Over By Christmas

Memories Of The Two World Wars In Words And Music

A variety show written by various authors
Thursday 6 November 2025 - Saturday 8 November 2025
The Elms Primary School, Gloucester Street, Faringdon SN7 7HY
Directed by Heather Kent & Carolyn Taylor
Producer: Debbie Lock

Times: Performances start 7:30 pm. Doors open 30 minutes earlier.
Tickets: £14. No concessions. Inludes £1.18 non-refundable booking fee. Tickets will be available from our Online Box Office. ()
Other information: There will be an interval of about twenty minutes between acts during which refreshments will be available for purchase at the bar and a raffle drawn. Cash or card accepted.

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, this production will be based around World War I and II, with modern day conflicts intertwined in it. There will be acting, singing, dancing, and stories to tell.

Included in the show will be:

‘The Floral Dance (from Dad’s Army)’ by David Croft and Jimmy Perry. The Floral Dance, as rendered by the Walmington-on-sea Home Guard under the leadership of Captain Mainwaring. This amateur production of ‘The Floral Dance’ is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd., www.concordtheatricals.co.uk.

Rehearsals:

Rehearsal start Monday 1st September in the United Church 7.30pm – 9.30pm, then same time same place on Thursdays and Mondays right through September 4th, 8th, 12th,15th, 18th, 22nd, 25th and 29th. After that panto begins, so we will have a gap in rehearsals until November when we have Tech and Dress rehearsals at the Elms Primary School on Sunday pm 2nd November and another Tech Dress rehearsal on Monday 3rd November in the evening. It’s vital we have everybody there for these last two rehearsals and of course for the shows on Thursday 6th November Friday 7th and Saturday 8th.

Production No.211 - 3 shows will be performed over 3 days. Production created and presented by member(s) of the dramatic society.