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Our Summer Musical - The Witches of Eastwick
Fri 19 Apr
Booking opens for our summer musical, The Witches of Eastwick on Wednesday 24 April at 10am. Craig
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Restaurant Renovation - Phase Two Underway
Fri 5 Apr
Phase Two of our restaurant refurbishment starts on 8 April and we expect the work to take about six
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Restaurant Renovation - Phase One Completed
Mon 28 Jan
Phase one of the refurbishment of The Watermill restaurant is now completed. Internal roof repairs
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Brain Game Quiz raises £14K for The Watermill
Wed 5 Dec
The Racecourse, Newbury played host to the first Watermill Brain Game recently, a high profile,
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Radio Times is a hit on tour
Tue 25 Sep
Last summer's Watermill musical, Radio Times, is now touring the UK, visiting theatre across
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The Family Friendly Arts Campaign
Fri 7 Sep
A group of membership organisations from across the arts put in a bid to Arts Council England
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The Tempest Cast Is Announced
Fri 24 Aug
The Tempest cast includes some faces familiar to The Watermill. Director, Paul Hart's
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John Suchet - Watermill Book Club Author
Mon 9 Jul
Classic FM presenter, John Suchet, will share insights into the life of Ludwig Van Beethoven at
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Thoroughly Modern Millie Cast Announced
Tue 12 Jun
We're delighted to announce the cast for our forthcoming production of Thoroughly
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Watermill's Catalyst Arts application successful
Thu 17 May
The Watermill Theatre is delighted to announce that it has been successful in its application
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Summer - Winter Season Announced
Sat 28 Apr
Our new season of shows goes on sale and includes our summer musical, Throughly Modern Millie, brought
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Last Chance To Apply for Development Officer Role
Fri 20 Apr
The closing date for applications for our Development Office role is Monday 23 April at 12noon. 
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Vodafone World of Difference winner at The Watermill
Tue 6 Mar
For the next two months we’re very fortunate to have Jennifer Potter joining the marketing
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A Cast Of Seventy Seven Children Perform In The Diary
Thu 9 Feb
Our primary schools play, The Diary, is now in rehearsal - with an exciting cast of 77 children!
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The Watermill Seeks Extras for Lettice & Lovage
Fri 13 Jan
We are seeking a number of ‘extras’, or supernumeraries, to help us with the forthcoming
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Sir Patrick Stewart raises over £8,000 for The Watermill
Thu 22 Dec
Sir Patrick Stewart entertained The Watermill audience with anecdotes about his career in theatre
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Sir Patrick Stewart raises funds for The Watermill
Tue 15 Nov
Sir Patrick Stewart is kindly donating his time to help raise funds for The Watermill Theatre,
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Selina Cadell to play Lettice Douffet in Lettice and Lovage
Tue 1 Nov
Selina Cadell will play the role of Lettice Douffet in our forthcoming production of Peter
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It's Party Time - Book for Christmas now!
Fri 7 Oct
The Watermill is a lovely place to celebrate Christmas and we're taking bookings for Christmas
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Great Expectations Cast Announced
Wed 31 Aug
Neil Bartlett's stunning adaptation of the Dickensian masterpiece will be performed by a 
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West End star Anna-Jane Casey to appear in Radio Times
Mon 4 Jul
Anna-Jayne Casey will play the part of Olive opposite Gary Wilmot's Sammy Shaw in The
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West End star Gary Wilmot to appear in summer musical
Wed 27 Apr
Well known musical actor Gary Wilmot, who will be playing Sammy Shaw, makes his debut at The Watermill
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The Watermill's Arts Council Funding News
Wed 30 Mar
The Watermill Theatre has been awarded the following amounts from the Arts Council’s National
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Actor Richard Briers to help raise funds for The Watermill
Tue 15 Mar
Richard Briers, has been in the acting business for many years and will talk about his many and
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Author Esther Freud comes to The Watermill
Tue 15 Feb
Esther Freud's debut novel, Hideous Kinky, was turned into a film starring Kate Winslett and was
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The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire to talk at The Watermill
Thu 6 Jan
We're delighted to announce that Deborah Cavendish,The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire
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Joanna Trollope guest author at The Watermill Book Club
Wed 17 Nov
On Tuesday 8 March at 1.30pm we will be joined by the highly-acclaimed bestselling author Joanna
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New Development Officer Required
Tue 9 Nov
We require a highly motivated person with exceptional interpersonal skills to join the small
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Best-selling authors at The Watermill
Thu 2 Sep
Barbara Taylor Bradford, Jo Brand and Gervase Phinn October Watermill Book Club authors
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A massive thank you!
Fri 13 Aug
We wish to thank all of you who have so generously donated to the Disasters Emergency Committee Pakistan Floods
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Sponsor an Island in Bagnor!
Wed 4 Aug
Wanna buy an island? Missed out on the great Greek Island sale? 
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Happy First Birthday Waterminis!
Wed 7 Jul
The Waterminis, our drama group for under 5s, celebrates the end of their first year today
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Battery Recycling Centre at The Watermill

Are you local to The Watermill and not sure what to do with your old batteries? Don't put them in
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Another Successful Watermill Summer Fair

This year The Watermill Theatre’s Annual Summer Fair was blessed in terms of weather and visitors. 
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Stage Management Team Shortlisted for National Award

National Awards for Stage Management Shortlist Announced The Watermill's stage
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New Writing Competition Winners Announced

THE FINAL CHOICES ARE MADE FOR THE WATERMILL’S NEW WRITING COMPETITION
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The Watermill Launches new website
Tue 10 Nov
The Watermill launches its new website!  Alongside show information we can display more great
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