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...

Well tonight everyone really pulled out all the stops and gave magnificent performances...

Today's rehearsal was in costume, so here's a little taster of our elegant musicians! Thanks to the amazing costume makers who have worked tirelessly, night and day, on these wonderful creations. We tested out our wet weather plan, managing to get through with only a few...

Another sunny day for our rehearsals. The cast managed a speed run followed by an almost word perfect dress rehearsal with just the odd hitch...

Extra rehearsal today for some of the cast; fairies worked on movement accompanied by our musicians. We heard the magical song for Puck for the first time today...

Detail from Titania's costume Another day when the weather was kind..just hope this holds until after our performances at the end of June. The rehearsal today was much better, lines had mostly been learnt, still one or two sticky moments but feeling more positive. There were quite...

Working around the church service and a baptism meant some careful planning of today's rehearsal  but we did manage to cover all the scenes; as Mr Morecombe once said, all the right scenes but not necessarily in the right order!! Some line learning still needed by...

Today was a busy day; costume team were in full flow, making alterations, starting on costumes and fitting these on the actors. In between the cast worked on various games to improve their movement, led by Tom Hogan. We explored the differences between the groups of...

02 Jun

A RETIRED teacher whose previous theatrical experience extends to directing a school pantomime has taken on the challenge of producing Shakespeare in a former quarry. Liz Gill has been appointed as director of The Tempest, which will be produced by Drama in The Dale, an amateur...