2025

2025
Ten Productions · The Tower Theatre, Folkestone

This was FHODS' programme for 2025, marking the society's 123rd year. Ten productions were staged at The Tower Theatre, ranging from Alan Bennett monologues and a Shakespeare comedy to a summer musical and the 51st annual pantomime.

Productions

February

14–15 Feb

Talking Heads (2025) · By Alan Bennett · Dir. Robert Emptage

March

13–15 Mar

Steel Magnolias (2025) · By Robert Harling · Dir. Alice Hawkins

April

3–5 Apr

Bad Dates (2025) · By Theresa Rebeck · Dir. Paul Milton · Small Stage Theatre

11–12 Apr

Newsies Jr (2025) · Music by Alan Menken · Dir. Michelle Hartley & Jasmine Bradley · Youth Section

May

15–17 May

A Midsummer Night's Dream (2025) · By William Shakespeare · Dir. Graham Jeffery

June — July

27 Jun–5 Jul

Annie (2025) · Music by Charles Strouse · Dir. Steve Hawkins · MD Samuel Robinson

September

12–20 Sep

Come From Away (2025) · Music & Lyrics by Irene Sankoff & David Hein · Dir. Natalie Jones · MD Luke Jones

October

17–18 Oct

Lest We Forget: 80 Years On (2025) · Original devised production · Co-ord. Michelle Hartley · Youth Section

November

13–15 Nov

Love from a Stranger (2025) · By Frank Vosper, based on Agatha Christie · Dir. Alex Ezrati

December

12–28 Dec

Jack and the Beanstalk (2025) · Pantomime · Dir. Alice Hawkins · MD Andy Hartley · 51st Annual Pantomime

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