REP season has arrived in Windsor.

From Tuesday, May 26 and for the next six weeks this group of actors, directors and creatives will six stage brilliantly diverse and wonderfully written plays to audiences at the Theatre Royal in Windsor.

While they perform one play in the evening their day times will be spent rehearsing for the following week’s play.

Theatre owner Bill Kenwright first saw director Paul Taylor-Mills and his team at Sidmouth Rep Season and after a conversation decided to bring rep back to Windsor.

“It’s relentless and full-on,” said Paul as the actors and creatives met for the first time on Monday.

“With Pardon Me, Prime Minister we are opening with a bang. If you like your comedy frothy, silly and fun.”

Audiences (of a certain age) will be no stranger to Rep Season in Windsor.

Repertory theatre or ‘Rep’ as it is commonly known, refers to those theatres housing a resident acting company who perform a programme of plays each season catering for the tastes of the whole community.

In its heyday, repertory theatre become a British institution which each town having its own company aiming to introduce audiences to a wide variety of theatre at a price they could afford.

Each repertory venue sought to help train young regional actors and the high turnover in plays gave the actors involved the opportunity to play a number of roles, both big and small, in a range of productions during the repertory season.

The Windsor Theatre Company was founded in 1938 by John Counsell, who oversaw more than 1,400 productions before his retirement in 1986.

The 2015 season starts with the high octane farce Pardon Me, Prime Minister between Tuesday May 26 – Saturday May 30.

The second offering is the classic thriller Sweet Revenge, penned by the master of suspense Francis Durbridge.

Week three sees Daphne Du Maurier’s romantic drama September Tide take centre stage from June 9-13.

Audiences can enjoy Noel Coward’s classic comedy Hay Fever between Tuesday June 16 – Saturday June 20.

The fifth production is penned by one of Britain’s most popular playwrights, Alan Ayckbourn. Joking Apart is a favourite and audiences can see why between Tuesday June 23 – Saturday June 27.

The final play in the six play season won Best Play of the Year at The Critic’s Awards 1997 and was nominated for Best New Play at the Olivier Awards. Written by acclaimed playwright David Hare, Amy’s View opens on Tuesday June 30 and runs until Saturday July 4.

Each of the six plays runs Tuesday to Saturday of its respective week, with nightly performances at 8pm, and matinees on Thursdays at 2.30pm and Saturdays at 4.45pm.

Visit www.theatreroyalwindsor.co.uk