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Welcome to
The Wessex Actors Company's
You have the following
options:
v
The
Company's Lottery-funded assets are for sale: see
listing and prices
v
View a screen version of "Running
Time: 13 Years" – a publication celebrating 13 years of operation and
detailing essential facts and figures about the Company’s operation.
If you wish
to comment, or find out more, please contact us.
Talk to us by e-mail: - or by phone: (+44)
(0)1278 733100.
Or write:
The Counting House, Dodington, Bridgwater, Somserset TA5 1LE
v Find out about The Wessex Actors Company's history and aims
v Our focus has always been on the
creative talent of the South-West - so who are the
writers whose work we have produced?
v Search the list
of venues played by the Company
v Discover the sources
of funding, who helped the Company (beyond earnings from activities)
Information on some past
productions:
v The Wessex Actors Company has twice
produced Hardy's own dramatization of "Tess
of the D'Urbervilles" (1993 and 2001) - the only company to have done
so since Hardy’s own production.
v Responses to our production of
Michael Barry’s “Dead Woman’s Ditch” – based on the
true story of John Walford, hanged for the murder of his wife in 1789.
v Responses to our riotous production
of “Tom Jones”
v Info on: "Do
Reindeer Dream of Santa Claus?"
v Find out about our last own
production: "The
Mayor of Casterbridge"
v Other productions are identified in "Running
Time: 13 Years"
v The Community Chest was the Company's unique programme of
small-scale, low-cost productions for small venues:
Ø The portfolio
of productions
Ø The Community Chest Press release
Finally – please visit the site of our sponsors, Quantock Lodge (now a Leisure Centre and Events Venue, formerly an
independent school). This link is to the site promoting all that the Lodge has
to offer..
“A gracious, historic Victorian mansion in
secluded peaceful surroundings. For all your accommodation needs, training
courses, house parties and functions – large and small”
Bring down the
curtain and go home.