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Tickets for DOSYTCo's concert "All Time Legends" will be on general sale from Monday 3rd June 2013.

Dereham Memorial Hall, where most of our productions are performed

Dereham Theatre Company (formerly Dereham Operatic Society) is a charitable Trust and was formed in 1948 to offer the local community education and enlightenment in amateur dramatic arts. A very grand way of saying that we were formed to entertain the people of Dereham and Norfolk!

Our Shakespearian motto "Mere folk who give distraction are we" comes from Cole Porter's musical "Kiss Me Kate", which we first performed in 1970, and is based upon one of William Shakespeare's most famous plays "The Taming of the Shrew".

We stage three productions a year (not including the productions of our youth group) including a major musical in the autumn, a pantomime over the Christmas period and a play in the spring. There is something for everyone!

If you are looking to join one of the premier operatic and dramatic societies in Norfolk as either a performer (we actively encourage all whatever your ability or experience, whether you are a singer, an actor, dancer, or just enjoy being on stage), backstage helper, front of house staff or just looking to purchase some tickets for our next show ........ you need look no further; Welcome to our website.

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Rear of Dereham Memorial Hall
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East Dereham
Norfolk, NR19 1AD

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Calendar Girls

at Dereham Memorial Hall

Performances:

8^th - 11^th May 2013

Tickets are NOW ON SALE. Click here for further details or to Book Online.

We are delighted to announce that our spring play in 2013 will be "Calendar Girls" by Tim Firth. If you do not yet know the plot, then the short summary below 'reveals all'!

A Synopsis

A group of extraordinary women, members of a very ordinary Yorkshire WI, spark a global phenomenon by persuading each another to pose for a charity calendar with a difference. As interest snowballs, the CALENDAR GIRLS find themselves revealing more than they'd ever planned...

A very British story, with a very British heart, CALENDAR GIRLS is based on an uplifting and very inspiring true story that is quirky, poignant and hilarious.

The Story

When Annie’s husband John dies of Leukaemia, she and her best friend Chris decide to raise money for a new settee for the local hospital waiting room. Following an off-the-wall inspiration of Chris’s, they manage to persuade four fellow WI members, Cora, Celia, Ruth and Jessie, to pose nude for an ‘alternative’ calendar (different from the WI’s previous offering of local bridges, or churches!), with a little help from hospital porter and amateur photographer Lawrence.

News of the women’s charitable venture spreads like wildfire, and hordes of press soon descend on the small village of Knapely in the Yorkshire Dales. The calendar is a success, but Chris and Annie’s friendship is put to the test under the strain of new found fame.
Based on a true story of eleven WI members who posed nude for a calendar to raise money for Leukaemia Research Fund, ‘Calendar Girls’ opened at the Chichester Festival Theatre, and has since become the fastest selling play in British Theatre history.

"It’s marvellous theatre, guaranteed to make you laugh, cry, and come out singing ‘Jerusalem’" (Mail on Sunday)