Saturday 2 August - 7pm at the Mary Wallace Theatre - non-members welcome

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This is a free event; right of admission reserved.

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On Saturday 2 August we’ll draw back the curtain on the details of the RSS Autumn/Winter season.  Come along and mingle before the show gets under way.  This is open to all, please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

 

• A celebration of our Spring/Summer season

• Award nominations

• Hear all about our upcoming plays, and the Director’s vision for each of them.  Come along to find out how you can get involved.

• Meet the cast and crew of recent RSS plays and catch up with friends; enjoy displays and reminders of our most recent fabulous shows!

• Hear about volunteering and meet the team leaders – stage management, front of house, set build, costume, hair & make-up, sound & lighting

• Hear about the other events in the RSS Alive programme

• Party!

We have now cast the first two of our next season's shows: Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death and The Winter's Tale.  

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The reading and audition for our December production of The Ghost Train (Revised) will be on Mondays 25 August and 1 September respectively at 7:30pm at the Mary Wallace Theatre. 

Please click on the show name below to see photos, cast and crew lists for each show on the Past Productions page.

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2024:

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American Buffalo

Arden of Faversham

The Unexpected Guest

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2025:

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Table Manners

The IT

While The Sun Shines

'Tis Pitty Shee's a Whore​

Josef K and the Cost of Living

Shakespeare is Dead

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Well done to everyone involved on stage and off, and thank you to all our audience members for sharing these productions with us.  You can see photos, cast and crew lists for each show on the Past Productions page. Click on the show name to read a review of the production.

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2023:

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Enron

Whisky Galore

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2024:

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Measure for Measure

DNA

Private Lives

Othello

Heroes

A Million Tiny Plays

Cyrano de Bergerac

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This season, RSS won Swan awards in four categories.  Click on the show names to see cast and crew lists as well as photos from each production.

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• Best Production of a Play - Enron

• Best Male Performer in a Play - Luciano Dodero in Cyrano de Bergerac

• Best Set Design - Junis Olmscheid for Enron

• Best Costume Design - Junis Olmscheid, Miriam King and John Gilbert for Cyrano de Bergerac

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Overall, RSS received 30 nominations, including Enron, Private Lives, Heroes, and Cyrano de Bergerac in best production categories with all also receiving technical nominations, as did Othello.  Acting nominations were received for cast members from Enron, Measure for Measure, Private Lives, Othello, Cyrano de Bergerac as well as Alberta Best in the aged 14 and under youth category for A Million Tiny Plays and the ensemble cast of Enron and Heroes.

Well done to everyone involved on stage and off, and thank you to all our audience members for sharing these productions with us.  You can see photos, cast and crew lists for each show on the Past Productions page.

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2022:

 

Miss Julie

The Hypochondriac  

The Flint Street Nativity

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2023:

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The Hollow

Jake Revolver, Freelance Secret Agent

Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters

Henry V

Murder in the Cathedral

Julius Caesar

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This season, RSS won Swan awards in five categories.  Click on the show names to see cast and crew lists as well as photos from each production.

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• Best Production of a Play - Henry V 

• Best Youth Production of a Play - Jake Revolver, Freelance Secret Agent

• Best Male Performer in a Play - Luciano Dodero in Henry V 

• Best Supporting Female Performer in a Play - Fran Billington in The Hollow

• Fight Direction in multiple shows - Scott Tilley

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Overall, RSS received 20 nominations, including The Hypochondriac and Henry V in best production categories with both also receiving technical nominations, as did Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters.  Acting nominations were received for cast members from Henry V, Julius Caesar, Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters, Murder in the Cathedral and The Hollow.  Multiple nominations in youth categories were also received for Jake Revolver, Freelance Secret Agent.  

Congratulations and a huge thank you to all involved in ensuring that these productions happened!  Please click on the production name to read the review.

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2021:

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Summerland

Quartermaine's Terms

The Comedy of Errors

The Children

The Duchess of Malfi

Hay Fever

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2022:

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Ben Hur

Holloway Jones

Henry IV

God of Carnage

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

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This season, RSS won Swan awards in six categories.  Click on the show names to see cast and crew lists as well as photos from each production.

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• Best Production of a Play - Ben Hur

• Best Overall Design and Stage Presentation - The Duchess of Malfi

• Best Male Performer in a Play - Tom Nunan in Ben Hur

• Best Supporting Female Performer in a Play - Fiona Smith in Quartermaine's Terms

• Best Supporting Male Performer in a Play - Gately Freeman in The Comedy of Errors

• Best Female Performer Aged 14 & Under - Alberta Best in Henry IV

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Overall, RSS received 14 nominations, including The Duchess of Malfi and Holloway Jones in best production categories as well as technical nominations for Henry IV, The Duchess of Malfi and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.  Acting nominations were received for cast members from Holloway Jones, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Henry IV, Quartermaine's Terms, Ben Hur, The Comedy of Errors and Hay Fever.