ABOUT US
Meetings and rehearsals take place at the premises of the Monmouth Division of St. John in St. Mary Street, Monmouth. Club nights and events are held at a number of venues.
Off Centre Theatre was born in 1986 with a production of Maria Martin Or The Murder In The Red Barn at the Monmouth Festival and on tour. Prior to OCT, Monmouth was served by the Centre Players. They began life as an evening class in September 1974. Their first production was Strindberg’s Playing With Fire, staged in 1975 at the leisure Centre. Before the Centre Players, the Monmouth Players provided Amateur Theatre in the town. Started in 1953, they produced operetta and plays in the Rolls Hall for four years, and straight plays thereafter.
In the early years Off Centre Theatre’s main productions were staged at Monmouth Leisure Centre, and in local Village Halls and schools.
The annual pantomime was moved to Haberdashers Monmouth School for Girls (HMSG) in January 1994. From the following year HMSG became the venue for all their major productions.
The OCT Pantos, up to ten performances each January, have been extraordinarily successful
with tickets selling out regularly by mid-
In recent years OCT have presented their smaller productions in the more intimate environment of the restored Savoy Theatre.
Over the years the Society has built up a large store of theatrical flats, scenery, staging, properties, costumes and equipment. Many items are available for hire; please contact OCT if you have any requirements.
Off Centre Theatre is a Registered Charity No. 1112602.
We are grateful to our friends who provide financial support, marketing and promotional guidance. Please see our Friends page.
OCT members organise club nights, play readings and parties.
We welcome and appreciate your support!
Please contact us for more information.
"The oldest established permanent quality AmDram in the Town”
OCT has grown to be the leading amateur dramatic society in Monmouth, well supported by members and friends, and with a full programme of productions.
This year ‘s major productions take in the Charles Rolls centenary celebrations and a Youth theatre staging of the fable of Merlin.
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