Yes the weather was particularly brilliant today so obviously we rehearsed as much outside as possible!! Spent time on a selection of scenes working on the action having first recorded the spoken script on mobiles. Hoops bought for the children to play with proved invaluable...

Another beautiful day for a rehearsal...

The plan for today's rehearsal was to explore the differences between the forest and the court. My mentor, Tom, was once again with us and we had had a really good planning session the evening prior. We discussed how we can make the two areas...

2nd rehearsal of As You Like It and added extra of having my mentor Tom Hogan working with us. Warms up were followed with work on awareness of our bodies, using a tennis ball to "displace" then relax, bit like the story of the Princess...

So today was the first rehearsal of As You Like It. Initial thoughts were a bit apprehensive as many of the cast were new to Drama in the Dale but all that melted away as the day started. What a great bunch of people, enthusiastic...

Due to the Open Event being postponed because of the weather conditions a new date has been organised :SUNDAY 25th MARCH, St Thomas' Hall, Stanhope...

Tonight was the final performance of our run and what a memorable one it was. First half wet weather plan was put into action but then the skies cleared and  the rain stopped. After the weeks of hard work everyone gave performances which were slick...

Ignore the Euro, ignore the referendum, a much greater battle was held in Stanhope tonight. Would the actors in the cast of Midsummer Night's Dream win over the neighbouring scooter rally...