The Warehouse Theatre
Ilminster
RAIN OR SHINE THEATRE COMPANY PRESENT:
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Agatha Appleton and the Peril of the Pyramids
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It’s the early 1930s and librarian Agatha Appleton finds herself embroiled in a hilarious Egyptian adventure that will test her courage, her wits, and her heart. Can our hero outsmart her enemies and uncover the mysteries of the ancient world? Or will she fall victim to the deadly traps and curses that guard the Mummy’s tomb? From the team that gave you ‘Around The World in 80 Days’ and ‘Sherlock Holmes and The Music Hall Mystery’ comes a good old-fashioned slice of Archaeological adventure heavily laced with our trademark silliness.
Join Rain or Shine this Winter for an evening of side-splitting spills and thrills in a theatrical tour-de-force for all the family.
18th – 21st February 2026 at 7:30pm
An Evening of Three One-Act Plays

COUNTDOWN by Alan Ayckbourn
A short one act sketch about a couple who verbalise their internal thoughts over breakfast.
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AN ACTOR’S NIGHTMARE by Christopher Durang - Directed by Clare Brett - George wanders on stage and is met by stage manager Mike, who says he is to fill infor an actor who has had an accident. But what in? Is this a nightmare, or something even more sinister? Taking its inspiration from the nightmare that actors of any
background will have suffered – appearing on stage without having prepared – Durang‘s taut, smart comedy wields theatre history like an executioner’s blade.
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PROMISES, PROMISES by Ken Cooper
A recently deceased man finds himself at the pearly gates of heaven and learns of the unusual entry requirements.
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KNOCKIN’ ON DAVE’S DOOR by Neil Webster – Directed by Ken Cooper. American singer/songwriter, Bob Dylan, flies to London to visit his friend, Dave Stewart – one half of The Eurythmics. Confused by the many similar street names in Crouch End, Dylan calls at the wrong house – that of Dave, a plumber, and a serious Bob Dylan fan.
4TH TO 6TH MARCH
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WADHAM SCHOOL PRESENTS - GREASE - YOUNG@PART
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Since its electric Broadway and West End debut in the early 1970’s, GREASE has remained one of the world’s most popular and enduring musicals. Funny, frank and featuring the hit songs “Greased Lightnin’,” “Hopelessly Devoted to You,” “You’re The One That I Want,” and “Summer Nights,” GREASE follows the journey of Danny and Sandy, alongside the Burger Palace Boys and the Pink Ladies, as they navigate high school to the unforgettable rock n’ roll soundtrack that defined generations.
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GREASE Young@Part® is an adaptation of the full-length musical GREASE, one of the world’s most popular and enduring musicals by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. TRW’s Young@Part® series is specifically crafted for students 15 years and younger, adjusting the score for younger voices, simplifying harmonies, increasing the number of speaking roles, and creating a more manageable production for school students and youth theatres.
Somerset Opera returns with Gilbert & Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance. Following last year’s highly successful MHS Pinafore it will again be directed by Sarah Helsby-Hughes (who also directs at Buxton) and music from Sam Baker.
The story concerns Frederic, who, having completed his 21st year, is released from his apprenticeship to a band of tender-hearted pirates. He meets the daughters of the incompetent Major-General Stanley, including Mabel, and the two young people fall instantly in love. Frederic learns, however, that he was born on 29 February, and so, technically, he has a birthday only once each leap year. His indenture specifies that he remain apprenticed to the pirates until his "twenty-first birthday", meaning that he must serve for another 63 years. Bound by his own sense of duty to honour his bond with the pirates, Frederic's only solace is that Mabel agrees to wait for him faithfully. The pirates' maid-of-all-work, Ruth, eventually reveals a fact that saves the day.