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 Iliminster 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

26th March

TBC April

28th May

further dates to be added nearer the time

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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: 26th March - The Warehouse Theatre starts at 7:30pm

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This month we will be reading ‘Our Town’ by Thornton Wilder. Edward Albee described it as “the greatest American play ever written”. It has won many awards, The Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1938, a Tony Award for Best Revival in 1989 and in the same year Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival.

 

 

'Our Town' is a fairly short three act play set in the small town of Grover's Corner and depicts the simple daily lives of the Webb and Gibbs families as their children fall in love, marry, and eventually (in one of the most famous scenes in American theatre), die. A stage manager narrates and it is intended to be performed with minimal props and sets.

 

It is a masterpiece of writing that has a long history of being performed from its opening on Broadway at the Henry Miller’s Theatre on 4th February 1938 to the most current production and adaptation by the Welsh National Theatre at Venue Cymru in Wales and starring Michael Sheen.  Tickets are available now. So, that could be a road trip for us all!!

 

But…seeing as that is very unlikely, please come along and join in reading the play at the Warehouse Theatre! It is much closer, plus you get to take part too. There are plenty of roles for everyone and don’t worry about accents – American or Welsh.

Hope to see you there,

Irene