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Meet the Cast of The Shakespeare Revue
The countdown to our Autumn production is well and truly on so over the next few days we will be bringing you profiles of the talented...
Richard Weller
Sep 18, 20241 min read


This picture provides a very big clue
"The Shakespeare Revue? Won't that be terribly heavy and serious? And very difficult to understand? Won't I feel uncomfortable in my seat...
Richard Weller
Sep 17, 20241 min read


August Play Reading Coming Soon
“Love or knowledge, which would you choose?” 1896. Girton College, Cambridge. The Girton girls study hard and match their male peers...
Richard Weller
Jul 23, 20241 min read


Shakespeare Revue Presentation: REMINDER
This year, our October production will be a bit different from the norm as we will be presenting an evening of songs and sketches based...
Richard Weller
Jul 1, 20241 min read


AGM Reminder - This Sunday 30 June at 4:00 pm. Read the Chairman's report HERE!
Any mention of our esteemed Chairman is all the excuse we need to republish one of the greatest photographs taken at Haslemere Hall....
Richard Weller
Jun 27, 20243 min read


What a "revolting" lot!
The cast (and production team) for Matilda JR are primed and ready to go. Performances will be at 7:30 pm on Thursday 20, Friday 21 and...
Richard Weller
Jun 11, 20241 min read


Press Review for The King's Speech
Don't be upset Bertie. The Haslemere Herald has published a very nice review of The King's Speech. So buck up and go to the menu at the...
Richard Weller
Jun 3, 20241 min read


ANNOUNCEMENT: October production presentation evening
This October we will present The Shakespeare Revue, an evening of songs and sketches based around the Bard and his plays. Writers...
Richard Weller
May 25, 20241 min read


One month until Matilda JR hits town
Look out Haslemere, here she comes! The Next Generation's production of Matilda The Musical JR is on its way. Adapted by Dennis Kelly...
Richard Weller
May 20, 20241 min read


Enjoy your rest Bertie, you deserve it
It's over. The King has given his speech to spellbound audiences and, at last, Bertie can enjoy a well earned break. We will be bringing...
Richard Weller
May 19, 20241 min read


Let the "speechifying" commence. The King's Speech opens TONIGHT!
After months of waiting, this highly anticipated production will be at Haslemere Hall tonight, tomorrow and Saturday....
Richard Weller
May 16, 20241 min read


FINAL Countdown to The King's Speech: The Duke of York
No summary of characters in The King's Speech would be complete without the man whose plight inspired our story, The Duke of York...
Richard Weller
May 13, 20242 min read


Countdown to The King's Speech: King Edward VIII
For our penultimate profile, it is time to focus on the man at the centre of the greatest constitutional crisis of the 20th century, King...
Richard Weller
May 11, 20241 min read


Countdown to The King's Speech: The Duchess of York
Royalty rules again in today's character profile as we continue our build up to The King's Speech. As we all know, Her Majesty Queen...
Richard Weller
May 7, 20241 min read


June Play Reading Announcement
“Remember what we once were and what we thought we’d be. And now this.” J.B.Priestley wrote this poignant tale of disillusionment and...
Richard Weller
May 5, 20241 min read


Countdown to The King's Speech: Stanley Baldwin
Our series of thumbnail sketches about characters in the The King's Speech concentrates today on one of the most successful politicians...
Richard Weller
May 3, 20241 min read


Countdown to The King's Speech: Myrtle Logue
With our production of The King's Speech just over two weeks away, today we take a look at the person in the play about whom least is...
Richard Weller
May 1, 20241 min read


Thank you BBC Radio Surrey
We were delighted that the good people at BBC Radio Surrey were good enough to invite Richard Weller in his capacity as Director of The...
Richard Weller
Apr 30, 20241 min read


The King's Speech - the Director speaks!
In what promises to be one of the radio highlights of 2024, Richard Weller, in his guise as Director of our forthcoming production of The...
Richard Weller
Apr 28, 20241 min read


Countdown to The King's Speech: Cosmo Lang
Today's profile takes us to a figure who is little known today but played a key role in the abdication crisis, the Archbishop of...
Richard Weller
Apr 27, 20242 min read
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