: Archive

Welcome...

Welcome to our website! the SHADY DOLLS want to say hello and thank you for taking the time to delve in to our world. We hope you stay in touch and continue to take an interest in our innovative theatre company. Enjoy! Yours, the Shady Dolls

May 12th

Fabulous Fifties Photos...

Thank you to everyone who came to the Shady Dolls Prom ~ Class of 1959! on Sunday 26 April at The Last Days of Decadence. It was a fabulous night, and lots of fun, with an unprecedented amount of fantastic costumes! Congratulations to Class of 1959’s Prom King & Queen - David Whitaker and Shereen Roushbiani; and to our dance champions Kelly Holt and her partner who proved they were...

Apr 30th

Apr 2nd

Special Performance 20 February 2009

Thank you to everyone who came to a Shady Dolls Cabaret: Un-Valentine’s Day Extravaganza at the Last Days of Decadence on February 15th. It was a huge success and an audience so big we ran out of chairs! The cabarets are proving so popular we are launching a website dedicated to them, which will go live shortly! We shall be announcing new dates imminently so please check back here for news or sign...

Feb 17th

Jan 17th

Shady Dolls are 'Twittering'

Happy New Year everyone! Shady Dolls have joined Twitter http://twitter.com/shadydolls, come join us and say hello!

Jan 9th

Festive Tidings...

We would like to thank everyone who came to the debut of our brand new cabaret at the Southwark Playhouse and The Last Days of Decadence in December, and for making them such fabulous nights! We shall be back in the new year with regular cabarets and some very exciting announcements about our forthcoming shows. Thank you all for your support over 2008, have yourselves a merry little Christmas and...

Dec 22nd

Nov 19th

“Mama’s got a brand new band!”

The Shady Dolls return with a brand new band and a brand new cabaret! We are excited to announce a special sneak preview of our fantastic new live band, in partnership with the Southwark Playhouse’s ‘Secrets’ season: www.spsecrets.co.uk Date: Saturday 6 Dec Time: 9pm Venue: Southwark Playhouse Shipwright Yard, (Corner of Tooley St & Bermondsey St), London...

Nov 12th

Aug 8th

Announcing the arrival of the Shady Dolls Cabaret...

I am delighted to announce that Sarah Spry, Matt Thomas and Callum Hughes have joined our infamous cabaret troupe and will be providing fantastic live music for all our future cabarets. Sarah is our Musical Director and pianist, Matt plays bass guitar and Callum, the drums. You will be able to hear them in all their glory at the debut of our brand new cabaret in December. Our cabaret page will be...

Aug 8th

August Update

Whilst you enjoy this glorious summer sunshine…ahem…the Shady Dolls are busy beavering away making plans for the next year. Everything is still top secret so there is nothing we can announce just yet, but it looks as though the Dolls may be going international very soon…

Aug 7th

Thank YOU!

Thank you to everyone who came to see our workshop performances of An Ornery Tale & Deadstock, in April 2008. We are currently looking at several possibilities for development and performance, so watch this space for the exciting plans we have in store.

Apr 29th

NEW SITE : : Deadstock & An Ornery Tale →

Mar 31st

“There is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the proportions.”

– Francis Bacon

Mar 9th

New Project : : An Ornery Tale & Deadstock

Shady Dolls Theatre Company is proud to announce details of our forthcoming productions ‘Deadstock’ and ‘An Ornery Tale’. Having previously produced new work by several well known and inspirational playwrights, we are currently working alongside a number of leading theatre practitioners to develop our first self – written project. An Ornery Tale marks a major development in our approach to...

Mar 9th

Goodbye...

It is with great sadness that the SHADY DOLLS announce the departure of founding member Marina Burton: “After three years of working with the Shady Dolls I have decided to leave the company. I shall be embarking on a new challenge managing a programme that helps the rehabilitation of inmates in HMP Pentonville on a literacy development scheme. My time with The Shady Dolls has been wonderful, not...

Feb 15th

New Project

The SHADY DOLLS have some very exciting news to announce with regards to our latest project. Watch this space for an update coming very soon….

Feb 10th

Dec 5th