Save the date! The season to be jolly will soon be upon us, so make sure you save the 21st December for our Playgoers Christmas Party. More details to follow. Anyone interested in being part of the festive entertainment team or can play an instrument, sing, dance, tell a joke, do some magic, or have another special talent please do get in contact with Roxana as soon as possible.
By Peter Yolland Richard Everett’s bitter-sweet comedy set in a quintessentially English vicarage garden opened in 2006 to sell-out shows at the Chichester Festival. It follows Grace, a recently widowed vicar’s wife coming to terms with his passing, the loss of her family home to the potential new incumbent, the return of her missionary sister and a daughter with her own issues. It thus provides lots of scope for long hidden secrets to be unearthed and relationships examined. The play […]
Want to find out more about our November main house show? Check out the video below to hear the director and her cast talk about the show. Then click here to get your tickets
Want to find out what’s going behind the scenes with our October main house show, King Charles III? Of course you do! Click the link below to watch director Pauline Armour and some of the cast talk about the show…….then rush to get your tickets here!
Our exciting new season for 2019 was announced on 1st September. To see details, click here!
By Patrick Neylan You’ve got to admire Alan Ayckbourn, even if you belong to the significant cadre of theatregoers who regard his work as hackneyed village-hall fodder. Back in 1979, Peter Hall described him as “one of the most talented … richest dramatists in the world”, but even then his plays were starting to be seen as too comfortable, complacent and predictable and much of his 80s work has dated badly. Yet 2001 saw a move away from the trivial […]
By Laura Ings-Self The talent present in BLT’s youth group is obvious from the appearances several members have made on the main stage and in the bar, but the true scope of the ability apparent in their number – and the high standards set by Jessica-Ann Jenner and Pauline Armour – was overwhelmingly showcased in the triple bill of one-act plays the group performed. We began with a two-hander featuring Josh Williams-Ward and Victor Poland. Staged as a rehearsed reading, […]
Len Goodman, known to millions as the past Head Judge of Strictly Come Dancing and current Head Judge of Dancing With The Stars, is coming to Coolings garden centre on Thursday 6th September to chat about his amazing life and career. He will be appearing twice; at 2.30pm and 7.30pm and will be interviewed by journalist Jo Goodman, in a ‘Life Stories’ type setting. And Coolings have generously offered to donate £10 to BLT for every ticket they sell to […]
Sunday 16th September 7.45 pm. The first show in our autumn Sunday night season is Memories of Matt Munro. Remember songs like Born Free, Softly As I Leave You, Portrait of my Love, Strangers in the Night….and the memorable theme tune from From Russia With Love? All big hits from one of the greatest British singers, Matt Munro. Come and hear them again as the mellow voice of Peter Snipp recreates the full Matt Monro experience. Peter’s singing career includes performances at Glyndebourne, […]