic of 20th century drama.

    Set in 1930s in depression-hit America, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, tells of Amanda and her fight to find a future for her family after her husband deserts them. [more...]
 
  • 15th November 2008. Press release. There were celebrations at the Chesil Theatre, Winchester, when the vital land purchase for their development plan was finalised on October 31st. The scheme will bring a new extension to this much-loved community arts venue. [more...]
     
  • 9th November 2009. Press release. Start December with a classic of black comedy at the Chesil Theatre, Winchester. Loot, by Joe Orton, promises a laughter-packed evening that rarely errs on the side of either taste or decency as sex, religion and unorthodox policing methods combine in a furious, funny and irreverent farce. [more...]
 
  • 3rd September 2008. Press Release: Chesil Theatre Youth Workshops

    Since the Chesil Youth Theatre was founded in 1995 hundreds of youngsters have discovered the joy of taking part in drama. One of first members, Tom Maggs, now 22, is playing the title role in the October production, My Boy Jack [...more]
     
  • 26th June 2008.  News Item: "Play in a Day" at All Saints School

    Put on a Play in a Day was the challenge given to pupils at All Saints Primary school, Winchester by their near neighbours the Chesil Theatre.

    After a fun session of improvisation on themes connected with the play, Ernie’s Incredible Illucinations by Alan Ayckbourn the children received their scripts at 10.45am for a performance at 2.45pm.[...more]

  • 25th June 2008. Playhouse Creatures by April De Angelis. Press Release
     
  • 6th May 2008: Nobody's Perfect by Simon Williams Press Release
  • 17th April 2008: 10x10 (10 plays by 10 authors). News item

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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