Rehearsals are under way for our upcoming comedy, Lettice and Lovage. This is the funny and moving story of two totally disparate women, who unite over their loathing of the mediocre and modern architecture... Watch Selina Cadell (Lettice) and Jessica Turner (Lotte) discussing their roles here. http://www.watermill.org.uk/lettice_and_lovage.html

Lettice and Lovage is written by one of our foremost dramatists, Peter Shaffer, who also wrote Black Comedy which was greatly enjoyed by audiences at The Watermill...
“Black Comedy had me laughing so much, I was crying at one point! Fantastic show!”

“I didn’t stop laughing! What a tonic!”

Thursday 16 February – Saturday 24 March
Tickets £14.50 - £26

Always popular, our Mother’s Day Lunch menu can now be viewed on the website – click on the link below.  Build up your appetite with a walk in the beautiful surrounding countryside or amble around our lovely gardens. 

Sunday 18 March from 12pm
Adults £26
Children £13

Email restaurant@watermill.org.uk to book.

With a career spanning more than 40 years, leading Shakespearian actor, Michael Pennington has spent over 20,000 hours performing the work of Shakespeare. His impressive credits include the RSC, the National Theatre and his own English Shakespeare Company. Sweet William follows the life and work of our greatest playwright, in an illuminating one man show. 

“You are mesmerised. This show is a gem. If I weren’t a Shakespeare junkie, Pennington would have turned me into one.” Sunday Times

Sunday 4 March at 7pm
Tickets £12.50 and £14.50

Our primary schools play, The Diary, is now in rehearsal - with an exciting cast of 77 children!  This new play, written by students from Trinity school with support from The Watermill, features children from five local primary schools: Shaw cum Donnington, Winchcombe, Firtree, Speenhamland, and Robert Sandilands. Our fantastic Trinity School writing team are now working with Outreach Assistant Heidi Bird as assistant directors of the piece. The Diary will be performed with the full support of The Watermill’s production team at Trinity on 1st March to family and friends.

The roar of the water passing through the mill wheel filled the theatre today. As you pass from the theatre foyer into the auditorium you can see the wheel through the glass viewing window. But the frame holding the glass in place had begun to rot so the time had come to replace it. For a few hours the wheel was exposed and, as you can see, made an ideal photo opportunity for the carpenter, Matt, and members of the production team! Now, with the latest safety glass installed, we can see the beauty of the old, calcified wheel without having to peer through the cobwebs that had built up between the old panes of glass.

Following the sad removal of our impressive Walnut tree in the back garden last August, due to an incurable fungal infection in the tree’s roots, we donated some of the wood to carvers and turners. We are delighted that some of this wood has been used for a charitable purpose. Thank you to John Ives, who has created a beautiful bowl for us, as well as one for an auction at the Dorset Blind Association, raising an impressive £300 for the charity.