The Amdram web site first hit the net  in June, 1997.  Started by Chris Gosling, it originally had 4 online pages, and was funded by Curtain Call, the amateur theatre  newsletter for Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire.  It now has over 300 pages on the server, including advertising pages and on-site hosted club  pages. 

The intention behind the site was to bring part of the large volume of Curtain Call information online, and to help publicise amateur theatre to the world in general.

Since then, Amdram has taken on a  life of its own.  Despite criticism from some self-proclaimed artists about its  notable lack of design features, the site now gets hits in the range of 40,000 to 45,000 per month each month - the incoming email volume can be anything up to 10 or 20 per day!

Jane Dickerson took over as the new editor of both Amdram and Curtain Call in November 1999 and she  assures us that both Amdram and Curtain Call will  continue to go from strength to strength.  "I intend Amdram to be the place for amateur dramatics on the web" Jane told us early in  November 1999.  "There will be more information, more groups and an easier to  use navigation system.  I'd like to see every Am Dram group have a site under the Amdram umbrella, but perhaps that's being a little too  optimistic."  It might take time, but we think Jane is the person to do  it.