Lady Windermere’s Fan

21 – 24 Sep 2022

Western College Players return to The Drum with their brand-new production of Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy ‘Lady Windermere‘s Fan’.

The perfect tonic for period drama lovers and all those in need of some light relief, Wilde’s shrewd satire of the Victorian upper classes still sparkles with its many plot twists and memorable witty one-liners.

‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’ has been delighting audiences ever since its first performance in 1893 – when Wilde was thrilled to learn that others thought ‘nearly as highly of the play as he did himself!’

Theatre Royal Plymouth is proud to support this local amateur company. 

The Color Purple

27 Sep – 01 Oct 2022

Based on the Pulitzer prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and adapted for the stage by Pulitzer Prize and Tony award-winner Marsha Norman, The Color Purple tells the story of courageous heroine Celie, as she journeys through joy, despair, anguish and hope in her own personal awakening to discover her unique voice in the world.

Winner of Best Regional Production (whatsonstage awards), the critically acclaimed Made at Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome production is a moving and soul-raising family chronicle set in racially divided southern America in the 1900s. As the years go by, abused and oppressed Celie becomes resigned to her unfortunate lot in life, but when her friendship with fiercely independent Sofia and love affair with glamourous singer Shug start to shake things up, she begins to question her world; and understand that there must be more to life.

With a profoundly evocative score by Grammy award-winners Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray and drawing inspiration from jazz, ragtime, gospel and blues, this landmark musical celebrates life, love and the strength to stand up for who you are and what you believe in.