Annual Members Subscription - now due please
We have an annual subscription for our members and we heartily welcome new members.
The FULL Subscription includes tickets for two of our shows, newsletters and early notification of our social events such as quiz nights and afternoon teas.
Individual full membership is £25 for the year, or £45 for two at the same address. This cost has remain unchanged since 2022. This money suppports the running of the club, and you get one free ticket for each of our two shows. So if you go to both shows you are saving money! (2026 ticket prices start at £16pp)
A lower cost Subscription-only membership is also available which does not include tickets for shows, but does provide support for the running of the club, as well as newsletters and early notification of our social events such as quiz nights and afternoon teas.
Please join / renew by 31 January 2026.
New members (Acting and/or Supporting) are always very welcome and for more information please contact the chairman
If you are able, please pay by Bank Transfer, alternatively you can post a cheque (details will be shown on application).
Membership Subscription for 2026 - 1st January to 31st December - for costs refer to forms below:
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Spring 2026 Production - 'Kind Hearts and Coronets'
Our Spring 2026 production is 'Kind Hearts and Coronets'
by Roy Horniman, adapted by Derek Webb, 9-11 April.
Booking will open in late January 2026
Read on to find out more!
NEW! Here is the artwork for our flyer - once again, kindly designed for us by Paul Sparrowham - thank you Paul!
'Kind Hearts and Coronets' is a black comedy play adapted by Derek Webb from the original novel by Roy Horniman. The novel was turned into a popular Ealing Comedy film starring Alec Guinness in 1949. This film, incidentally, came 6th in the BFI list of ‘Best British Films Of The 20th Century’.
The Marlborough are happy to welcome Lindsey Crutchett, a longstanding and excellent acting member of the Marlborough, to her first directing role for the club. She last graced the Memorial Hall stage for us in 2025's production of 'The Ladykillers' as the undefeatable Mrs Wilberforce.
The show dates are 9-11 April 2026 at our usual theatre home of Brentwood School Memorial Hall. Keep an eye on this article for more news about this production over the next few months. Scroll down for a play synopsis.
Play synopsis:
Archie Gascoyne Williams is a man on a mission. He comes from a long, illustrious (and very wealthy) family: that of the Gascoynes, through his mother. But she was disowned by the family because she married beneath her rank by marrying a travelling salesman in ladies underwear. Nevertheless, as Archie discovers, by the laws of heredity, he is in line to inherit the title of Earl Gascoyne, and thus the family fortunes, should the intervening Gascoynes die.
He decides to set about working his way up the family tree until he inherits that Gascoyne fortune by the simple expedient of murdering those members of the family that are in his way. And, besides having his eyes set on the Gascoyne title, he also has his eye on Sibella –the extrovert, sexy sister of Archie’s best friend Grahame Hallward, as well as Edith Gascoyne, and a nursery maid. Life’s never simple, is it?
For more information on the characters and audition / rehearsal details, please click here.
Autumn 2026 Production - 'My Boy Jack'
Our Autumn 2026 production is 'My Boy Jack'
by David Haig, 29-31 October, 2026.
Read on to find out more!
We are pleased to announce that, after a successful pitch by Graham Poulteney and Andrew Chesney, the Marlborough plan to perform this play in Autumn 2026 at Brentwood School Memorial Hall, CM15 8EE. The play is based on the true story of Rudyard Kipling’s family and World War I, and is a powerful and tragic story.
Graham Poulteney will direct and he and the Club will be holding auditions on both:
Monday 9th & Wednesday 18th February 2026, 7:30pm, at Brentwood School Sports Centre
For the play synopsis and more details about the characters and roles available, including how to audition, please click here.
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Club history display in collaboration with Brentwood Museum
As you will know, the Marlborough Dramatic Club is 122 years old in 2026, having been founded in 1904. Last year we met up with curators at the Brentwood Museum who were very interested to hear about us and the fact that we are lucky to have some fairly extensive archives of our past productions. This led to the Brentwood Museum offering us their display case at Brentwood Library so that we can show some of our old programmes / flyers and photos of productions from our founding days back in the 1900s. Do visit the library between mid January to April 2026 to have a look!
We will update this article with some more information and photographs of our display, once it is in place.
Brentwood Museum is located in Lorne Road, CM14 5HH. Visit their website to find out more: brentwoodmuseum.uk
Or their Facebook page: https://facebook.com/BrentwoodMuseumUK
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