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SINCE 1931
PLAY READINGS
Play readings are held regularly at Manor Gardens and are great opportunities for members and non-members alike to relax in friendly company and read through a play that we are thinking of producing in the future or simply want to read!
There is no compulsion to read any of the parts, if you just want to listen, but it is a fun chance to read and enjoy parts that you wouldn't be able to audition for, because of age, gender or other reasons!
1984
by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan based on the novel by George Orwell
Tuesday 29th April 2025 at 7.30pm
At: Manor Gardens
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by William Shakespeare
Tuesday 20th May 2025 at 7.30pm
At: Manor Gardens
AMADEUS
by Peter Shaffer
Tuesday 24th June 2025 at 7.30pm
At: Manor Gardens
Either 222-A GHOST STORY or
GOODNIGHT MR TOM
Tuesday 22nd July 2025 at 7.30pm
At: Manor Gardens
Either 222-A GHOST STORY or
GOODNIGHT MR TOM
Tuesday 2nd September 2025 at 7.30pm
At: Manor Gardens
Either ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT or
WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING
Tuesday 30th September 2025 at 7.30pm
At: Manor Gardens
Either ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT or
WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING
Tuesday 4th November 2025 at 7.30pm
At: Manor Gardens
Past Play Readings this year:
OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE
based on the book by Neil Gaiman and adapted for stage by Joel Horwood and Katy Rudd
A thrilling feat of storytelling in which fantasy, sci-fi, myth and imagination combine in an adventure that unfolds right here, in our world
Returning to his childhood home, a man finds himself standing beside the pond of the old Sussex farmhouse where he used to play. When he meets an old friend, he is reminded of a name he has not heard for many years. Lettie Hempstock. He is transported back to his 12th Birthday when Lettie claimed the pond was not a pond at all, but an ocean.
Monday 31st March 2025 at 7.30pm
At: Manor Gardens