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Audition Notice - Spitfire Girls

CODA are very pleased to announce our autumn production as the heart-warming play and inspiring true story of the Spitfire Girls by Katherine Senior. Set on New Year’s Eve 1959, two women separated by the war meet again a decade after answering the call. As they share their story, the setting shifts back to a time when female pioneers defied expectations and soared through the skies. Having debuted in 2025, this will be the UK’s first amateur production of Spitfire Girls te

CODA Cabaret - Summer 2026

Selsdon Hall, May 2026

Spiders Web

November 2025 Selsdon Hall Credit Rhys Davis-Santibanez

Company

Selsdon Hall, Date TBC

CODA Award Nomination

CODA is proud to announce that we have been nominated for a Greater London Enterprise Award presented by SME News. These awards recognise businesses and community groups that make an impact in their local economic region. This nomination comes as CODA celebrated its biggest selling show for over 6 years under the leadership of Michael Hall and as our new Chair Huihui Liu begins to put her stamp on the organisation. Winners will be announced in September.

CODA Summer Cabaret - That's A Wrap!

And that's a wrap on the CODA Summer Cabaret 2026! As ever, these productions wouldn't go ahead without a huge team of volunteers supporting everything both in front and behind the curtain. And so to thank yous': Our wonderful performers who, through hard work and persistence, learnt the entire show over the course of just 6 rehearsals - Charlie Allen, Nick Beever, Jonathan Graham, Kieron Heavens, Alexa Keeble, Nora Little, Isabelle Masson, Filipe Oliveira, Jessica Paramo, Da

CODA Winners!

A huge congratulations to both Carys Surbey and Alison Lee for their amazing wins at the 2026 NODA awards. Carys is a district winner for the ‘Sybil Conway Awards for Best Female Character in a Play’ for her leading role as Clarissa Hailsham-Brown in our November 2025 production of Spider’s Web. Featuring in virtually every scene, and enduring murder, police interrogation and conmen in the space of two hours, Carys brought the role to life as the lynchpin to the show. And f