Corn Exchange Drama Festival 2025

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Tue 24 Jun 7.30pm      Book Now

Wed 25 Jun 7.30pm      Book Now

Thu 26 Jun 7.30pm      Book Now

Fri 27 Jun 7.30pm      Book Now

Sat 28 Jun 7.30pm      Book Now

DURATION: 120 mins (approx)
Adults £12 
Students £10

Season Ticket Offer – 5 nights for the price of 4!  When booking tickets for all 5 nights of the festival, a discount of £12 for adults or £10 for students will be applied automatically.

This live show starts at 7.30pm. Please arrive in good time; admission to the auditorium once the show has begun will be at an appropriate point in the performance. 

 

This is the 34th Wallingford Corn Exchange Drama Festival, one of several festivals in the region where you can see amateur dramatics at its best and hear and learn from a professional adjudicator about acting. Each group is given 1 hour to build their set, perform their play and strike the set. There will be two plays each night and an adjudication at the end. And on the Saturday night the winners and prizes will be announced including a punters’ prize that audience members can award. This year Keith Phillips from the Guild of Drama Adjudicators will be judging. Keith has more than 50 years’ experience in amateur theatre, both acting and directing, and has also written pantos and one-act plays.

This years’ entries are:

Tues 24th June – Branching Out Drama Society with A Dog’s Life by Pam Valentine and Close to Croydon by Gillian Plowman; and Drayton Players with The Visa by Sue Hadley.

Weds 25th June – Didcot Phoenix Drama Group with Calling All the Dreamers by Adelina Inganno; and Sinodun Players with Moving On by Alice M. Underwood.

Thurs 26th June – Banbury Cross Players with Goodbye Charles by Gabriel Benjamin Davis; and Henley Players with Prize Fish by Mike Rowbottom.

Fri 27th June – Didcot Phoenix Drama Group with Visitors by Emma Gardner; and Oxford Theatre Guild with Barbara’s Wedding by J. M. Barrie.

Sat 28th June – Compton Players with The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Peter Watt; and Oxford Theatre Guild with Sugar by Heather Dunmore.