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Progress is delighted to announce the selected works for WriteFest 2020: A3 by Neil Jarvis. Death by Misadventure by Liz Carroll. Factory Children by Matthew Beswick. The Fisherman and His Wife by Steph Gunner-Lucas. A Shot at Life by Neil Jarvis. A Thousand Words by Adrian Tang. These 6 plays were selected from 46 submissions by local authors. [...] Read more

Progress Theatre is honoured to announce we have received the QUEENS AWARD FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE! The MBE for volunteer groups, this is the HIGHEST AWARD given to volunteer groups across the UK to recognise outstanding work done in their own communities. @queensawardforvoluntaryservice was created in 2002 to celebrate the Queens Golden Jubilee. It [...] Read more

Calling experienced or aspiring playwrights! Our short play competition, now it's 15th year, is now open for entries. We are looking for short plays, 8-18 minutes long. Chosen entries will be assigned to directors and presented at the theatre in the autumn. This is your chance to get your work staged. Deadline for applications: 26 April 2020 [...] Read more

We are proud to announce our season of plays for 2019-20! 2019 The 14th Annual WriteFest Wednesday 11 – Saturday 14 September (with Saturday matinee) Our annual evening of new writing returns to the Progress stage for the 14th year. Showcasing seven short plays by local writers, across a variety of genres, WriteFest offers something for every [...] Read more

Calling experienced or aspiring playwrights! Our short play competition, now it's 14th year, is now open for entries.. We are looking for short plays, 10-20 minutes long. Chosen entries will be assigned to directors and presented at the theatre in October. This is your chance to get your work staged. Deadline for applications: 14 April 2019 - we [...] Read more

"No child or future generation will ever know what this was like. They will never understand." Birdsong, which marks the centenary of the Armistice, opens at Progress Theatre tonight (Thursday 8th November 2018) at 19:45. Directed by Steph Dewar, the play runs from 8 to 17 November, and tells the story of Stephen Wraysford (Charlie West), a [...] Read more

It's that time of the year again when we realise that we should really make a start on the Christmas shopping. But who really enjoys trecking through the crowds of shoppers in search of a festive pair of socks for Uncle Jim? Look no further, because the Progress Theatre Shop is now open for business! Offering a range of beautiful branded clothing [...] Read more

Paul Gallantry, who plays Leonato in our open air production of Much Ado About Nothing, imagines its first reading... It’s October 1598, and the boys are back in town. Away they’ve been, touring the counties outside of London, stopping for the night in courtyards and inns, putting on plays, while the capital has slumbered and dreamt through the [...] Read more