Previous Productions

On the eve of the First World War the young men of Accrington hear Kitchener’s call for a New Army and become the smallest town in England to raise a Pals Volunteer Brigade.
Peter Whelan’s epic and deeply humane play, dramatises the lives of ordinary people caught up in historical events. Funny, intimate and moving THE ACCRINGTON PALS charts the fortunes of a close-knit community on the brink of change.

Definitely a long way from pantomime the show blends various familiar fairy tales with an original cautionary story of a childless Baker and his Wife who attempt to reverse a curse on their family in order to have a child. A unique, witty, entertaining show with great music .

Stepping Out, by Richard Harris,is a warm and very funny play about the lives, laughs and loves of a group of women (and one man) attending a weekly tap-dance class in a dingy North London church hall. As the play progresses, the class’s dancing improves to such an extent that by the climax, a grand charity show performance, they have been transformed into triumphant tappers, worthy of any chorus line. Voted Comedy of the Year by the Evening Standard Drama Awards 1984.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears (by tlc Creative)is brought to life at Wells Little Theatre in our annual pantomime. Can Goldilocks and Tom-Tom defeat the evil Queen Bee, and all her hench bees who have turned the friendly bears against all of the villagers with their mind control honey? Come along and cheer for the goodies and boo the baddies and find out!

Neil Simon’s hilarious farce puts eight party guests through an evening of utter chaos as they scramble to save themselves from scandal. It is the tenth wedding anniversary of Charley and Vivian Brooks, but when their friends turn up at their house expecting a party, they find the hostess missing and the host, a prominent government official, lying upstairs with a bullet wound in his ear lobe. The guests try to conceal from each new arrival (and the police) – what has happened, creating an ever more precarious tower of lies.

The Pajama Game is a 1957 stage musical telling a tale of the problems that love can encounter when the lovers concerned work in the same factory – one as a union rep and one as a manager! A hilarious tale told through the manic antics of the workers and their equally manic boss and featuring such great songs as I'm Not At All In Love, Hey There (You with the stars in your eyes); Steam Heat and Hernando's Hideaway.

‘Make sense who may, for make sense we must...’

‘Endgame’ was Samuel Beckett's first full-length play, after his famous ‘Waiting for Godot’. The many themes present in the play revolve around a central one: how we cope with ‘being in time’. The four characters hang in an enclosed ‘space-time present reality’, trapped between a ‘future’ that never comes and a ‘past’ that never happened. They invent stories about the past in order to add a sense of direction to their existence, to engage the ‘process of being’, which would potentially lead to a future and ‘a departure’ from life – an end.

Death comes to us all, but when he comes to Mort he offers him a job. As Death's apprentice he'll have free board, use of the company horse - and being dead isn't compulsory. It's a dream job - until he discovers that it can be a killer on his love life. Adapted by Stephen Briggs from the novel by Terry Pratchett&reg.

The age-old tale of Boy-Meets-Girl and the complications which ensue intrigue every audience, and no musical puts it on stage better. Prepare for song, dance and laughter as this classic romantic comedy sparkles with energy and feelgood fun!

A pantomime suitable for all of the family in which thingummy tries to outwit everyone, and everyone tries to guess the name of what’s-his-face. Rumpelstiltskin as you've never seen it before!

A story of love, adultery and lust. A waltz through the love stories of three couples who start off in the wrong relationship and over the course of a country weekend eventually find the right one. Sondheim describes it as ‘whipped cream with knives’. A wonderfully score (Send in the Clowns) and sharp witty lyrics and dialogue.

The Play of George Orwell’s Animal Farm adapted by Peter Hall. A dynamic, funny and thought provoking piece of theatre. Lois‘ vision is of a gritty, political production with an awareness of contemporary relevance but also very entertaining. It is not a tale for children.

Come and see one of the worlds most loved musicals with iconic songs such as Edelweiss and Climb Every Mountain, based on a true story it has pathos, comedy and unending love of family and country. Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstiein and Book by Howard Lyndsy & Russel Crouse.

The Last Bread Pudding - Nick Warburton The committee of an amateur dramatic group are meeting to discuss a new play written by one of its members. The presentation of the meeting reflects the ideas put forward by the committee, making the play a demonstration as well as a discussion of those ideas. Very tongue in cheek, styilzed and over the top. Last Tango in Little Grimley - David Tristram Little Grimley Amateur Dramatic Society is in trouble. The membership has dwindled to 4 and the audiences are not much bigger. They need rent money soon or they will be thrown out of their premises. There's only one thing that sells tickets these days argues the chairman. Thus begins the chaotic and hilarious build up to an evening of extraordinary home grown drama that won't be forgotten in a hurry. NB: These plays contain adult humour.

Robin Hood, our heroic Principal boy has to thwart the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham and his flunkies Guy and Gal of Gisbourne who are on the verge of taking over Merrie Old England in the absence of Richard the Lionheart. Fairy Britannia is there to help (once she's had a nice cuppa), and he has his Very Merry Men to help him...even if most of them are women. Nursie Nancy is there to cause confusion while Robin tries to save the day and the love of his life Maid Marian all before the end of Act 2!  A new pantomine written by our own Vicky Orman.

Lovingly described as SCOOBY DOO meets GREASE meets LITTLE SHOP HORRORS this is a high paced hilarious send up of teen detective novels.

Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good is a moving and funny play, but most of all it is a cry of triumph for the power and enduring worth of theatre and it ends on a heart-lifting note. Dealing with the story of the first play to be performed on Australian soil to an audience of convicts, gaolers, Officers and marines of the fleet by a cast of convicts, it follows the development of the play and the convict players.

To anyone who loves musical theatre, ‘G&S’ means melody, irreverence, wit and fun. This version has thoroughly updated the Victorian operetta allowing today’s theatre goer a fresh look at this classic. All the original songs and tunes are included in a careful mixture of traditional style and updated music and comey. A very funny show.

and his cat... This year's adventure includes all the traditional fun of Pantoland, plus a rather clever cat, a thigh-slapping Mayor and a moment of magic in Morocco.