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Full casting announced for FANNY at the Watermill

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Full casting has been announced for the world premiere production of FANNY, a new comedy by Calum Finlay that will play at The Watermill from Thursday 23 May to Saturday 15 June. …who? You’ll probably know her younger brother, Felix Mendelssohn, from 19th century smash hits like The Wedding March. He was the Cliff Richard of his day and was even asked to play at a personal concert for Queen Victoria. But only if he played her favourite piece of music ever, a song called Italien. However, we now know that Felix was forced to admit to the Queen that, in actuality, the piece … Continue reading Full casting announced for FANNY at the Watermill

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Full casting announced for Much Ado About Nothing at the Watermill Theatre

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Joint CEOs Artistic Director Paul Hart and Executive Director Claire Murray, and the whole team at Newbury’s The Watermill Theatre are thrilled to announce full cast and creative team for the next show at the award-winning Newbury venue. From 12 April – 18 May, The Watermill’s critically acclaimed … Continue reading Full casting announced for Much Ado About Nothing at the Watermill Theatre

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Full cast and creatives announced for The Wizard Of Oz at The Watermill

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The Watermill Theatre is thrilled to announce the full cast and creative team for their upcoming Christmas production of THE WIZARD OF OZ, a fresh new take on the novel by L. Frank Baum, from Marietta Kirkbride (Five Children and It, The Egg), director Georgie Staight (Camp Albion, The Watermill), and composer and musical director Nick Barstow (From Here to Eternity, West End). The Wizard of Oz will play at the Watermill from Friday 17 November until Sunday 31 December 2023, with a press performance on Monday 20 November. Tickets are on sale via watermill.org.uk/oz Dot is a dot of a girl stuck in a small town with dreams beyond her family’s … Continue reading Full cast and creatives announced for The Wizard Of Oz at The Watermill

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The West End comes together to support The Watermill

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The Watermill Theatre today announced a West End ticket raffle to support their Propel fundraising campaign. Tickets on offer as part of the Big West End Ticket Raffle include Little Big Things, The Unfriend, Frozen, Guys and Dolls, The Time Traveller’s Wife, and Phantom of the Opera. All income from the raffle will go to supporting The Watermill Theatre’s fundraising campaign, Propel, which was launched in the aftermath of the Arts Council’s 100% cut to its funding. As the charity looks to its future as an independent theatre, fundraising will play an essential role in enabling The Watermill to continue to offer a vibrant and ambitious … Continue reading The West End comes together to support The Watermill

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Casting announced for Visitors at the Watermill

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Casting has been announced for VISITORS the major new UK revival of Barney Norris’ award-winning play that will run at The Watermill Theatre Friday 31 March until Saturday 22 April. Edie’s mind is starting to falter and Arthur’s legs aren’t what they were but, from the comfort of their armchairs, they dive into a kaleidoscope of memories from their life together. In their sleepy farmhouse at the edge of Salisbury Plain, they await the arrival of a young visitor and a reunion that will expose a family whose closeness is fraying at the seams. Nathalie Barclay, whose stage credits include Boeing Boeing (UK tour), Positive (Park Theatre) Antigone … Continue reading Casting announced for Visitors at the Watermill

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Full cast announced for Whistle Down the Wind at The Watermill

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Full casting and creative team have been announced for WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND – the first major UK revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman’s 1996 rock musical since 2010 – which will play at The Watermill from Friday 22 July until Saturday 10 September. Directed by Tom Jackson Greaves (Watermill Associate Artist, The Jungle Book, Amélie, Sweet Charity, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Borrowers, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Frankenstein), WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND will feature a company of actor musicians alongside a cast of talented local young people. America, 1959. Change is in the air. The post war boom is thriving, the civil rights movement is growing and … Continue reading Full cast announced for Whistle Down the Wind at The Watermill

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Full casting announced for Camp Albion at The Watermill

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Full casting and creative team have been announced for the world premiere of CAMP ALBION, a new play by Danielle Pearson (Watermill Associate Artist, previous credits include A Christmas Carol, A Mini Summer Night’s Dream, D Day 75, Jane Eyre), directed by Georgie Staight (Watermill Creative Associate, … Continue reading Full casting announced for Camp Albion at The Watermill

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Cast and creative team announced for BLEAK EXPECTATIONS at the Watermill

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Full casting and creative team have been announced for the world premiere of BLEAK EXPECTATIONS, a new stage adaptation of the award-winning hit BBC Radio 4 comedy written by Mark Evans and directed by Caroline Leslie (whose previous Watermill credits include Trial by Laughter, The Wipers Times, A Bunch of Amateurs, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Radio Times). Bleak Expectations will open at the Watermill from Friday 27 May and play until Saturday 2 July, in association with Anthology Theatre Productions and David Wolstencroft (creator of BBC One Drama Spooks). Bleak Expectations is the story that Charles Dickens might have written after drinking too much gin. And, crucially, had lived for another 152 years. Two-time winner of the Best Radio … Continue reading Cast and creative team announced for BLEAK EXPECTATIONS at the Watermill