2024 was an amazing year for us at Stage Ready – we were involved in some fantastic productions, we made some wonderful new friends and we formalised our legal status into a limited company to reflect our desire to become a professional theatre production and theatrical services company.
Professional Theatre Production Company
There were some negatives – as with any journey you sometimes take the wrong path and find yourselves in situations where it’s hard not to get angry and shout back – but now as we reflect philosophically on the year, we can turn these less enjoyable events into positive learning experiences that guide us moving forward: we feel wiser, stronger and are ready to embrace 2025 with aplomb.
Stage Ready 2024 Highlights
February
The Proposal by Anton Chekhov
This was our first ever production, albeit a small private one-act play, and we are very proud of what we achieved. Find out more here…
April
So, what brings you here today?
We were extremely lucky to be involved in our second production for the amazing Pitchy Breath Theatre Company, with the added bonus of performances at both The Hawth Studio & The Capitol Studio. Find out more here…
May
Little Women
It was an amazing pleasure to be part of this trip to New England via the wonderful Brighton Little Theatre. Find out more here…
June
ABTT Theatre Show
Richard joins the Association of British Theatre Technicians as an associate and attends the ABTT Theatre Show at Alexandra Palace – super cool :0)
July
Wonderland High
We had the amazing opportunity of working with Burgess Hill Theatre Club Youth group as mentors and advisors in their derived production based on Alice in Wonderland – such a fun but rewarding experience. Find out more…
August
Join Our Team
At the start of August, we sent out our first post announcing that we wish to put on our first production and that we were looking for people to join our creative & production team – we had such a positive response and so many people signed up to share this journey with us.
September
PLASA Show
Richard & Marcus got to spend a couple of days at the amazing PLASA Show 2024 – saw some old friends and got to play with loads of cool tech :0)
Stage Ready Incorporates
It may not sound that exciting to most of you, but to us 11th September 2024 is extremely important because that is the day we decided to incorporate Stage Ready into a limited company and go down the professional route.
October
Cuckfield Bookfest
Our first ever paid lighting gig. It was a real pleasure to help out with the most wonderful Cuckfield Bookfest 2024 and to work with such a professional team – very much hoping to help out next year. Find out more…
Playhouse Creatures
What an amazing play and such a great team to work with – this was our first chance to properly work at Burgess Hill Theatre Club and it was such a rewarding experience. Find out more…
November
The Mystery of Talbot Manor
We had great fun trying to work out who did it whilst doing the sound and light for our friends at Lindfield Dramatic Club. Find out more…
Hedda Gabler
It was a very special privilege to get involved with our third show for Pitchy Breath Theatre Company – such a wonderful reimagining of this Ibsen classic. Find out more…
December
Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls
Decision made that our first big show will be Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls, a new, exciting play adaptation of the original Sweeney Todd story, written by a new, exciting playwright Lucia Beretta – it is indeed a Romantic Play of Peculiar Interest…watch this space…
Join Us in 2025
We have a lot of exciting idea that we want to bring to life in 2025 – come and join us on our journey because we cannot do it on our own.
