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Tickets on sale for Hot Mikado

25th July 2014
Join The Sainsbury Singers from 25 to 28 May as we hot-step it to Japan for the sizzling Hot Mikado. In the Japanese town of Titipu, a young woman names…
Carousel the Rogers and Hammerstein musical

Carousel showtime!

15th May 2014
It’s show week and Sainsbury Singers’ professional photographer Ray Willmott has captured all of the action so you can preview the must see performance of Rogers and Hammerstein’s Carousel at The…
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Return to the Forbidden Planet

2nd February 2014
The Sainsbury Singers Autumn 2014 show is the cult show Return to the Forbidden Planet. Captain Tempest and his crew travel into hyperspace, accompanied by rock and roll hits of…
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NACC benefits from our efforts

20th January 2014
Sainsbury Singers has raised £1019.95 from its 75th Anniversary year events for the National Association for Colitis and Crohn’s Disease (NACC)
The Sainsbury Singers third Christmas Concert St Peters Church Caversham, Reading, Berkshire

Christmas at St Peters

1st December 2013
The Sainsbury Singers’ third Christmas Concert will be held at St Peters Church Caversham, Reading on 14 December 2013 at 3pm. It will feature current, past and life members, a selection…
The Sainsbury Singers 75th anniversary time capsule burial with the mayor of Reading, Berkshire

Getting ready for the 125th!

21st November 2013
The Sainsbury Singers has celebrated its 75th anniversary year by burying a time capsule in the grounds of the Grange Church, Southcote on 16 November, followed by a tea dance.…
Red Hot and Cole the Cole Porter musical Too Darned Hot

Red Hot at the Park

4th November 2013
The Sainsbury Singers production of Red Hot & Cole on 30 October to 2 November 2013 at Leighton Park School, Reading was deemed a great success by all concerned. Busy…
Red Hot and Cole the Cole Porter musical

Carousel

1st November 2013
The Sainsbury Singers is pleased to announce it will be performing the popular Rogers and Hammerstein musical, Carousel, at The Hexagon Theatre, Reading on 14-17 May 2014. Tickets on sale…
Jekyll and Hyde opening of Act 2

Jekyll and Hyde show success

19th May 2013
The Sainsbury Singers production of Jekyll & Hyde at The Hexagon Reading closed to great reviews and audience comments on 18 May.
The Sainsbury Singers 75th anniversary dinner

75th anniversary gala dinner

17th March 2013
The Sainsbury Singers celebrated its 75th anniversary in fine style by holding a gala dinner for more than 90 members and friends in March at Trunkwell House, Beech Hill, near…
Reading Spring Gardens Band

Spring Gardens Band Concert

17th March 2013
The Sainsbury Singers is to feature as the guest group in a concert with Reading Spring Gardens Band on 20 April at 7.30pm at Park United Reform Church, Wokingham Road,…
HMS Pinafore Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta from scratch

HMS Pinafore from scratch

22nd January 2013
The Sainsburys Singers is marking the start of its 75th anniversary year by performing its first ever show, HMS Pinafore, from scratch in one day. In 1938 the Society came…
Red Hot and Cole the Cole Porter musical

Red Hot & Cole

9th January 2013
The Sainsbury Singers is pleased to announce that its Autumn 2013 musical is Red Hot & Cole, a show that celebrates the rhymes and unforgettable melodies of the great American…

Kidz Alive! puppet make-up session

6th January 2013
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The Sainsbury Singers musical theatre company 75th anniversary

Our 75th anniversary year

1st January 2013
The Sainsbury Singers, the longest serving musical theatre society in Reading, Berkshire, is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2013 with a series of musical shows and other special events. The…
Jekyll and Hyde the musical, The Hexagon, Reading, Berkshire

Jekyll & Hyde

1st November 2012
The Sainsbury Singers is to celebrate its 75th year performing at leading theatres in Reading, Berkshire, by staging a production of the West End and Broadway musical Jekyll and Hyde…