Welcome to the Richmond Shakespeare Society
We are a highly-respected amateur dramatic society founded in 1934 to perform Shakespeare's plays annually in the open air.
Today we have grown to a programme of eight productions a year by vastly differing playwrights from ancient Greece to the modern day. In addition, we have two shows by our Youth Theatre groups.
We have our own theatre, the Mary Wallace Theatre by the riverside in Twickenham. Our Summer Show is an Open Air production, in the gardens of neighbouring York House.
Please note that the Mary Wallace is a Club Theatre and that only members of the R.S.S. may buy tickets. However, becoming a member is easy and costs only £10; members may buy tickets for friends and family. The Summer Show is open to non-members.
Peter Pan
by JM Barrie (John Caird and Trevor Nunn)
directed by Mark Turnbull
Our senior Youth Theatre group (ages 14-18) will be presenting this old favourite by J. M. Barrie, in a new stage version by John Caird and Trevor Nunn.
Our production is very different from the more popular modern day Peter Pans; we have attempted to present it in the style Barrie intended, a complete childhood fantasy in which you can fly, fight Pirates, join a Red Indian tribe and make friends with a crocodile. There are no wires, but yes we still fly, a clever theatrical technique or a moment of pure childhood imagination as Barrie intended his Peter to be? That's up to you to decide. Open your imaginations and become a child again as we present to you our Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up.
Thursday 23rd to Saturday 25th February 2012
There will be four performances including a 3pm matinee on Saturday the 25th.
Postal bookings from 14 January
Telephone bookings open on 13th February: Call the box office, between 10 am and 7 pm only please, on 020 8744 0547
(between 10 am and 7 pm only please)
“Peace puts forth her olive everywhere”Henry IV, Act iv, Sc.4