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THE owners of Peel Fold once again welcomed an eager bunch of theatregoers into their idyllic riverside garden, this time for Illyria’s production of Twel...

AN amateur theatre group which put on its first outdoor production when the coronavirus lockdown restrictions were eased found it to be so successful that it is...

Swash-buckling outdoor show marks re-opening of theatre );  ); THE Kenton Theatre celebrated the lifting of coronavirus restrictions with the first of several “summer roadshow” performances at outdoor venues.  A three-strong cast from theatre company Morgan & West performed a version of The Three Musketeers, in which they played a total of 15 characters, in front of the bandstand on Mill Meadows on Saturday. They frequently disappeared into a tent to change costumes and the show, whic...

Summer roadshow line-up expanded Based on the book by Rachel Bright and Jim Field, LAS Theatre’s production of The Lion Inside will be staged in the open air at Mill Meadows on Sunday, August 8, at 2pm and 6pm. Closing out the summer roadshow season will be a 6pm performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore at Henley Rugby Club on Saturday, August 28. The shows previously announced were Morgan & West’s The Three Musketeers at Henley Rugby Club on July 24 and The Wind in the Will...

Theatre chief lifts curtain on fresh approach );  ); THE new chairman of trustees at the Kenton Theatre in Henley has pledged to operate with “integrity and transparency”. Julie Huntington was responding to questions about the governance of the New Street venue at its annual meeting held virtually on Wednesday last week. Mrs Huntington succeeded Chris Tapp as chairman in September following a turbulent two-year period for the theatre. This included one of the largest losses in the Kenton�...

Theatre team will reach out to audiences over summer );  ); THE team running the Kenton Theatre are planning a series of outdoor events this summer as they seek to reconnect with Henley audiences. With the latest stage of the Government’s easing of coronavirus restrictions set to take effect on Monday, confidence at the New Street venue is high and growing. The theatre’s new manager Simon Spearing has now started in the job full-time. The 47-year-old father of two, who joined two months ...