Baba Shakespeare

by Emmeline Winterbotham

Suggested by the Merchant Ivory film
Shakespeare Wallah of 1965

RSC Open Stages in London
 



Below is a list of all RSC Open Stages participants for the London region. In the spirit of Open Stages, the Tower Theatre team openly encourages its audiences and supporters to find out more about these productions and help support our fellow Open Stages participants.

This list is taken from the RSC Open Stages website and is accurate as of Autumn 2011. For updates, check out the RSC web site.

Archway Theatre Horley
A Winter's Tale
Venue: Archway Theatre Main House
Dates: April-May 2012 (Dates TBC)
Web: www.archwaytheatre.co.uk


The Rough Mechanicals Theatre Company
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Venue: The Charles Cryer Studio Theatre, Carshalton, Surrey
Dates: 29 September-1 October 2011
Web: www.secombetheatre.co.uk


Theydon Bois Drama Society
Macbeth
Venue: Theydon Bois Village Hall
Dates: 16-19 May 2012
Web: www.theydondrama.org


Progress Theatre
The Tempest
Venue: Caversham Court Gardens, Church Road, Caversham
Dates: 23-30 July 2011
Web: www.progresstheatre.co.uk


The Barn Theatre
Twelfth Night
Venue: The Barn Theatre
Dates: 28 Apr-7 May 2011
Web: www.barntheatre.co.uk


Iver Heath Drama Club
Fifteen Minute Hamlet
Venue: Iver Heath Village Hall
Dates: April 2012 (Dates TBC)
Web: www.ihdc.co.uk


The People's Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Venue: The Sir Bernard Miller Centre, The Odney Club Cookham
Dates: 12-15 May 2011
Web: www.cookhamsshakespeare.com


Woodhouse Players
The Pocket Pericles
Venue: Welsh Church Hall, Leytonstone, London
Dates: 3-4 and 10-11 June 2011
Web: www.woodhouseplayers.co.uk


Open Hand Productions
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Venue: Venue TBC
Dates: 21-24 May 2012 (Dates TBC)
Web: www.openhandproductions.co.uk


Wargrave Theatre Workshop
Measure for Measure
Venue: Mill Green, Wargrave (Open Air)
Dates: 8-11 June 2011
Web: www.wargravetheatre.co.uk


The Blank Factory
Macbeth
Venue: Wycliff Church Cemetery Junction, Reading
Dates: 13-15 October 2011
Web: www.blankfactory.co.uk


The Croft Drama Group
Twelfth Night - An Abridge version
Venue: Charles Cryer Studio Theatre
Dates: 1-4 July 2011
Web: UNDER CONSTRUCTION


South London Theatre
The Merchant of Venice
Venue: South London Theatre
Dates: 4-8 October 2011
Web: www.southlondon.co.uk


Putney Theatre Company
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Venue: Putney Arts Theatre and Putney Old Burial Ground (9-10 July 2011)
Dates: 21-25 June 2011 and 9-10 July 2011
Web: www.putneyartstheatre.org.uk


Network Theatre
The Tempest
Venue: Network Theatre, Waterloo, London
Dates: 9-11, 16-18, 23-25 February and 01-03 March 2012.
Web: www.networktheatre.org


Oval House Theatre (Creative Youth)
Romeo and Juliet
Venue: Oval House Theatre
Dates: 12-21 July 2012
Web: www.ovalhouse.com


Lansbury Players
Merchant of Venice
Venue: Teviot Neighbourhood Centre (Poplar) and The Space (Isle of Dogs)
Dates: September 2012 (Dates TBC)
Web: www.lansburyplayers.org.uk


The Pranksters Theatre Company
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Venue: Guildford Castle Grounds
Dates: 8-16 July 2011
Web: www.pranksterstheatre.org.uk


Kent Shakespeare Company
As You Like It
Venue: Mount Ephraim Gardens, Herne Hill, Kent
Dates: 15-25 June 2011
Web: www.kentishshakespeare.co.uk


Good Company Theatre Group
Olympus - The Musical
Venue: Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon and Minack Theatre, Cornwall
Dates: May 2012 (Dates TBC)


Folkestone and Hythe Operatic Society
Production TBC
Venue: The Tower Theatre
Dates: Summer 2012 (Dates TBC)
Web: www.towertheatrefolkestone.co.uk


Neos Productions
Kiss Me Kate
Venue: The Centre, New Eltham Methodist Chapel Church
Dates: 5-7 May 2011
Web: www.neosproductions.co.uk


Trinity Theatre Club (TTC)
King Lear
Venue: Trinity Theatre 7 Arts Centre Tunbridge Wells
Dates: 18-23 October 2011
Web: www.ttctw.com


The Dulwich Players
Will's Women' featuring A Merry Regiment of Women by Rae Shirley and Pericles
Venue: The Crown and The Greyhound Pub, Dulwich Village
Dates: Will Women, 10-11 May 2011 and Pericles, July 2012 (TBC)
Web: www.dulwichplayers.org


Teddington Theatre Club
All's Well That Ends Well
Venue: Hampton Hill Playhouse
Dates: 29 Jan-4 Feb 2012
Web: www.teddingtontheatreclub.org.uk


Argosy Players
Romeo and Juliet
Venue: Compass Theatre, Ickenham
Dates: Spring 2012 (Dates TBC)
Web: www.argosyplayers.co.uk


Canterbury Players
Pint Size Henry 5
Venue: Unicorn Pub, The Farm House and Lounge on the Farm
Dates: 23rd April, 31 May and 1-2 June, 8-10 July 2011
Web: www.thecanterburyplayers.co.uk


Medway Little Theatre
As You Like It
Venue: Medway Little Theatre
Dates: 30 June-8 July 2011
Web: www.mlt.org.uk


The Hatch Theatre Project (formerly Threshold Theatre)
Macbeth
Venue: Emerson College, East Sussex
Dates: 18-20 August 2011
Web: www.thehatchtheatreproject.co.uk


The Tower Theatre Company
Baba Shakespeare
Venue: Central London (TBC)
Dates: Spring 2012 and Summer 2012 (Dates TBC)
Web: www.towertheatre.org.uk


The Hampstead Players
The Winter's Tale
Venue: Hampstead Parish Church and St George's Square
Dates: 7-10 July 2011
Web: www.hampsteadplayers.org.uk


King's Players
The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui
Venue: Greenwood Theatre, 55 Weston Street, London, SE1 3RA
Dates: 13-15 December 2011
Web: www.the-kings-players.com


Richmond Shakespeare Society
Twelfth Night
Venue: The Fountain Gardens, Twickenham
Dates: 24-30 July 2011 (excluding 27 July)
Web: www.richmondshakespeare.org.uk


Ruislip Dramatic Society
Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomens’ Guild Drama Society's Production of Macbeth
Venue: The Compass Theatre and Arts Centre, Ickenham
Dates: 16-19 November 2011
Web: www.ruislipdramatic.org


Sevenoaks Shakespeare Society
Macbeth
Venue: The Stag Community Arts Centre, Sevenoaks
Dates: (Dates TBC)
Web: www.sevenoaksshakespeare.org.uk


The South London Theatre
Humble Boy
Venue: The South London Theatre, West Norwood
Dates: 21-25 June 2011
Web: www.southlondontheatre.co.uk


Southside Players
Julius Caesar
Venue: Chesthut Grove Drama Hall, Balham
Dates: 15-18 February 2012
Web: www.southsideplayers.org.uk


The CornerHOUSE Community Arts Centre
Much Ado About Nothing
Venue: The CornerHOUSE Community Arts Centre
Dates: June 2012 (Dates TBC)
Web: www.thecornehouse.org


Partisan Productions
Twelfth Night
Venue: The Playhouse Theatre, Whitstable
Dates: 8-10 June 2011


Burning Down the House
After Winter Comes
Venue: The Studio, Hayes School, Hayes, Bromley
Dates: October 2011 (Dates TBC)
Web: www.burningdownthehouse.co.uk


Purple Theatre Company
Purple Pieces Forsooth!
Venue: Yiewsley and West Drayton Community Centre AND Southlands Arts Centre, West Drayton
Dates: 17-18 June 2011
Web: www.purpletheatre.org.uk


KDC
Modern Shakespeare History Project
Venue: TBC (London Fringe)
Dates: Spring 2012 (Dates TBC)
Web: www.kdctheatre.com


UCLU Drama Society
The Tempest
Venue: UCL Quad, Gower Street, London
Dates: 16-18 June 2011
Web: www.ucludrama.co.uk/index.htm


The Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre
The Tempest
Venue: The Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre, Crayford
Dates: 30 June-7 July 2012
Web: www.thegwt.org.uk


Company of Ten
Much Ado about Nothing and The Sonnets
Venue: Abbey Theatre, St Albans
Dates: 24 Feb-10 March 2012
Web: www.abbeytheatre.org.uk


BOATE (Bexley Open Air Theatre Event)
Henry V Cultural Olympic event
Venue: Foots Cray Meadows, Bexley, Kent
Dates: 24-27 August 2012
Web: www.boate.org


Hubbub Theatre
The Sonnets

Venue: Site-Specific outdoor space in Essex
Dates: May 2012 (Dates TBC)


Bromley Little Theatre
Twelfth Night
Venue: Bromley Little Theatre
Dates: 18-25 February 2012


John Lewis Partnership Dramatic Society
Back to the Bosom of the Bard
Venue: The Odney Club , Cookham, Berks
Dates: Summer 2012 (Dates TBC)


Threepenny Theatre
Tarquin of Cheapside
Venue: Venue TBC
Dates: Spring 2012 (Dates TBC)
Web: www.threeppennytheatre.co.uk


Woodhouse Players
Goodnight Desmonda (Good Morning Juliet)
Venue: Welsh Church Hall, Leytonstone, London
Dates: Summer / Autumn 2012 (Dates TBC)
Web: www.woodhouseplayers.co.uk


Pinner and Hatch End Operatic Society
Kiss Me Kate
Venue: Watersmeet Theatre, Rickmansworth
Dates: 19-23 June 2012
Web: www.pheos.co.uk


Speen Festival 2011
A musical version of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
Venue: Speen Marquee, Speen, Bucks
Dates: 8-10 Sept 2011
Web: www.speenfestival.org


88
The Midnight Shakespeare
Venue: ARCH468, Brixton
Dates: 16-18 June 2011


Hemel Hempstead Theatre Company
The Winter's Tale, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Wyrd Sisters
Venue: The Boxmoor Playhouse
Dates: WT - 23-26 November 2011, RTFP - 26-29 January 2012, WS - 16-19 May 2012
Web: www.boxmoorplayhouse.co.uk


Garden Suburb Theatre
The Merry Wives of Windsor and Timeshare (an original play by one of the members)
Venue: Little Oakwood Open Air Theatre and Upstairs at The Gate House, Highgate
Dates: 8th-10th July and 14th-16th July 2011 (Merry Wives) 29-2 Dec 2012 (Timeshare)
Web: www.gardensuburbtheatre.org.uk


Stargazers
West Side Story
Venue: Theatre Royal, Margate
Dates: 7-10 September 2011


The Questors Theatre
Romeo & Juliet
and
Othello

Venue: Questors Theatre, Ealing
Dates: March 2012 Onwards (Dates TBC)
Web: www.questors.org.uk