Welcome to the Faringdon Dramatic Society's Website
"Entertainment for all the family in Faringdon and beyond"
2009 Beauty and the Beast - a pantomime by member Carolyn Taylor
We hope that you will come and enjoy our productions. Faringdon Dramatic Society has been entertaining the local community for over seventy years and the standard of acting has often been compared to that seen at a professional theatre. The society has been the proud winner of many county and national awards.
And it isn’t all about the acting! We are also often complimented on the excellent quality of the stage set, make-up and costumes used in our productions. You may be surprised to hear that all are created specially “from scratch” for each production by the hard working “behind the scenes” members of our society. Why not come and join us? Everyone is welcome.
Next Production
Cinderella
A pantomime by Alan P Frayn
Friday 24 January 2025 - Sunday 26 January 2025
& Friday 31 January 2025 - Saturday 1 February 2025
The Elms Primary School
The fairy-tale enchantment of Cinderella with loads of originality, audience participation, and slapstick routines. Big on laughs, but true to form.
Tickets
Tickets may NOT be available here some hours before a performance
Last Production
A Night at the Musicals
A concert by Verity Roberts
Saturday 28 September 2024
Faringdon Corn Exchange
A one-off special charity gala concert of songs from various musicals in aid of the Helen and Douglas House Children’s Hospice.
Dates for Your Diary
Thursday 3rd October - workshop on comedy and timing skills ready for the panto, led by Bex Hutchings. United Church 7:30-9:00pm. For members and including any young people over 11. See email for link to apply.
Monday 7th October - Read through for our next pantomime 'Cinderella' by Alan Frayn. United Church 7:00pm.
Thursday 10th October - Auditions for panto. United Church 7:00pm. Rehearsals will start immediately afterwards, Monday evenings and Thursday evenings.
24th-26th January & 31st January-1st February 2025 - performances of our next pantomime 'Cinderella' by Alan Frayn.
Come Along and Join Us
We are always pleased to welcome new members. As well as acting and directing there are always opportunities to help with set building, front of house, and much more. No experience is necessary. Just come along to any reading, audition or performance published on this website and introduce yourself. Whether you want to be in a play or just help back stage or front of house you will always be made welcome.
What has FDS ever done for us? As a member of Faringdon Dramatic Society you can ... read more (FDS-MembershipBenefits.pdf).
Interested in joining the society? - click here
Want to put your daughter/son on the stage for our pantomime? - click here.
We are always looking for suggestions from members for play readings and offers to direct plays of your own choice. Plenty of help is always available if you haven't directed before. Please contact us with your ideas.
Canada Exchange
Faringdon Dramatic Society currently have an exchange partnership with the Garrison Little Theatre in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada. Three times now they have come here and we have gone there to put on a production. The objective of the ‘twinning’ was, and still is, to give theatregoers from around Faringdon and Fort Erie the opportunity to see plays that would otherwise rarely, if ever, cross the Atlantic.
Garrison Little Theatre first came to Faringdon in September 2007 to perform 'Lend Me a Tenor'. Then again in October 2011 to perform a joint production of 'London Suite', followed by ‘Office Hours’ in May 2015 and 'Airport Tales' in May 2019.
We first went to Fort Erie in May 2008 to deliver a performance of 'Outside Edge', done here two weeks earlier. Then again in June 2012 to repeat the joint production of 'London Suite', done here the previous October. Then followed in June 2016 with 'Side Effects'. We were hoping to return with 'Ladies' Day' in 2021.