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Redbridge Stage Company
We have been entertaining audiences at the Kenneth More Theatre, Ilford, Essex since January 1975 but the group name first saw the light of day in autumn 1972. The RSC was formed from an amalgamation of Tempest Productions (started in 1963) and the drama section of Ilford Operatic and Dramatic Society (IODS)
 
Our repertoire is broad and varied and has encompassed a range of plays, comedies, thrillers, the classics, musicals, literary adaptations and farces. We are proud to have mounted a number of amateur premieres of modern works.
 

The cast of Last Tango In Whitby (2003) contemplates the sheer size of the RSC repertoire!

 

 Remarkable                                                                     

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Since 1975 RSC has mounted

  • 195 productions

                    consisting of

  • 784 performances

                          of works by

  • 141 writers

                    and the sale of

  • 166,000+ tickets
      

Since their inauguration in 1979, RSC has won over 50 Kenny Awards 

(click here for details)

 

 Recent critical acclaim

 

"Redbridge Stage Company presented an assured version of Bennett's plaudit-heaped play...The boys' ensemble worked very well...Directed with a keen and experienced eye by Christine Keates, it was well cast ...This is a fine piece that played well in Redbridge Stage's hands"

(The History Boys - June 2009)

 

"Director Liz Calnan didn't need to do much coaxing to elicit strong performances from her talented cast, and she kept the action taut and well paced.....The four (actors) ratcheted up the tension, almost to breaking point, and there were audible sighs from the audience at crucial moments in the action ...This play is well written, observed and exquisitely plotted and Redbridge Stage did it justice."

(Audience With Murder - February 2009)

 

"Redbridge Stage Company came up with a lively production of this piece. Phil Allinson delivered a gem of a performance ...director Chris Keates kept the action moving along swiftly" 

(Rumours - December 2008)

 

"RIVETING. Stunning. Exceptional. And then some. Trying to describe Redbridge Stage Company's production...had me searching for superlatives. This was a stunning piece of theatre, beautifully executed." 

(Lion In Winter - September 2008)

 

"It truly was Glorious....Mind-meltingly funny moments....Superbly cast and delivered with confidence and charm....An outstanding evening of theatre" 

(Glorious! - June 2008)

 

During 2009 AS (Amateur Stage) Magazine showcased RSC's productions of

Audience With Murder

and

The History Boys

 

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KENNY AWARDS 2010

(for productions in 2009)

 

 

In another good year with nine nominations in the five categories for which they were eligible, Redbridge Stage Company have been recognised for all three of its productions in 2009.

Winners are:

 

Best Actress (Joint)

Liz Calnan for The Chalk Garden

Chris Keates for The Chalk Garden

 

Best Actor

John Chapman for The History Boys

 

  

Best Male Supporting Performance (Play)

Grant Leat for The History Boys