The Mill at Sonning

During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the mill was owned by the well-known local families of May[3] and Witherington, and it produced flour for Huntley and Palmer biscuits in the nearby town of Reading.

More recently, the Mill complex has been converted into a 215-seat air-conditioned theatre, with a restaurant for pre-theatre meals and also a bar, where the original watermill is now exposed to view.

The theatre has a small hydroelectric generator of 18.5 kW capacity, commissioned in June 2005.

[citation needed] Productions have included performances by Anthony Valentine, Judi Dench, June Whitfield, Adam Faith, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, John Junkin and Brian Cant.

The Mill adjoins the Mill House,[4] a circa-1800 house based on earlier foundations,[5] acquired by the American film actor George Clooney and his wife, British human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, in 2014.