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  • Book your tickets!

    PVADS are in full swing rehearsing our next production – CANTERBURY TALES from 9th to 11th June. This modern version of Canterbury Tales is hilariously funny! Seven of the original Chaucer Tales will be performed by a large cast of PVADS actors – it is a mix of bawdy farce, Tavern, Monty Python, classic pantomime…

  • Harold Jolliffe

    Hello PVADS people, What an extraordinary week we’ve had! It has been very busy for all of us and I would just like to start it off by saying a big WELL DONE to everyone who was involved and THANK YOU to everyone who came to support us. On Wednesday, we did a preview performance…

  • A Successful Workshop

    Hello PVADS people! On Wednesday, there was a drama workshop organised by Katie Wakeham. The kids had great fun making shadow puppets and doing team-building exercises. They also worked on their communication with other actors on stage. My sister Miranda attended the workshop: “I hope Katie does more of these workshops! I had fun and it helped…

  • Baby Lissie

    This is the prop I have to use as my baby in ‘Laundry Room’. Creepy, huh? I try not to look at the face too much… I hope I haven’t given you nightmares. Ellie 🙂

  • Happy Easter!

    Hello everyone! It is now officially the Easter holidays… phew! I hope you enjoy the excuse you now have to eat a mountain load of chocolate. I am sorry to those of you (like me) who will be spending the next two weeks revising for exams. Good luck! Ellie 🙂

  • DRAMA WORKSHOP

    Don’t forget about the upcoming drama workshop from 2pm-6pm on the 6th of April! The workshop is at the Bouverie Hall and is for 10-16 year olds. All other information is on the poster below! Hope you’re all excited for it. Ellie 🙂

  • Harold Joliffe Festival 2016

    PVADS are again entering the Harold Joliffe One Act Play Festival at the Swindon Arts Centre! We are entering a youth play called ‘Laundry Room’ by Nettie B Brown and one other called ‘Watching the Magpies’ by Les Clarke.   All the relevant information is on the poster above. Rehearsals are going very well, especially…

  • Canterbury Tales

    Hello PVADS people! There is a new fantastic poster for Canterbury Tales! If you would like to see it, head over to our facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/PVADS Whilst you’re over there, please give the page a like! Ellie 🙂

  • The End Of Dick Whittington

    I believe that the best review we got was from 7 year old Charlie, who said that our pantomime was ‘better than Bristol’. High praise indeed! Ellie 🙂

  • Oh no it isn’t! Oh yes it is!

    Hello, Panto is over for another year (phew!) and I hope that everyone who came to watch enjoyed it! Here are a few pics from the show. This year, I was playing Fairy Bowbells. Of course there’s no rest for the wicked… this afternoon, there were auditions for the youth play ‘The Laundry Room’ and…