We meet on a Friday afternoon in alternate months at a member’s house to read a play,  The actual date is flexible and depends on group members' prior committments. The dates are circulated by email and also appear in the Mid-Northumberland u3a monthly Newsletter.

Our aim is to bring more life to the texts than may be possible through reading as an individual, to explore the work of playwrights that we have not met before or to re-awaken our memories of those we have come across in the past…..oh, and to have fun!

We do not see the play script before meeting and ‘parts’ are taken by members attending through a ‘lucky dip’. There is an attempt to match male to male and female to female but mismatch of group members to the required cast can result in interesting multiple and/or transgender roles!

To ensure everyone attending has a part, the ‘cast’ sometimes changes between acts.

Most importantly we do not take ourselves too seriously, or try to be too ‘actor-ish’.

If you would like to find out more about our group please contact Tony Shirley using the email icon at the top of this page.