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WOLFIT LECTURE 2025: Alex Jennings in conversation with Richard Digby Day
The Donald Wolfit Charitable Trust congratulates Nottingham's Theatre Royal on the occasion of their 160th birthday. The Theatre Royal is where a young Donald first experienced live theatre and ultimately would play there himself.
Cosy up for Christmas with
Dan Hadfield as GARY BARLOW TRIBUTE
at The Robin Hood Theatre Averham
7.30pm
Tickets costing £20 available now from www.rhtc.co.uk
All proceeds for plaque at the Robin Hood Theatre in memory of Sir Donald Wolfit
WOLFIT LECTURE 2025
Sunday 28 September at the Palace Theatre, Newark at 3pm
Alex Jennings
in conversation with Richard Digby Day
Alex has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre. Acclaimed for his appearance in Bridge Jones: The Edge of Reason, The Lady in the Van and The Queen, as well as his TV appearances in The Crown and Victoria, Alex will talk to us about his life in the theatre.
Tickets £15 available from the Palace Theatre Box Office
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In order to commemorate the work of Actor Manager, Sir Donald Wolfit and his connection to the Robin Hood Theatre at Averham, the Sir Donald Wolfit Charitable Trust has provided a Blue Plaque to be sited at the theatre.
'The installation of a blue plaque is long overdue', says group Chairman, David Piper, 'and we are delighted to hear that this will be unveiled by broadcaster and writer, Gyles Brandreth, on Friday 17th October 2025 at an invitation only event.'
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WOLFIT QUIZ
Thursday 25 September 2025
Coddington Village Hall at 7.30pm
Teams of 6 - £3 per person (14 tables available so please book a place)
Please bring your own drinks and nibbles
To book a table, please contact Carol Wilkinson
carolwilkinson2012@gmail.com
WOLFIT FESTIVAL 2025
SIR DONALD WOLFIT CHARITABLE TRUST WINS £500 FROM NEWARK & SHERWOOD COMMUNITY LOTTERY
CLAIRE BLOOM will be in conversation with Richard Digby Day on 6 October 2024 at the Palace Theatre, Newark CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS
Cast List showing Claire Bloom playing Virgilia in Coriolanus (1953/54) at The Old Vic
WOLFIT LECTURE 2024
The Sir Donald Wolfit Charitable Trust continues to celebrate its 30th anniversary with a talk by Claire Bloom.
Claire Bloom has been a star of the West End and Broadway stage for over sixty years in a series of new and classical plays. Her long film career starring opposite Chaplin, Burton, Olivier and many others includes Limelight, The Brothers Karamazov, Richard III and The Spy Who Came In From The Cold. Television includes her great performance as Lady Marchmain in Brideshead Revisited and recently Doc Martin. Here she will be in conversation with her friend Richard Digby Day remembering her astonishing career.
Date: Sunday 6 October
Time: 3 pm
Tickets: £16.00 from Palace Theatre Newark
Tel: 01636 655755
www.palacenewark.com
Oscar Conlon-Morrey comes home to Newark to talk about his career
