About BADS
Established in 1964, Broughton Astley Drama Society (BADS) are an award-winning local theatre group in South Leicestershire. We perform at least one play each October at the Hinckley Concordia. We produce exciting varied shows that keep our audiences totally entertained, and new members are always welcome!
Upcoming Shows
Blithe Spirit - 23rd to 26th October 2024
A theatre-lovers’ favourite ever since it was written, Blithe Spirit is a tug-of-love comedy with a difference. After a “spirited” séance goes decidedly wrong all thanks to the local, slightly eccentric clairvoyant Madam Arcati, the cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine suddenly finds himself face to face with the ghost of his deceased wife, Elvira…much to the chagrin of his current spouse, Ruth. Can Charles keep this wilful spirit at bay or will his new marriage to his second wife come to an untimely demise? With unforgettable characters, witty dialogue and farcical situations, Blithe Spirit ran for decades on the West End Stage, becoming one of the most well-known plays in British history.
Note: Tickets will be available to purchase online from 10:00AM on Saturday 10th August 2024 for Concordia Theatre Members and from 10:00AM on Saturday 17th August 2024 for the general public.
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Previous Shows
March 2024
Based on one hundred and fifty letters and interviews with original Land Girls, along with songs from the period, Lilies on the Land charts the personal journeys of four women who join the Women’s Land Army – determined to work endless backbreaking hours on farms across the country in a bid to do their best for the War Effort. A revealing, warm, funny and wonderfully moving portrait honouring the unsung heroes of the Second World War.
October 2023
Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. The tale begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Led by Wadsworth – the butler, Miss Scarlet, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock and Colonel Mustard race to find the killer as the body count stacks up. Clue is the comedy whodunit that will leave both cult-fans and newcomers in stitches as they try to figure out…WHO did it, WHERE, and with WHAT!
October 2022
Nell Gwynn charts the rise of an unlikely heroine, from her roots in Coal Yard Alley to her success as Britain's most celebrated actress, and her hard-won place in the heart of the King. But at a time when women are second-class citizens, can her charm and spirit protect her from the dangers of the Court?
October 2021
Trevor and Susannah, whose marraige is on the rocks, inflict their miseries on their nearest and dearest: three couples whose own relationships are tenuous at best.
March 2020
The Shape of Things focuses on Adam, a quiet, unassuming English Literature student at a small, Midwest town college in the US. He meets an Art post-grad, Evelyn, during his shift at the museum and they embark on a relationship which sees Adam transformed, much to the amusement and then worry of his two friends Jenny and Phillip. As Adam and Evelyn’s relationship blossoms so Jenny and Phillip’s crumbles allowing for a drama that exposes the truth. For some, this is upsetting and others, liberating. How far would you go for love?
October 2019
Jessica Swale's debut play is set in Girton College, Cambridge, in 1898, and centres on the campaign to allow female students to graduate. Although established in their own college, attending the male students’ lectures, and doing the same assignments and exams as their male contemporaries – they just weren’t given a degree at the end of it. A moving, comical and eye-opening story of four young women fighting for education and self-determination against the larger backdrop of women's suffrage.
October 2018
Paul and Corie Bratter are newlyweds in every sense of the word. After a six day honeymoon, they get a surprise visit from Corie's loopy mother and decide to play matchmaker during a dinner with their neighbor-in-the-attic Velasco, where everything that can go wrong, does.
May 2018
In a busy call centre, the four female employees of Aphrodite, a sex toy manufacturer, take telephone orders for Teasey Maids, Titivators and rotating pearl g-strings. Beneath the cheerful customer service and easy banter, however, these very different women nurse their own desires and disappointments. Sex Cells is a very funny, poignant play about motherhood, friendship, love and loss.
October 2017
It’s the roaring twenties – an era of bootleg liquor, red hot jazz and hedonistic pleasures. Jay Gatsby has invited you to one of his infamous parties and that's not an invite you want to turn down.
March 2017
October 2016
Ten strangers are trapped on an island. One by one, they are accused of murder. One by one, they start to die.
October 2014
May 2014
May 2012
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