The story of the Princess and the Pea is well known. An unknown girl turns up at the Palace and the Queen tests the girl to examine her credentials using a bed topped with soft mattresses under which is a single pea; only a true Prince will feel the pea…

The Mill Theatre in Sonning presents its latest production It Runs in the Family by Ray Cooney a comedy farce set in the Doctor’s common room. The Mill offers a two-course dinner and theatre experience. The restaurant has currently been refurbished and now offers table service instead of the self-service…

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame is one of those novels that is part of most children’s library as they are growing up or they are familiar with the characters. Mole (Tim Corrie) and Rat (Wolfie Jones) are relishing the earth waking up to the Spring and everything…

Perin’s School Hall in Alresford, Hampshire came alive last night as The Alresford Community Theatre Society as they presented the first night’s performance of The Sound of Music.  Casting a community production will always contain a cast of mixed abilities and experienced actors, some possibly never stepping on a stage…

What child doesn’t enjoy playing with a cardboard box, letting their imagination take them on adventures far and wide in trains, boats cars? The choice is endless.Designer Sam Wilde and Director Ian Nicholson use their trademark sustainable cardboard puppet style to create Boxville, a land made entirely from sustainable cardboard.…

Press nights are often busy and stressful for everyone involved. However, when Mateo Oxley in the lead role of Richard Hannay has to be replaced at short notice due to illness. In steps Charlotte Bloomsbury who is the understudy for all four roles in the production. She stepped into the…

An uncomfortable yet beguiling production of The Passenger based on the original novel by Ulrich Boschwitz first published in 1938, unsuccessfully received by the public. It was reissued in 2021 soon gathering a cult following. Considering the subject matter the world saw History in a different light during almost eighty…

The 1980s are often remembered fondly by the music of a generation. However, it was a time of strikes, industry and factories closed for good leaving generations from one family out of work and in a state of limbo not knowing where to go next, and losing their self-respect along…

Ian Hislop and Nick Newman adapted the satirical spoof memoir The Autobiography of a Cad by A.G.Macdonnel into a stage production now playing at The Watermill Theatre near Newbury until 22nd March 2025. The story chronicles the life of Edward Fox-Ingleby the Cad played by James Mack. From his childhood on…