At the Play-Reading Group we read plays aloud, generally taking one part each. We also discuss the plays that we read.
Our meetings are held roughly once a month, usually at 10 am on a Thursday morning in a member's house. They last for around two and a half hours.
There is a nominal charge to cover the cost of hiring a set of scripts for the plays that we choose.
We welcome enquiries from new members who would like to join the group. However, the group is at present full so it may become necessary to form a second group.
The plays we have read so far in 2026
Michael Palin
The Weekend
Noel Coward
Hay Fever
Edward Taylor and John Graham
Pardon Me, Prime Minister
Rick Abbott
Play On!
Alan Ayckbourn
Joking Apart
Oscar Wilde
An Ideal Husband
David Summers
A Convenient Murder
The plays we read in 2025
Charles Vance
Jane Eyre (based on the Charlotte Brontë novel)
Agatha Christie
Verdict
Bettine Manktelow
Death Walked In
Dylan Thomas
Under Milk Wood
Alan Ayckbourn
Improbable Fiction
Rick Abbott
Play On!
Leslie Sands
Cat's Cradle
J.B. Priestley
Dangerous Corner
Norman Robbins
Prescription for Murder
Oscar Wilde
An Ideal Husband
The plays we read in 2024
Alan Bennett
The Old Country
Roger Parsley and Andy Graham
Sense and Sensibilty (based on the Jane Austen novel)
Frank Vosper
Love from a Stranger (based on an Agatha Christie short story)