What's on
New Writing Week
Progress Theatre is proud to present our first online New Writing Week 12-17 October! During the week you’ll be able to enjoy not one, but five, fantastic new short plays, written by Reading-based writers and produced for camera by Progress Theatre.
- Eaten Cold by Anthony Travis
- A Love of Sorts by Liz Carroll
- Mary by Anthony Travis
- Sweet Dreams by Sarah Swatridge
- Tiger's Eye by Matthew Beswick
We'll be releasing a new, recorded play each day via Progress TV
New Writing Week plays are available to view free of charge!
There will also be a live Scratch performance during the week. More details to follow soon!
This New Writing Week follows on from the success of WriteFest, Progress Theatre's annual celebration of new writing by local writers. Though we can't bring you WriteFest as scheduled on stage this autumn, you can still see a selection of exciting and varied new writing online at our digital theatre - Progress TV
Progress TV
See our videos at https://vimeo.com/showcase/progresstv
Past events
Past shows at Progress Theatre - Past Seasons
2020
- The Haunting of Hill House - February
- Wyrd Sisters - January
2019
- Romeo and Juliet - December
- Hangmen - November
- The Children - October
- 14th Annual Writefest - September
- King Lear - July - Reading Abbey Ruins
- When They Go Low - July
- Top Girls - June
- Premieres: Equivocators, Peter’s Wife - May
- One Million Tiny Plays About Reading - April
- A Doll's House - March
- Jerusalem - February
- Blood and Ice - January
2018
- The Oresteia - December
- Birdsong - November
- 13th Annual WriteFest - October
- Jesus Christ Superstar - September
- Scenes Cut From Other Plays / Do My Boobs Look Big In This? - August
- Much Ado About Nothing - July - Reading Abbey Ruins
- Poetry of War - July
- Happy Jack - June
- Progress Premieres: SH!T & Recovery Position - May
- Little Gem - April
- Mother Courage and Her Children - March
- A Clockwork Orange - February
- Maskerade - January
2017
- The Picture of Dorian Gray - December
- Buddy Cop 2 - November
- Hamlet - October
- 12th Annual WriteFest - September
- The Wind in the Willows - July - Caversham Court Gardens
- The Tempest - July
- Betrayal - June
- Murder, Margaret and Me - May
- Progress Premieres: The Writer Bird & The Swastika Party - April
- His Dark Materials - March
- Accidental Death of an Anarchist - February
- No Naughty Bits - January
2016
- Wolves - December
- 11th Annual WriteFest - November
- Dracula - October
- The Long and the Short and the Tall - September
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - July - Caversham Court Gardens
- Daisy Pulls it Off - July - Progress Youth Theatre
- Humble Boy - June
- Suddenly Last Summer - May
- Stones In His Pockets - April
- Marat/Sade - March
- Steel Magnolias - February
- The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - January
2015
- The Hidden Truth - December - Progress Youth Theatre
- Brontë - November
- The 10th Annual Writefest - October
- Two-Way Mirror - September
- The Merry Wives of Windsor - July - at Caversham Court Gardens
- Gormenghast - July - Progress Youth Theatre
- The Weir - June
- Talking Heads - April
- Animal Farm - March
- Gaslight - February
- The Three Musketeers - January
2014
- Mojo - December - Progress Youth Theatre
- Noises Off - November
- The 9th Annual WriteFest - October
- Darwin and Fitzroy - September
- Love's Labour's Lost… And Won - July - at Caversham Court Gardens
- The Roses of Eyam - July - Progress Youth Theatre
- God of Carnage - June
- Not About Heroes - May
- Lady Windermere's Fan - April
- Trainspotting - March
- Bold Girls - February
- The Wolves of Willoughby Chase - January
