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'Enchanted April' - 14th to 16th May 2026 - Parish Hall'The Mad Hatter's Tea Party' - 7th June 2026 - Algars Mill GardenPost Production meeting and AGM - 10th June 2026 at...
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Recent Events
Details and photographs of our most recent past events can be found below. Older events may be found in the archive linked from the menu.
Family Fun Day 2026
Sunday 7th June - Algars Mill Gardens at 1pm until 5pm
Free entry
A wonderful afternoon of fund for all ages with garden games, a treasure hunt, duck racing, crafts, a cake stall, AND...
A Mad Hatter's Tea Party
Written by
Lewis Carroll
Adapted by
Sue Anstey
Directed for Actonians
by
Sue Anstey
Synopsis
We were asked by Acton Aid to perform something for this event, so this short play has been written especially for this occasion.
The play is based on the scene of the same name from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. But Alice is missing and the tea party cannot start until she is found, you will meet familiar characters from the book who have joined in the search.
Gallery
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Credits
| Cast | |
|---|---|
| Role | Person |
| The Duchess | Rebekah Grose |
| The Cook | Steve Anstey |
| The Dormouse | Jenny McDowell |
| The White Rabbit | Nic Harvey |
| Tweedledee | Evie Todd |
| Tweedledum | Haydn Todd |
| The Mad Hatter | Stewart White |
| The March Hare | Richard Martin |
| the Queen of Hearts | Lin Bowden |
| The Jack of Hearts | Christine Rogers |
|
Alice
|
Gemma Perrett-Smith
Alex Holmes |
| Crew | |
| Role | Person |
| Prompt | Gaynor Clarke |
Spring 2026
Thursday 14th May - Iron Acton Parish Hall at 7:30pm
Friday 15th May - Iron Acton Parish Hall at 7:30pm
Saturday 16th May - Iron Acton Parish Hall at 7:30pm
Synopsis
This Comedy of Manners starts in a 1920s postwar rainy February in London where two women see an advert for a villa to rent in southern Italy for the month of April.
They club together with two other women for a woman only holiday.
We follow them into a glorious Italian spring - and so do three men!
'Enchanted April’ is adapted from the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, a remarkable woman often known as ‘Elizabeth in her German Garden’.
Gallery
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Credits
| Cast | |
|---|---|
| Role | Person |
| Lottie Wilton ... a Hampstead housewife | Sarah Godsell |
|
Mellersh Wilton ... her husband
a solicitor
|
Nick Pearce |
| Rose Arnott ... a Hampstead housewife | Sarah McMahon |
|
Frederick Arnott ... her husband
a writer
|
Stewart White |
| Lady Caroline Bramble ... a socialite | Rachel Taylor |
| Antony Wilding ... an artist | Nick Sharp |
| Mrs Graves ... a London matron | Di Pardoe |
| Costanza ... an Italian housekeeper | Van Andrew |
| Crew | |
| Role | Person |
| Assistant Director | Michelle Pawley |
| Prompt | Mike Schofield |
| Rehearsal Prompt | Christine Rogers |
| Stage Manager | Sue Anstey |
| Set Design | Maureen Blake |
| Set Construction | Steve Anstey |
| Lighting and Sound | Peter Carlin |
| Props | Alison Horner |
|
Costumes
|
Rebekah Grose
Marion Hill |
|
Maids/Stage Crew
|
Nic Harvey
Gemma Perrett-Smith |
|
Set Painting
|
Maureen Blake
Other members Special thanks to Andrew for painting the cyc. |
|
Bar Team
|
Steve Anstey
Mark Seaman Matty Maureen Blake Paul Wood |
|
Front of House Team
|
Rob Pardoe
Other members |
|
Photography
|
Ray Bulmer
Michelle Pawley |
|
Poster and Publicity
|
Sue Anstey
Michelle Pawley |
| Pianist playing Albeniz's 'Suite Espanola No1 - Granada' | Rob Pardoe |
|
Italian Coach and rehearsal recordings
|
Costa Grant
Guilia Ferrante |
Avon Short Play Festival 2026
Thursday 19th March - Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
Friday 20th March - Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
Saturday 21st March 2026 - Chipping Sodbury Town Hall
A Life Sentence
Written by
Mark Seaman
Directed for Actonians
by
Mark Seaman
Synopsis
A love story depicting the emotional challenges & eventual loss of a family touched by dementia.
Gallery
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Credits
| Cast | |
|---|---|
| Role | Person |
| Anne | Rebekah Grose |
| Dave | Robert Pardoe |
| Crew | |
| Role | Person |
| Stage Manager | Mark Whitehouse |
| Lights and Sound | Peter Carlin |
| Prompt | Debby Ashton |
| Costume | Sue Anstey |
| Construction | Steve Anstey |