Belfrey Theatre – Wellington

An evening of songs and sketches to celebrate the year that’s passed since the last time we did this to celebrate coming out of lockdown. Updated:Wednesday, September 21, 2022

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In November each year the Wellington Theatre Company, located at the Belfrey Theatre, hosts a Drama Festival, for both Adults and Youth, aimed at encouraging Amateur Drama in Shropshire and beyond. Both Full Length and One Act Plays can be entered. All entries to the Festival will be adjudicated. Companies who are familiar with Festivals will be well aware of the benefits resulting from an assessment by an experienced eye. Youth drama groups, in particular, can gain immeasurably from adjudication. Updated:Sunday, November 13, 2022

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Four adventurous children travel through a magical wardrobe to the mysterious land of Narnia and learn of their destiny to free it with the guidance of the mystical lion, Aslan. Updated:Sunday, June 26, 2022

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A tragicomedy in two acts. One of Nobel prize-winning author Samuel Beckett’s most thought-provoking plays The story of Estragon and Vladimir, two clownish tramps who wait at a crossroads for a man named Godot, who may know all the answers to their questions and may be able to lead them onwards. But he doesn’t show up, instead they encounter an arrogant master and his slave This happens twice.. Updated:Saturday, November 26, 2022

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    Based on George Bernard Shaw‘s play Pygmalion and Gabriel Pascal’s subsequent film, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons from Professor Henry Higgins so that she may pass in London Society as a lady. The original production was directed and staged by Moss Hart.   This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International.     Updated:Tuesday, July 12, 2022

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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 Festival. Updated:Monday, […]

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The plot combines the Babes-lost-in-the-forest story with the Robin Hood legend. The comedy comes thick and fast from Friar Tuck and Little Joan and Robin’s motley crew of Men in Tights. Plus, a really villainous Sheriff. And an unforgettable Dame! The Babes come to visit their uncle, the Sheriff of Nottingham, little suspecting that he is planning their demise. But never fear, help is at hand! – in the shape of Robin and his Merry Men, plus Maid Marian, and Nanny Winnie Widebottom. Updated:Sunday, February 6, 2022

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The plot combines the Babes-lost-in-the-forest story with the Robin Hood legend. The comedy comes thick and fast from Friar Tuck and Little Joan and Robin’s motley crew of Men in Tights. Plus, a really villainous Sheriff. And an unforgettable Dame! The Babes come to visit their uncle, the Sheriff of Nottingham, little suspecting that he is planning their demise. But never fear, help is at hand! – in the shape of Robin and his Merry Men, plus Maid Marian, and Nanny Winnie Widebottom. Updated:Monday, January 31, 2022

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Updated:Saturday, November 6, 2021

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Twin siblings are on board a boat sailing across the ocean. A storm blows up and they are separated and shipwrecked off the coast of Illyria. Viola thinks her brother, Sebastian is dead. Sebastian thinks his sister, Viola is dead. Everyone thinks that she is her brother. Everyone thinks that her brother is her. A frantic farce of mistaken identities and confused gender follows then love conquers all. Updated:Sunday, October 24, 2021

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