Readings and auditions for this years plays – click here
Notes from a Small Island
by Tim Witnall from the book by Bill Bryson
June 25th to 28th –
Harrogate Studio Theatre
It’s 1973, and a young Bill Bryson arrives on the ferry at Dover. On his travels round Britain, he has to deal with counterpanes, kippers, Cadbury’s Curly Wurlies, and Mrs Smegma – the landlady’s – eccentric house rules. Bill Bryson’s smash-hit memoir Notes from a Small Island spent three years in The Sunday Times bestseller list, sold over two million copies, and was voted the book which best represents the UK.
A Night at the Theatre
Friday July 25th at 7:00pm
Harrogate Theatre Main House
To celebrate Harrogate Theatre’s 125th birthday, six of the town’s leading community theatre groups are coming together for a one-night-only Gala event.
Featuring a vibrant mix of drama and musical theatre, the evening will showcase performances from Harrogate Dramatic Society performing Glorious!
Also Harrogate Phoenix Players, Harrogate St Andrew’s Players, HOPS Musical Theatre Company, RAOS Musical Theatre Company and Woodlands Drama Group so don’t miss this spectacular celebration of local talent in honour of this beloved theatre’s rich history.
Goodnight Mr Tom
by Brian Finch from the book by Michelle Magorian
October 16th to 18th
Harrogate Theatre Main House
In this tale, set during World War II a curmudgeonly widower is forced to take in a nine-year-old evacuee from London. He soon realises that the boy has been both mentally and physically damaged at the hands of his strict mother. He sets about teaching him to read, write and draw, but as his tenth birthday looms, the boy is summoned back to the city.