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What do we offer? 

Age 18+ (this can vary)

We perform at least five productions a year

We welcome everyone no matter of ability or experience

Workshops with professionals

Opportunities to perform on stage as well as getting involved behind the scenes

Where and when: 
We rehearse twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays as well as sometimes booking in a few weekend rehearsals. We keep the venues for rehearsals local using The Brook, Soham Village College or The Viva Centre.

How to get involved?
For more information on how to get involved and upcoming auditions please email vivayouth@hotmail.co.uk or ring the Viva Office on 01353 722 228.

How did it start?

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Viva Theatre Company was set up, informally, in 2007 in order to give adult amateur theatre enthusiasts the opportunity to enjoy what the youngsters of the district had been enjoying for 10 years! Its brief was to present high-quality performances of established plays, prepared over a relatively short rehearsal period. The group has subsequently branched out into musicals too!

Past shows...

  • Habeas Corpus (Alan Bennett) directed by Steve Twigden – 2007
  • Blithe Spirit (Noel Coward) directed by Joshua Schunmann – 2008
  • Steel Magnolias (Robert Harling) directed by Sarah Dowd – 2008
  • Hobson’s Choice (Harold Brighouse) directed by Becky Green – 2009 NODA REGIONAL AWARD WINNER
  • Outside Edge (Richard Harris) directed by Sean Dooley – 2010
  • The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde) directed by Daniel Schumann – 2010 – NODA REGIONAL AWARD WINNER
  • The Ark (Helen Griffin) directed by Sarah Dowd Crosby – 2011 – This won Best Director, Best Actress, Best Set and Best of the Festival at Haverhill Drama Festival 2011
  • Prime Time Murder (Michael Burrell) directed by Michael Burrell – 2011
  • Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare) directed by Hilary Lister – 2012
  • Stepping Out (Richard Harris) directed by Annie Cook – 2012
  • Bouncers – The Viva Remix – 2013 - Haverhill Festival Best Director and Adjudicators Award / Third Place at the Cambridge Drama Festival in 2013
  • The Ghost Train (Arnold Ridley) – 2013
  • Pride and Prejudice (Play by Simon Reade) - 2014
  • Acorn Antiques the Musical (Victoria Wood) - 2014
  • The Vagina Monologues - 2015 
  • Abigail's Party (Mike Leigh)  - 2015 - NODA East Award for Best Play District 4S
  • Avenue Q - 2015 (Touring: The Brook - Soham, The Maltings - Ely, Edinburgh Fringe Festival - Greenside, ADC Theatre - Cambridge)
  • A Christmas Carol (by Shaun Sutton from a story by Charles Dickens) - 2015
  • Educating Rita (Willy Russell) - 2016
  • Sweeney Todd the Musical - 2016
  • Made in Dagenham the Musical - 2016
  • The Lady in the Van (Alan Bennett) - 2016
  • Shakers (John Godber and Jane Thornton) - 2017
  • Dad's Army (Croft and Perry) - 2017
  • The Bakewell Bakeoff (Edinburgh Festival) - 2017
  • Departure Lounge (Edinburgh Festival) - 2017
  • God of Carnage (Yasmina Reza) - 2017
  • Brassed Off (Paul Allen and Mark Herman) - 2017
  • Bazzar and Rummage (Sue Townsend) - 2018
  • The Vicar of Dibley (Richard Curtis) - 2018
  • My Fair Lady (Lerner and Loewe) - 2018
  • Goodnight Mister Tom (Michelle Magorian) - 2018
  • Fiddler on the Roof  (Harnick and Stein) - 2018
  • Separate Tables (Terrance Rattigan) - 2019
  • Brassed Off at ADC Theatre (Paul Allen and Mark Herman) - 2019
  • Hi De Hi (Croft and Perry) - 2019
  • Sister Act (Edinburgh Fringe Festival) - 2019
  • The 39 Steps (Patrick Barlow, John Buchan) - 2019