News

News2025-05-20T10:55:47+00:00

Catch up on the latest Founder Friends of New Wimbledon Theatre news, hear about upcoming events and much more.

Cabaret Style

Last year many FF took to the stage at NWT to see Jan Hunt’s Paper Moon Theatre Company present [...]

Oh What A Time We Had

Christmas with the Founder Friends is always very special but Christmas 2023 was the best! At the beginning of [...]

Pantomania

At the end of the season we enjoyed not one but two pantomimes. The first at our theatre – [...]

Well Deserved

  On 16th May 2023 our President Miss Jan Hunt received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Music [...]

A Year to Remember

As we hold our AGM it's time to reflect on the past year 2022/23. And what a year it [...]

NWT Shows 2023

We've started the New Year on a high with the prospect of seeing some brilliant shows at our theatre [...]

Recent Speaker

The veteran actress Thelma Ruby, one of our Past Presidents, was interviewed for us by another Past President, the [...]

Theatre Tour

On a lovely summer day many of the Founder Friends met at Langdon House in Teddington, the home of [...]

Theatre Visit

Looking abound the backstage of theatres is just one of the many activities enjoyed by the FF. Recently we [...]

Recent Speakers

We are very lucky with the interesting speakers who come to talk to us at our monthly meetings. Recently [...]

Summer Specials

We have seen some brilliant musicals this summer. Especially enjoyable were Singin' in the Rain, with 'real', wet rain, [...]

Theatre Outings

Now that theatres are back in business we are taking advantage of their brilliant offers. Through the summer we [...]

2022 Events

We’re back!  Having kept in touch through the pandemic by zoom and email the FF are flourishing once more. [...]

Gala Evening

Celebrating the FFNWT 50th Anniversary On 26th August 2018 around eighty FF gathered in the Time & Leisure Studio [...]

Great Speakers

At our monthly meetings we are treated to wonderful talks and entertainment by well-known actors and performers: Last year [...]

Great days out

The Mill Restaurant Theatre in Sonning is an amazing venue set beside a pretty tree lined river and housing [...]

Something for the kids

Kids of all ages were treated to a couple of fun and fabulous outings. In May not only did [...]

On Tour Summer 2016

In June twenty seven Founder Friends visited the Garrick Club in Covent Garden named after the 18th Century actor [...]

President’s Party

Our President, Miss June Whitfield, celebrated her 90th birthday at the end of 2015. To mark the occasion the [...]

On Tour

In October twenty nine of the Foundr Friends took advantage of the Theatre Tours organised by our theatre and [...]

Something for the kids

Kids of all ages were treated to a couple of fun and fabulous outings In May not only did [...]

After Panto Party

The Christmas Panto at NWT in December was Peter Pan starring Vern Troyer, Marcus Brigstocke and the dance group [...]

Special dates Spring 2016

Thursday 10th March Beautiful the Carole King Story Tuesday 29th March AGM Thursday 7th April The Witches Thursday 2nd [...]

Treading the boards

The Royal Court, The London Palladium and Her Majesty’s Theatre  have been host to some of the most iconic [...]

What a party we had

Every year our Christmas Party is a not-to-be-missed event. With entertainment from Jan Hunt and her fabulous Paper Moon [...]

Great day out

We can’t wait for September when we head down to Chichester to see the much awaited production of Mack [...]

EastEnders new star

Our president, June Whitfield, recently starred, for one time only, in the popular TV soap EastEnders. She told us [...]

Go to Top