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The index of links to amateur theatre companies (B)

Theatre at Baddow
A little about their history, plus details of productions present, past and future.

Ballywillan Drama Group
(Portrush, NI) News, history, diary, a gallery of pictures, video and sound, and "Backstage", their newsletter.

The Ballinger Players
(Buckinghamshire) One page, with details about productions and how to join.

Banbury Cross Players
(Oxfordshire) The site gives details about the group itself and how new memebrs can get involved; productions, news and social events.

Barking Operatic Society
Some pictures of their production of Anything Goes.

Bardic Theatre
(Amateur company) Stages classic plays, major musicals, comedies, experimental work and new writing at its own venue in Donaghmore and on tour throughout Northern Ireland. The site features details about the company, its productions and programme, and a mailing list. Simple, restrained but effective design.

The Barn Theatre
Based in Welwyn Garden City, Herts.) All of the usual information, but there's also an interesting page on which members of every department, from coffee makers to actors, describe their work. Quite entertaining!

Barton Theatre Company
Based in Eccles, Greater Manchester. Most of the essential info is there, plus some nice maps to show us where Eccles is!

Basingstoke Amateur Operatic Society
Details of their current and previous productions. There are details of the committee and an outline of backstage jobs. There are some nasty colour clashes on a couple of pages!

Bear Necessities Amateur Theatre Group
(Hull). Not a great deal here: some details of the company and what they do, photographs, news and how to contact them.

Bebington Dramatic Society
Based in Port Sunlight on the Wirral. Details of the group's history, its productions (back to 1924), news and how to contact them.

Beccles Theatre Players
A new amateur group from Suffolk. The site offers the usual information but has an ornate font and much sideways scrolling on a number of pages, which make it difficult to read.

Becket Drama Company
(Waltham Abbey, Essex) The usual details: productions, ordering tickets, the committee, membership and fund-raising

Bedford Amateur Operatic Society
(Bedfordshire) A professionally designed and maintained site, using frames. Content typical.

Bedford Dramatic Club
The usual information and details of their youth group.

Bedfordshire Drama Association
What's on in amateur theatre in Bedfordshire; festivals; groups (who can have their own pages on the site), and an under construction news page. There is also an invitation to advertise in a Wanted section and to share ideas on audience development.

Beeston Musical Theatre Group
Nottingham. All the usual information, plus a forum and newsletter.

Bilton Amateur Dramatic Society
(Hull) Who We Are, What We Offer, What's New, Newsletter, Photos and Video-clips, reviews, History and a list of past productions sorted both chronologically and alphabetically.

Bingley Little Theatre
Lots of information about the group and its activities.

Binley Woods Board Walkers
Binley Woods is a village on the outskirts of Coventry, and the site carries all the usual information you would expect.

Bishop Auckland Theatre Society
(Co. Durham) News and past and future shows.

Blackmore Theatre
The Blackmore Theatre is the home of the Exmouth Players. All the usual information: productions past, present and future; a history; how to find it; contact details, and the theatre itself.

Blewbury Players
An amateur group in Oxfordshire. Just one page of news, forthcoming events and dates for diaries on a site devoted to the village.

Blickling Players
Blickling is one of Norfolk's smallest amateur theatre groups and does two or three plays a year.

Blue Balloon Production Company
Based in Castle Donington. The group is "taking a break" in 2005.

Board-Walkers Theatre Company
(Cheltenham: performing at the Cheltenham Playhouse) Details of their latest and forthcoming shows, previous shows, other events and about the group.

Bolton Little Theatre
All the usual information and a password protected members' area.

The Bonington Players
An amateur company, resident at the Bonington Theatre in Arnold, Nottingham. Most of the info is on one page. What look like links to pages about productions (photos) are actually just to larger versions of the pics.

Boston Operatic Society
(Lincs) A list of officers, the current season, past productions, some (large, so a long download) photos, and their Newsletter.

Bournemouth G&S
Founded in 1947, the society aims to present all G&S operas, not just the popular ones. The site covers its history, its productions, concerts, events, the charities it supports and there is also a memebers' area giving details of auditions, rehearsals etc.

Bournemouth Little Theatre Club
The Club was founded in 1919 and is the oldest amateur drama club in the area. It is the only local group with its own theatre and stages between 6 and 8 productions a year. The site gives details of future productions and has a growing archive of details from past productions. It also archives a number of its newsletters, in PDF format, which manage the difficult task of being interesting to non-members!

Bournville Musical Theatre Company
Based in Birmingham and performing in venues such as the Crescent Theatre. The site outlines the society's history, its officers and president (Ian Lavender), its shows (past and future), and how to join.

Brentwood Shakespeare Company
Details of productions, auditions, sponsors and patrons the Brentwood Theatre, press comments on their wok, contacts, and their Newsletter. Unfortunately the site has been set not to resize for people using another screen resolution to the one it was designed for, so such people can't read the information!

Brighton Little Theatre
About the society, the current season, and booking (an online form, and alternatives).

Bristol Musical Comedy Club
Productions since 1939, news, history, membership and officers.

Bromley Little Theatre
The Bromley Little Theatre is a private members club (a condition of its licence). The site covers all the aspects of the group's work: productions, membership, newsletters and so on.

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