Pam Ayres MBE, writer, broadcaster, and entertainer who has been making the nation laugh for over 50 years has announced a very special charity show at Chipping Campden’s Cidermill Theatre on Sunday 15th November 2025.
Pam’s performance will raise funds for the Cheltenham Animal Shelter, a charity that has been re-homing abandoned and rescued dogs, cats and small animals in Gloucestershire since 1926. Celebrating 100 years of caring for vulnerable pets across the county, the charity rescues over 650 animals each year.
Pam has a special connection to the charity, as her own pet dog Izzy, a Jack Russell Terrier was adopted from the shelter. Izzy also stars alongside Pam on the cover of her latest bookDoggedly Onward: A Life In Poems.
“I am really looking forward to performing at the Cidermill Theatre, as it is for two such worthwhile causes. As well as the Cheltenham Animal Shelter the show will benefit the Cidermill Theatre in its programme to bring art, music and theatre to the North Cotswolds.” – Pam Ayres
Pam’s other recent published titles have included Pam Ayres on Animals, which was the UK’s bestselling poetry book of 2021, and Who Are You Calling Vermin? published in 2022.
No stranger to the stage or the screen, Pam first appeared on TV in 1975 when she entered (andsubsequently won) the TV talent show, Opportunity Knocks. Since then, Pam has performed to audiences across the globe, and in 2004 she was appointed an MBE for services to literature and entertainment. In 2022, Pam took to the stage at the renowned Glastonbury Festival to entertain crowds with her joyful, witty and hilarious verses. Pam has appeared on screen most recently on Alan Titchmarsh’s Love Your Weekend, This Morning, Would I Lie To You, and two popular series for Channel 5, The Cotswolds with Pam Ayres and The Cotswolds and Beyond with Pam Ayres.
Having grown up in Stanford in the Vale (rural Oxfordshire) and now residing near Cirencester (Gloucestershire), Pam has been surrounded by British countryside her whole life, and much of her poetry, written and spoken work is about the natural world. Pam is passionate about natural history, wildlife, farming, and regenerative agriculture, and when she isn’t performing, Pam enjoys painting, knitting, gardening, and practicing piano (which she is proud to have started learning at the age of 75).
Pam is the author of numerous best-selling poetry collections, including The Works, With These Hands, Surgically Enhanced, You Made Me Late Again!, Up In The Attic, and Pam Ayres on Animals, which was the UK’s bestselling poetry book of 2021. She is one of only a few authors to have had their books included in the Sunday Times bestseller charts in almost every decade since the 1970s. Shortly after its release on 3rd October 2024, Pam’s latest book Doggedly Onward: A Life In Poems topped the best seller list on Amazon.
 | Tickets for the show on Sunday 15th November 2025 at 7.30pm are £40 and on sale via: https://cidermilltheatre-tickets.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173661588 |
