Our next production
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We are proud to announce that our next show will be...
Oliver! We are thrilled to bring the town show back to Hungerford in this exciting relaunch. The Town show is performed in February half term where a team of volunteers stage a musical starring budding performers from the surrounding area, aged 8 and above. The town show started in 1980 as collaboration between Hungerford Theatre Club and John O'Gaunt school. It developed from themed variety shows produced by Scout Leaders Cecil Hawkes and John Miles where performers were drawn from various groups in the town. The first town show, Cinderella, was directed by Don Bolton from the Hungerford Theatre Club and it was such a success that a pantomime was staged each year until 1991 when it was decided the time was ripe to try a musical- Oliver! Furthermore, Oliver was the first Town Show directed by David Clayton, who continued to direct both Town Shows and other productions within the company for over thirty years. It is for this reason that it seems right that our first town show since 2020 is also Oliver! For more information visit the Oliver! page. |
Previous Productions
The PlayersHumble Boy
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Humble Boy is a comedy about broken vows,failed hopes and the joys of bee-keeping.
Felix Humble is drawn back to his family home after the death of his father, a biology teacher and amateur beekeeper. There in the garden he finds his waspish mother Flora, her downtrodden friend Mercy and suspiciously ever-present local businessman George Pye, whose daughter Rosie was once involved with Felix. A luncheon is arranged… Felix is an astrophysicist who discovers that solving the riddle of his emotional life is considerably more challenging than the quest for a unified string theory.         |
Children’s TheatreAlice the Musical
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Book of Condolences and Memories
It is with great sadness that we share the loss of our friend, chairman and director, David Clayton.
His passion for theatre was at the heart of the company and he was an inspiration to so many of us.
David first performed with The Community of Hungerford Theatre Company in the 1989 Production of Babes in the Wood, in which he played 'Nurse Mother Care', but he switched to directing in 1991 when the company produced 'Oliver'. Since then he has directed 30 town shows and The Players Productions.
In his role as chairman he helped expand the company with the Young Performers, Children's Theatre and Youth Theatre, which brought a love of theatre to countless young people in the town, many of whom have gone on to pursue careers in the performing arts.
He strongly believed that theatre was for everyone who wanted to be included both on and off the stage and made sure that this was possible. Through touring shows and fringe theatre, he found a way to create stages in unusual performance spaces to reach new audiences and adapt to new situations.
It is impossible to summarise the magnitude of what he did for this company or the full scope of the positive impact he had on everyone who worked with him.
We invite those who knew David to write in our Book of Memories and Condolences, which is linked here.
His passion for theatre was at the heart of the company and he was an inspiration to so many of us.
David first performed with The Community of Hungerford Theatre Company in the 1989 Production of Babes in the Wood, in which he played 'Nurse Mother Care', but he switched to directing in 1991 when the company produced 'Oliver'. Since then he has directed 30 town shows and The Players Productions.
In his role as chairman he helped expand the company with the Young Performers, Children's Theatre and Youth Theatre, which brought a love of theatre to countless young people in the town, many of whom have gone on to pursue careers in the performing arts.
He strongly believed that theatre was for everyone who wanted to be included both on and off the stage and made sure that this was possible. Through touring shows and fringe theatre, he found a way to create stages in unusual performance spaces to reach new audiences and adapt to new situations.
It is impossible to summarise the magnitude of what he did for this company or the full scope of the positive impact he had on everyone who worked with him.
We invite those who knew David to write in our Book of Memories and Condolences, which is linked here.
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West Berkshire Lottery Fund
Please support your theatre company. Click on the picture above for the link to our West Berkshire lottery page. As well as having a chance to win £25,000,we will get 50% of all tickets that are purchased.
NODA Success!
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Last weekend we were thrilled to be presented a Flame award by NODA (National Operatic & Dramatic Association) during their London district award ceremony.
Flame awards are presented for 'inspirational contribution to the pursuit of excellence in live theatre' |
