Another great season for New Stagers - Congratulations to all the nominees and winners

Audition for A Study in Fear, New Stagers October play.

New Stagers annual pub crawl is back/

Next week New Stagers’ dons big hair, bold make up and shimmery bodysuits as it enters into the not so glamorous world of glam rock with our production of Remember Me This Way. This is a new play written and directed by Ian Pring. We caught up with him to find out how its been going and why glam rock: Q: So what is the play about? A: The play looks at the repercussions of an event that in retrospect was a precursor of the Yewtree scandal of 2013 onwards – the 1997 conviction

New Stagers are delighted to announce that our recent production of ‘Happy to Help’ has been honoured with a National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA) Flame Award. The Flame Award, which was presented at this week’s NODA London Festival, was presented ‘in recognition of an incredible piece of drama that reflected the times we live in perfectly. A study of greed and the corrupting influence of power, which was delivered well and gave everyone cause to think.’ Flame Awa

New Stagers 2017 Award winners

By Simon Truscott Unbelievably, we are now over a year into Donald Trump’s presidency. He is clearly a man known for his egalitarian, progressive attitude towards women. The Harvey Weinstein harassment scandal still sending shockwaves around the world and into every profession or industry, thanks to #MeToo. The gender pay gap seems just as pervasive. The question is, how did they happen in 2017? How is it acceptable for these to remain such a huge problem in 2018 when lads ma

With just a few weeks to go until curtains go up on our production of ‘Ghosts’ (and the skies over the Norwegian fjords come crashing down!), we spoke to our cast to get their thoughts on the classic Scandi noir and their first impressions of the playwright himself, Henrik Ibsen. Vanessa Marchant - Mrs Alving I knew very little about Ibsen other than that his plays could be long-winded and dull. So when Ian said he was putting Ghosts forward I was not convinced. Then we had a

The cast of Crazy Christmas at the Haunted Hotel are busy rehearsing and don’t have much time to stand still but there’s always time for the Mannequin Challenge…

In honour of our 50th Anniversary we look back on the early days of New Stagers

This article gives you a beginner's guide to Panto.  If you're interested in seeing a fun, high quality Panto in South West London that won't break the bank, do come along New Stagers' very own Panto, every January. So, you’ve never heard of Panto. There must be a hundred questions you want to ask your friend in the cast who’s invited you, but you don’t know how to do it without looking silly. Perhaps you’re a more recent inhabitant of the UK, perhaps just a visitor, perhaps

Stephen Beard, director of Follow Me and Ruth Ellis’ grandson on his accidental discovery of the play and what the show means to him and his family. Ruth Ellis was the last woman in Britain to be hanged by the most ‘decorated’ executioner of our time, Albert Pierrepoint. Ruth Ellis was my grandmother. She shot her lover in Hampstead in a fit of rage. She purposely offered no defence and left the court with no other choice but to hang her. The case received a huge public backl

Orna Joseph, who plays Rose in our upcoming show Di and Viv and Rose, looks at one of the more challenging aspects of taking to the stage!

Cast Member Orna Joseph gives us her view on being part of our forthcoming show Di and Viv and Rose

New Stagers drama group 2015 award winners.

One of our newest members, Christine Peirson writes about her experience joining the group and being in both our panto, Treasure Island, and Blithe Spirit Before January, the last time I had been on a stage was way back in University! I’d always wanted to get back into it, but unfortunately, being slightly nervous about joining a group in London and working shifts kind of put a halt to it. Things changed when I moved to a 9-5 job and found I actually had time on my hands, so

With just a few weeks to go until curtains are raised on ‘Bouncers & Shakers’, we spoke with first time director, Veronica Montalbetti on her experiences in the director’s chair, the creative process and why she chose Bouncers as her debut piece! Why bouncers / Shakers? I have seen Bouncers performed a couple of times and it is lots of fun. There are so many moments the audience can relate to, I sat watching, thinking “oh yea I’ve met that guy” or “I’ve cried over that boy”.

Blithe Spirit co-director Stephanie Kendrick and Veronica Montalbetti, who plays Elvira took the radio-waves by storm when they popped in to Wandsworth Radio on 7 April for a (not-so-quick!) interview! Listen here as they discuss everything from the play, to membership & their most embarrassing moments on stage!

New Stagers wins Best Drama at the NODA awards

It’s the perfect combination of 19th century dresses and 21st century social media! Costumes made in Minnesota, USA, are flying the Atlantic to dress the cast of a play being put on by Wandsworth drama group New Stagers from 23 July.  “The Heiress”, a play about love and revenge in 1850s New York, had the group searching high and low for the right dresses until Twitter came to the rescue. The play’s Director, Patricia Driver, contacted Southwest Minnesota State University aft