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Welcome to DRIP ACTION THEATRE COMPANY Drip Action was founded in 1987 by Bill Brennan and Chris Warren-Adamson and takes as its remit the production of new and lesser known work in an intimate space where there is a close interaction between the players and the audience. To date, on its 20th anniversary, it has staged well over 150 productions, some plays from Europe, often translated and premiered by the company. Home productions are performed in its studio theatre at The Victoria Club in Arundel, West Sussex, and, at midsummer, in the atmospheric Chapel Barn at South Stoke. The company has toured to venues in the south of England and London, including schools and colleges, restaurants and bars - and HM Prison, Ford. (No jokes about captive audiences, please) Its European connection has resulted in its own translations and premières of French, German and Italian plays, and performances by invitation in France. Drip Action was awarded charitable status in 1995 for its staging of innovative and educational theatre. One of its more recent innovations is the creation of The Arundel Theatre Trail for the town's annual summer festival, when, each day, eight different half-hour plays are staged consecutively at different venues in the town, in all a grand total of sixty-four performances. Writers are invited to submit a play for the Trail, and in 2006, 100 entries were received from the UK, USA and beyond. The company invites and hosts plays from similarly progressive, small-scale companies. Other adventures have included the Arundel Festival Series of River Plays, where audiences afloat watched performances on and by the river Arun. In celebration of its 20th anniversary Drip Action is putting together a suitably festive programme, including a reprise of its very first production, the world stage premiere of Tom Stoppard's radio play 'Artist Descending a Staircase'. Check out our productions for a list of our kind of plays! Check out our contact details if you'd like to be involved in any capacity! Bill Brennan, Artistic Director, Drip Action Theatre Company

DRIP ACTION LATEST We regret that due to unforseen circumstances our April production of IRON has to be cancelled. We hope to be able to bring you this production in the Autumn. We sorry for any inconvenience and will contact those of you who have already bought tickets to ensure your money is refunded. Our next production will be HEROES (Le Vent des Peupliers) by Gerald Sibleyras, translated by Tom Stoppard, at the Chapel Barn, South Stoke in June. August will see the return of our Theatre Trail throughout the Arundel Festival and our evening production will be CROOKED by Catherine Treischmann. We are very disappointed we are unable to bring you a Spring production but look forward to seeing you at some or all of our forthcoming productions. THEATRE TRAIL 2008 The plays for our 2008 Theatre Trail have now been chosen and we are busy securing venues, casts, directors, stage managers and front of house volunteers. If you would like to be involved, please let us know: • Actors, stage managers and directors please contact us via e-mail at dripactioninfo@btinternet.com or by phoning 01903 885250 • Front of House volunteers please contact Penny Hadley at pennyhadley@btopenworld.com If you are interested in submitting a play for the 2009 Theatre Trail, details of how to enter will be published here later in the year. If you would like to receive updates on all our news and productions by e-mail, please let us know by contact us at dripactioninfo@btinternet.com We look forward to seeing you soon!

© Drip Action Theatre 2008 Drip Action Theatre Company | 1 Norfolk House | 28 High Street | Arundel | West Sussex | BN18 9AB Telephone: +44 (0)1903 885250 | E-mail: dripactioninfo@btinternet.com Drip Action is a registered charity. Charity number: 1056700