Welcome to Walmsley Church AODS
A multi-award winning theatre group based in Bolton, producing two quality musical shows a year.
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Latest News
We are so proud to announce that WCAODS won SIX awards at the NODA District 5 Awards last night, including the prestigious Best Musical!
As usual, this annual celebration of amateur theatre was very well attended and showcased the amazing talent we have in this area.
Our winners were:
Best Musical - "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
Best Leading Female Character in a Musical - Catherine Hall for "Beautiful: the Carole King Musical"
Best Choreographer of a Musical - Lara Syddall for "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels"
Youth Ovation Award (in recognition of growing talent in backstage craft) - Hannah Feakin and Bethany Bentham for directing "Disney's High School Musical Jr"
Best Supporting Female Character in a Youth Musical - Niamh Turner for "Disney's High School Musical Jr"
Best Youth Ensemble - for "Disney's High School Musical Jr"
Congratulations to all our winners and nominees and to everyone involved in these fantastic productions.
The WCAODS Annual Dinner has been booked for Saturday, 15th March at Dunscar Golf Club (7pm).
This is the biggest social event of our year, when all our members and friends get to meet up, have a chat, and enjoy a lovely meal and great entertainment. Please bring your friends and family too! We'd love to see you.
The cost is only £30 per person and this year we're re-introducing a dress code of black tie, so it'll be even more swanky! Payment direct to the society's account at 01-30-99 05857945 by the end of February please.
There's a choice of starters, main courses and desserts, so come down to the Hall on a rehearsal night and put your choices on the board (or ask someone to put them on for you).
It's going to be a great do! And the more people we have, the better it will be.
We're very excited to announce that we have two new shows in the pipeline.
Following our current production of "Sister Act" our November show for this year will be "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". This is a thrilling and epic musical based on the Victor Hugo novel with songs from the Disney animated film.
Then in November 2026, we shall be presenting Disney's "Beauty and the Beast", a wonderful, magical family musical based on the Disney film.
Our April 2026 production is yet to be announced but watch this space!
For details, see our Forthcoming Productions page.
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