ALL AT SEA! 26th-30th July 2017 at Welford Park

ALL AT SEA! was the brand spanking new show in July 2017!

Continuing to follow the extraordinary life and times of local Charlotte Peake (poet, mystic and free thinker), we plunge into the 1920's; the world of jazz, glamour, women's emancipation and unprecedented social and political change.

The residents of Welford Park, with some familiar staff and friends, all embark on a sea voyage in search of broader horizons. Themes of diaspora and shipwreck pre shadow our own age as our brave voyagers struggle to come to terms with leaving home and finding new homes in unexpected places.

The Queen Anne house of Welford Park itself will become our ocean liner and the audience co-passengers on this exciting, spectacular and touching musical romp across the stormy waves of a new age!

Our 2014 show....

Our 2014 play was set in 1918 in the “Big House” and the neighbourhood is hoping for peace. The protagonist Charlotte Peake has her heart set on a circus – there’s even a tent in the barn, but where’s the talent going to come from to fill it?

Maybe by taking a leaf from Lord George Sanger, famed Newbury circus owner and gold-plated fibber… Enter the anarchic Joe and friends, with their bitter-sweet Masquerade.

Geraldine McCaughrean added: “Fittingly, Welford Park itself was used as a First World War hospital and the idyllic setting between the Queen Anne house and the River Lambourn is the most gorgeous backdrop for a play.”

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25th ANNIVERSARY SHOW!

Tickets on sale NOW!

from The Watermill box office

www.watermill.org.uk

The Healing Tree by Ade Morris

30th July - 3rd August 2025

Do you want to be a part of something truly special?

PLAY READ THROUGH: Weds 28th May at 7.30pm at Boxford Village Hall, RG20 8DD

Come join us for a musical jamboree through a forest created in the heart of Boxford.

With song, dance and theatrical magic we will create memories for a lifetime and need all sorts of support:

Singers, actors dancers,

Musicians

Children to perform on stage

Backstage chaperones

Front of house support staff

Spotlight operators

and any many of volunteers.

Please do get in touch if you are interested, much love, Masqueteer x

The SNOW QUEEN

The Snow Queen: A free Children's Theatre show and pop up pub!

A delightful children's story told with original music and words by the stunningly talented team at Tall and Small Tales!

This event is free and there is a bar, plenty of parking and a playground to keep the children entertained before and afterwards!

Friday 13th Dec, 5pm, see you there x

Party In The Park!

On a sunsoaked afternoon in Boxford, reminiscent of Masques gone by, around 150 people gathered and laughed, talked and listened to great music all afternoon.

Headlining were The Station, a local trio of unbounded talent fresh from sold out London gigs and a tour of Spain.

Supporting were the lovely lads from OMP, the velvet tones of Aoife and a stunning warm afternoon set from our very own Bridgerton superstar Ben Prout busting out some seriously good music.

The children laughed and cheered at the theatre show and our furry friends enjoyed their own fun dog show; with Cosmo clean sweeping the prizes!

A huge thank you to everyone who came and supported Party in the Park last Saturday! We had a blast and what a lovely day it was.

Thanks so much for all the support from volunteers, stall holders, dog show organisers, childrens' theatre, bands, bar workers and the BBQ crew; we really could not do it without you.

A good amount of money raised for the next Masque in July 2025 and exciting to hear that a large chunk of the playwriting is already significantly progressed.

We can all begin to dream of heady summer days in Boxford next year; with a canvas, a play and more fun than any of us could wish for!

Thanks to all once more! x

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