Tickets for Calendar Girls are now available to buy via our website & TicketSource. For this production we will be donating 100% of all proceeds from Programme sales to charity (details to be announced later) so please do include one with your ticket purchase!

Rehearsals are already in full swing and the show is taking shape, we’ll share some sneak previews once we start getting closer to opening night!

Thrapston Amateur Dramatic Society are delighted to reveal our 2026 line-up, featuring two beloved British comedies that promise plenty of laughter and joy.

First up is Calendar Girls by Tim Firth, running from Wednesday 13th to Saturday 16th May. Based on a true story, this warm and witty play follows a group of ordinary Yorkshire women who decide to create an extraordinary charity calendar – tastefully posing for it themselves! As their idea grows beyond their wildest expectations, Calendar Girls celebrates friendship, courage, and community spirit.

Hey folks, it’s been a while since our last update, so here’s a bit of a catch-up:

NODA Awards

On 22nd June 2025 TADS attended it’s first NODA East Midlands AGM and Award Ceremony since becoming NODA members.

One of the benefits of becoming NODA members is that we have a district representative come and review our shows, and if they see something that they feel is worthy of it, will put forward people or productions to receive NODA awards.

As such, we were hugely honoured to be attending in the capacity of NODA award nominees, with two of our group members being nominated for awards.

Simon Smart was nominated for Regional Poster of the Year Award for The Ghost Train poster, and Sarah Smart (nee Jones) was nominated for an Outstanding Individual Performance Award for the role of J...

Thrapston Amateur Dramatic Society are in rehearsals for their Spring Production, a comedy farce called Rumours!

We have had a part that has come available and we are looking for an actor who is available from the beginning of April to fill this role.

We are looking for a man or woman, any age from age 18 upwards, to play the part of a police officer. This character joins the action in the second half of act 2, and whilst there are not that many lines to learn there are a couple of wordy bits where the officer interrogates the rest of the cast!

Our rehearsal days are Wednesday and Friday 7.30-9.30pm and the performance is the week of 14th – 17th May 2025. We would also need the actor to be available for our technical dress rehearsal on Sunday 11th May.

We are a fun, friendly group who ...

Following a run of Dramas (and many train-themed plays!), this spring TADS are returning to comedy with Rumours, a hilarious farce by Neil Simon.

Charley, a prominent Government official, is found with a superficial bullet wound and his wife missing. Four couples invited to his home for a party try to hide what they think is a scandal from each other, until everyone is caught up in a web of rumour and misunderstanding.

This play originally premiered on Broadway at the Broadhurst Theatre in November 1988 and ran for two years. The British version that TADS will be performing premiered in August 1990 at the Chichester Festival Theatre.

Performance dates will be from Wednesday 14th to Saturday 17th May 2025. Tickets are available now from https://tadsthrapston.org.uk/tickets or on 07543 3212...