Save South Street Arts Centre

Dear All,

Exiled Theatre have enjoyed the generous support of South Street Arts Centre in Reading for over ten years. It is a remarkable venue and a hub for the community. South Street Arts Centre nurtures new talent and has been a crucial element in producing new works that have won international awards. South Street Arts Centre has a rich and varied programme that acts as an antidote to the homogeneous fare served up by the Hexagon. It is vital that it be kept open so that Reading remains a vibrant, artistically diverse and exciting place to live.]

Since 2005 the following productions (many co-productions with Theale Green School) have included: The Sixth Form Festival 2005, Ship of Fools, The Simple Process of Alchemy, The Sixth Form Festival 2006, The Sixth Form Festival 2007, Hamlet, The Sixth Form Festival 2008, Loving Chopin, Local Legend (Artists in Residence Festival), Much Ado About Nuthin', The Sixth Form Festival 2009, Kill the Messenger, Funny Chekhov (Artists in Residence Festival), Deadman's Lane, The Sixth Form Festival 2010, Vampire Hospital, The Odyssey Festival, The Midwich Cuckoos, The Sixth Form Festival 2011, The James Campbell Comedy School, Poe (Artists in Residence Festival), Some Words with a Mummy, Night of the Living Dead (for Kids!), The Sixth Form Festival 2012, November the Fifth, Detention of Terror, The Sixth Form Festival 2013, Kill the Messenger, The Sixth Form Festival 2014, The Odyssey.

None of these productions would have been possible without South Street. Please support South Street by signing this petition here.

Thank you
Chris Lambert

The Watchman - Pictures and Audience Response

Very pleased with this very different show, it went very well and the audience were buzzing, some excited, some went in again, some were wonderfully confused...

There follows some comments...

"Very different, the interactivness was enjoyable"

"Loved it, not like anything I've seen before."

"Very atmospheric! A lovely exploration of hopelessness."

"Excellent technical performance, very emotional"

"Amazing set"

"Amazing set, crazy sounds, really good"

"Very unusual, not seen anything like it before, actors very good."

"Very interesting and intriguing"

"A very interesting piece, asked so many questions, has made me think about the nature of theatre and where/how it can take place."

"Very strange and very creepy."

"Excellent creation of atmosphere - liked the interactiveness."

"Very good and well acted, enjoyed it and the audience participation."

Thanks so much to South Street Arts Centre and Sitelines for the oppportunity.

Special thanks to Andy Kempe at Reading University for letting us use their space.

Watchman Soundscape!

Excellent Rehearsal soundscape captured and edited by Matthew Tibbles.

Next Play - November the Fifth

As Soon as Night of the Living Dead for Kids is out of the way this show gets revived!

It has been rewritten slightly and a new song has been penned for it.

 It was first performed in 2001 at Langley Grammar School.

It will differ from the earlier version in that it will be more Brechtian and more Folky...

It will also be the first play co-produced with Theale to performed entirely off-site at South Street Arts Centre.

Auditions in Late June.

Poe at South Street

An Exiled Theatre co-production - two plays adapted by Chris Lambert and Jonathan Shelley.