Chitty Chitty Bang Bang continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 13 September 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Watermill has continued to set benchmarks for regional theatre and Paul Hart’s production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is no exception.
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Watermill to stage 2026 summer production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Newbury’s Watermill Theatre will present a new production of the classic musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang next summer.
Jesus Christ Superstar – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Jesus Christ Superstar continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 21 September 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The actor-musicianship, outstanding as we have come to expect from the Watermill, is sublimely woven into the fabric of the production.
Watermill Theatre to stage semi-immersive actor-musician revival of Jesus Christ Superstar
A summer revival of Jesus Christ Superstar will be one of a trio of productions to feature in the 2025 season at Newbury’s Watermill Theatre.
The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 15 October 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Immersive new production of The Lord of the Rings musical announced by Watermill Theatre
The Watermill Theatre has unveiled plans for a major new immersive production of the musical inspired by J.R.R Tolkien’s The Lord of The Rings trilogy.
Othello – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Othello continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 15 October 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ If anyone could be super creative with a Shakespearean tragedy, it has to be the Watermill. Shakespeare’s plays were written in a time when they were meant to be performed rather than read and if any student […]
As You Like It – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
As You Like It continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 24 July 2021. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ It is often still disputed that Shakespeare is timeless, universal and employs complexities of themes that are still relevant today. Is his writing of a certain time and place or is it multi-faceted and layered […]
Watermill Theatre announces outdoor summer season
A new actor/musician production of As You Like It and a semi-staged concert version of Stiles and Drewe’s Just So will feature in the Watermill Theatre’s summer season of outdoor performances. Following on from last year’s sold-out season that included a special concert performance of Lerner and Loewe’s Camelot, the al fresco entertainment will return […]
Watermill’s Christmas Carol to be released online
A filmed version of the Watermill Theatre’s acclaimed production of A Christmas Carol will be available to watch on demand from 18 December 2020. Announcing the online release of the film, artistic director Paul Hart said: “We’re so thrilled with the response to A Christmas Carol and we’re very keen to make it available to […]
Camelot – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Camelot continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 5 September 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ As regional theatres go, the Watermill is in an unique position to offer its audiences some escapism during this Covid-19 pandemic which has ravaged our theatre industry. Set in beautiful gardens with the River Lambourn running through […]
Sold-out Watermill summer season extended – Camelot cast revealed
After selling-out all tickets within 24 hours the Watermill Theatre’s summer season of outdoor performances has been extended into September with extra tickets now available. The announcement of the additional shows by artistic director Paul Hart coincided with the unveiling of the cast for the venue’s special concert performance of classic musical Camelot. Opening on […]
Newbury’s Watermill to stage outdoor summer shows
The Watermill Theatre will reopen for outdoor performances next week with a new comedy version of The Hound of the Baskervilles and a special concert performance of classic musical Camelot. The distinctive Berkshire venue will open its gardens to socially distanced audiences for a pre-show dinner followed by performances of the new three-hander production of […]
Macbeth – Wilton’s Music Hall
Macbeth continues at Wilton’s Music Hall, London until 8 February 2020. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ There’s a lot of music in this production which has a number of actor-musos in the cast. The use of drums and low level choral singing to create atmosphere works effectively but the solo sung numbers are […]
‘It was a perfect fit that I came into musical theatre’: INTERVIEW: Strictly’s Oti Mabuse works her choreography magic
Best known as one of the most popular dancers on BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing, OTI MABUSE has enjoyed a new move into musical theatre, having choreographed Ain’t Misbehavin’ at Colchester Mercury and Southwark Playhouse earlier this year, and recently working her magic on Kiss Me, Kate at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury. Born in Pretoria, […]
Kiss Me, Kate – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Kiss Me, Kate continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 21 September 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The great thing about theatre is that it transcends all boundaries. Gender stereotypes, wife-slapping and husband-beating, psychological coercion – they all started way before Shakespearean times and then good old Cole Porter came […]
Sweet Charity – Watermill Theatre, Bagnor
Sweet Charity continues at the Watermill Theatre, Bagnor until 15 September 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ First performed in 1966, Bob Fosse’s microcosmic study of naivety in the search for love retains its nostalgic qualities 50 years later in this production at the Watermill. Why, in the opening lines, we are told that […]
Crazy For You – Watermill Theatre production goes on national tour
Following a successful season at the Watermill Theatre, there will be a national tour of Crazy For You, starring Tom Chambers as Bobby. The tour will open at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth on 17 August 2017. Crazy For You boasts a fabulous score from the Gershwin brothers’ songbook. Mistaken identities, plot twists, heartbreak, happiness and a wealth of memorable tunes all feature in this […]
Crazy For You – Watermill Theatre, Newbury
Crazy For You continues at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury until 17 September. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It was in 1992 that I went to New York and got Upper Circle seats for Crazy For You from TKTS Times Square. My overriding memory from that Broadway spectacular was the glitz of the costumes […]
Crazy For You at the Watermill – Caroline Sheen takes leading role
The Watermill Theatre has revealed the full company for its summer production of the Gershwins’ Crazy For You, opening on 28 July and playing until 17 September (press night is 3 August). West End leading lady Caroline Sheen makes her Watermill debut as Polly and joins previously announced Tom Chambers, who plays Bobby. Directed by The Watermill’s artistic and executive director, Paul Hart, this brand new […]
Crazy For You at the Watermill Theatre will star Tom Chambers
A reworked version of the classic George and Ira Gershwin musical Crazy For You will be the centrepiece of the Watermill Theatre’s summer/winter season. The distinctive Berkshire venue will be the setting for the Broadway show, reimagined for the Watermill’s intimate stage with actor-musicians and starring former Strictly Come Dancing star Tom Chambers (Top Hat). […]
