Category: Shows
First tickets available soon for “The Shakespeare Conspiracy”
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
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
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
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?)
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
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.
Extra seats added for “The Ghost Train”
Tickets are selling quickly for “The Ghost Train” and after a remarkably full first-night we’ve opened an extra row of seats for our remaining performances to give even more people a chance to catch it. The audience loved our first performance, and were amazed by the set and the live sound effects, with all the […]
Posters for “The Ghost Train”
If you’d like to print off and display one of our posters, or share info about South Brent’s production of “The Ghost Train” on-line, then please feel free to download “The Ghost Train” posters and images below. A4 poster Download a poster ready to print (PDF, 1.9MB) Download a JPEG image of the poster (340kB) […]
“The Cyclops (of South Brent)” added to the archive
We’ve added photographs of “The Cyclops (of South Brent)” to our on-line archive.
Congratulations to ‘The Cyclops’ cast and team
The new SBADS youth group did themselves proud on Saturday 11th October with two lively performances of “The Cyclops (of South Brent)”. Telling the ancient Greek story of Odysseus escaping the clutches of the cyclops Polyphemus, eight talented youngsters wove a captivating tale in front of appreciative audiences.