We are a small and friendly group, from a wide range of ages and backgrounds who come together to enjoy a good social life and the thrill of staging real live theatre productions.  New members are the life blood of the group and always welcome.

Here are a list of the sort of things you might get involved in....

Acting               Backstage                  Choreography                Designing Sets                     Directing

Front of House             Van Driver               Lighting                  Music                       Poster Design

Props            Production Manager           Programme Design             Publicity                  Refreshments

Set Building             Set Painting            Stage Management        Social Secretary                  Wardrobe

You should be able to place your mouse pointer over the square below to see the Love's a Luxury set being put together at Loddon Hall.  Alternatively follow this link to learn about backstage work.

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So what do all these jobs actually involve??  Here is an attempt at a little clarification.

Acting - The art of standing on stage and looking as if you know why you are there.

Backstage - Each production requires one whole day of manic action while you work out how the scenery goes together.  The rest of the week can then be devoted to laughing at any actors who are trying to remember why they are there.

Choreography - Its such fun to think up movements that will expose the casts lack of co-ordination.  If anyone shows signs of getting it right, be sure to have some major changes you can make at the last minute.

Designing Sets -  Interested in styles, fashions, colours and house design?  Draw lovely pictures that the set builders have not a hope of recreating using just poster paint, timber and canvas.

Director - Your chance to boss everyone else around and throw the odd tantrum.  Biggest tasks are finding a production manager and spending nights awake in bed worrying.

Front of House - Simply turn up 30 mins before the performance in your best clothes and smile at the audience when they arrive.  We might even remember to thank you for your support one day!

Van Driver -  Wow! Would be really great to have one of these!!

Props - Blue Peter kids apply here.  An great excuse to visit all the junk shops and pound shops in Reading.  Often gets to play with glue, snoop round other peoples houses and search e-bay. Can sometimes be a real test of initiative!

Production Manager - You get to do all the legwork while the Director takes the glory.  Suitable for a compulsive organiser.

Programme Design - Good at computer graphics, word processing and an eye for layout? Then this ones for you.  When the cast forget to give you their biographies, you get to make it up!

Refreshments - Like Front of House, but you arrive later and are allowed to chat.

Set Building - Hours of fun with bits of wood and poster paints.  Ensure that everything you make is just too big to fit out through the door.

Social Secretary -  One long party!!

Wardrobe - Like props but you visit the charity shops instead.

Its social, its addictive, its fun!!