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READING AND AUDITIONS FOR ‘ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS’ ANNOUNCED
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS by Richard Bean DIRECTOR: Craig Shelton PERFORMANCE DATES: 15 – 25 JULY, 2026 Rehearsals will commence LATE MAY There will be a reading of the play on 3 February 2026 so that those interested can hear the text come off the page and then make a judgement whether they […]
ARTISTIC ROUND UP INCLUDING 2026 FULL SEASON ANNOUNCED
Welcome back to the start of the 2026 season of theatre at the Loft. Thank you to all of you who came to see a show in 2025 and to all our amazing volunteers who made extraordinary contributions to ensuring we present a professional standard in every dimension of the theatre, on stage, off stage […]
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 […]
