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READING AND AUDITION FOR ‘SUMMER AND SMOKE’ BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS ANNOUNCED
SUMMER AND SMOKE by Tennessee Williams DIRECTOR: Sue Moore Alma: “The girl who said ‘no’ – she doesn’t exist anymore, she died last summer – suffocated in smoke from something on fire inside her” PERFORMANCE DATES: 10-20 JUNE, 2026 Rehearsals will commence 17 APRIL, 2026 There will be a reading of the play […]
ARTISTIC NEWS FOR THE YEAR END
END OF YEAR NEWSLETTER 2025 So……we all escaped unscathed from The Cage. The Cage did indeed Protect Me and although it shook a bit, there’s not a scratch on me. Congratulations to Giles Allen-Bowden and his entire company for producing a genre of theatre we don’t often stage and one entirely appropriate for the Halloween […]
LATEST ARTISTIC NEWS ROUND UP – OCTOBER 2025
So, we began the autumn with the first of a trilogy of plays Beginning by David Eldridge and what a superlative hit it was. Brilliant critical appraisal from all those who were lucky enough to see two actors at the top of their game, with an insightful director and a script which underlines why David […]
Obituary for Bryan Ferriman – 1936 – 2025
November 1936 – October 2025 It is with immense sadness that we announce that Bryan Ferriman died yesterday after an increasing struggle with failing health. Our hearts go out to all his family and friends who will be mourning this great loss. I remember meeting Bryan in 1970 when he first joined the Loft. […]
CATCH UP ON ALL THE ARTISTIC NEWS IN THE SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ROUND UP SEPTEMEBR 2025 The summer has drifted by in a heat haze and the days are noticeably shortening. We celebrated the end of the first half of the season with a spectacular production of Doctor Faustus, where all the creative might of the theatre was lovingly wrapped around it. We dressed the […]
READ ALL THE ARTISTIC NEWS HAPPENING AT THE LOFT IN THE JULY NEWSLETTER PACKED WITH INFORMATION
So they went Up ‘n’ Under and round and about, down, sideways and flew through the air for the movement of this much-loved play by John Godber. There was cheering for the team from the auditorium for each victory during the match and for the final victory of the theatrical performance itself. The feedback from […]
