Entertaining Ringwood since 1912
A vibrant, friendly and welcoming musical and drama company, Ringwood Musical & Dramatic Society has been entertaining the community for more than 100 years. We have something for everyone – from full-blown musical productions to straight plays and choir concerts – and we value everyone whether working backstage, front of house, in the production team or treading the boards as a performer.
Latest News
Has lockdown had you craving your moment in the spotlight?
Ringwood Musical and Dramatic Society are pleased to announce that we will be producing ‘Rumours’ by Neil Simon as our autumn play 2021 with performances during half-term break at Ringwood School Theatre from Wednesday 27th October – Saturday 30th...
The show goes on behind the scenes
COVID-19 put a stop to local entertainment as well as virtually everything else, but Ringwood Musical & Dramatic Society has still been doing its bit for the community during the pandemic. Despite having had to cancel its main Easter musical...
The Importance of Amateur Theatre
With the current and ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the National Operatic and Dramatic Association has published a letter highlighting the importance of Amateur Theatre to the UK and a copy of this can be downloaded here. RMDS is fully committed to the...
The show will go on – next year
Coronavirus and the lockdown put paid to the Ringwood Musical & Dramatic Society production of Barnum, which would have been staged in April. Disappointed RMDS cast members, who’d been rehearsing since October last year, were told of the...
Summer Show 2020 – Cancelled
To all member, patrons and supporters of RMDS I am sure it will come as no great surprise to you that with the ongoing restrictions and difficulties around Covid-19, we have taken the difficult decision to cancel the Summer Show for 2020. We have...
Barnum – Postponed
To all patrons and supporters of RMDS I am sure it will come as no great surprise to you that we have had to make the difficult decision to postpone our forthcoming Easter musical Barnum. We are taking this action in response to the announcement by...
Next Productions
Barnum - Postponed till Easter 2022
Regrettably as a result of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic the RMDS production of Barnum is now postponed till Easter 2022
