Progress Theatre are a company with over 60 years experience in creating excellent theatre and promoting education in the performing arts. In addition to staging the yearly outdoor Shakespeare in the Abbey Ruins, Progress own and manage a 97-seat theatre on the Mount, off Christchurch Road, near the University of Reading. The theatre sees around nine shows being produced each year to the highest standards.

Progress operates in the voluntary sector and is a registered Charity with a policy to educate the people of Reading and the surrounding area in all aspects of theatre, and to encourage involvement by people of all skills and abilities. They support weekly youth theatre workshops and an active Writers' Group, regularly producing evenings of new writing including the annual Write Fest.

Progress Theatre's 2009 to 2010 season is as follows:

• 28 September to 3 October 2009 - Closer by Patrick Marber
(audition notice)
• 22 to 24 October - The 4th Annual Writefest
• 26 November to 5 December - Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
• 28 January to 6 February 2010 - Going Postal by Terry Pratchett (adap. Stephen Briggs)
• 1 to 6 March - A Couple of Poor, English-Speaking Poles by Dorota Maslowska
• 22 to 27 March - Youth Group production
• 14 to 24 April - Intimate Exchanges by Alan Ayckbourn
• 20 to 29 May - The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh
• 14 to 19 June - Youth Group production

To learn more about upcoming shows or how you can get involved, you can visit our website at www.progresstheatre.co.uk, call our enquiries line on 0845 867 9845 or email enquiries@progresstheatre.co.uk.