News

All WADS notices to members and snippets of information to keep WADS members up-to-date.

25 November 2019

Announcement: No Pantomime in January 2020

WADS are sad to announce that there will be no Pantomime this year! This was an extremely hard decision for us to make but due to lower membership numbers and no experienced members available to manage the pantomime production we are unable to perform our traditional pantomime this coming January. A pantomime […]
25 February 2019

WADS are sad to announce that there will be no Pantomime this year!

WADS are sad to announce that there will be no Pantomime this year! This was an extremely hard decision for us to make but due to lower membership numbers and no experienced members available to manage the pantomime production we are unable to perform our traditional pantomime this coming January.
25 February 2019

Cinderella 2019 – A wonderful review

WOODCOTE AMATEUR DRAMATIC SOCIETY’S 2019 PANTOMIME CINDERELLA The snow which carpeted Woodcote to a depth of four inches, followed by minus temperatures, making pavements treacherous and most side-roads almost impassible, failed to deter the hardy locals who turned out in droves to ensure that the annual Woodcote pantomime played to sell-out audiences […]
5 December 2017

The Emperor’s New Clothes 2018

The Emperor’s New Clothes by Limelight Scripts Produced by Marcia Spiers & Sandy Worsfold The vain Emperor Fancypants cares about nothing except wearing and displaying clothes! The nation’s entire budget is has been squandered on clothes and the royal family is on the brink of abdication! Meanwhile, out in the streets, citizens […]
4 October 2017

Letter from the Chairman

After two very successful productions the WADS members are now having a well earned rest! We started the year with our annual Panto Dick Whittington which went down a storm.  Oh yes it did!  With six performances put on over two weekends in Jan/Feb, a great time was had by everyone involved. The […]
6 September 2017

Valentine’s Day Murder Review

Three nights, five suspects a whole lot of drama! Woodcote Amateur Dramatic Society performed their production of Valentine’s Day Murder, written by former WADS member Karen Ince who now resides in Kent, at the village hall in May.   Set in Chicago, at a speakeasy club known as Jackie D’s, one of the […]
24 April 2017

Valentines Day Murder

Valentines Day Murder by Karen Ince Produced by Terry Sopp & Marcia Spiers The date is February 14th 1926. Welcome to “Jackie D’s Soft Drinks”, a famous speakeasy in prohibition Chicago. This high-class establishment is owned and run by Abe Bernstein, the oldest of the four Bernstein brothers, and the leader of […]