Good morning, we are looking for a lighting and sound technician for a day for our one-woman show 'Titania' 25th June at the Lyric in Bridport. We have a lighting design and sound cues ready, but we may need to simplify/get creative! Paid role. Please would it be possible to spread the word among your groups? My number is 07985 458407 and email dictynna@gmail.com More details about the show see :https://bridportandwestbay.co.uk/product/titania-a-preview-at-the-lyric-theatre

Dear Somerset Fellowship of Drama, My name is Beth Frigot, I am a professional actor singer based in Cornwall and a member of Pilots Thumb Theatre Company. I am writing to you to personally invite you and your members to our show Touched at the Blakehay Theatre on the 18th June. This will be the first time our company has performed out of Devon and Cornwall, which is exciting as it is daunting. Being unknown to the area, we want to keep growing our network and meet fellow per

On behalf of the Trull Players, I’d like to say a very big thank you for a wonderful evening at the Cinderella Awards last night. It was enjoyed by us all and the camaraderie between societies was so apparent and it felt a privilege to be part of it. Despite the nominations and awards, the highlight was seeing Pam and Roger, safe and on the road to recovery. Many thanks to all who made it such a special evening, especially to Georgina for upholding Pam’s standards and expecta

YAPS win the Cinderella Trophy with their production of The Wizaed of Oz

Cinderella Trophy 2025/26 - all the senior awards (For junior awards click here) Winners are in bold! Original Script Bryony Black Robin Hood The Shepton Playhouse Make Up Snow White Moorlight Theatre Productions Frosted Timsbury Theatre Group The Wizard of Oz Yeovil Amateur Pantomime Society Puss in Boots Burnham & District Pantomime Society The Snow Queen Cannington Pantomime Society Properties Robinson Crusoe Roadwater Players Snow White The Trull Players Alice in Wonderla

All the junior nominations and winners for the 2025/26 season Winners are in bold Junior Assistant Stage Manager Luke Collins, Hansel & Gretel, Cloverleaf Productions Junior Supernatural Poppy Martin, Fairy Glimmer, Mother Goose, Wincanton Amateur Dramatic Society Millie Marshall, Fairy Sugerdust, Jack & The Beanstalk, Chardstock Amateur Dramatic Society Junior Villain Owen Hance. Demon King, Mother Goose, Wincanton Amateur Dramatic Society Junior Cameo Maxwell Thresher, Tax

The winners of this year's competition were announced at a glittering awards ceremony on 27 March 2026. Here are all the results...

Despite a serious setback, the SFD's Cinderella Trophy Competition will go ahead as planned.

Dendy Harris SFD Chair presenting The County Shield to IES Director Ken Cooper This year’s County Drama Festival really was the best yet. The Warehouse Theatre in Ilminster was set alight with high energy performances from nine drama groups from Somerset. The theatre was buzzing with excitement as packed audiences watched a wide variety of plays from traditional dramas, comedies, hard hitting plays exploring dark and disturbing themes to visually high-tech stylised plays. The

All the nominations and results for the 2026 SFD County Drama Festival.

MADS Wizard of Oz by Stewart Auty Knockin' on Dave's Door by Neil Webster One Down by Paul Gorsuch All The Little Lights by Jane Upton The Bear by Anton Chekhov Scary Play by Judith Johnson The Winter of 1917 by David Campton Tuesday by Alison Carr Please Take Your Seats by Lorna Evans

As the curtain finally descends on pantomime groups across the County I would just like to take this opportunity of thanking everyone for the tremendous amount of hard work given to keep pantomime well and truly alive in the West Country. It is always the audiences that matter and it is clearly evident they have enjoyed your productions as much as I have. It has been an honour for myself and the team of adjudicators to have been invited to watch your performances and for this

Tintinhull Drama Group present Cinderella My final pantomime to moderate for the Cinderella Competition takes me to Tintinhull. A quaint quiet village where everything seems silent and tranquil until you reach the village hall! It is here where Tintinhull Drama Group are presenting Cinderella. On a chilly Saturday afternoon it was time to ‘Button’ up my overcoat and park my ‘Carriage’ as early as possible knowing parking would be an issue for yet another sell out perfor

Chardstock Amateur Dramatic Society present Jack and the Beanstalk Managing to get through Boarder Control I now enter the outskirts of Devon. It is at Chardstock Village Hall that CADS are performing their 36 th pantomime. It’s Jack and the Beanstalk this year . The script was written by Alan P. Frayn and directed by Jen Parker. Having played Dottie Dimple with the same script a few years ago I was well aware of its storyline and was hoping to be treated to a fun packe

1 st David Beach Youth Awards at Batch Country House – 6 March 2026 Somerset Fellowship of Drama were delighted to host the first David Beach Youth Awards last night. Representatives from youth groups, societies & schools gathered together at the Batch Country House to celebrate all the amazing youth musicals that had entered the competition, across Somerset & just into Dorset, from December 24 to end November 25. So many incredible shows, so blessed with such a wealth o

Tatworth Amateur Pantomime Society present Beauty and the Beast Despite never being able to find Tatworth village hall, even with a provided map and sat nav, it is always a relief when I drive through many housing estates and suddenly the hall appears as if by panto magic! This season’s choice was Beauty and the Beast written by Dawn Cairns, a name I am not familiar with, and directed by Angie Davies and Debbie Davis. I received a comprehensive programme listing all sc

Cannington Pantomime Society presented The Snow Queen As our Magical Mr Moderator had booked a disappearing act in sunny Blackpool, I stepped in to be his understudy and travel out to see Cannington Pantomime Society present their version of The Snow Queen on Saturday 21 st February. Knowing how much team effort is put into Cannington productions I was looking forward to seeing what was on offer on this, their special celebratory 25 th year. As always, the attention to