Belfrey Theatre – Wellington

This grand old (1938) musical was revived in London and New York in the 1980s in a new version by Stephen Fry. The late Viscount Hareford had a youthful, unfortunate marriage – and kept discreetly out of sight was a son and heir, Bill Snibson. The Hareford Hall family are despondent when the family solicitor finds the legitimate heir in the less than desirable Lambeth area of London. When Bill is brought to Hampshire, he is forced to decide if he should fit in with high society and lose his Cockney roots and his girlfriend. boxoffice@belfreytheatre.com or 01952 222277 Updated:Monday, […]

Alan Bennett’s first play, written in 1973, is a farcical comedy set in Brighton in the 1960s where the lust and longing of the permissive society has well and truly taken hold of the apparently respectable Wicksteed family. Like some saucy Magill seaside postcard as retouched by Magritte, or an end-of-the-pier romp reorganised by Orton, the piece shows how a collection of stock types from Hove find themselves propelled into the permissive society with the arrival of a false-breast fitter from Leatherhead. Identities are mistaken, the wrong knockers admiringly fondled, and libidos burst out of enforced hibernation. boxoffice@belfreytheatre.com or 01952 […]

With lots of songs and silly jokes this is a traditional pantomime for all the family to enjoy. Can Jack save the people of Merrydale from the scary giant and his horrible henchman? Will the King be able to satisfy the giant’s demands for more money?, will Grabbit, the baillif, get anyone to pay any rent?, will Jack, Jill and Daisy the cow live happily ever after? You’ll just have to join us to find out, Oh yes you will! boxoffice@belfreytheatre.com or 01952 222277 Updated:Monday, March 12, 2018

With lots of songs and silly jokes this is a traditional pantomime for all the family to enjoy. Can Jack save the people of Merrydale from the scary giant and his horrible henchman? Will the King be able to satisfy the giant’s demands for more money?, will Grabbit, the baillif, get anyone to pay any rent?, will Jack, Jill and Daisy the cow live happily ever after? You’ll just have to join us to find out, Oh yes you will! boxoffice@belfreytheatre.com or 01952 222277 Updated:Monday, March 12, 2018

In Shakespeare’s bloodthirsty. supernatural tragedy, Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a coven of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself. boxoffice@belfreytheatre.com or 01952 222277 Updated:Monday, March 12, 2018

The Wizard of Oz is a colourful fantasy musical. It provides family entertainment containing many familiar songs. Dorothy finds herself over the rainbow in Munchkin land following a cyclone. Her house has squashed the Witch of the East, leaving her loved and admired by the Munchkins but hated by the Wicked Witch of the West, the sister of the Witch of the East. Whilst following the yellow brick road she meets a brainless scarecrow, a heartless tin man and a cowardly lion.The four journey on together to meet the Wizard but he isn’t everything that they expect! A timeless classic […]

The Shropshire Drama Festival. (a first round festival of the All England Theatre Festival) The festival is held every Spring and showcases the best theatrical talent from around the county. Two or three one-act plays are shown each evening and a professional adjudicator is on hand to give the competing teams the benefit of his comments. The festival ends with an awards evening where individual and group talent is singled out for the presentation of various awards. The competition is organised into adult and youth categories and the winners can go on to represent Shropshire in the All England Theatre […]

Theatre Companies from Shropshire and beyond compete in this full length and one act drama festival.  With entries open to both adult and youth groups.  Each evening the performances are followed by an adjudication by a GODA adjudicator and awards are presented on the Saturday night at the end of the weeks performances.  To enter a play see our Wellington Drama Festival page. Updated:Sunday, April 29, 2018