About Us
We meet every Wednesday night at the Memorial Hall in Station Road, Wootton Bassett near Swindon from 7.30 - 10.00 pm.
We are a very sociable group and currently have around 30 members, aged seventeen to sixties and from a wide range of jobs. We only cast from within the Group for productions but we welcome new members. The half yearly subscription for membership is £25 (£12.50 concessions) and we are run by a committee which is elected by the members. Our next AGM will be in July 2012.
Most people come down to the hall on a Wednesday evening regardless of whether they are actually in a production. A typical week will find the cast for the next main production rehearsing on stage whilst other members of the group may be in the annexe rehearsing a one act play, reading a play, or preparing props, set or costumes for the main production.
There are a wide range of activities for people to get involved in: acting; directing; prompting; set design; building & painting sets; making/hiring costumes; procuring props; working front of house at productions; stage managing; lighting; and sound.
On the social side, Wednesday evenings often end with a drink in a local pub and we arrange visits to productions of other local groups and to professional productions in Bristol or Bath. Events include an annual dinner in November, a skittles evening in March and a summer barbecue.
We currently stage three full-length productions each year in the Memorial Hall in Wootton Bassett (March, June & November) and each year we compete in the Harold Jolliffe One-Act Festival, organised by the Swindon & District Theatre Guild, at Swindon Arts Centre. We try to put on a variety of productions to cater for all tastes.