There’s no time to rest on our laurels (or Hardy’s).

Some of us are diving straight into the New Hardy Players ‘Under the Greenwood Tree’. – https://hardyonline.org/

But Dorchester Drama is also looking ahead to our Spring production. See below the message from our Chairman.

“All budding actors, stage managers, and those who like to read a play just to see.

Please put dates in your diary for Wednesday 7^th December (Sunninghill) and Monday 12^th December (Victoria Pub), when Steve Twinn will be reading “Waiting for Godot” and “The Cresta Run”.

This is in anticipation of choosing and casting one of these for our DD spring production, to be performed at the Town Hall, Dorchester on Friday 14^th and Saturday 15^th April, and  Saturday 6^th May in Martinstown.”

This will be a little different, with 2 venues planned and the associated challenges that come with it.

So if you fancy it, come along and see what’s going on and have a go. Both of these plays are going to be challenging but worthwhile to do.

  A few pics from last night’s Dress Rehearsal.

‘Confusions’ is on for the next 3 nights at the Corn Exchange, Dorchester. Tickets will be available on the door or from the usual places.

The Cast and directors for confusions are preparing for the final rehearsals while the techies are getting sound & lighting plans together.

It is with regret and sadness that we must say goodbye to our longest-serving and most venerable member.

Ann Ottaway directed, acted, supervised, prompted and advised in many productions over many years, most recently directing ‘Generations Apart’ last year, and playing our favourite Moley in ‘Toad of Toad Hall’ in November. This year she was the assistant director for ‘Ladies Day’.

Ann was liked and respected by everyone in Dorchester Drama and her knowledge and guidance will be sorely missed.

All our thoughts go out to her family.

So final night has finished, and DD wraps another production up, short of the packing everything into the store again, which I’m just about to do.

This has been a cracking little play to do and if the audience enjoyed it half as much as we have, job done. If you were not able to come to see it, that’s a real pity, but we’re already working on the next project. News to come.

We’ve got a couple of clips for you to watch, grabbed from the last couple of performances.

Ladies day Poster 01 03 2016

After an exhausting few days for the Cast and Crew, Toad of Toad hall comes to a close. The scenery and props are back in the store and costumes are being cleaned before joining them. A huge thanks to everyone who helped put this together, whether it was helping out with Front of House, painting a couple of flats on a Saturday morning, or getting up early and staying out late to help lifting, shifting etc.

Thank you.

There are some wonderful shots out there on the interweb of the set and players and some links are below.

First of all there’s some photos taken by a Friend of Badger’s, Mr John Boyle, capturing some quite unique moments of the play. – click Link –

Secondly, there’s Marion Cox’s review published on their website. On the whole a good review, but she felt that the play was let down by the length and didn’t like Toad. It is worth noting that the version that was printed in the paper had some of the better points edited out and they applied an unsuitably negative headline. An edit that Mrs Cox herself was not happy with. This may well have put the opportunist Punter from coming out on the Saturday night.

And last, and showing that different reviewers can see different perspectives, there’s Anita Harris’s review featured in her Durnovaria diaries. See below.

      We open tonight, Show starting at 7pm.

We still have some tickets available on the door, so if you’re free, we’d love to see you.

Here are some pics from the dress rehearsal.

Here’s the Flyer that we’re currently circulating around some of the local schools.

PDF version to download below

Toad schools flyer