Theatre - The Voice

Trip to improve area’s culture

Richard Rush — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:51:06 +0000

An actor has been given an opportunity to fly to Austria and Italy to see how culture in south Lincolnshire can be preserved. Ryan Gilmartin, who grew up in Spalding and attended Spalding Grammar School, has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship, a nationally competitive award given to outstanding individuals to research and develop ideas that […]

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Ride the lightning

Richard Rush — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:56:05 +0000

What if the Greek gods were real, and what if one of them turned out to be your deadbeat, absent dad? That’s the question the talented young performers of Spalding’s Act II Theatre Company of Spalding will be answering in their upcoming production of The Lighting Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical. This musical, based on […]

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Invite to join first panto in 22 years

Richard Rush — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:48:37 +0000

SADOS (Spalding Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society) is inviting aspiring performers from across the local area to audition for its upcoming pantomime, marking the society’s first return to the much-loved festive tradition in 22 years. Following a successful first audition date, a final opportunity to audition will take place this Sunday, July 12 at 11.30am […]

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Hell of a show from area’s Act II

Richard Rush — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:08:54 +0000

Act II Theatre Company are inviting you to come on way down to Hadestown with a unique showing at The South Holland Centre. The Spalding theatre group are putting on Hadestown Teen Edition on Saturday, July 11. And it’s a show so big it can’t be confined to one room. The first half is unreserved […]

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Clued up group’s murder show

Rachel Mayfield — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:57:36 +0000

An award winning theatre group is bringing a version of the classic game Cluedo to life.Bright Lights Theatre are putting on four shows at Spalding’s South Holland Centre from Thursday, June 18 to Saturday, June 20.A spokesman said: “Cluedo is the comedy whodunit that will leave both cult-fans and newcomers in stitches as they try […]

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A Bright version of classic game

Richard Rush — Tue, 19 May 2026 16:52:58 +0000

The game is on for the The Bright Lights Theatre Company bringing ‘comedy whodunnit’ Cludeo to the South Holland Centre. The award winning group, which won the ‘Best Drama’ accolade for its showing of Calendar Girls at the NODA Awards last year are back in the town. Cluedo runs from Thursday to Saturday June 18 […]

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A play so wrong it’s right

Richard Rush — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:38:38 +0000

This week’s play by SADOS (The Spalding Amateur Dramatic Operatic Society) is going to be an absolute catastrophe. It’s putting on ‘It’ll Be All Wrong On The Night’ at its base in St Margaret’s Hall in Quadring. The first show was due to be last night (Wednesday) with shows at 7.30pm daily up to and […]

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Hole lot of fun for Act II to soak up

Richard Rush — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:04:34 +0000

The residents of Bikini Bottom are coming to Spalding and the South Holland Centre. Patrick Starfish, Squidward, Mr Krabs and, of course, SpongeBob SquarePants himself will be appearing in The Spongebob Musical, being performed by Act II Theatre Company’s Music Theatre group (the team that brought you School Of Rock and Disney’s The Little Mermaid). […]

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Students are ‘the best at being bad’

Richard Rush — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:38:51 +0000

Step into the streets of prohibition era New York City and meet rival mob bosses Fat Sam and Dandy Dan, struggling boxing promotor Bugsy Malone, a whole host of other colourful characters and splurge guns!. Students from Spalding Grammar School are bringing gangster spoof Bugsy Malone to the stage. They are backed by a live […]

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Act II’s Shrek-age

Richard Rush — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:37:09 +0000

Don’t be a donkey and miss out on the latest production by Act II. The South Holland group is putting on two showings of Shrek the Musical. Both shows are at the South Holland Centre on Saturday (January 24). The showing with the junior cast is at 2.30pm and with the senior cast at 7.30pm. […]

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