Category: PVADS @ 90

New to PVADS!!! A ZOOM play for PVADYS! We are holding open auditions on Sunday 29th November! The well-known play, BLOOD, will be auditioned, rehearsed and performed via zoom technology! Suitable for 10-18-year-old. AUDITIONS are via zoom. Please email PVADSZoom@pvads.co.uk to be registered for the auditions – we need your email address to schedule invitations…

Do you remember the summer of 2003? In 2003, for the first time in 12 years, PVADS put on a youth theatre production called ‘NIGHT and DAY’. Under the direction of Nettie Brown, 24 new youth members of PVADS Youth Theatre (aka PVADYS) rehearsed and performed three one act plays (Rabbit, Shadows and A Dogs…

In 2013 PVADS put on a spectacular adaptation of Les Misérables as a stage play – not the musical! Written by Nettie Brown from the novel by Victor Hugo, set in the June Rebellions of 1832 in Paris. This was a truly professional production by both adult and youth members of PVADS. We had a…

The pubs are opening soon – take care, as there is always the danger of a bit of DRAMA!! Here’s a pub/play memory from 2007. DENIM by Jay Saunders directed by Martin Clifton and Nettie BrownJust a typical night down the local. Giles (Darren Little) has always known that he’s adopted, but now he’s terrified…

A timely reminder of another fantastic production in 2012. Set at the solstice festival at Stonehenge starring PVADS own version of Spinal Tap’s Stonehenge song – A Midsummer Night’s Dream!! Happy Solstice PVADS!

PVADS received this lovely message from Gail Young, the author of Cheshire Cats, today. “Stunning shots of the PVADS – Pewsey Vale Amateur Dramatic Society production of Cheshire Cats 7 years ago. And they gave £1 from every ticket sold to charity – roll on live theatre post pandemic!” We are very proud to have…

HOW GOOD IS YOUR MEMORY OF PVADS? A little historical re-cap:- From that first play in 1930 to the present day, PVADS have performed at least one, usually two, plays a year including thrillers, dramas, farces and one act plays. In 1971 we performed our first Pantomime which has continued annually to ever increasing audiences.…

90 years ago, Pewsey Vale Amateur Dramatics Society, PVADS, was formed. Our first ever production performed in the old Bouverie Hall was:-THE THIRTEENTH CHAIR by Veiller Bayard directed by Mr J Billington.The cast requires ten men and seven women and is performed on a single but elaborate set, depicting a wealthy drawing room of the…

Happy 75th VE day celebrations!! In 2009 PVADS youth members researched to put together a play of WW2 memories. We visited grave memorials at local churches, the county school and events records at Trowbridge and also spoke to local residents including Dulcie Kunkler, Max Blackman and asked the children to find out family anecdotes. The…