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Monthly play reads on Club Nights. next on 27 November 2026
SPRING Production : 6 - 10 April 2027
Quiz night Christmas Celebration 8 December 2026
NY SUPPER with 4 short plays 8 January 2027
Skittles TBC 2027
EXPLORE DRAMA
On January 8th 2027 there will be a Members (and Partner/families) Supper interspersed with the 4 remaining BREAKDOWN plays.
A TRIP TO LEICESTER by Jonathan Rogers
SHAKEN AND STIRRED by Trish Dack
NEVER ENOUGH by Paul Pridmore directed by Margaret Edwards
I'M IN IT FOR THE WIN by Joan Horton
These will take the form of Rehearsed Readings.
READING ENSEMBLE Deborah Addicott: Tony Clark: Alan Copsey: Gill Lambourn: Steve Jupp: Scilla Jutton-Holland: Andy Marshall: Paul Pridmore: Jonathan Rogers: Richard Sanderson: Chris Smith: Yvette Walters: Mark Weeks
PLAYREADING
27 November 2026
HOTHOUSE
by Harold PINTER
The Church Rooms,
St Mary's Church, Church Lane, Funtington at 7.30pm
It is Christmas Day and a mysterious death and an unexpected birth are troubling Roote, the director of a Government 'rest home'. Who the patien's are and what they might be suffering from, we never discover, but as the unstable, megalomaniacal and terminally insecure Roote begins to investigate, we find that the other members of staff are, in various ways, as mad and as dangerous as the people they are supposed to be helping.
SPRING PRODUCTION
6 - 10 April 2027
West Ashling and Funtington
District Hall
West Ashling
PO18 8DN
7.30pm
ENTERTAINING ANGELS
by Richard Everett
Described as witty, deeply moving and emotional, the play centres on Grace as she struggles to come to terms with the sudden death of her clergyman husband and to find a new role in life. Amid grief, family conflict, secrets, love and betrayal, she begins to question everything she has believed in.
Entertaining Angels opened Jonathan Church’s first season as Artistic Director of Chichester Festival Theatre in 2006, starring the late, much-loved Dame Penelope Keith. She later spoke fondly of performing in the play, recalling that audience members called it the best they had ever seen. A resounding success, the production helped revive the theatre’s fortunes and heralded many achievements during Church’s tenure.
Cast:
Grace Debbie Martin
Bardolph Mark Weeks
Ruth Jenny Dean
Jo Phillippa Riddoch
Sarah Louise Kenny