by admin | Jun 10, 2021 | Past Productions
Written by: Anna Wheatley Directed by: Jessica Daniels A new play, written by Anna Wheatley based on the original story by Hans Christian Andersen. We find ourselves in a country called Denmark, in a city called Odense in a time unspecified. It is mid-winter. A...
by admin | Jun 2, 2021 | News
The profile of the campaign to Save Reading Gaol has been raised again with The New York Times releasing a feature on the situation, containing interviews with many of the key players. Toby Davies, RABBLE’s Artistic Director was interviewed between rehearsals for The...
by admin | May 31, 2021 | News
For The Last Abbot of Reading, we’re producing a series of podcasts where we get to know key figures involved in the production. This week, it’s RABBLE’s associate writer, Beth Flintoff, recorded back in 2019 just before the restrictions came in....
by admin | May 18, 2021 | News
We’re pretty disheartened to hear that the Ministry of Justice has rejected Reading Borough Council’s bid for the Gaol. Having offered a restrictive 3-month period of exclusivity on Christmas Eve, 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, the MoJ then never approached...
by admin | Mar 11, 2021 | News
Following support from a number of high-profile names – including Dame Judi Dench, Sir Kenneth Branagh, Natalie Dormer, Shazad Latif and, most recently, a new Banksy artwork – to save Reading Gaol from property developers and preserve it as an arts hub,...
