July 2-6, 2019 Running time: TBC Three flatmates. A single bathroom. A whole world of men. In this funny, blunt play three women figure out how they really feel about sex, their bodies and each other, and we look at the effects of society’s objectification of women. Director: Siobhán Campbell Cast: Celia – Fiona Daffern Jo – Anna Callender Mary – Bex Law
Director and Theatre Committee member Mark Ireson introduces his latest play, a two-hander opening next week. Tell us how and why you chose Old Fools One of the great joys of theatregoing is seeing something that grips from the off, where you can’t wait to see what happens to these characters. Tristan Bernays’ script about memories of life, love and loss is one of those. It has something in common with great modern plays like Constellations and Betrayal, then uses […]
Siobhán Campbell announces her cast of Low Level Panic by Clare McIntyre to be staged in July. “I am delighted to announce the cast of Low Level Panic. Probably one of the most fun audition sessions I’ve had, as everyone was so talented and it was a pleasure to hear people read this great piece. I look forward to getting started and bringing it to life.” – Siobhán Campbell Celia – Fiona Daffern Jo – Anna Callender Mary – Bex Law Low […]
Tonight in the SLT bar Theatre Committee representatives Simon Gleisner and Jess Osorio announced the 11 plays would make up SLT’s 2019 Autumn/Winter Season, with the rights for only one show outstanding. Directors of the productions included in the season were on hand to talk about their plays and answer questions about what audiences and casts might expect from their shows. The season contains one Shakespeare, a Sondheim musical, a Christmas show and 8 plays. Please head over to our […]
June 11-15, 2019 Running time: TBC As Ollie ventures further into the shadowy Pomona, in search of her missing sister, she discovers that some questions are best left un-asked. This unnerving mix of urban nightmare and sci-fi thriller challenges our perceptions of what is real and asks just how much are we willing to overlook for a quiet life? Director: Jason Salmon Cast: Ollie – Constance Des Marais Fay – Lizzie Frainier Gale – Ashiana Pradhan Keaton – Cal […]
We have announced the 52nd SLT AGM and we are keen that our membership are aware that all roles on SLT’s General Council are open for anyone to stand. Some of you may not be sure what being on General Council means. In a nutshell it means being a Director of the Theatre and we must conduct all our business in line with Charity Commission rules. We need to be open, transparent, solvent and maintain good governance. Everything we do is […]
Save the Date! 8pm, 20 May 2019 SLT Annual General Meeting (Followed by SLT Member’s Club Annual General Meeting) It’s been a full, exciting and eventful first year back at the Old Fire Station. We’ve managed to finish most of the internal works to the building and had a great season of interesting plays with fabulous and many full audiences. We’ve had to change some of our ways of working including opening up our facilities to the community in the […]
Save the date! We’ll be announcing our next season from 8.30pm on Tuesday 9th April in the members bar at the Old Station. We’re combining it with our April New Members Night, so come on down, find out what we have planned, and show our newest members what a vibrant and exciting community they’ve joined. Be amongst the first to see what we’ve got lined up. You can find out more about the plays, speak to the directors, and get […]
Jason Salmon announces his cast of seven for Pomona, an dark, urban thriller with a sci-fi edge to be staged in June. “I was delighted and overwhelmed by the talent on show at the auditions. It was wonderful to see the play brought to life and in all honesty I could have cast it a couple of times, such was the standard. After a tough decision process I’ve been able to assemble an excellent cast of existing and new members, […]
Youth Group Leaders and production directors Siobhán Campbell and Peter Stevens introduce the two plays forming our Youth Group’s production next week How did you arrive at selecting these two plays for the Youth Group production? Peter: We had 10 Connections plays to choose from – once we’d worked through what we could do with the number of members we hoped to include (as many as possible) and what we could pull off (we weren’t sure we could manage a […]