am-dram

Actors vied to play his heroines, and he was the standby of am-dram groups all over the empire.

George Bernard Shaw and feminism | Germaine Greer 2011

My accent would not add to the listeners pleasure but if I chat with my local am-dram group …

Lessons You Can Learn from Scott Sigler, Author and Podcaster | The Creative Penn 2009

You could argue that Florence Welch's music has been straining for stadiums since the start: whether you find her brand of theatrics powerful or a touch am-dram, it's hard to argue that it is anything other than grandiose.

The arts in 2012: pop 2011

This gambols from HIV clinic to perilous jungle and from child soldiers to sex tourists, while the kids just keep on smiling, tackling all manner of horrors with extrovert am-dram stylings and metaphorical swigs of Sunny Delight.

Africa United – review Xan Brooks 2010

Whereas theatre scripts are published partly for the benefit of future productions, I fear for the local am-dram group that elects to stage their own version of If You Prefer a Milder Comedian ...

Standup has grown up – but that doesn't mean it is great literature 2011

Just finished our am-dram run of Thornton Wilder's Our Town at which slimmeroftheyea got a best Supporting Actress chunk of silverware --any new musical thatre projects?

ianmcdonald: Only moderately hung-over after last nig ianmcdonald 2010

The local am-dram society is full of retired tradesmen who perform the socks off of the sixth formers from the 'college' (aka adult creche).

Tommy this, an' Tommy that Newmania 2007

Is this pure, absurdist and bad theatre, worthy of a dark and labyrinthine Becket or Pinter performance acted in appalling and inept am-dram fashion, all we have left?

On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

In policy terms, it is the Conservatives who have so far seemed optimistic about the ability of people to make decisions for themselves, and Labour that has made devolving power to a few hospitals and headteachers look like an am-dram production, involving more histrionics and agonising than Racine.

John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2008

A local am-dram production of the musical Me and My Girl, which I co-directed.

Happy, proud, exhausted, recovering DAVID BISHOP 2008