Jane Eyre – postponed

Our forthcoming production of Jane Eyre will not take place as planned at the end of April. As you will know the current Coronavirus outbreak is impacting on many areas of individual and collective activity, and Government advice is changing almost daily. The Wickham Theatre Trust Board has reached this difficult decision after discussions with the cast and crew, all of whom remain committed to staging Jane Eyre at a future date.

So you will all have to wait a little longer to enjoy this remarkable piece of theatre!

We will continue to monitor the situation and let you know of any further developments as soon as we can. We encourage everyone to do everything they can to stay safe and to look out for themselves and each other during what is likely to be a very challenging time for us all.

19 March 2020

Home | 24th – 29th February 2020

By David Storey.  Directed by David Page.

As five apparently unrelated characters meet in a seemingly insignificant garden, the autumnal sun shines overhead and everybody waits for rain.

What they discuss is superficially anything that can pass the time. What is portrayed is the very essence of England, Englishness, class, unfulfilled ambition, loves lost and homes that no longer exist.

“a play…of haunting, elegiac power” The Guardian

Cast:

Harry………………. Ian Evans
Jack………………… Howard James
Kathleen………….. Pauline Wathen
Marjorie…………… Lynn Rushby
Alfred……………… Daniel Harris

 

Auditions for Bouncers Remix

Audition details for Theatre 62’s June 2020 production have been announced.

Full details at http://www.theatre62.wordpress.com/auditions or by clicking here

This is a funny, energetic piece of highly theatrical storytelling where the men are at once both themselves and every character they meet on a night working at the nightclub.

The boredom of the men on the door spills over into grotesque violence and fantasy.

The antics of the girls and boys out for a night on the town hardly needs developing to make them dramatic. The conflict between those wanting a good time and those stopping a good time from being bad is a basic dramatic premise.

The central theme of Bouncers is universal: men after beer after women and the beat goes on. There is also a Bouncers rap which should prove entertaining.

 

 

Coming in 2020 to Theatre 62

Auditions for Jane Eyre at Theatre 62

Auditions for Jane Eyre

The April 2020 production, which is also Theatre 62’s Bromley Full-Length Play Festival entry, is Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, adapted for the stage by Polly Teale.

This is a modern interpretation of a timeless classic and although challenging, with many roles doubling, should provide performers and audience alike with a truly exciting and dramatic experience.

Auditions:

Friday 10 January, 8 p.m.
Monday 13 January, 8 p.m.
Monday 20 January, 8 p.m.
Friday 24 January, 8 p.m.

Details at http://www.theatre62.org.uk

Christmas Revue | 4 -7 December 2019

CHRISTMAS REVUE 

Theatre 62 proudly presents its Christmas Revue, together with a Light Supper, Wednesday 4th to Saturday 7th December at 8.00pm.

Gather your friends for an evening of mayhem and merriment, with a sprinkle of Sparkle and a touch of Tinsel, as our eleven actors perform sketches, poems, songs and bite-size pieces of festive fancy, all for your delight. Our brilliant bar staff will be only to happy to whet your whistle for a modest sum.

All for £10 a head – now that’s what I call a Cracking Christmas Cornucopia!

The ensemble:

Janet Clark
Diane Ebden
Janet Edden
Margaret Glenn
Mary-Rose Goodliffe
Margaret Hey
Sue Hicks
Paul Newton
John Oakenfull
Stuart Scott
Jan Stockwell

Theatre 62’s Christmas Revue

Theatre 62 proudly presents their Christmas Revue, together with a Light Supper, Wednesday 4th to Saturday 7th December at 8.00pm.

Gather your friends for an evening of mayhem and merriment, with a sprinkle of Sparkle and a touch of Tinsel, as our actors perform sketches, poems, songs and bite-size pieces of festive fancy, all for your delight. Our brilliant bar staff will be only to happy to whet your whistle for a modest sum.

All for £10 a head – now that’s what I call a Cracking Christmas Cornucopia!

Nikki Packham – Director

http://www.theatre62.org.uk

Theatre 62’s 2020 season announced

Theatre 62’s 2020 season has been announced.

All the details at http://www.theatre62.org.uk or by clicking here

Postponed: Jane Eyre | 27th April – 2nd May 2020

This production is postponed due the coronavirus outbreak.  We hope to stage the show at a later date.

 

A beloved classic and undisputed masterpiece, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre explores class, society, love and religion through the eyes of one of fiction’s most unique and memorable female protagonists.

This is a modern interpretation of a timeless classic and although challenging, with many roles doubling, should provide performers and audience alike with a truly exciting and dramatic experience.

The production is Theatre 62’s Bromley Full-Length Play Festival entry, is ‘Jane Eyre’, adapted for the stage by Polly Teale.

Box Office opens 27th March.

 

Bouncers Remix | 22nd – 27th June 2020

In light of current events, regrettably the auditions for Bouncers Remix have been postponed.

Bouncers shows a night on the tiles from the point of view of the men on the door. It is a funny, energetic piece of highly theatrical storytelling where the men are at once themselves, and every character they happen to meet on a night at work at the nightclub.