Local Societies

1-3 October Rural Suffolk, 1759. As the country waits for Halley's Comet, Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder. When she claims to be pregnant, a jury of twelve matrons are taken from their housework to decide whether she's telling the truth, or simply trying to escape the noose.

10 and 17 October A comedy with supper!

October 23rd and 24th (matinee on the 24th) Tilford Institute Step into 1998 and meet 6 very different women brought together by a self-assertiveness course. As their stories unfold, this funny, moving and thought-provoking brand new one-act play explores sisterhood, personal growth, love, pain, trauma and the choices that shape our lives.

27-31 October A timeless musical comedy that whisks us into the vibrant streets of 1940s New York City, where gamblers, showgirls, and missionaries’ paths hilariously collide.

29-31 October (the 31st is a supper evening) Comedy about a family of crooks. In December 1980 CADS performed this play as their very first production. 46 years later thay are performing it again as a tribute to their founder, Olivia Cotton, who died recently.

12-14 November Adapted by Agatha Christie from her own novel. Kay Ridgeway has led a charmed life. Blessed with beauty, enormous wealth and a new husband, she embarks on a honeymoon voyage down the Nile. But fatal circumstances await when the idyllic surroundings are shattered by a shocking and brutal murder!

26-28 November, with a matinee on the Saturday

26-30 January 2027 at Farnham Maltings The story of the community of Gander, Newfoundland during the week following the September 11 attacks, when 38 planes, carrying approximately 7,000 passengers, were ordered to land unexpectedly at Gander International Airport.