Welcome to the Swan Theatre, Yeovil

Non-professional theatre produced professionally

Whats On

Upcoming Performances

Sleuth by Anthony Shaffer

19th May 2025 - 24th May 2025

Ticket price: £13.50 (£9.00 on Magic Monday)
The ultimate game of cat and mouse is played out in a cosy English country house owned by celebrated mystery writer, Andrew Wyke. Invited guest Milo Tindle, a young rival who shares Wyke’s love for games, declares his intention to run off with Wyke’s wife. The two men devise an elaborate revenge / power game; through their style and cunning, the stakes continue to rise, leading to the play’s inexorable, heart-stopping finish.

The Swan Theatre Refurbishment Project

25th May 2025 - 31st December 2025

If you wish to learn about and donate to the Swan Theatre Refurbishment Project, please click on 'Performance Details' or scan the QR Code on the poster

The Civic Players Present: The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley

4th June 2025 - 7th June 2025

Ticket price: £12.00 (2 for £20 on Wednesday)
A precocious young man accidentally strands six passengers at a small Cornish train station. Despite the pyschic stationmaster's weird stories of a ghost train, they decide to stay the night in the waiting room.
Soon they regret this decision as ghostly and not so ghostly apparitions materialize, before the young man reveals the true reason behind the night's events.

NT Live Presents: A Streetcar Named Desire

12th June 2025

Ticket price: £15.00
Gillian Anderson, Vanessa Kirby, and Ben Foster lead the cast in Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece.

Jumpers for Goalposts By Tom Wells

21st July 2025 - 26th July 2025

Ticket price: £13.50 (£9.00 on Magic Monday)
A hilarious and heart-warming comedy about football, friendship and finding your way.

Luke wants Danny, but Danny's got a secret. Joe's happy in goal but Geoff wants a headline gig. Viv just wants to beat the lesbians to the league title.

Game on!

NT Live Presents: Inter Alia

11th December 2025

Ticket price: £15.00
Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play from the team behind Prima Facie.
Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, loving wife and a supportive parent. When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright?

New plans for improvements to the Foyer and Bar

You will remember that we told you about a Planning Application that had been submitted in November to improve the public areas of the Swan. We are delighted to report that Planning Consent has been granted, and we can now proceed with our development ambitions.

The overall concept of the scheme is to provide our audience with a better experience before the play starts and maybe to encourage them to stay a bit longer after it finishes – in a bar that’s bigger and easier to get to, with better toilets, and all at ground floor level.

Essentially, the area which is currently occupied by the bar will become toilets; ladies, gents and wheelchair accessible; the foyer will be enlarged into the space where the ladies toilet now is; the bar will be relocated to the space where the disabled toilet now is. Because this will require the removal of the staircase in this area, there has to be a new stair to act as an escape route from the green room, and this will be an external stair into the car park.

See our new plans here

If you wish to donate, read on

We have launched a crowdfunding campaign at:

https://crowdfunder.co.uk/p/swan-theatre-refurbishment-project

If you feel able to give a donation of any amount then please go to that page and donate or scan the QR Code with your phone.

If you are a UK taxpayer please tick the Gift Aid option to enable us to increase your donation by 25% by claiming this from the HMRC. If you can donate a larger amount we can offer you some exclusive benefits – so cross over to the Crowdfunding page to take a look! Finally, please spread the word amongst friends and family – all donations are welcome!

To donate click here

About the Swan Theatre Yeovil

The Swan Theatre Company is committed to developing the performing arts in Yeovil and performs six shows a year, providing a wide range of opportunities for our members to perform or work backstage. In addition the theatre is a venue which is used by other groups in the area. Through our Charity Nights we have helped local charities raise thousands of pounds for their charities

In addition to the six shows a year, from time to time, we present rehearsed readings and run workshops on technical and stage-related aspects. To reinforce our links to the local community we maintain close contacts with schools and colleges in the area to explore mutually interesting projects. We aim to provide an interesting and challenging theatrical environment for people of all levels of ability.

To keep you safe and comfortable, we have recently installed a new Ventilation System. Here is the feedback so far:

“Your new ventilation system made such a difference: the ambient temperature was totally comfortable, and so much better than previously. In fact, as usual for summer productions, I brought a fan with me – which stayed in my bag!” – “From our point of view as audience members, we felt comfortable and safe in enjoying the experience, because of the systems you have put in place. We felt that the auditorium temperature was perfect, and after such a hot day too”.

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Rated 4.9 out of 5

Based on the opinion of 27 people on Facebook reviews.

“Saw The Thrill of Love  last night. What a treat. Very well acted by all the cast but Ruth Ellis was superb. Do go and see the play if you can”.
Ruth Anne Sullivan
“A superb set which really ‘worked’, an excellent script, very apt lighting & sound and superb performances all round. Well done to all concerned! Please convey my appreciation of all the effort involved in bringing ’The Thrill of Love’ to the stage – it was really appreciated.”
Denny Robbins

 

 

” ‘Go Back for Murder’ was brilliant, first rate acting. The Swan always delivers excellence”.

Caroline Wallis-Newport

“A smashing piece of work from the Swan Theatre! Clever little vignettes perfectly mastered”

Sallie McCoy-Leveridge 

 

“We watched The Unexpected Man last night. Excellent!! Really interesting production, super performances by all three, the live music really helped give the production structure. Great evening of theatre”.  Dick

“Well, what can I say. Tonight’s performance of Macbeth was absolutely cracking! A beautiful set and an absolutely stellar cast!! My first time in an auditorium as a patron in 18 months and it was well worth the wait!! Great work tonight ladies and gents. I hope you have an absolutely wonderful rest of the run!!”

“Dear Team Macbeth,

Just home from a fantastic night at the theatre. Really was the complete performance – strong acting, theatrical choreography, great stage combat, super lighting and sound, fantastic apparitions and quite a bit of blood!

The audience were captivated throughout.  Well done all – so great to see the theatre back and storming it!

 

“My goodness you put your hearts into ‘Go Back for Murder’. Thoroughly enjoyed the evening. Well done all!”

Ruth Sullivan

“Absolutely brilliant performance!!!Totally absorbed into the reality of it all! Thank you for all your hard work & dedication bringing this play to life”

Alison Jackson

 

“Just wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed the production of Macbeth that we attended last night. It was the first time we had seen the play and we were very impressed by the staging, the acting and the phenomenal line-learning ! We only booked the tickets in the morning and were very glad we did !”

“It was a tour de force from you all. Congratulations”

“What a great evening ! Brilliant Macbeth tonight. Thank you xx”

“I’m never happier then when I’m in a theatre. Loved it, especially the wonderful witches!”