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IT IS a milestone year for Forest Forge Theatre Company in Ringwood as it celebrates 40 years of entertaining audiences – albeit a bit delayed.

FOREST Forest Forge Theatre in Ringwood: Sharon Lawless, Lucy Phillips, Colin Bull, David Haworth. Front row from left to right; Ludo (the dog), Dom Phillips, Anna Harriott, Michele O’Brien. FOREST Forge Theatre in Ringwood has received £55,000 from the government’s Culture Recovery Fund. It is a centre for self-producing professional live theatre in the region providing services to venues, schools and the community for 40 years. The pandemic has resulted in the theatre being unable to generate income from productions, participation groups, workshops and venue hires for more tha...

As it enters its 40th year of delivering theatre to communities, Ringwood based Forest Forge Theatre Company is determined to continue offering creative classes and workshops with a jam-packed online programme for half-term. From February 15 to 19, the theatre has a daily programme of online events which boasts a daily offering of creative learning and activities for people of all ages including: Babigloo Music for Babies (February 19) Minis Drama Club for ages four to seven (February 15) Young Writers Workshops for ages seven to 11 (February 18) and ages 12 to 18 (February 17) A free art...

1/1 A LANDMARK building on the edge of the New Forest is being demolished - just weeks after plans to transform the site were approved. The former Waterside Theatre, which has dominated the area for the past 70 years, is rapidly being reduced to a pile of rubble. Other parts of the old Waterside Sports and Social Club in Long Lane, Holbury, are also being torn down. Proposals to replace the complex with a sports pavilion and a community garden were approved by New Forest District Council last month. The club was built to serve workers at the neighbouring Fawley refin...