Category: Shows

Conspiracy concluded

June 15, 2026

After four successful performances the SBADS production of “The Shakespeare Conspiracy” has reached its unstoppable conclusion. The audience were treated to amazing effects and impressive performances throughout a play that is bizarre, complex and ever-changing, bringing Shakespeare’s characters into a modern-day struggle for world domination and peppering an up-to-date script with Shakespearean lines and references. […]

First night a success – tickets still on sale

June 12, 2026

“I didn’t know am dram could be so good” – the first night of “The Shakespeare Conspiracy” has drawn excellent feedback, so if you haven’t booked yet, book now! With a great cast, excellent effects and lighting, a spot of gore and a cracking script, we’re delighted (and secretly relieved) that our first audience really […]

Posters for “The Shakespeare Conspiracy”

May 11, 2026

If you’d like to print off and display one of our posters, or share info about South Brent’s production of “The Shakespeare Conspiracy” on-line, then please feel free to download “The Shakespeare Conspiracy” posters and images below. A4 poster Download a PDF of the poster to print (PDF, 1.6MB) Download a JPEG image of the […]

Tickets are now on sale for “The Shakespeare Conspiracy”

April 27, 2026

Tickets for our June production are now available on-line and at The Village Shop in South Brent.

First tickets available soon for “The Shakespeare Conspiracy”

April 20, 2026

SBADS members and mailing list subscribers will get the first chances to book tickets for “The Shakespeare Conspiracy” this week.

In rehearsal: The Shakespeare Conspiracy

March 2, 2026

Our next show will be “The Shakespeare Conspiracy” from 11 to 13 June. It’s a fast-paced, epic and passionate adventure in a world where Shakespeare’s heroes and villains are written as large as any Superhero with an origin story to match.

Auditions – The Shakespeare Conspiracy

January 27, 2026

SBADS are delighted to announce auditions on 8th February for our June production, “The Shakespeare Conspiracy” by Andrew Shepherd, to be directed by Tim McGill.

The Ghost Train heads into the archive

December 11, 2025

We’ve added The Ghost Train to our on-line archive, with hundreds of photos for you to enjoy.

How do you make the sounds of a train (and what’s the sandpaper for?)

November 28, 2025

You can’t stage The Ghost Train without the titular train, and 100 years ago they had no choice but to make effects live on stage. For our 100th anniversary we did the same: but just how did we make an impressively realistic train with seemingly random objects, such as a coal bunker, fire extinguisher and […]

The train now departed

November 24, 2025

Our fourth and last production for 2025 reached its terminus on Saturday night after four dramatic performances at South Brent Village Hall. The revised version of “The Ghost Train” by Arnold Ridley, adapted by Jocelyn and Nicolas Ridley, attracted a modern record number of people in our audience, who seemed to love every performance.