EVENTS Diary

Ferndown Phoenix Musical Society; Tickets: £15 (adults), £14 (senior citizens), £10 (child); Box Office: 01202 894858

Regent Rep; Tickets £12.50 / £10.50 concessions; Box Office: 01202 499199

Scaramouche Theatre Company; Tickets £12 / £10 senior citizens; Box Office: 01202 828740

Castle Players; Tickets £10; Box Office: 01202 912351

Studio Theatre; Tickets: £12 / £8 (under 16s); Box Office: 01722 342860

Wimborne Drama Productions; Tickets £13 (evening) / £11 (Saturday matinee); Box Office: 01202 885566

Encore Theatre Productions; Tickets £18.50 (includes wine & cheese supper in interval); Box Office: www.encoreprotickets.co.uk

Bournemouth Little Theatre; Tickets £12 / £9 concessions; Box Office: 01202 513361

Maskers Theatre Company; Tickets £11; Box Office: www.ticketsource.co.uk/maskerstheatrecompany

Ferndown Drama; Tickets £9; Box Office: 01202 894858

Chameleon Theatre Company; Tickets £9 (adults) / £8 (senior citizens) / £5 (child); Box Office: www.ticketsource.co.uk/chameleontheatre

ImpAct Theatre; Tickets £12 / £11 concessions; Box Office: 01202 513361

Waterside Musical Society; Tickets £12 (Early bird family ticket £40: 2 adults, 2 children, book before 21 October 2019); Box Office: www.ticketsource.co.uk/watersidemusicalsociety

ImpAct Theatre; Tickets £12 / £11 concessions; Box Office: 01202 413600

Poole & Parkstone Productions; 1 day only at 2.00pm, 3.00pm and 8.00pm; Box Office: 01202 280000

20 March 2020: Coronavirus Update

Today, in increasing efforts to contain and prevent the further spread of coronavirus, the Government has ordered all theatres to officially close until further notice. Although we would all wish that the “show could go on”, this is not possible at the present time – public health and safety must come before all else, though we share your disappointment at the necessary temporary halt to performances.

Please keep watching for information of rearranged productions once these unprecedented measures have been lifted and offer your support where you can.

The Scene One+ Team hope you stay well, comply with all the precautions that are being put in place for your safety in the meantime, and join us when the curtain goes up once more.

All Saints Dramatic Society

The Importance of Being Earnest

All Saints' Dramatic Society returns from lockdown with a production of Oscar Wilde's much-loved comedy of manners, 'The Importance of Being Earnest'.

Two young gents have taken to bending the truth in order to put some excitement into their lives. Jack Worthing has invented a brother, Ernest, whom he uses as an excuse to leave his dull life behind to visit Gwendolen Fairfax in the town. Algernon Moncrieff decides to take the name Ernest when visiting Jack's young and beautiful ward, Cecily Cardew, in the country. Things start to go awry when they end up together in the country and their deceptions are discovered.

The play is directed by Peter Nunan, while the cast includes John Sivewright and Jon Cockeram as the young bounders, Jack and Algernon, with Susanna Greenwood and Lauren Turner appearing as their love interests, Gwendolen and Cecily.  Mary Almeida features as the fearsome Lady Bracknell and additional support comes from Phil Vivian and Jenny Wise as Doctor Chasuble and Miss Prism, and Ian Bray and Mark Richards as the butlers, Lane and Merriman.

'The Importance Of Being Earnest' opens on Wednesday 15th September at the De La Salle Theatre at St Peter's School, St Catherines Road, Southbourne, BH6 4AH, with further performances on Friday 17th and Saturday 18th September.  Evening performances are at 7.30pm, Saturday matinee at 2.30pm.  Box office opens 18th August, tickets cost £10 and can be bought by phone - 07548 100770 - or online at  https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/asds (online booking fee applies).

Lyndhurst Drama & Musical Society; Tickets: Thursday - £10, Friday & Saturday - £11; Tickets available online or contact 023 8029 2531

London Repertory Theatre

I Have Been Here Before

By J B Priestley

A great 'Time' play from the author of An Inspector Calls

Tickets: £18.50 (£17 concessions and matinee)

For more information about the productions, please go to London Repertory Players' website.

To book tickets, go via their website or direct to The Tivoli website.

London Repertory Theatre

Abigail's Party

By Mike Leigh

The modern classic. Voted 11th in the poll 100 Greatest British Television Programmes

Tickets: £18.50 (£17 concessions and matinee)

For more information about the productions, please go to London Repertory Players' website.

To book tickets, go via their website or direct to The Tivoli website.

Scaplen's Court Players

Woodes Rogers And The End Of The Golden Age Of Piracy

(part of  Maritime Perspectives event)

Event open 11.00 am - 5.00 pm (Entry to event is free, donations appreciated)

Ticketed performances of play (*prices below) at 12:00pm, 2:00pm and 4:0opm

Scaplen’s Court Players are performing their new play, Woodes Rogers And The Golden Age of Piracy, three times as part of a full day of activities for the whole family, including films, sea shanties, story telling and boat building for children, all on a maritime theme. Come and see Blackbeard, the most fearsome, vicious pirate of them all.

*Tickets: Adults £8, Children (5 - 17 years) £4; Available from Lighthouse Poole Box Office (01202 280000) or online)

ENCORE! Theatre Productions

Late Bus To Broadway

Join ENCORE! Theatre Productions for an evening of a myriad of musical showstoppers that will have you toe-tapping and hand-clapping along. With a cast of 16 talented performers, hand-picked from the top local performers, Encore! Theatre Productions guarantee to provide you with an evening of wonderful entertainment to transport you to the world of the big stage productions that we all love, be it on Broadway or the West End in London. They will be showcasing 8 of Broadway's top shows; West Side Story, A Chorus Line, Bonnie & Clyde, Little Women, Something Rotten, 9 to 5, Into the Woods and Heathers. A little something to suit everybody's taste in musical theatre!

There will be four shows between Thursday 8 – Saturday 10 September, 7.30pm each evening plus Saturday 2.30pm matinee. Tickets are priced at just £15 and are available from the Box Office (01425 619983) or online.

Bournemouth Little Theatre

Relatively Speaking

Written by Alan Ayckbourn

Directed by John Willmott

Greg only met Ginny a month ago, but he knows they’re meant for each other. When she announces that she’s going to visit her parents, Greg decides this is the moment to ask her father for his daughter’s hand in marriage. Discovering a scribbled address, he follows her to Buckinghamshire where he finds Philip and Sheila enjoying a peaceful Sunday morning breakfast in the garden, but the problem is – they’re not Ginny’s parents.

This fast-paced play made Alan Ayckbourn’s name in 1967 and is an enduringly hilarious comedy of mistaken identities and excruciating misunderstandings.

Tickets: £6.00 - £12.00; Available online.

All Saints Dramatic Society; Tickets: £10; Available from Box Office (07548 100770) or online

BacktoBack Theatre

Sleeping Lions

Written by Tom Derrington

Directed by Kitty Cecil-Wright

The invitations have been delivered, the party games are ready, the table is set and the balloons are up. But where are all the children? Mum, Katie, is convinced that her precious son Leo is the most popular boy in the class but Dad, Max, has discovered something that tears him apart. Whose version of the truth is real?

GUIDANCE: recommended for age 16+, strong language and some upsetting themes

Tickets: £14; available from the Box Office (023 8066 7683) or online

BacktoBack Theatre

Sleeping Lions

Written by Tom Derrington

Directed by Kitty Cecil-Wright

The invitations have been delivered, the party games are ready, the table is set and the balloons are up. But where are all the children? Mum, Katie, is convinced that her precious son Leo is the most popular boy in the class but Dad, Max, has discovered something that tears him apart. Whose version of the truth is real?

GUIDANCE: recommended for age 16+, strong language and some upsetting themes

Tickets: £14; available from the Box Office (01929 422239) or online

BacktoBack Theatre

Sleeping Lions

Written by Tom Derrington

Directed by Kitty Cecil-Wright

The invitations have been delivered, the party games are ready, the table is set and the balloons are up. But where are all the children? Mum, Katie, is convinced that her precious son Leo is the most popular boy in the class but Dad, Max, has discovered something that tears him apart. Whose version of the truth is real?

GUIDANCE: recommended for age 16+, strong language and some upsetting themes

Tickets: £14; available from the Box Office (01590 644861) or online

BacktoBack Theatre

Sleeping Lions

Written by Tom Derrington

Directed by Kitty Cecil-Wright

The invitations have been delivered, the party games are ready, the table is set and the balloons are up. But where are all the children? Mum, Katie, is convinced that her precious son Leo is the most popular boy in the class but Dad, Max, has discovered something that tears him apart. Whose version of the truth is real?

GUIDANCE: recommended for age 16+, strong language and some upsetting themes

Tickets £12 / £14; available from the Box Office (01202 280802) or online

BacktoBack Theatre

Sleeping Lions

Written by Tom Derrington

Directed by Kitty Cecil-Wright

The invitations have been delivered, the party games are ready, the table is set and the balloons are up. But where are all the children? Mum, Katie, is convinced that her precious son Leo is the most popular boy in the class but Dad, Max, has discovered something that tears him apart. Whose version of the truth is real?

GUIDANCE: recommended for age 16+, strong language and some upsetting themes

Tickets: £14; available from the Box Office (01258 475137) or online

BacktoBack Theatre

Sleeping Lions

Written by Tom Derrington

Directed by Kitty Cecil-Wright

The invitations have been delivered, the party games are ready, the table is set and the balloons are up. But where are all the children? Mum, Katie, is convinced that her precious son Leo is the most popular boy in the class but Dad, Max, has discovered something that tears him apart. Whose version of the truth is real?

GUIDANCE: recommended for age 16+, strong language and some upsetting themes

Tickets: £14; available from the Box Office (01425 612393) or online

Bournemouth and Boscombe Light Opera Company (BBLOC); Tickets: £18.50 - £23.50; Available via Box Office (0300 500 0595 - reduced hours, standard rate charges) or online.