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Performances

Mar 28th - 4th April 2020
Dracula more...

May 16th - 23rd  2020
A Fine Bright Day Today more...

July 14th -18th 2020
A Midsummer Night's Dream more...
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Events

Drama Workshops
Regular events more...

What's behind the Little Red Door?
First Saturday of each month more...

Performances

Dracula

​By Liz Lochhead
Based on the novel by Bram Stoker
Directed by John Wakeman

​28 Mar - 4 April 2020
At the close of the nineteenth century, a freak storm in Whitby brings more than bad weather. Count Dracula has arrived to sate his lust for blood. From the remote Yorkshire coast to the crowded streets of London, the struggle to stop his vampiric reign has begun.

This modern adaption by renowned poet and playwright Liz Lochhead stays unnervingly close to Bram Stoker’s original gothic tale. A stunning version of this classic tale packed with theatricality and energy.
​A Fine Bright Day Today

​By Philip Goulding
Directed by Caroline Helcké

​16 - 23 May 2020
A perceptive and amusing play. Margaret has been a widow for 30 years and has become set in her ways. Her daughter persuades her to take an American artist as a lodger -  with disruptive results.

‘A poignant, compelling three-hander…’  The Stage

Reading 21st February
Auditions 23rd & 24th February 2020​
​A Midsummer Night's Dream

​By William Shakespeare
Directed by Sarah Hawkins

​14 - 18 July 2020
Spend a summer evening in the beautiful gardens of Wolvesey Palace by kind permission of the Bishop of Winchester.  The gardens will be open from 6pm for evening performances and 1pm for the Saturday matinee.

Bring your own chair and a picnic and meet those familiar friends who can still surprise you: the bickering lovers, the meddling fairies, and Nick Bottom with his troupe of earnest amateur actors.

All the family will love this, the most accessible and well loved of Shakespeare’s comedies.

Reading 17th April
Auditions 19th & 20th April 2020

Events

Drama Workshops
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​Our regular Chesil Theatre Drama Workshops  are free to members and available to non-members a week beforehand.

​Each session covers a separate topic.
Friday 28th February 2020
Voice work with Alec Walters: from warm-ups, training techniques to text.
Friday 20th March 2020
Sword combat with David Baldwin our resident Fight Captain.
What's behind the Little Red Door?

First Saturday of each month
10.30 - 12.30
The little red door will be open on the first Saturday of each month.. Come and see what goes on behind the scenes, meet members of the theatre and find out how you can get involved. Everyone is welcome.​
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