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Bury Theatre Workshop
the community THEATRE COMPANY

workshops

Unitarian Meeting House, Churchgate St, Bury St Edmunds
7.30 pm til 9.30 pm

Monday 23 March
Come and be and Actor!

Casting for our upcoming Shakespeare in the Park production, Twelfth Night, and general recruitment workshop. See Future Productions for details.

VIRUS UPDATE: At the time of writing (16 March) we are still intending to go ahead with the workshop for the benefit of new members. We shall keep our distance. However, if you are very concerned but still wish to introduce yourself to BTW, please call or email Tim on 07725 629492 or [email protected] and we will make arrangements to meet you as soon as it is appropriate and safe to do so.

Recruitment workshops
The twice yearly recruitment workshops provide an opportunity for new members to introduce themselves, and for us to introduce you all to the plays we will be producing in the following 6 months. See 'Future productions for details.
Workshops are fun and nobody is placed under any pressure but we'd love to get to know you and figure out how best we can give you some of the enjoyment of taking part either on or off stage.
Of course, if you don't want to act but would like to help in other ways we'll be delighted to meet you and our workshops are ideal opportunities for this.
No experience necessary, total beginners and Oscar winners - all welcome!
The next general recruitment workshop is on 23 March but newcomers will be welcome at all of our workshops.

The Cast of Romeo and Juliet, July 2015

Download Shakespeare's own advice on acting here...

Thinkers' corner

The Arts Council of England and Wales have issued their Strategy document for 2020 to 2030. This may be downloaded here and is very encouraging in its emphasis on participation - that is, the intention that more people should 'do' culture rather than be in the audience. Very much the ethos of BTW!

James Graham is a playwright. Read what he has to say here to learn more about why theatre is important.

ARTICLE - 'In theatre, 'amateur' is not a dirty word...

ARTICLE - 'A bunch of amateurs? Playwrights' astonishing am-dram experiences'

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NEXT PRODUCTION TO BE CONFIRMED...

Group discounts available by arrangement. Call 01359 259361

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Unitarian Meeting House, Churchgate, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1RH

2020
programme

The programme of plays for production in 2020 is out now! Visit the 'Future Productions' page for details.

MEMBERSHIP

Membership of BTW is just £20 per year and you can now pay by PayPal just by clicking the button below. You'll receive regular updates on BTW plays and events and you'll be entitled to discounts on some tickets. Also, all actors and crew are required to be members. Welcome aboard and we look forward to working with you!

Download a Membership form (pdf) here, (Word) here, and forward to our Secretary. We look forward to welcoming you!

pay your £20 btw membership fee here!

news from btw

We're delighted to have been awarded a grant of £4000 from the West Suffolk Council Community Chest fund. This is for the furtherance of our community ventures in theatre, making participation easier for all, in particular those on low incomes.

On a much sadder note, our thoughts are with the family, friends and colleagues of the late Karen Simpson, Artistic Director of the Theatre Royal, with whom we enjoyed producing numerous plays in this lovely venue. A remarkable woman and supporter of community theatre, highly respected by all of us at BTW. She will be greatly missed.