Sep 30, 2026
If you would like to get involved in our first ever outdoor production, make a note in your diary: we will be holding open auditions for William Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream on Tuesday 3rd November 2026.
Auditions will be held at 7.30pm at St Mary le Wigford Church hall on St Mary’s Street, Lincoln next to railway station.
Everyone is free to audition, regardless of experience and whether or not you are a member.
If you would like to audition, please email the director Vicky Ashberry to ask for details of which scenes we will be reading.
If you can’t come on 3rd November please get in touch with Vicky and she will try to make alternative arrangements.
We will be performing A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Liquorice Park in Lincoln on Friday 2nd, Saturday 3rd, Friday 9th and Saturday 10th July 2027.
*** Venue / backstage / technical team ***
As this is an outdoor production we will be putting together a venue team and a backstage team, so we will need plenty of volunteers. If you don’t want a part but you’d still like to get involved, please email the Venue Manager Jez Ashberry.
Aug 7, 2026
Tickets are now on sale for our autumn production Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas.
This play for voices will be performed at the Broadbent Theatre from 22nd to 24th October 2026.
Book your tickets here!
Jul 23, 2026
Thanks to everyone who attended our annual meeting on Tuesday 21st July 2026. The minutes from the meeting will be circulated on email shortly.
The current committee was re-elected unanimously:
Jez Ashberry – Chair
Su Toogood – Secretary
Fraya Grove – Treasurer
Patrick Markham – Technical
Vicky Ashberry – (Licensing & Safeguarding)
Anita Quigley
No new productions were agreed, but some suggestions were put forward and we will be staging some informal readings next year to help us to decide.
Jun 24, 2026
To celebrate 25 years of Common Ground we’re throwing a party at the Queen in the West pub in Lincoln, where it all started a quarter of a century ago.
Saturday 5th September 2026
6pm onwards
Queen in the West, Moor Street, Lincoln LN1 1PR
Everyone is invited to celebrate our anniversary with drinks, nibbles, birthday cake and a quiz.
We hope to see you all there!
Jun 23, 2026
Everyone at Common Ground was deeply sorry to hear of the passing of Ray Longmore earlier this month.
Ray was an Honorary Life Member of Common Ground and a tireless supporter of our company since we were first created in 2001.
Our first productions were staged at Croft Street Community Centre (St Swithin’s) in Lincoln, where Ray worked for many years as caretaker. Without his support and interest, given the lack of other suitable venues in Lincoln at that time, we might never have got off the ground at all.
We’ve staged 43 productions over the past 25 years and we believe that Ray saw them all, except the last one – he was sadly unable to attend The Birthday Party in April 2026.
The Quakers, where Ray attended every Sunday, have offered to host a memorial meeting for worship at the Quaker Meeting House in Lincoln in July or August.
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