Welcome to The Matchbox Theatre
Matchbox is an amateur theatre group based in West Wickham
Tue 14 Feb 2012
...concerns the investigations of a Select Committee into the moral standards of the House of Commons — a somewhat unconventional investigation rendered not less so by the presence of an ultra-sexy secretary whose clothes have a trick of whisking off in the hands of various members...
Tue 1 Mar 2011
Set in a 1920's London drawing room, The Constant Wife follows the marriage of a top surgeon and his wife. This comedy of manners delivers a twist after a seemingly secret affair between the husband and his wife's friend is revealed...
Sun 5 Dec 2010
Around fifty people waded through the snow to be there for the last night, and a more responsive audience we could not have hoped for. So, metaphorically and literally, we went out with a bang. Once again a very warm thank you to all those who braved the elements, we hope you enjoyed watching as much as we enjoyed performing. Our very best wishes for the festive season, and we hope to see you all for our Spring production – details to follow shortly...
Sat 4 Dec 2010
Another forty or so made it to Friday's performance. Again, a very big thank you to all those who came to what might well be our most experimental play to date. Given the slight thaw and the rise in temperatures, if you can get to the hall for tonight's performance, we will be delighted to see you.
Fri 3 Dec 2010
A huge thank you to the forty or so people who made it to the first performance of Wyrd Sisters, despite the weather! The cast and crew – all of whom got there – were delighted to see you. By hook or by crook we will repeat the exercise on Friday (December 3rd) and Saturday (December 4th). If you weren't able to get to the hall on Thursday but think you might tonight or tomorrow, then please do – if our audiences for Friday and Saturday turn out to be as intrepid as our cast and crew, and we get more than a full house, we'll squeeze you in!
Tue 9 Nov 2010
Not the first Terry Pratchett® event in Bromley, but this is the Matchbox Theatre's first excursion into his Discworld®. Adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs, and first performed in 1991 at the Unicorn Theatre in Abingdon, Wyrd Sisters is a fast-paced romp through a strange world, and bears an uncanny resemblance to the Scottish play by a certain playwright from the Midlands.
Tue 10 Aug 2010
It’s typical for actors in Matchbox productions to wish to be doing several more nights, but this time everyone would have happily done a six-week run – we loved it! This was in large part due to excellent audiences who got all the jokes, understood the plot and gave some very positive feedback. Word got round after the first performance so, modesty aside, on the following nights we had to squeeze in extra seats and played to packed houses.
Sat 12 Jun 2010
Shakespeare, Gilbert & Sullivan, and Dixieland & Traditional Jazz! This, the ninth Normanhurst Festival of Drama and Music, is in aid of the Grahame Norris Memorial Fund and the Motor Neurone Disease Association. Donations from previous festivals total over £60,000.
