Support your local theatre – you won’t be disappointed.

Greater Manchester Drama Federation (GMDF) member societies may be amateur but not in terms of thier committment to high standard performance. They produce fantastic dramas, musicals and pantomimes and all at intelligent prices.

There’s no adverts, no endless trailers just great theatre – what’s not to like?

Take a look below at what’s going on in GMDFland, there’s something for everyone at a theatre near you. get out there and enjoy!

Title2	Start Date	End Date	Society	Type
Plays, Musicals and Pantomimes	01 Jan 23	31 Dec 23	Bolton Amateur Theatre Societies (BATS)	Play
God Of Carnage	27 Nov 23	02 Dec 23	Players Dramatic Society	Play
Moonlight and Magnolias	27 Nov 23	02 Dec 23	Lyceum Theatre Oldham	Play
School of Rock	28 Nov 23	02 Dec 23	Mossley A.O.D.S.	Musical
Sleeping Beauty	29 Nov 23	10 Dec 23	GBT	Pantomime
HANSEL and GRETEL by Alan P. Frayn	01 Dec 23	09 Dec 23	Tyldesley Little Theatre	Pantomime
The HOUND of the BASKERVILLES by Arthur Conan Doyle	02 Dec 23	09 Dec 23	Chads Theatre	Play
Macbeth	04 Dec 23	09 Dec 23	Macclesfield ADS	Play
The Farndale...Christmas Carol	04 Dec 23	09 Dec 23	Droylsden Little Theatre	Play
Ordinary Days	04 Dec 23	09 Dec 23	The Green Room Theatre Wilmslow	Musical
Mother Goose	05 Dec 23	10 Dec 23	Heald Green Theatre Company	Pantomime
Sleeping Beauty – The Garrick Pantomime	08 Dec 23	02 Jan 24	Altrincham Garrick Playhouse	Pantomime
Railway Children	09 Dec 23	16 Dec 23	Stockport Garrick Theatre	Play
The Father (Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampson) - Audition	11 Dec 23	11 Dec 23	GBT	Audition
Last Quiz Night on Earth	09 Jan 24	13 Jan 24	Stockport Garrick Theatre	Play
Dick Whittington	12 Jan 24	20 Jan 24	Carver Theatre	Pantomime
Equally Divided	14 Jan 24	20 Jan 24	Altrincham Little Theatre	Play
The Girl on the Train	15 Jan 24	20 Jan 24	Altrincham Garrick Playhouse	Play
The Effect by Lucy Prebble	15 Jan 24	20 Jan 24	Droylsden Little Theatre	Play
Murder in the Studio	22 Jan 24	27 Jan 24	The Green Room Theatre Wilmslow	Play
Pennyroyal	23 Jan 24	28 Jan 24	Altrincham Garrick Playhouse	Play
Bedroom Farce	24 Jan 24	27 Jan 24	Brookdale Theatre	Play
Beautiful Thing	27 Jan 24	03 Feb 24	Stockport Garrick Theatre	Play
Alan Ayckbourn- Neighbourhood Watch	27 Jan 24	03 Feb 24	Chads Theatre	Play
Death By Design (Rob Urbinati) - Auditions	28 Jan 24	28 Jan 24	GBT	Audition
TWO by Jim Cartwright	30 Jan 24	03 Feb 24	Tyldesley Little Theatre	Play
Let The Right One In	05 Feb 24	10 Feb 24	Altrincham Garrick Playhouse	Play
Waiting For God (Michael Aitkins)	05 Feb 24	10 Feb 24	GBT	Play
Iron	05 Feb 24	10 Feb 24	Lyceum Theatre Oldham	Play
Be My Baby	07 Feb 24	10 Feb 24	Marco Players (The)	Play
Jumpers For Goalposts (Tom Wells) - Audition	17 Feb 24	17 Feb 24	GBT	Audition
Whipping It Up!	20 Feb 24	24 Feb 24	Heald Green Theatre Company	Play
The Vicar of Dibley	26 Feb 24	02 Mar 24	Altrincham Garrick Playhouse	Play
Hostile Witness	03 Mar 24	09 Mar 24	Altrincham Little Theatre	Play
Burke and Hare	04 Mar 24	09 Mar 24	Macclesfield ADS	Play
One for the Road (Russell)	05 Mar 24	09 Mar 24	Carver Theatre	Play
The Hound of the Baskervilles	06 Mar 24	09 Mar 24	Brookdale Theatre	Play
A View From The Bridge	11 Mar 24	16 Mar 24	Players Dramatic Society	Play
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde	11 Mar 24	16 Mar 24	Droylsden Little Theatre	Play
Our Day Out (Willy Russell) - Audition	14 Mar 24	14 Mar 24	GBT	Audition
Gas Light	15 Mar 24	16 Mar 24	Edgefold Players	Play
Things I Know To Be True	16 Mar 24	23 Mar 24	Stockport Garrick Theatre	Play
Entertaining Angels by Richard Everett	16 Mar 24	23 Mar 24	Chads Theatre	Play
Two Gentlemen of Verona	18 Mar 24	23 Mar 24	The Green Room Theatre Wilmslow	Play
The Father (Florian Zeller & Christopher Hampson)	18 Mar 24	23 Mar 24	GBT	Play
Unravelling the Ribbon	19 Mar 24	24 Mar 24	Altrincham Garrick Playhouse	Play
ABIGAIL'S PARTY devised by Mike Leigh	19 Mar 24	23 Mar 24	Tyldesley Little Theatre	Play
Treasure Island	03 Apr 24	14 Apr 24	Altrincham Garrick Playhouse	Musical
Dracula (Bram Stoker, adapted by Liz Lochhead) - Audition	04 Apr 24	04 Apr 24	GBT	Audition
A Month of Sundays	15 Apr 24	20 Apr 24	Lyceum Theatre Oldham	Play
The River	16 Apr 24	20 Apr 24	Stockport Garrick Theatre	Play
The Kitchen Sink	16 Apr 24	20 Apr 24	Heald Green Theatre Company	Play
Anything Goes (2022 edition)	22 Apr 24	27 Apr 24	Brookdale Theatre	Musical
Ghost the Musical	22 Apr 24	27 Apr 24	Mossley A.O.D.S.	Musical
The Welkin	22 Apr 24	27 Apr 24	Macclesfield ADS	Play
Speaking in Tongues by Andrew Bovell	23 Apr 24	27 Apr 24	Chads Theatre	Play
All the Little Lights	23 Apr 24	28 Apr 24	Altrincham Garrick Playhouse	Play
The Actress	24 Apr 24	27 Apr 24	Woodford Players	Play
Death By Design (Rob Urbinati)	29 Apr 24	04 May 24	GBT	Play
The Father	06 May 24	11 May 24	Altrincham Garrick Playhouse	Play
Oscar Wilde - An Ideal Husband	11 May 24	18 May 24	Chads Theatre	Play
The Shadowlands by William Nicholson	13 May 24	18 May 24	Droylsden Little Theatre	Play
Ladies Unleashed	13 May 24	18 May 24	The Green Room Theatre Wilmslow	Play
Wife After Death	13 May 24	18 May 24	Players Dramatic Society	Play
Stepping Out	14 May 24	18 May 24	Carver Theatre	Play
THE CAT and the CANARY by John Willard	14 May 24	18 May 24	Tyldesley Little Theatre	Play
A Bunch of Amateurs	18 May 24	25 May 24	Stockport Garrick Theatre	Play
The Nightingales	19 May 24	25 May 24	Altrincham Little Theatre	Play
The Audience	20 May 24	25 May 24	Altrincham Garrick Playhouse	Play
Di and Viv and Rose	04 Jun 24	09 Jun 24	Altrincham Garrick Playhouse	Play
Carry On Screaming	05 Jun 24	08 Jun 24	Marco Players (The)	Play
Jumpers For Goalposts (Tom Wells)	10 Jun 24	15 Jun 24	GBT	Play
Kiss Me Quickstep	10 Jun 24	15 Jun 24	Macclesfield ADS	Play
Separate Tables	17 Jun 24	22 Jun 24	Lyceum Theatre Oldham	Play
Merrily We Roll Along	17 Jun 24	22 Jun 24	Altrincham Garrick Playhouse	Musical
Shakers Re-Stirred (John Godber and Jane Thornton)(Studio Production)	28 Jun 24	29 Jun 24	GBT	Play
Carver Juniors present Rock Bottom	28 Jun 24	29 Jun 24	Carver Theatre	Musical
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by Steven Canny and John Nicholson	08 Jul 24	13 Jul 24	Droylsden Little Theatre	Play
Sister Act JR	12 Jul 24	13 Jul 24	Carver Theatre	Musical
Our Day Out (Willy Russell)	09 Sep 24	14 Sep 24	GBT	Play
Dracula (Bram Stoker, adapted by Liz Lochhead)	21 Oct 24	26 Oct 24	GBT	Play
The Wizard of Oz	28 Oct 24	03 Nov 24	Altrincham Garrick Playhouse	Musical

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