Autumn 2024 Production – Towards Zero

After many (too many!) read-throughs of potential scripts we have finally selected, auditioned, and cast our Autumn 2024 production. Rehearsals have started and ticket sales are now open for Towards Zero, a classic 1950s era Murder Mystery / Thriller by Agatha Christie:

When a house party gathers at Gull’s Point, the seaside home of Lady Tressilian, Neville Strange finds himself caught between his old wife Audrey and his new flame Kay. Events soon become sinister and Superintendent Battle, who is holidaying nearby in the home of his nephew, finds himself in a labyrinthine maze of clues and deception. 

Performance dates will be from Wednesday 13th to Saturday 16th November 2024. Tickets are available now from https://tadsthrapston.org.uk/tickets or on 07543 321219.

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The Ghost Train

This spring TADS will be returning to Arnold Ridley’s classic drama The Ghost Train.

Six passengers find themselves stranded late at night in the waiting-room of an isolated Cornish railway station. Ignoring the ghostly tales and dire warnings of the stationmaster, they decide to stay where they are until morning – with terrifying consequences. Finally, all is revealed and the details of a fiendish plot are laid bare…

Previously performed by TADS back in 1990, this revised version, published in 2023 by Jocelyn and Nicolas Ridley refreshes some elements of the dialogue to bring it a little more up to date.

Performance dates will be from Wednesday 15th to Saturday 18th May 2024. Tickets are available from https://tadsthrapston.org.uk/tickets or on 07543 321219.

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Autumn 2023 Production – Bedroom Farce

This autumn TADS will be performing “Bedroom Farce”, an ingenious comedy by Alan Ayckbourn.

Four couples, three bedrooms, two celebrations, one blazing row and an illicit kiss (or two). This socially observant comedy shines a brilliant spotlight onto the trials and tribulations of suburban marriage.

Trevor and Susannah have a problem relationship which requires urgent attention. What better solution than to talk it over with family and friends? Preferably in their respective bedrooms and ideally in the middle of the night. Inevitably, one problem relationship tends to spark off another. When you have friends like Trevor and Susannah, nobody gets much sleep!

Performance dates will be from Wednesday 15th to Saturday 18th November 2023. Tickets are available from https://tadsthrapston.org...

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Play Update & King’s Coronation

Tickets are still available on all nights for our Spring Production of The Girl on the Train. This stage adaption based on the popular book by Paula Hawkins tells the story of Rachel Watson, a woman down on her luck who unwittingly becomes a witness and even a suspect in the disapperance of a woman she watches from her daily train commute. Bookings can be made via our website at https://tadsthrapston.org.uk/tickets/ or by calling our box office on 07543 321219 (evenings only)

As some of you will know, Thrapston Town Council is putting on an event in the Peace Park on Saturday 6th May to celebrate the King’s Coronation. A few members from TADS will be performing some Victoria Wood sketches at 3.20pm on this day, we would be very grateful to anyone who can come and watch!!!

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Spring 2023 Production Announcement – The Girl On The Train

Rehearsals are well underway for TADS’ spring production of The Girl On The Train, a gripping mystery/suspense thriller by Duncan Abel and Rachel Wagstaff, adapted for the stage from the novel by Paula Hawkins.

Rachel Watson longs for a different life and on her daily commute she finds the perfect escape via the idealistic couple she watches through the train window. Rachel looks on as the couple create the perfect illusion of happiness and love. However, this fantasy is shattered when she learns the woman she’s been watching has mysteriously disappeared. Rachel finds herself a witness and even a suspect in this thrilling mystery which reveals bigger secrets than she could have ever imagined.

Performances will be from Wednesday 10th to Saturday 13th of May. Tickets are available from

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