2023-24 proves a bumper year for RSS with multiple nominations across acting and production categories.  Please see our past productions page for cast and crew lists from the shows as well as some production photos. 

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Four RSS productions received "Best production" nominations: Cyrano de Bergerac, Enron, Heroes, Private Lives - congratulations to directors Simon Bartlett, Maxina Cornwell, Matt Dennis and Rick de Kerckhove.  

There were 11 nominations in technical categories: Enron (set design, costume design, lighting design, design element), Heroes (set design), Private Lives (set design, costume design, lighting design, design element), Othello (set design), Cyrano de Bergerac (costume design).  Congratulations to Junis Olmscheid, Dani Sugden, Tobias Blackmore, Trine Taraldsvik, Paul Smith, Miriam King, John Gilbert, Marc Pearce, Geoff Warren, Charlotte Neal, Cole Miles and Scott Tilley).  The stone dog featured in Heroes was also nominated for The Judges' Award!​

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Across the acting categories, RSS received 14 nominations:

• Best leading performer in a male role - Luciano Dodero as Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, Charlie Golding as Jeffrey Skilling in Enron

• Best leading performer in a female role - Francesca Ellis as Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac, Amanda Adams as Claudia Roe in Enron

• Best supporting performer in a male role - Terry Bedell as Ragueneau in Cyrano de Bergerac, Francis Abbott as Ken Lay in Enron, Aleksei Toshev as Andy Fastow in Enron, Graham Schafer as Pompey in Measure for Measure

• Best supporting performer in a female role - Rose Bentley as Mistress Overdone in Measure for Measure, Maxina Cornwell as Brabantia in Othello, Deborah Tinsdale as Louise in Private Lives

• Best child performer in a female role - Alberta Best in One Million Tiny Plays About Britain

• Best ensemble - Heroes, Enron

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We have now cast the first two productions of the Autumn: American Buffalo and Arden of Faversham.

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There will be an informal reading of our December production of An Unexpected Guest on Monday 19 August, followed by auditions on Monday 2 September.  There will be an informal reading of our January production of Table Manners on Monday 23 September, followed by auditions on Monday 30 September.

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Congratulations to the casts and crews from this season's productions: Enron, Whisky Galore, Measure for Measure, DNA, Private Lives, Othello, Heroes, A Million Tiny Plays and Cyrano de Bergerac.  Click on the show names to read the reviews and here to see cast and crew lists as well as production photos.

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.