Our popular play reading evenings are a fun and enjoyable night out. 

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You are encouraged to participate and read parts but equally if you just want to come along and listen, you are more than welcome.

 

The dates do vary but we typically hold them each month. The dates and details of choices for  upcoming evenings will be posted below. 

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Held at the Warehouse Theatre in IIminster at 7:30pm. Free event and open to anyone over 16.

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There’s usually something for everyone. Come along, share your thoughts, and enjoy a lovely evening of reading, chatting, and connecting.

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List of dates for 2026 - further dates to be added nearer the time

Next one: 25th September

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​Details about the next upcoming play reading will be added here when we have the information.

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This Month: 25th September - The Warehouse Theatre starts at 7:30pm

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I hope you’ve all had a lovely summer and are ready for the next session of play readings! There were just too many plays to choose from in the library, and I couldn’t decide which to pick but you’ll be pleased to know I whittled it down to two! On the night you can choose between ‘Death of Cool’ by Alan Pollock and ‘…unoriginal Sin’ by David Tristram.

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The Death of Cool is a satirical black comedy and at the centre of it is Switch, a charismatic graduate who makes a substantial living from large-scale benefit fraud. With the help of two hangers-on, the would-be DJ Richie and Tara, an aspiring actress, Switch has assumed identities up and down the country. He aims to be the greatest fraudster of his generation despite the misgivings of his best friend Lisa, who suspects his scheming can’t last forever.

This heady mix quickly reaches boiling point with the arrival of Terry Newman. Switch has been using his identity in the mistaken belief he is dead, but a very much alive Newman wants vengeance. His attempt to blackmail Switch and the others leads to a white-knuckle ride through the underside of contemporary English life in the age of scams and deception.

 

…unoriginal Sin is again a comedy. Eve is twenty-four and never been kissed. Well, not properly. Bill is thirty-five, rich, alcoholic and with the sex drive of an adolescent bull on steroids. Eve is engaged to Neville. Bill is married to Jenny. Jenny is having an affair with Jeremy, but she remains utterly devoted to her husband’s cheque book. Miles is Bill’s best friend. Or at least he was, before he discovered Bill’s underpants hanging from the lightshade in his bedroom. Then there’s Father Tomlin. At least he’s taken a lifelong vow of celibacy. Or so his daughter claims. So - original sin? It seems there’s nothing very original about it anymore…

 

I really like both plays so it really is over to you this time! Look forward to seeing you at the theatre for the first of our autumn play readings.

 

See you soon!

Irene